Dogs
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Can dogs pick up on their owner’s emotions and behaviour?
Discover how dogs respond to human body language, tone and behaviour, and how owners can encourage confident, positive everyday interactions.
Dogs sniff out succulent thieves
Meet the dogs who are helping combat the plant poaching that serves insatiable overseas markets
Dangerous dogs and the law: What owners or victims of a canine attack need to know
Depending on the circumstances, ownership of a vicious dog may attract criminal and/or delictual liability
Wan-Wan Patrol: Four-legged friends keep Tokyo neighbourhood safe
Meet the pups of Tokyo’s real-life Paw Patrol
War and Covid slow trade in Saluki dogs
Salukis, cousins of the greyhound, have been used for hunting for thousands of years in the Middle East and are some of the fastest canines.
Review: The documentary ‘Clebs’ is an allegory for the human condition
‘Clebs’, which documents more than 750 dogs at a sanctuary in Morocco, provides some timely symbolism as it points to human truths
‘There is heartbreak every day’
People are handing over their pets to shelters, but they too are battling financially
What the? A sex-crazed pitbull chases, kills and humps a cow in King William’s Town
What could have been a simple mischievous dog-chases-cow story turned into a very bizarre one
Rumor has it: Top dogs compete for honours in New York
A German shepherd named Rumor won the Westminster Dog Show.
Guess what? Scientists have proved that Fido loves you more than dog biscuits
Dogs have evolved to be so dependent on us that, in tests, they are seen to pick affection over food.
Seoul cloning lab promises Fido forever
Sooam Biotech Research Foundation has cloned about 800 dogs for owners or state agencies, at a cost of $100 000 each.
Ban on black boerboel exports at the heart of breeders’ row
It’s not all black and white – the government’s clampdown is meant to protect the popular dog’s purebred status.
Airports go to the dogs to save lives
Man’s best friend has been brought on board to chase foraging birds from local airstrips.
I am an African and I grieve for my dog Bruno
There is no shame in cherishing our pets, who help us connect with our roots and our humanity.
Britain’s first cloned dog dubbed ‘ridiculous waste of money’
The cloning of a dachshund puppy named Mini-Winnie by a Korean company called Sooam Biotech has raised ethical issues, say scientists.