Probably.  At least, I hope so.

But take a look through this MSNBC.com feature about animal smarts. I was particularly impressed with Betty the crow who fashioned a food-retrieving tool.

And I’ll always be fascinated with dolphins. Researchers believe they have their own language and are one of the more creative mammals (outside humans, of course.) When [...]

Beauty the bald eagle will soon be able to regain the use of her beak for eating, drinking and preening.

The 7-year-old eagle suffered severe damage after her beak was shot off and scientists have built her a prosthetic to keep her alive.

A CNN.com article details the efforts made to save Beauty with a procedure experts [...]

That’s the word from the Norwalk attorney M. Jeffry Spahr after finding out his city was being sued by Mahopac mom Kelly DeBrocky.

DeBrocky wants $100 from the city as compensation for having her day ruined (RUINED!!) by having to go through the horror that was her toddler stepping in dog poo in a parking lot [...]

Did you get your pet from a pet store? Has your cat not yet been spayed or neutered? Does your puppy pee on your rug?

If you answered yes, you may be making a common mistake with your pets. The mistakes, listed in a recent MSNBC.com article from the Today show, include buying dogs and [...]

Denver area news outlets reported this week on Lulu, an English spring spaniel who was pulled from the rubble of a Breckenridge, Colo. building that had exploded, critically injuring her owner.

Lulu had been underneath the wreckage of the collapsed building for eight days,  yet suffered only mild dehydration and an eye injury.

Read more about Lulu’s [...]

I’d like to say that I’d give a big thumbs up to the Empire State for being the first in the county to outlaw electrocution as an acceptable way of harvesting animals’ fur.

But I can’t believe this was actually allowed in the first place. According to an Associated Press report, People For the Ethical Treatment [...]

So AOL.com’s shopping site came up with a list of pet items they called “wacky.” Well I can think of someone who has every single item on that list except for the advanced litter pan (and that’s just because I don’t know many cat owners.)

Tear stain remover? I’ve got it in my kitchen cabinet. Hypo-allergenic [...]

With celebrities and the media making a constant push for blood donation, it’s important to remember that cats and dogs often need donor blood also.

I found this article on MSN.com about animal blood donors and read it with interest.

My Italian greyhound, Molly, has von Willebrand’s disease, a clotting disorder. Animal (humans too) typically have a [...]

You’d think with the Pennsylvania primary and assorted polygamy news, today wouldn’t be such a slow news day that articles about the most beautiful bulldog have been making the rounds at major news outlets.

But indeed, American media outlets tody are celebrating Buddy, a three-year-old bulldog from Iowa who won the contest that honors the [...]

New research has come out showing that our pets (you know the ones that give you kisses and sleep in your bed) are contaminated with a multitude of industrial  chemicals.

Not good.

Veterinarians and researchers have said animals test higher than humans because they spend so much time lower to the ground where dust and other particles [...]