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The first dog-friendly movie theater is here, and a ticket comes with free wine

The theater is K9 Cinemas, located in Plano, Texas. Tickets cost $15, good for one person and up to two dogs. K9 currently offers screenings every Friday and Saturday night. The one-screen blackbox theater sells ...

Man becomes first person jailed under new law that protects service animals

On July 1, 29-year-old Daniel was spotted near a shopping center “bouncing up and down, punching the air with the knife, making practice lunges.” A concerned citizen contacted police. Police ordered Daniel to drop his knife ...

Woman adopts cute 12-week-old kitten – but after a year she realizes it’s no ordinary feline

Stephy Hirst adopted Omar from a litter in 2013 and took him back to her home in Melbourne, Australia. It wasn’t long before she realized she had a special cat on her hands, one that ...

Shelter races to keep cats cool after lightning destroys AC right before heatwave

Little Shelter Animal Rescue & Adoption Center, a nonprofit no-kill shelter in Huntington, New York, was hit with a serious storm last Wednesday. According to CBS New York, a 7-foot stone memorial statue was blown ...

Pizzeria uses pizza boxes to reunite lost pets with their owners

He got the idea to place flyers of the missing cat on every pizza box that left his shop. Hazel was found before the missing posters needed to be distributed, but that didn’t stop John ...

Major tour company cuts ties with SeaWorld and other attractions with captive whales

Virgin Holidays, the British travel company owned by Richard Branson, announced on July 15 that they would no longer sell or promote attractions that keep cetaceans—such as whales and dolphins—in captivity. It follows a pledge ...

Sweet video shows boy’s daily visit to “scary” one-eyed cat

Norma Maikovich is the owner of two cats, Ace and Ramsey, both of whom she adopted when they were stray kittens, and both of whom share one striking characteristic: they both have one eye. https://www.instagram.com/p/BzvXQ3FJJI0/ ...

Man charged with animal cruelty after admitting to ‘fishing for cats’

According to the criminal complaint, a cat rescue alerted the Luzerne County SPCA to Rowles’ activities in the beginning of April. The 27-year-old Pennsylvania man admitted to placing scraps of meat on a fish hook and ...

Neighbor calls police after watching 8-year-old girl walk family dog on her own

“For something like this to happen to me, there’s something really wrong,” Widen told the Chicago Tribune. The 48-year-old mother said that her daughter, who is homeschooled, recently started walking the family dog on her ...

3 men beat and cut police officer with box cutter when police dog jumps into action and saves his life

Deputy Todd Frazier, from Hancock County Sheriff’s Department, in Mississippi works alongside his trusted K9 partner, a black Belgian Malinois named Lucas. Lucas is a huge help to the force, but Deputy Frazier had no ...