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Straight Talk in a Crooked World
Today Howard Garrett and Susan Berta of the Orca Network sent out an email update on Tokitae (Lolita), the captive Salish Sea native who has spent 40 years in substandard conditions at the Miami Seaquarium. I appreciate their ongoing efforts to free Tokitae and save other marine mammals from life as prisoners. Their news release […]
Read More Captive OrcasOne rainy Saturday night last month I received a text that turned my blood to ice. A beloved family pet that was supposed to be shipped over 700 miles to her new home had instead been dumped off at the local shelter, and was days from being euthanized. Her owner had to go ahead of […]
Read More The Animal FoundationYet another ugly truth about where animals go when they’re done racing has come out. The Seattle Times published this feature on the fate of racehorses once they’ve aged out of the sport or are no longer generating money. Living | Rescue groups save racehorses from slaughterhouses | Seattle Times Newspaper.
Read More Racehorse RacketNational Geographic’s Breaking Orbit blog just did a great feature on Space Bat: http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/news/breakingorbit/2010/10/discovery-launch-space-bat-halloween.html. It includes the Space Bat tribute video and links to associated sites including a memorial site. Unforunately, many of the other sites listed at the memorial site don’t work. If you want to go straight to the video, click here:
Read More Space BatIf Christopher Columbus were an animal, he’d be a ferret. Weighing in at just one to five pounds and generally not more than 20 inches long, ferrets are the intrepid explorers of the wild kingdom. They are constantly curious and love to learn and climb and try new things. They are amazingly smart; if they […]
Read More WA Ferret RescueI discussed Mugsy the cat in a previous post, https://wildninja.wordpress.com/2010/09/18/pet-rescues/. Mugsy survived in the woods for weeks after escaping a wrecked motor home on I-90 in which one of her owners was fatally injured. Eventually her family and pet detective Kat Albrecht decided to part ways as the family wanted to try a different approach […]
Read More Is Mugsy Still Out There?This article is from Kat Albrecht’s website. It is a reminder to look for missing kitties inside before simply assuming that they’re outside. Remember, cats can’t just walk up to you and say, “hey, I need a doctor.” Cats with urinary tract infections or cystitis will urinate outside of their litter box, for example. That’s […]
Read More Missing Cat Info.Late last year my dog suffered a hind leg injury. His vet recommended surgery, but I wasn’t convinced that I wanted to put him through a major operation at his age. It was also very costly, and while he’s worth every penny, it was unaffordable. Agonized over his condition and not sure what to do, […]
Read More FlexicoseThere have been a number of dramatic animal rescues in the news this year. A couple of days ago in Oregon, Moses the camel was rescued from a sinkhole by local firefighters. This story’s happy ending was welcome encouragement for his owners, who are battling unemployment and cancer.
Read More Pet RescuesSomebody hold me back. Seriously. Never am I more tempted to get medieval than when I see helpless children and animals getting hurt. I wouldn’t do that unless I was directly intervening to stop abuse, but I am tempted. Today in the news I was horrified to see pictures of an 8 week-old kitten whose […]
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