Home » pets and environment

You Searched For "pets and environment"

The trick helps smaller dogs establish their presence without having to directly face competitors (Photo: Pixabay)

Small dogs urinate higher up on lamp posts to look bigger and avoid...

The move may be a way to keep away from any confrontation with larger dogs as such interactions can turn out to be...

6 Aug 2018 5:37 PM IST

It is believed that the snake may be an escaped or abandoned pet (Photo: YouTube)

Sight of snake devouring pigeon in busy street leaves Londoners...

The charity stated that the pigeon may have been fed to the boa constrictor which was later taken to a wildlife centre.

6 Aug 2018 3:15 PM IST

Nick Petre, Pippas owner, has decided to pay a vet for a Belgian passport, effectively giving her dual citizenship, a first for pugs. (Photo: Pixabay)

UK dog owner chases Belgian citizenship for pug to move around Europe...

The pooch is one of many pets who travel from UK to Europe every year and regularly visit friends and family in Britain...

4 Aug 2018 9:03 AM IST

Jamie Fenske was lucky to spot timber rattlesnakes indulging in a combat dance during breeding season (Photo: Pixabay)

Snake enthusiast films rare footage of snakes indulging in 'combat...

This is meant to assert dominance and create an impression over the female as part of courtship.

3 Aug 2018 7:45 PM IST

The violation of directions issued under The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, and the Rules made thereunder is punishable under Section 15 of the Act, including by up to five years imprisonment, a fine of up to Rs 1 lakh, or both.

Complaint from PETA India prompts Delhi police to seize banned manja...

Various markets across the national capital are openly selling kite-flying strings that can injure and kill humans and...

3 Aug 2018 11:01 AM IST

In 1998, the central government issued a notification under The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, stating that monkeys and several other species of wild animals arent to be exhibited or trained as performing animals.

Begging monkeys rescued from Mumbai railway station after PETA India...

Animal rights group joins forces with Mumbai Police, Maharashtra Forest Department to stop exploitation of two Rhesus...

16 Aug 2018 4:56 PM IST

Even as the plant grew near the neck, there was no brain damage (Photo: YouTube)

Farmer in MP finds soya plant growing right out of a rat's body

The farmer later took the rat home and removed the sapling as the head of the biology department at a nearby college...

14 Aug 2018 3:09 PM IST

The video footage which had been posted online saw her dog Coco inside the washing machine, with her face pushed up against the door. (Representational Image/ Pixabay)

Cruel: Instagrammer puts pet dog in washing machine, all to get more...

The disturbing video had been posted by Tamara Rotman, a popular social media star from Argentina.

14 Aug 2018 12:01 PM IST

Russian scientists have found the carcass of an ancient foal perfectly preserved in Siberian permafrost. The fossil discovered in the region of Yakutia has its skin, hair, hooves and tail preserved. Scientists from Russias Northeast Federal University said Thursday that the foal is estimated to be 30,000 to 40,000 years old. (Photo: AP)

Scientists discover perfectly preserved ancient foal in Siberia

The fossil discovered in the region of Yakutia has its skin, hair, hooves and tail preserved.

24 Aug 2018 8:34 AM IST

The cave near Mongolia where the bone was found contains some remains attributed to Neanderthals as well as Denisovans. (Photo: AP)

Fossil of prehistoric woman shows mixed parentage from two extinct...

The new study is the first to identify a first-generation child with Neanderthal and Denisovan parents.

23 Aug 2018 10:12 AM IST

Authorities feel it is probably a pet which escaped (Photo: Twitter)

Gigantic python wrapped around mailbox leaves mailman petrified

The snake is believed to have escaped from a nearby house as police hope that the owner will get in touch with them...

19 Aug 2018 8:10 PM IST

Siamese crocodiles are legally bred in China for their meat and leather (Photo: Pixabay)

Chinese woman shocked to find dead crocodile in package after ordering...

While the package was sent to the wrong address, the company said that the creatures were alive when sent but couldn't...

17 Aug 2018 5:57 PM IST