Animals

A man was seen dumping eels into the Prospect Park Lake in Brooklyn by a witness who tried to confront him.

A rat has for the first time won a British charity’s top civilian award for animal bravery, receiving the honor for searching out unexploded landmines in Cambodia

An organization in Lebanon has been helping reunite owners and pets after a large explosion decimated Beirut, killing at least 170 people and making over 300,000 homeless

Amber is on a wild ride through San Diego’s Safari Park. It’s a breath of fresh air while staying safe in the wild.

With the coronavirus keeping many people at home and in need of some companionship, animal shelters have been seeing a boom in pet adoptions. NBCLX’s Eric Rodriguez explains why this may be the perfect time to add a furry friend to your family — and how shelters are keeping the adoption process safe.

Matt Beisner, host of National Geographic’s “Dog: Impossible” and founder of The Zen Dog, believes there’s no such thing as a bad dog — but it’s important to establish an atmosphere of trust and safety when you first bring home your new friend from the shelter. Here are Matt’s five tips to starting off on the right foot and giving...

Julie Sinaw was on vacation in Puerto Rico when she first became aware of the island’s large population of stray dogs. That’s when the seed was planted to form Animal Lighthouse Rescue, a nonprofit organization that rescues stray dogs in Puerto Rico and brings them to New York for adoption.

Arnold Guevara started with his Huntington Beach, California-based horse therapy program two weeks after losing his dad in a work accident. “Where I grew up there was sometimes shooting and fires and things like that,” he told NBCLX. “And it gets me worried because I feel like… that’s going to happen to my family.” On one of his first...

Fostering pets can be a great way to help an animal in need while bringing joy into your life. NBCLX producer Sara Sanchez, who has cared for about 40 animals, joined LX News to discuss how fostering has improved her anxiety and her life overall.

An animal therapy program in California is using rescue horses to help at-risk children in Los Angeles overcome their trauma. The Huntington Beach, Calif.-based program, called Free Rein, uses formerly wild horses that might otherwise be destined for a slaughterhouse to connect with children struggling with violence, abuse and grief.

The Helen Woodward Animal Center is looking for sweet cats and pups for the 2021 Superhero Sidekicks Calendar.

A brewery on Long Island is delivering more than just beer during the coronavirus pandemic. It’s delivering joy brought by two golden retrievers carrying beer cans.

An upstate New York pet shelter has been flooded with positive messages and donations from all over the world after photos, seriously cute and “awww”-inducing photos, of a puppy and a pigeon were posted on its Facebook.

A video posted to social media shows a group of dogs reacting to the 5.8 magnitude quake that shook California on Wednesday

Help support the Palm Desert zoo while treating an animal-obsessed pal to something sweet.

The celebratory, conservation-minded occasion honors the beautiful mammals on June 21 each year.

The wee feline will soon celebrate 8 weeks; see her romp in her nursery area.

A truck driver passing through the Otay Port of Entry spotted a raccoon perched on the border fence.

Siba the black standard poodle has pranced and advanced at the Westminster Kennel Club, and did it fueled by fast food.

A dog who was dubbed the unicorn puppy because of a tail-like growth between his eyes will remain with the founder of a Missouri rescue group, despite more than 300 offers to adopt him....
The beagle-mix puppy, named Narwhal the Little Magical Furry Unicorn, was rescued in November by Mac’s Mission in southeast Missouri. He drew international attention when his picture...