Ethology

Sheep are generally associated with being meek and docile creatures. But it seems this ram didn’t get the memo. In an uncharacteristic move it suddenly started attacking the shepherd of the herd. As a car approaches, its dash-cam records the herd initially scattering, but out of nowhere the “rogue” ram turns against the shepherd butting him.

"You're OK, you're OK," Lola Webber, a campaign manager with the Humane Society International (HSI), whispers to a lab-mix puppy, cradling her in a jacket as dozens of dogs bark in nearby cages. 

Şenol Özbakan, a former ship skipper who lives in a minibus with 12 abandoned golden retriever and Rottweiler dogs that he adopted in the western province of Muğla's Bodrum district, has been hospitalized. 

Özbakan and his dogs, nicknamed the "Golden Gang," have thousands of followers from Turkey and all over the world on social media.

A young Australian woman was egged on into having sex with her pet dog by her then-partner – who would call her a ‘dirty sl**’ and repeatedly sleep with her after she got intimate with the animal, a court has heard.

BELGRADE - Your dog's memory works much more like yours than previously thought, according to a new study.

A stray puppy that was left for dead after being covered in glue by children in Istanbul is making a slow recovery, daily Hürriyet has reported.

The puppy was struggling to move and was barely breathing when it was found by locals late last week.

Locals who found the puppy took it to a veterinarian for medical examinations.

At least eight animals including stray dogs and cats were found dead in the Güzelbağ neighborhood of the southern province of Antalya, as residents suspected the animals were deliberately fed poisoned meat, which may have harmed more animals in the area. 

Dogs really love their walk. Jumping up and down, panting and licking when they see that leash. The thing, is sometimes they tend to be too impatient when in the streets or the park and keep pulling and tugging. Not this dutchund, though.

Photographer Christian Vieler takes hilarious photos of dogs trying to catch food aiming to capture the range of intense emotions dogs experience when eating.

The pictures show the many faces of dogs, depicting excitement, confusion and sadness as the treat approaches them.

But, sometimes, the dogs are so unbothered that they miss the treat entirely.

Director Ceyda Torun's first documentary film 'Nine Lives: Cats in Istanbul' is a great chance to see the feline residents of the city's various neighborhoods from Galata to Cihangir and Feriköy to KuzguncukIf you want to get to know a city, they say you have to see it through the eyes of a local.