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A Really Odd Couple: Dog and Capybara

I’m afraid you’re going to get a number of these stories here on the pets blog, every time I find one. At least I did sit on this story for a while, waiting until more time had passed until the last time I talked about an unlikely animal friendship. Human interest news website tonic.com has the tale of the recently developed friendship between a domesticated dog and a capybara. For those who don’t know, the capybara is the world’s largest rodent. It’s native to South America, particularly the wetter/more tropical eastern half. Charlie the capybara bonded with Pacho, a shepherd … Continue reading →

Vivi The Dog—Fast Becoming One Of New York’s Urban Myths

Do you remember all of the news reports about Vivi the wayward pooch who escaped her travel cage at Kennedy airport to answer the call of the wild? It’s been nine months since she won an award of merit at the annual Westminster Kennel Club show, (the Super Bowl of dog shows) and fled the confines of the international airport. Now it seems the whippet has joined the Central Park coyote, high-rise tiger, Harlem Meer caiman and Molly the fugitive feline in New York’s ever-growing list of urban animal legends. Which is not to say that Vivi hasn’t been seen … Continue reading →

Bigfoot or Big Hoax?

For about two months in the late 70’s I bought into the “Legend of Bigfoot”—I was eight years old at the time and my older brother had borrowed a book on the myths of Bigfoot from the library. It was all he could talk about for weeks. I thought about that book a few days ago–currently our city is all a stir about a recent Bigfoot sighting that occurred not far from here. Typically, I dismiss these “water cooler” type stories, but yesterday the news ended up being picked up by various national media outlets. Let me back up… last … Continue reading →