Mother Jones

The Black Market for a Lifesaving Cat Drug

A fatal cat disease was finally cured, but the treatment wasn’t legally available. So a group of cat lovers created an ...

Would my dog or cat really eat me if I died alone?

Dogs and cats who prey on their pet parents after death are often trapped in their homes for days or weeks before their ...
LAist

Bald eagles, bears and foxes are dying from rat poisoning. Here's how you can protect them

A recent report finds that, despite legislation limiting such chemicals, dozens of species are still being poisoned. And we ...

I study rat nests − here’s why rodents make great archivists

(THE CONVERSATION) Rats and other rodents and pests can make great archivists.
People

Dog Becomes Sick After Eating Meat Laced with Rat Poison Left in a Local Park

“I couldn't get it out of his mouth," owner Steve Badgery recalled when his English cocker spaniel William ate the tainted meat Escher Walcott is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE, covering stories in ...
Yahoo

Orange Cat Eating a Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cake Just Wants a Sweet Treat

We all have that one snack we can’t resist during the holidays, and for one hungry Orange Cat, it’s the iconic Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cake. The internet can’t stop laughing at the now-viral clip ...
Sacramento Bee

Video: Sacramento rat clings to ceiling fixture for dear life as cat waits below

A rat clings to its life from a metal fixture on the ceiling in a Sacramento bathroom as a cat stares at it from below, a video posted on TikTok by user @shawlalaz shows. In the Nov. 11, 2025, video ...
Hosted on MSN

British Shorthair cat drops a live rat inside the house and chases it in Zhejiang, China

On May 28, 2025, in Zhejiang, China, @QianqianWalksForward shared a funny video of a British Shorthair cat. In the video, the cat proudly enters the house carrying a rat in its mouth, but suddenly ...
Gizmodo

Another Cat Euthanized After Eating Raw Food Tainted With Bird Flu

The FDA issued a warning this week after health officials discovered that a cat who became ill and had to be euthanized was likely infected by the same strain of bird flu that was discovered in raw ...
SFGate

San Francisco cat is euthanized after eating pet food tainted with bird flu

A pet cat in San Francisco had to be euthanized after contracting the bird flu virus after eating raw food, according to health officials. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning on ...
AOL

Cat eating things they shouldn’t? A vet reveals the dangers of ‘life threatening’ pica – and what you can do to help

Pica in cats is a surprisingly common, yet often misunderstood, condition where our feline friends develop a tendency to eat non-food items. As a small animal vet with 14 years of experience, I’ve ...
New York Post

Nearly 2-foot-long rat ‘almost the size of a small cat’ discovered inside family home: ‘Growing problem’

Exterminators discovered a gargantuan, nearly 2-foot-long rat inside an English home, and officials are warning that the cat-sized rodent is “not a one-off” but part of an increasingly out-of-control ...