SF News Sad-Eyed Dog Dies On United Flight to San Francisco A 140-pound mastiff failed to make the flight from Miami to San Francisco International Airport last month. The cause of death: a sweltering four-hour layover in Houston, apparently. According to the dog's owner,
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Tigers Not Attacking People Attacking Them With Bags What in the huh? Are these people beating tigers with bags of trash? How are the tigers not mauling them to death? And where is the location of this horrible place? (According to
SF News Update On Charlie, the 18-Month-Old Dog Who Was Sentenced to Die We told you two weeks ago about Charlie, the American Staffordshire terrier who chased and attacked a U.S. Park Police horse in Crissy Field on August 6, and has since been ordered
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Infographic: Foods You Should Never Feed Your Dog Kibbles and Bits? Yes. Chocolate? No. Their own excrement? Yes, sadly. Avocados? Sadly, no. Find out what you cannot feed your pooch via this handy graphic care of Hella Wella. An especially relevant
SF News This Local Dog Is A Miracle Of Modern Science Meet Whiskey, the 80-pound Munsterlander (already off to a great start with today's animal news) who survived a common form of canine oral cancer when he became one of eight pooches to undergo
SF News 18-Month-Old Dog That Attacked Police Horse To Be Killed Charlie, an 18-month-old Staffordshire terrier that allegedly attacked and spooked a US Park Police horse in Crissy Field on August 6, has been sentenced to death by Animal Care and Control's Vicious and
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Insanely Adorable Dogs Waiting For SF Giants Game Scores of dogs and their best friends lined up at AT&T Park for the annual Dog Days of Summer. In addition to dolling pooches up in Giants signature orange and black,
SF News Video: 51 Cats Rescued From Hoarders Are Recovering Adorably Good news from the feline world today. After 113 kittens were found dead in two Seaside, California homes last month, the Monterey County SPCA has slowly nursed the 51 surviving adult cats back
Arts & Entertainment Couch With Built-in Habitrail For Your Feline Friend All cats deserved to be spoiled. This is a given. So why not do so with this nifty couch that allows them to scurry in and out via a built-in habitrail? Simply called
Arts & Entertainment Photo: Punk Rock Cat Boards Train, Doesn't Care What You Or Society Think Eugenia at Muni Diaries brightens our day year with this photo of an unapologetic punk rock cat sitting atop its equally rad owner boarding a Muni train. "[T]he cat that looks absolutely
Arts & Entertainment Morrissey's PETA Ad Features Cat On Crooner's Head For your evening viewing pleasure, we give you Morrissey's PETA ad, which features a feline atop the singer's head. Regarding the campaign to spay or neuter your pets, Morrissey said, "Letting cats or
Arts & Entertainment Someone Abandoned These Caged Guinea Pigs Out In The Sun Whomever left this family of caged guinea pigs out in the sun today unattended at Octavia and Fulton, we hope you enjoy spending eternity roasting in the lower rungs of Hell. Jerk. The
Arts & Entertainment Love Your Corner Store Cat? Share Photos With Us, Please! Cats who call liquor stores or corner stores in the Bay Area home have a special place in our hearts, and rightfully so. They look cute lounging on dusty boxes of Vienna Sausages
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Tiny Kitten Afraid of Vacuum Here's an extra-brief, cute-overloaded palate cleanser for you featuring one tiny kitten and twelve seconds of unabashed adorableness. [via BuzzFeed]
SF News Santa Cruz Animal Shelter Looking For Traveling Kitty's Owner We realize we're a little late to this delightful story, which was making the rounds late last week, but we hope it brightens your Monday nonetheless. The folks down at the Santa Cruz
SF News Beloved Haight Street Bulldog Dies At Age 11 Jake, the 11-year-old English bulldog who sat outside Bladerunners Hair Studio for the past decade, has passed on to a better place. Jake's owner guardian, David Wilson, the owner of Bladerunners, says Jake
SF News East Bay Columnist Would Like To Hear About Your Pets' Reactions To Earthquake This morning's modest temblor likely woke a lot of you and your beloved dogs and cats up, and at least one local newspaperman would like to hear all about how your pets reacted.
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Hummingbird Snoring Please observe this darling little Peruvian hummingbird, called an Amethyst-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus amethysticollis), and listen to it snore. Ahhh. For more fun from the same videographer, please see this darling baby swallow-tailed nightjar.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 2/28: Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks MUSIC: Surprisingly, there are still tickets left as of this posting to see the adorable Stephen Malkmus, and the his band, The Jicks at Slim's tonight, as part of Noise Pop. Their latest