Archive for November, 2007
Friday, November 30th, 2007
In this post-9/11 world, American communities and corporations have had rethink and retool their disaster preparedness plans. Wherever we live in the world, there is the potential for natural disasters of every sort. I have lived in towns and cities that cope with the threat of tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, mudslides, ...
Posted in Animal Health, Animal Rescue | 1 Comment »
Thursday, November 29th, 2007
Georgia State Senator Chip Rogers, who has written pending anti-dogfighting legislation, has sent me a link to a web site where you can get more information about this bill, along with suggestions as to how you can help to get this passed into law:
I really appreciate your support for my ...
Posted in Animal Advocacy, Animal News, Animal Rescue | 3 Comments »
Sunday, November 25th, 2007
The Japanese whaling fleet was launched from the port of Shimonoseki on November 18, 2007. With the help of the Japanese Coast Guard, its whaling factory vessel, Nisshin Maru, eluded the Greenpeace ship Esperanza. Greenpeace had hoped to follow the Nishin Maru to the hunting destination of Antarctica.
This year, the ...
Posted in Animal News, Animal Rescue, Marine Mammals, Wildlife | Comments Off
Sunday, November 25th, 2007
Country music legend Willie Nelson has recorded a Public Service Announcement (PSA) in support of Georgia legislation that would make it a felony for anyone in the state to sell, train or transport dogs for the purpose of dogfighting. State Senator Chip Rogers (R-Woodstock) wrote the legislation before there was ...
Posted in Animal Advocacy, Animal News | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
On November 13, 2007, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals International (SPCA) launched Operation Baghdad Pups, with the stated mission that "No Buddy Gets Left Behind."
Many of our units in the Middle East have adopted animal mascots, despite the fact that it is against military regulations for ...
Posted in Animal Rescue, Baghdad Pups, Dogs | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
Cat fanciers should be pleased to note that there is a new cat residing at #10 Downing Street. A posting dated September 11, 2007, on the British Prime Minister's official web site declares:
Number 10 has a new resident in the form of Sybil the cat.
Sybil has arrived from Edinburgh with ...
Posted in Animal News, Cats, Political Animals, Video | Comments Off
Friday, November 16th, 2007
The first living being in orbit was a bitch, of the female dog variety. Laika (meaning barker), a street mongrel from Moscow, nicknamed "Muttnik" by the American press, was launched into orbit on November 2, 1957, in celebration of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Official Soviet reports claimed that Laika ...
Posted in Animal News, Animals in History, Dogs, Street Dogs, Working Dogs | Comments Off
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
Has Paris Hilton redefined "wild life?"
On Friday, October 19, 2007, six wild Asiatic elephants died of electrocution in Chandan Nukat, a village in Meghalaya state, in northeast India. A herd of about 40 pachyderms had gotten drunk on rice beer. "One of them tried rubbing his back against an electrical ...
Posted in Animal Health, Animal News | Comments Off
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
Yesterday I received an email from Gary Larrowe, County Administrator for Carroll County, VA. He wrote:
Thank you for your note. We have completed the physical rescue mission for the animals in Carroll County, VA at present. We were able to get hundreds of animals out to Adoption Agencies ...
Posted in Animal News, Animal Rescue, Dogs, Puppy Mills | Comments Off
Monday, November 12th, 2007
Project FeederWatch is an annual survey of North American birds that visit feeders in the winter. It is managed by Bird Studies / Études D'Oiseaux Canada and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. The 2007-2008 count began on Saturday, November 10, 2007 and ends on April 4, 2008. If you ...
Posted in Animal News, Birds | Comments Off
CritterBlog RSS Feed
