A popular dog walking spot has been closed after 16 pets mysteriously died or became ill.
Officials suspect the animals may have been poisoned, but no one knows if they were deliberately targeted or died by accident.
In almost all instances, the dogs collapsed and died in agony within minutes of returning from a walk along a tree-lined footpath which leads down to fields by a lake — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The federal government has suspended exports of live cattle to a number of killing facilities in Indonesia following last night’s exposure of brutal practices in some of the country’s abattoirs.
Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig said the decision was based on footage collected by Animals Australia that showed cattle being mistreated before slaughter.
I have decided to halt the trade of live animals to the facilities identified by the footage,
he said in a statement today — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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Are you looking for the perfect plush toy for your favorite little monster? You need the My First Cthulhu from the NeatoShop. Abject terror has never looked so cute and cuddly. This is destined to be your budding science fiction lover’s favorite toy — via Neatorama
Researchers from the CSIRO have used laser technology to discover how much methane gas cows in northern Australia expel each day — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Scientists have discovered that the Northern Territory’s great desert skink is the only one of the world’s 5,000 species of lizard that builds a home for its family — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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A shortage of pet-friendly accommodation in Sydney is a significant contributor to the high pet death toll, according to Kristina Vesk of the NSW Cat Protection Society — via redwolf.newsvine.com
An outback Queensland town is offering a reward for a native rat that has stolen a woman’s set of false teeth — via redwolf.newsvine.com
This is the cover art for the French edition of The call of Cthulhu
By Lovecraft and A Derleth — via deviantART
Finely crafted with exquisite detail! You’ve never seen anything this cool in your life! There’s a hundred different ways to display this; hang it around your neck, dashboard mirror, your wall or put it somewhere cool like your fishtank, desktop Zen garden or just in a display case — via Etsy
8.5″ x 11″ digital print on 71 lb. high gloss photo paper. Artwork by Steve Rolston.
Originally created for a Monsters & Dames
artbook, this illustration features a vampire gangster, a werewolf with a tommy gun, and a squidgirl I’ve come to call The Chthulhu Flapper
— via Etsy
Check out this lively, modern chicken coop by Nicole Starnes Taylor of MAKE Design Studio. Taylor designed it for three chickens and their owners in urban Seattle. With a screen floor and castors, the mobile hen house fertilizes the underlying ground. Also, the coop has a hinged door for easy access and can be used as a chicken tractor if need be. Taylor built the 15 square-foot coop with salvaged framing lumber — via Jetson Green
A wide-ranging study of Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland has revealed just how wildlife-rich the area is, with researchers finding more than 260 species, including a new species of frog — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A dog-gone story with a happy ending — five years in the making — was announced Thursday by the county Department of Animal Services.
A Chihuahua found wandering in the street in Golden Hill on Saturday was scanned for a microchip, which resulted in a reunion with her owner — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Erudin vs Giant Evil Octopus commission — via deviantART
She’s a vagabond toy poodle, named May by SPCA staff because earlier this month she fell out of the sky and landed in the grounds of Sechelt’s Shorncliffe Nursing Home.
How she came to be flying over the nursing home is explained by the deep talon marks in her back and sides, showing she was probably the unwilling passenger of a hungry eagle that had picked her up but eventually found her 18 pounds too much to hold on to — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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