Dog owners know that the story of a Labrador who snacks on golf balls is just one of many examples of a bizarre and sometimes harmful behavior.

During a fire several years ago, town firefighters saved a cat by using mouth-to-nose resuscitation, Madison Hose Company Fire Chief Robert Gerard says.

Many families rose to the occasion during Hurricane Gustav and offered shelter to those in need.

Animal control officer Beverly Tucker said city officials have turned her into a scapegoat after a lack of air conditioning in her shelter truck caused the deaths of several dogs.

The Oregon Zoo opens voting on its Web site to determine the name of Rose-Tu's baby elephant.

Be they soft and fluffy bunnies, scaly hognose snakes or hissing Madagascar cockroaches, Echo Uzzo loves all her animals equally.

Gizmo welcomed the new year by quietly starving to death in a cage stuffed into the rear corner of a dark, dank garage with thin plywood walls, a loose soil floor and no insulation.

Don't Shoot the Bison

If you want a dog with specific looks, coat, colour, size and behavioural traits, then science and breeding could design one for you.

The Tautphaus Park Zoo in eastern Idaho has become the second in the nation to successfully breed pure serval cats, a zoo officials said.