Animals

Canterbury Park, a horse racing track and casino in Shakopee Minnesota, held adorable qualifying heats for racing basset hounds to work out whom would be fast enough to compete within the annual Bark within the Park Championships. Each of those long-eared, short-legged canines hilariously raced against one another down an …

Gracie is a small puppy, whose original owners threw her away when she was born. The people that rescued her, found the little pup in a very bad condition, covered in maggots, hair missing on her head. The reason why she was abandoned is that she is missing her front …

Elvis the small bulldog puppy was born with a cleft lip and had a permanent sneer, hence they named him Elvis. His mother -named Patches – is trying her best to comfort,protect her and makes sure he grows up right. On the other side Elvis had a few things to …

Tucker, is one and a half year old Schnoodle, plays the piano and sings along at least 3 or 4 times every day. In spite of all of his practicing, he really isn’t getting any better at it. He might be just extremely bored or just need a lot of …

Winnie, dancing to Mark Ronson’s and Bruno Mars’ Uptown Funk. While clearly they were playing with his favorite toy above the camera – it is adorable.

Debussy “Clair de Lune” for a gentle female elephant called Ampan. Ampan is 80 years old and lives at Elephants World in Thailand. She is blind in one eye and can barely see with the other. 80 years old is very old indeed for an elephant, it’s about 10 years …

In the African jungle, conservationist Damian Aspinall, along with his daughter Tansy Aspinall, searches for Djalta and Bimms, two western lowland gorillas born at Howletts Wild Animal Park in Kent. In 2003, Djalta and Bimms were released into the forest of Gabon, West Africa as part of a conservation programme …

When the dog realized that a fellow fuzzy friend was facing some serious trouble, it jumped into the water and appeared to know what needed to happen. At first, the kitty was hesitant to simply accept help from her canine rescuer, but it quickly changed it’s mind.  

Watch a whole herd run to greet a new rescued baby elephant, “Dok Geaw”, at Elephant Nature Park. Dok Geaw is one year and nine months old. He is an orphaned child…but it looks like he will not have too much trouble finding a new family.

Sook Jai’s life is much the same as every captive elephant, working many different jobs over the course of their lives, some more arduous than others, all an affront to their dignity. Sook Jai’s life passed through the hands of a number of men. She moved from job to job …