A small dog left behind on a cliff in Oahu when his irresponsible dog dad jumped into Maunalua Bay was swept into the water himself by a giant wave.
The dog tried running away from the sudden swell, to no avail. Fortunately, he survived and his dog dad was able to rescue him.
The entire scary incident was captured on camera by Donny Klotz’s drone.
“The owner jumped off the ledge at China Walls,” Klotz told Hawaii News Now. “The dog went down one level and was looking for his owner. Then the wave came [and] the owner didn’t even see the dog getting washed off.”
Although warning signs — and no dogs allowed signs — are posted at the entrance to China Walls in Hawaii Kai, Honolulu Emergency Services Dept. spokeswoman Shayne Enright told Hawaii News Now people ignore them. In January, a 23-year-old man died when he was swept off the same ledge by a wave.
“That [dog] could have easily been a child or [an adult] person,” Enright said. “It just shows how incredibly dangerous that area really is.”
January 2017 Update: The ARK Pet Oasis is now open.
When the $48-million The Ark terminal opens at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City next year, traveling dogs will be able to enjoy a bone-shaped pool, massage therapy, “pawdicures” and more in its 20,000-square-foot Paradise 4 Paws resort. They can spend the night in rooms with full-sized beds and flat-screen TVs.
There will be plenty of fancy amenities for cats, too, including a jungle with custom-made climbing trees.
“It will be a place for people who love their pets like they love their kids,” Cliff Bollmann, one of its architects, told Crain’s New York Business.
Along with pets, the 178,000-square-foot facility will be available for horses, cattle, penguins and other animals.
The Ark terminal, which is currently under construction, is replacing the VetPort, a kennel that opened in the 1950s. According to Crain’s New York Business, a report by the New York City Economic Development Corp. and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey found VetPort’s management to be “poor” and the facility “suffered from a location that insulated it from the traveling public for whom a large portion of its revenue … was targeted.”
Unlike the VetPort, The Ark will provide quarantine facilities for animals arriving from other countries. Previously, this required a two-hour trip to a federal quarantine facility.
According to a press release, The Ark will be “the world’s only privately owned, integrated air-freight center, in-transit animal handling modules, USDA-approved import quarantine, veterinary hospital, diagnostic laboratory, and companion animal boarding and grooming spa.” It’s anticipated to “effectively transform the air transport of animals worldwide.”
Construction is expected to be completed during the first quarter of 2016.
More than 2 million pets and other animals are transported by air annually, according to the U.S. Dept. of Transportation. About 70,000 of them will pass through The Ark each year.
The Ark “will be a place for people who love their pets like they love their kids,” Bollmann told Crain’s New York Business.
Tiki, a black Lab, had no appetite last week. When she started vomiting and having diarrhea, her dog mom, Sara Weiss, took her to the Good Shepherd Veterinary Hospital in Mars, Penn.
Dr. Hisham Ibrahim took X-rays and noticed a large, unusual mass in Tiki’s stomach.
Tiki was rushed into surgery. Dr. Ibrahim “started pulling handfuls of different items out” during the two-hour operation, vet technician Emily Cottle told WTAE. “It was quite an experience to see.”
Among those items: 62 hair bands, eight pairs of underwear, four rubber bands and one bandage.
Dr. Ibrahim compared the surgery to a magician pulling scarf after scarf out of a hat.
“I found this hair band attached to another hair band, to another one, to another one, and to other things again,” he told WTAE. “But, thank God, we were able to pull through, and Tiki’s recovered very well.”
Weiss said Tiki had previously eaten a Nerf dart, but was able to pass it, er, naturally.
Dr. Ibrahim recently had to surgically remove 15 pacifiers from another dog’s stomach.
“I was there for the pacifiers and many other different items, but not something that big (as Tiki’s collection),” Cottle told WTAE.
In May, a Belgian Malinois named Benno ate 23 live rifle rounds. Like Tiki, after surgery, Benno lived to bark about it.
Two years ago, Wang Kaiyu, who lives in China’s Yunnan province, bought what he thought were two black puppies.
“When I was working on my banana farm, a Vietnamese man came up and showed me two good-looking pups,” Kaiyu told the Want China Times.
“He said they are good watchdogs, so I bought them.”
Wang took very good care of his new pets, bathing and brushing them every day. He was rather surprised by their voracious appetites, and how they would eat his pet chickens.
When he saw a wildlife protection promotion about Asian black bears a couple weeks ago, Wang had what Oprah would call an “Ah-HA!” moment. The bears looked remarkably like his two “dogs.”
“Some people had offered to buy them for a lot of money, but I never agreed,” Wang told the Times.
Instead, the dog — er, bear — dad did the right thing. He contacted the forestry police. On June 30, the male and female bears were taken to the Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center of Yunnan.
“I love them so much,” Wang said.
Feng Lingui, a rescue center spokesman, told the People’s Daily Online the Asian black bears are about 3 years old and in good health. He said the center is working on finding permanent living arrangements for the pair.
Due to deforestation, being hunted for their body parts, and being subjected to illegal bear-baiting exhibitions — in which, after their claws and teeth are removed, they’re forced to fight dogs — Asian black bears are classified as “vulnerable” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. They cannot be kept as pets.
The final round of voting is now open closed to determine the grand prize winner of the Fifth Annual American Humane Association (AHA) Hero Dog Awards, presented by the Lois Pope LIFE Foundation.
