47+ min ago   (1731+ words) By Ben Angarone, Honolulu Civil Beat Monday, Aug. 31, 2026 | 4:21 p.m. When Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi decided he wanted pandas at the Honolulu Zoo, he approached the Chinese Consulate-General in Los Angeles, who gave him some advice: Go to China. “You would’ve thought…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (192+ words) Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026 | 2:36 p.m. Twenty-one specially bred cats were recently rescued after a court ruled the breeder to be unfit after an investigation into breeding practices, the city of Henderson announced in a news release today. Many of the Sphynx cats taken…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (129+ words) Photograph: Horses Las Vegas Sun Erin Schaff / New York Times Shadows of horses at a Bureau of Land Management Wild Horse Corral in Burns, Ore., on April 20, 2026. A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (986+ words) Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026 | 2 a.m. For three decades, Henderson Animal Protection Services has operated in the same-sized facility even as the city around it has grown. As Henderson's population expanded, the shelter outgrew its space — a squeeze made worse in recent years by…...

4+ week, 5+ hour ago   (236+ words) Monday, Aug. 3, 2026 | 11:59 a.m. At a bar shaped like a sunken pirate ship, one cocktail is helping shelter dogs and cats find safe harbor. The bar, called Stray Pirate, is in the Las Vegas Arts District and is decorated with paintings of…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1299+ words) By Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times (TNS) Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026 | 2 a.m. Cosmo and Hook came into my life in the summer of 2020. My wife, Delilah, found them on the website of Frosted Faces Foundation, a nonprofit in the northern San Diego County…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (873+ words) Updated 5 hours, 27 minutes ago Suddenly, the 2-year-old blue heeler mix wanted nothing to do with Brian’s textured brown skin or furiously rattling tail. Ripley was never in danger because Brian had his venom glands removed years ago. Dog trainer J.J....

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (259+ words) Letter to the editor: By Heather Moore, Norfolk, Va. Wednesday, July 29, 2026 | 2 a.m. With temperatures soaring, it’s crucial not to leave dogs alone in cars. The best place for dogs when temperatures rise, even slightly, is safely at home. On a 70-degree…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (61+ words) By Ardelle Bellman, Las Vegas Wednesday, July 22, 2026 | 2 a.m. Some of these animals have contagious illnesses. The labs gave them the diseases. Now medicate them for the cure. The U.S. National Institutes of Health Library noted that animals' medical results are less than…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (605+ words) By Matthew Brown, Associated Press Friday, July 17, 2026 | 4:56 p.m. BILLINGS, Mont. — The U.S. Interior Department on Friday canceled a rule meant to protect plants and animals that are determined to be threatened with extinction, the latest step by President Donald Trump’s administration…...