Tag: Pets
Dogs, cats, budgies: pets are so good for our health
The dog is considered man’s best friend. But it’s not just dogs that have a very positive effect on our health. According to a study, cats, budgies and guinea pigs…
Pets: Animal shelters are acutely overloaded – what needs to change?
Pets Animal shelters are acutely overloaded – what needs to change? Dogs lean against the bars of a kennel in an animal shelter. Many German animal shelters are overcrowded, and…
Dogs understand human language better than expected – knowledge
From Tina Baier, Dog owners have long suspected it: the animals understand human language much better than expected. According to a study just published in the science journal Current Biology…
England: Missing dog rescued with drone after five days – Panorama
What innocent times those were when “drone” meant nothing worse than the laziest members of a bee colony. Today, people usually associate it with tracking shots in boring ZDF early…
Snakes as pets: “Become disposable items” – Panorama
The carcass of a four-meter-long tiger python was found in Berlin’s Hasenheide last week. Giant snakes being released are currently happening more often. Patrick Boncourt, biologist and reptile expert at…
Behavioral biology: Is my cat still normal? – Knowledge
Almost all domestic cats are curious about new things. Almost no one constantly marks furniture or trouser legs. At least that’s what the evaluation of hundreds of questionnaires filled out…
Dogs and cigarette smoke: This is how dangerous the smoke is for pets
New study Bladder cancer in dogs – that’s how dangerous cigarette smoke is for pets The dog and cigarette smoke study was conducted with Scottish Terriers. Anyone who smokes runs…
After seven years of disappearance and 850 km traveled, a cat returns home
The story lasted a long time but it ended well. Seven years after her disappearance, a cat named Choupette is back home in Mayenne. According to France Bluethe animal had…
Why big dogs die earlier than small ones – knowledge
Which diseases dogs get as they get older depends largely on how big they are. Researchers now have a suspicion as to why this could be. From Tina Baier As…
Bodo Kirchhoff: “Since he shared his life with an animal” – Culture
Bodo Kirchhoff’s writing revolves around love, or more precisely, the destructive part of it. This part receives increasing attention from book to book, especially since Kirchhoff wrote and spoke about…