Animals

Mohamed Saher's friend had shipped the puppy from Slovakia. Now, Saher had to turn in paperwork to clear customs and take Pamela home.

Austin-area animal shelters have been overcrowded for years. Local officials and nonprofits are looking at different ways to alleviate the problem.

Microchips are used to trace a lost pet back to its owner. They're one tool to help keep animals out of shelters. The Austin City Council could approve the rule next week.

Austin is not often associated with alligators. But gators do loom large in our local history.

PETA and other groups have been calling for closure since the strip mall aquarium opened a decade ago.

Pet Rest had been around since the ’60s and was pretty well known. A few years ago, bulldozers showed up and it became a construction site.

Every so often, someone spots a wild cat in their neighborhood that's almost certainly not a domestic stray. Who is roaming the city?

Austin is a dog-friendly city, and it's common to find off-leash pups in parks, trails and public areas. But not all of them are off-leash spaces. In fact, most aren't.

The birds made their way from Houston’s coast this week — huddled together in cardboard boxes loaded in the back of an SUV.

Austin Humane Society took in 94 animals from the Gulf Coast Humane Society in Corpus Christi when the coastal shelter was still projected to be in the path of Hurricane Beryl.