Pets

The Yakima Humane Society has sent out an S.O.S. and are in desperate need of dog and cat food and other supplies to help feed and take care of their rescue animals.

The best advice from city officials is to leave your pets at home.

Dr. Lutz Harfst at Animal Medical Service is Yakima says he's very concerned about his employees being exposed.

Dig is a Tinder-style app that is meant to help humans find love via their dogs and it's already been activated in Austin, Atlanta, Miami, and San Francisco, and on the verge in Denver and Dallas by the end of June.

Scientists say that though humans have kept dogs as pets for many years, it's not clear exactly why we do it.

They confirmed the old adage that you can't teach an old dog new tricks.

After studying 7,000 pure bred dogs from 74 different breeds, they found larger dogs, such as Labradors and Great Danes, have bigger brains than smaller dogs.

Why can't Washington state residents own these contraband critters?

The Daily Mail reports that Dr Grimm thinks we should treat cats more like dogs and that includes outside exercise.

Lead researchers say that taking all three groups into account, dog cognition doesn't look exceptional.