I never knew walruses were so smart or so talented. And funny. Watch video taken at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium

RENO, Nev. — This summer’s Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival has produced an unlikely star: a deaf pit bull named Michael who narrowly escaped euthanasia. The 6-year-old American Staffordshire terrier has turned out to be a hoot in his role as Crab the dog in the Bard’s comedy, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona,” festival organizers and

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Thanks to the generosity of animal welfare groups and individual well-wishers, a hero dog from the Philippines whose face was destroyed in a horrific accident earlier this year will soon be flown to the United States for reconstructive surgery. This past February, the dog — named Kabang (“spotty” in Visayan) — was hailed a hero