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Adorable Puppy Gets a New Home in an Old Fridge

3:34 pm in china, Design & Architecture, dogs, pets, recycled building materials, upcycling by TreeHugger

fridge doghouse photo Image: blog.sina.com I'm a little late posting this, but it's just as irresistible as when the pictures first came out: an old refrigerator recycled into a dog house for a puppy that had nowhere to sleep. Inhabitat reports that the Y-town folks in China have been designing furniture from recycled fridges (and other recycled materials, including electronic waste) for years, so when they offered Chuichui a home but...Read the full story on TreeHugger

City Imposes Cat Curfew to Bring Peace to Possums

8:59 pm in animals, australia, Business & Politics, pets by TreeHugger

cat waiting in window photo Photo: Mr. T in DC / cc In hopes of curbing a troubling trend in wildlife fatalities from the jaws of pets, city officials in one part of Sydney, Australia have implemented a plan to forbid cats from roaming the streets between dusk and dawn -- yes, a cat curfew. While many native species are impacted by pets, possums in particular have proven to be an easy target, with some 564 animals reportedly killed by felines just last year alone. Now, as conservationists make plans to reintroduce more possums to the area, cats will on...Read the full story on TreeHugger