Animals in the News

Taking dogs to work ‘reduces employee stress’

by Rebecca on April 12, 2012

Even employees without dogs wanted to take colleagues’ pets for a walk

Bringing pet dogs to work can reduce stress and make the job more satisfying for other employees, a study suggests.

US researchers found those with access to dogs were less stressed as the day went on than those who had none.

The preliminary study published in the International Journal of Workplace Health Management looked at 75 staff.

The researchers suggested access to dogs boosted morale and reduced stress levels, whether people had access to their own pets or other people’s.

by Rebecca on March 28, 2012

This is the moving moment a grieving herd of elephants said their goodbyes to a little calf who tragically died of a serious heart defect.

Baby Lola was due to be the world’s first elephant to have heart surgery to remove a blood clot.

But the three-month-old calf sadly passed away on Saturday during a preliminary CT scan.

Keepers at Hellabrunn Zoo in Munich decided to return the baby’s body to the elephant enclosure so mum Panang, 22, could grieve in peace.

The rest of the herd then took it in turns to nuzzle the animal’s lifeless body.