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You can travel the world over, but you probably will not find a country that displays a greater focus on animal advocacy than Switzerland. For such a small country, the Swiss know the importance of attending to their estimated 7 million pets that populate this land of neutrality.

When it comes to global warming animal dung is high on the list of offenders for creating methane. When it comes to commerce animal dung is really big business -- and we're not just talking fertilizer here. From fine coffee that comes from being processed through the digestive system of civet cats and elephants to the use of llama dung in the purification of toxic water running off of old mines.

Cheapskates in China are renting ladders from locals to avoid buying tickets to zoos and wildlife parks. Lets hope they don't give the animals inside any ideas.

So you think running is a boring sport? Think again. Runners competing in the 2017 Garden of the Gods 10 Mile Run were joined briefly by a bear.

First it was dachshunds, then it was chihuahuas, and now it's corgis racing wildly across the track in hopes of bringing home the gold — a gold plated cup full of dog treats, that is. (VIDEO)

Resulting from a contentious election campaign, immigration has become a controversial issue these days. Now part of our current-day zeitgeist, our concerns shift to how immigrants should or should not be treated coming into the country. But what about animals?

Do you regularly treat your lawn or garden with chemicals to enhance it or to kill off pests? If you do, you may want to rethink your strategy, because more evidence points to a link between pesticides and canine cancer.

For most cities the biggest dog controversy is over leash laws. Naturally in New York City things are always bigger -- and often very creative. When a law was passed banning dogs that could not be put in a carrier it wasn't a problem for dog owners. No indeed. It was a challenge. Since the law didn't limit the actual size of the dog their dogs started showing up on the subway in a number of different ways.