"Pet" girl on a leash kicked off bus
A UK bus company has apologised to a girl who is led around on a
leash by her boyfriend.
Short-nosed dogs feel the heat
It's not penguins, but pugs and Persians, that are in gravest
danger of extinction from global warming.
Polar bear cub doing well
Video: See the baby polar bear, now six weeks old, that is
being raised by hand at a German zoo.
Watch-bird foils pet store robbery
A macaw scared off two would-be robbers in the US by calling the
name of his former owner.
Christmas surprise... bye-bye birdie
Pet birds are getting sick on well-meaning Christmas presents.
Plan won't lead to dogs running wild: mayor
THE Lord Mayor, Clover Moore, has assured residents that a council proposal to dramatically boost the number of off-leash parks in the inner city will not lead to dogs being out of control.
Rovers could be free to roam as council unleashes canine plans
SYDNEY'S parks are going to the dogs. The City of Sydney is
considering allowing the furry, four-legged creatures to run around
unleashed in 50 of its parks and reserves at any time of the day.
Rest in puss: a moggy's requiem
Stuart Jeffries goes online for a personalised funeral song for
Zelda, his much-missed dead cat.
From the horse's mouth
Animal psychic Amanda de Warren has made a career out of talking to
pets, both dead and alive.
Russians race for rats
Astrologically-minded Russians are buying up rodents ahead of the
Chinese Year of the Rat.
Dogs hounded from the park
Summer often means outdoor fun for everyone except Rover, writes
Jason Mountney.
Rejected bear a hit with Hollywood
Hollywood has bid $6.8 million to make polar bear Knut a big-screen
star.
It's a (very rich) dog's life
Leona Helmsley's dog, Trouble, is famously spoilt but these three
canines have it almost as good.
Chihuahua effects canine's arrest
How a 1.3 kilogram Tink helped US police put a fugitive in the
clink.
Wild horses patrol US border
Authorities have successfully turned to mustangs to patrol
impassable areas of the US-Canadian border.
US Christmas going to the dogs
Parties, "Pupperware", Santaland - America's spoilt pets are
getting more than toy mice this Christmas.
iPod speaker sparks rage of aquarists
Animal activists say a tiny fish tank that doubles as a music
speaker is nothing more than a "torture box".
Eco-friendly pets
Minimise your household's carbon pawprint with some know-how,
writes Lucy Treloar.
King of the road
It wasn't a dog chasing cars in Ohio earlier this week. It was a
cat - a big cat.
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In pursuit of purr-fection
Pedigree cats showed off for the cameras at the media preview for the Cat Fanciers' Association show in New York.
Pet parade
With Japanese career women increasingly choosing pets over offspring a generation of pampered pooches is emerging.
Pooch parade in pictures
A parade of pampered pooches in designer duds kicks of Pets Fashion Week in New York.
Unleashing the dogs
Tyson the skating dog
Little Tyson seems very at home speeding along on a skateboard.
Chatty dogs
A woman encourages her dogs to speak English with great sucess.
Dog day afternoon
The 28th annual Drake Most Beautiful Bulldog Contest in Des Moines, Iowa, kicks off the Drake Relays festivities at Drake University, where a bulldog is its mascot.
