Pet owners are always concerned about the well-being of their cute friends. But once you’re away from home, there isn’t much you can do. Wouldn’t it be great to have something that could take care of your pet and allow you to interact (互动) with it while you’re out? Petcube Bites is a good choice.

Petcube Bites comes in two parts. The lower half is equipped with a camera and a feeding opening, while the upper half is used to store nearly half a kilo of food. It looks beautiful in any setting. You just have to decide on the most convenient place to fix it.

Besides being a home video camera that shows live HD (高清) views of the house, it supports two-way voice delivery, meaning that you can hear your pet moving around the house, call to your pet from your phone and have a “heart-to-heart” talk with it from anywhere in the world. Using the Petcube app, you can catch your pet’s images and share them on social media.

Petcube Bites offers a more fun way for you to interact with your pet wherever you are. When you want to feed your dog, simply call him over and click the bone on the screen. Then the Petcube Bites will let out food through the feeding opening. You can control the amount and distance.

For dog and cat lovers alike, this is the best tool on the market for playing and spending time with your pet. Find more information at: https://www.lifewire.com/petcube-bites.

Pet-friendly train rides

Why not consider a great pet-friendly train ride on your next trip? You can enjoy the local landscapes while making wonderful memories with your pet.

Skunk Train—California

Located in Northern California’s Mendocino County, the 131-year-old Skunk Train travels through grasslands and mountains. It offers two route choices.

Noyo River Canyon—Leaving from Fort Bragg, this trip runs along the Pudding Creek Estuary and then snakes along the Noyo River.

Coastal Range and Redwoods—Leaving from Willits and traveling to Northspur, this mountainous route travels 8.5 miles of track.

Pet Policy: Dogs are the only pets allowed on the plane, and you need to pay $10 for your dog to ride the train.

Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad-Oregon

The Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad runs daily coastal trips between Garibaldi and Rockaway Beach from mid-June to early September. Weekend service lasts from late May to the end of September.

Pet Policy: Well-behaved dogs are welcome. The staff asks that families with dogs sit in the open cars, which offer more space to them.

Monticello Railway Museum—Illinois

The Monticello Railway Museum is open for train rides on Saturdays and Sundays from May through October as part of the museum’s educational mission. Visitors can get on the train at two stations. You’re welcome to visit the the museum gift shop.

Pet Policy: pets can ride the train for free. All types of pets are welcome.

Oil & Creek Titusville Railroad—Pennsylvania

This train ride leaves from Perry Street Station in Titusville, Pennsylvania. On this 3-hour round-trip ride, you’ll learn about the history of Pennsylvania’s oil industry while you watch for ducks, deer, and possibly a black bear.

Pet Policy: Dogs can ride the train at a cost of $5. Someone must stay with the dog at your seat; you cannot walk around the train with your dog.

In September 2017, villagers found a tiny elephant wandering around alone in Burkina Faso, West Africa. They named the baby elephant Nania and brought it to a local wildlife base. The caregivers there saw promising signs-the young elephant remained physically healthy and didn't seem depressed. Experts predict the elephant was discovered within a day or two of being separated from her family, or she wouldn't have survived.

Fortunately, Nania grew well with her caregivers, who acted as her parents playing with her for 6-8 hours a day. Several months later, Nania was ready to start the process of returning to wild elephant group. As is known to us, turning wild animals into adopted ones is actually a process the animals can do naturally. Most animals including nonrelatives act like family. However, helping an elephant rejoin the wild is no simple task. Will it be able to find food for itself, avoid danger, and eventually have its own children?

Meanwhile, scientists began the search for her mother using DNA matching technology. They began collecting wastes samples from the 40 wild elephant tribes that passed through the area and analyzed the elephant wastes for DNA in a lab. Then one day, the lab found a surprising result: the DNA was a match. One of the sampled elephants was not just a family member of Nania, but almost surely her mother. Most importantly, through the DNA, the scientists discovered that Nania is a forest elephant. Forest elephants are endangered, which makes the importance of saving Nania much greater.

“What you really hope for is that there’s some connection that can be remembered when she finds her own species,” Katie Moore, vice president for animal rescue, said. “And that it just happens. To Nania, it will not feel lonely any more.”