Wolf-dog hybrids are bred by crossing domestic dogs with wolves, sometimes just a few generations back. They carry physical traits and instincts that set them far apart from standard breeds. These ...

In the spring of 2023, a livestock farmer in central Italy lost several sheep in a single night to an animal that local wildlife officers initially logged as a wolf. Genetic testing told a different ...

A suspected wolf-dog hybrid is seen roaming a South Natomas office park across Garden Highway from Discovery Park on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. Animal control officials say two remain on the loose after ...

Some animals will go to great lengths to avoid rain, snow, and other wet weather, while others enjoy being outdoors regardless of the conditions. Although wild animals cannot stay indoors to wait out ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The City of Roanoke could soon adopt a new ordinance that would ban city residents from owning hybrid canines like wolfdogs. The proposed ordinance follows concerns raised by ...

A Greater Sudbury family is fighting to keep their pet dog, which may be seized by Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) pending DNA testing results.

Call them what you want: designer dogs, hybrids or mutts. With cute names like puggle and maltipoo and faces to match, designer dogs have become very popular among celebrities and dog lovers at large.

SOUTH NATOMAS, California (KOVR) — Large dogs are on the loose in south Natomas, prompting a warning to the community to be on alert and report sightings to Animal Control. For the last week, five ...

In today's Roanoke Times' Extra section is a story about designer dogs: hybrids of two purebred breeds crossed to make litters of puppies with desired characteristics, size and appearance. Many of ...