The purpose of these awards is to “celebrate the powerful, age-old bond between dogs and people – and give recognition to courageous acts of heroism performed by our four-legged best friends,” according to the official website.
The second round of voting, which ended June 26, selected the finalists in eight categories.
The Hero Dog Awards ceremony will be held in Los Angeles on Sept. 19. The 2015 grand prize winner will be announced during the ceremony.
To help hero dogs everywhere, AHA will donate $2,500 to each finalist’s charity partner, and an additional $5,000 to the grand prize winner’s charity partner.
Last year’s grand prize winner was Susie, a Pit Bull/German Shepherd mix who survived a horribly abusive puppyhood and became a therapy dog. She was the inspiration for Susie’s Law, which bumped up the crime of maliciously abusing, torturing or killing an animal in North Carolina from a misdemeanor to a felony.
Founded in 1877, AHA was the first national humane organization in the U.S., and is the only one dedicated to protecting both children and animals.
It’s still a bit early to mark your calendar, but the 2015 Hero Dog Awards will be televised on the Hallmark Channel in October.
Fifth Annual AHA Hero Dog Awards Finalists
Arson Dogs: Glory
As a certified accelerant detection canine, Glory is trained to sniff out the signs of arson fires. She works locally in Beloit, Wisc., and is also called on to investigate fires throughout the state, in neighboring states and around the country. Not only does Glory’s work help reduce the number of intentionally set fires, but she also consoles firefighters and paramedics in Beloit, Wisc., when they are having rough days. To promote fire safety and prevention, Glory and her handler visit local schools and organizations.
Emerging Hero Dogs: Harley
The finalist in this category, which honors ordinary dogs who do extraordinary things, is Harley, who spent the first 10 years of his life confined to a small cage in a puppy mill. Harley had many health issues, including heart disease, a fused spine and deformed legs. He lost an eye when his cage was power-washed with him inside it. After being rescued and adopted by a loving family, he became the inspiration for the Harley to the Rescue campaign, which in just two years has raised the funds to rescue and provide medical care for more than 500 puppy-mill dogs. Harley goes along on the rescue missions, and also appears at schools and events to raise awareness of the horrors of puppy mills.
Guide/Hearing Dogs: Chara
Chara, of Waynesboro, Va., was originally trained to be a signal service dog for her handler, who is hearing impaired. But when her handler developed reflex sympathetic dystrophy type II with dystonia, a neurological condition, Chara trained herself to alert her handler of impending myoclonic dystonic attacks. When her handler’s infant son had a severe cold and stopped breathing, Chara alerted her, saving the baby’s life.
Law Enforcement Dogs: Dax
In July 2013, K9 officer Dax saved his partner, officer Chris Alberini of Ashland, Mass., from being shot by a suspect hiding in an attic. “The man would have likely fired at me immediately if Dax hadn’t gone into the attic first,” Alberini said on the Hero Dog Awards website. “The suspect’s shotgun was loaded with five rounds of ammunition. He was waiting in the attic for the police officer to turn a flashlight on him and he was going to shoot. Investigators later learned that the suspect had texted his attorney and girlfriend about killing police. We all owe our lives to this brave K9.”
Military Dogs: Rambo
Sgt. Rambo served in the Marine Corps as an explosive detection military working dog, based out of Cherry Point, N.C. He participated in 622 missions on base and in the local community. Rambo was medically retired due to a shoulder injury, and later had to have his left front leg amputated. But that didn’t stop this vet, who lives in Converse, Texas. He became a mascot for Alamo Honor Flight and is currently the mascot for Gizmo’s Gift, a Texas nonprofit that provides financial support to families adopting retired military working dogs.
Search-and-Rescue Dogs: Glory
Glory, a trained and certified 8-year-old Bloodhound from Sun Valley, Calif., works in extreme temperatures and under difficult conditions to track lost pets. Among the many she has successfully found was Pistol, a cat. “We were terrified,” said Stephanie, Pistol’s cat mom. “Pistol was gone from our front yard and we had no idea where to look. When Glory led us to the freeway and wanted to cross, I couldn’t believe it. But Glory was right, and we had Pistol back that same afternoon – Pistol had crossed the freeway and was right across from where Glory indicated.”
Service Dogs: Axel
“When I met Axel, he was one week away from being put down, sleeping on a shelter floor. And I was sleeping in my basement with a gun under my pillow,” said retired USMC Capt. Jason Haag on the Hero Dog Awards website. “Now I share a bed with a big and furry security blanket. And he’s a heck of a lot softer.” Haag was suffering from PTSD and a traumatic brain injury when Axel, a German Shepherd, came into his life, thanks to the nonprofit K9s for Warriors. “Sometimes all it takes is a little nudge from Axel to remind me that I’m out of the combat zone,” Haag said.
Therapy Dogs: Hudson the Railroad Puppy
When they were only 3 weeks old, Hudson, a Pit Bull, and his two sisters were nailed to railroad tracks in Albany, N.Y. One of Hudson’s paws had been cut off. Hudson and one sister were rescued but, tragically, the other puppy died. After several surgeries, Hudson became the first dog in New York to be fitted with a prosthetic paw. He was adopted by a loving family and became a certified therapy dog, visiting schools, hospitals and adult day-care facilities. “We try to teach children and everyone we meet that just because you’re different, you are still special in your own ‘wooftastic’ way,” said Hudson’s dog mom.
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