Pet Care & Animal Stories
Keiko: Free Willy's Whale and the Question of W...
In 1979, a two-year-old orca calf was pulled from the sea off Iceland and sold. He spent the next 14 years in progressively worse tanks. Then a movie came out,...
Keiko: Free Willy's Whale and the Question of W...
In 1979, a two-year-old orca calf was pulled from the sea off Iceland and sold. He spent the next 14 years in progressively worse tanks. Then a movie came out,...
Christian the Lion: The Wild Animal Who Remembe...
In 1969, two Australians bought a lion cub from Harrods. A year later, he was running wild in Kenya. The question, when they went back to find him, was whether...
Christian the Lion: The Wild Animal Who Remembe...
In 1969, two Australians bought a lion cub from Harrods. A year later, he was running wild in Kenya. The question, when they went back to find him, was whether...
Wojtek the Bear: The Polish Army Soldier Who Ca...
In April 1943, Polish soldiers bought a bear cub from a boy on a roadside in Iran. They fed him from a bottle, named him, and brought him into the...
Wojtek the Bear: The Polish Army Soldier Who Ca...
In April 1943, Polish soldiers bought a bear cub from a boy on a roadside in Iran. They fed him from a bottle, named him, and brought him into the...
Alex the Parrot: He Asked What He Was
He had a brain the size of a walnut. In 1977, it changed what scientists thought they knew about intelligence. Not human intelligence. All of it. Chicago, September 1977 Irene...
Alex the Parrot: He Asked What He Was
He had a brain the size of a walnut. In 1977, it changed what scientists thought they knew about intelligence. Not human intelligence. All of it. Chicago, September 1977 Irene...
Scarlett: The Stray Cat Who Walked Into a Burni...
The building was on fire. She went in anyway. Then she went back. Then again. Then again. Then one more time. Five trips into smoke and flame, carrying one kitten...
Scarlett: The Stray Cat Who Walked Into a Burni...
The building was on fire. She went in anyway. Then she went back. Then again. Then again. Then one more time. Five trips into smoke and flame, carrying one kitten...
Sergeant Reckless: The Marine Corps Horse Who W...
She made her first ammunition run at dawn. By nightfall, she had made 51. On one day alone, she carried 9,000 pounds of artillery shells up a Korean ridgeline and...
Sergeant Reckless: The Marine Corps Horse Who W...
She made her first ammunition run at dawn. By nightfall, she had made 51. On one day alone, she carried 9,000 pounds of artillery shells up a Korean ridgeline and...