U.S. Military Dogs Being Evacuated From Afghanistan Images showing American military dogs getting flown out of Afghanistan were virally popular on social media.
Social Media Users Reveal White Woman Calling Police on Black Man Filming Her Amy Cooper has claimed, without offering any evidence to back it up, that Christian Cooper was "screaming" at her during the encounter.
Does Coronavirus Put Dogs at Risk Because Hand Sanitizer Has the Same Ingredients as Antifreeze? Pet warnings are always popular, and COVID-19's link to hand sanitizer made sure that a claim that it was fatal to animals spread far and wide..
‘Blue Buffalo Dental Bones Hemorrhagic Gastritis’ Facebook Warning A Facebook user's post claiming that Blue Buffalo brand Dental Bones gravely sickened her dog Dallas was shared nearly half a million times in just a few days.
‘Sometimes Dogs or Wolves in Movies Need CGI Tails Because They’re So Excited to be Doing a Good Job Acting’ A claim about canines needing computer-generated tails has been virally popular on Reddit, Imgur, Facebook, and sites that turn threads into blog posts.
Does an Image Show Dogs Euthanized in a Single Day in an Average American Shelter? On June 2 2019, the Facebook page “Pawz” shared the following post (archived here), tugging on readers’ heartstrings by claiming that the photograph represented routine daily euthanizations in an average shelter: https://www.facebook.com/Pawz/photos/a.1529741357347036/2337079696613194/?type=3&theater A caption implied that the dogs were recently euthanized in the United States: Take a good, hard look at this picture. This is […]
Is Facebook Donating $1 for Every Share Towards a Puppy’s Tumor? On May 10 2019, the Facebook page “Therapy Dogs Give Love” shared the following image and plea (archived here), claiming Facebook was donating $1 for every share of an image of a puppy with a “tumor”: https://www.facebook.com/TherapyDawgs/photos/a.225520447863799/704085270007312/?type=3&theater Alongside an image of a black dog with an avocado in its mouth, the page wrote: For every […]
Dog Owners Warned About Explosive Tennis Balls Lying in Grass-Truth! Warnings about exploding tennis balls are real, but they didn't appear to be tied to a specific threat or trend when they resurfaced in May 2017.
Are Poinsettia Plants Poisonous to Children and Pets? Research has shown that a well-meaning holiday warning overstates the plants' toxicity.
