pet

In Vietnam, a battle of the wits between dog owners ...
A Labrador retriever is kept in a padlocked cage in a residential district of Bac Ninh, northeast of Hanoi, following a spate of dog thefts. (Manabu Sasaki)
HANOI--For dog owners in Vietnam, the end of each lunar calendar month is a time for extra vigilance: for this is when dognappers are most active.
Wearable tail shows your feelings, just like your...
An image of how a "Tailly" works (Courtesty of Shota Ishiwatari)
It’s often said that pets can resemble their owners. Now an animatronic tail in development will make it possible for owners to return the compliment.
Fido gets his own place to swim in Osaka
Dogs swim at the Nishikinohama pet beach in Kaizuka, Osaka Prefecture. (Ryo Ikeda)
KAIZUKA, Osaka Prefecture--A beach just for pets has opened at the Nishikinohama beach in Kaizuka, Osaka Prefecture.
New research: Dogs are smart, so where does that...
The Asahi Shimbun
Given the long relationship between humans and dogs, it may come as a surprise that little research has been done on what makes man's best friend tick.
Against incredible odds, cat reunited with owner...
Nanao Mizoe, left, a veterinarian at the Kawasaki Wildlife Volunteer Center in Kanagawa Prefecture, asks Ryoka Yamooka of the Emergency Disaster Animal Relief Headquarters to deliver Kinako to her owner in Fukushima Prefecture. (Norihide Furusawa)
Captured as a stray five months after the nuclear disaster last year, the cat was bedraggled, half-starved and diseased.
Researchers develop less invasive way of tracking...
Researchers at Riken and the National Cancer Center have developed a new method of diagnosing a specific type of malignant breast cancer by combining position emission...
SYMPOSIUM: Japan looks again at pet welfare
The Life Sippo Project 2012 Symposium: Protecting Pets at the Yurakucho Asahi Hall on Feb. 26 (The Asahi Shimbun)
Japan is in the throes of a major re-evaluation of its treatment of pets, according to participants in an animal welfare symposium held in Tokyo.
Children's book about Fukushima pets in no-entry...
Veterinarian Kunitoshi Baba and his newfound friend Ucchi at their home in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. Baba rescued Ucchi, who had been abandoned in a Fukushima area that was evacuated and declared a no-entry zone after the Great East Japan Earthquake. (Toshihiro Hidaka)
Sakura wonders where all the people went.
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