Animal Intelligence

“You’re home blogging full-time now,” a friend wrote me recently. “Does that mean there’s a chance you’ll revive Animal Intelligence? Again?” Why sure!
A couple of people sent me this BBC News story about a New Zealand dolphin that helped to rescue a pair of beached whales. Due to copyright issues, I’ve been trying not to [...]

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My father-in-law forwarded this story of a wayward bear and the people who saved him:

The black bear had tried to cross the two-lane California highway on Sept. 15. But…cars approaching in both lanes honked, and the scared bear climbed over the concrete railing. Somehow in his panic, the bear reached the bridge arch, a few [...]

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Here’s an article I’ve seen in a zillion different papers. The most extensive write-up comes from The Sydney Morning Herald out of Australia:

A cat helped spare a family in the US state of Indiana from death by carbon monoxide poisoning by jumping on the bed and meowing wildly as fumes filled the home, the owners [...]

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Lynn sent the story of a “real-life Lassie“. A German shepherd is credited with saving a Georgia woman’s life. Here’s Free Republic’s version of the story:

A bruised and battered south Georgia woman credits a wayward German shepherd with rescuing her after her car careened down an embankment, tossing her through the rear window and leaving [...]

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Here’s a clip of an amazing horse rescue in The Netherlands. The following text is transcribed directly from the video (spelling and all):

Rescue many horses the Netherlands
Noveber 3th, 2006
Length: 6 min. and 36 sec.
Music: Vangelis
October 31th: More than one hundred horses were surprised by a heavy storm in the northern part of the Netherlands. 18 [...]

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From the London Telegraph:

Chris Hinds, a court warrants officer, was out walking his own dogs when he saw the alsatian-cross injured and whimpering at the water’s edge. As he approached, it panicked and plunged into the River Tees only to be swept away by the fast-flowing tide on Tuesday evening. Mr Hinds, 43, sent his [...]

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