Dogtown Crisis Dogs on the National Geographic Channel

January 5, 2008 in animal shelter, animal shelters, animals, pets, watch it
Tags: animal shelter, crisis dogs, dogtown, dogtown crisis dogs, national geographic channel, no-kill shelter

“Dogtown: Crisis Dogs” features an animal shelter in southern Utah that cares for the most difficult of rescue dogs AND makes sure they find loving homes.  
 ”They take dogs that have no place left to go. It’s their last chance and [Best Friends staff] do amazing things in dealing with the dogs’ medical problems and getting them adopted out.”
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Picture-a-day: gremlin

January 4, 2008 in animals, cats, pets, picture-a-day
Tags: cat, cats, gremlin

You are witnessing picture #1 of my picture-a-day project. Original intention: go outside and take a picture. Reality: I was so cranky about it being winter and me having to walk to the post office, I gave up. So you’ve got a picture of my cat, Gremlin.
In my fantasies, I am walking outside in the cold [...]

Red Squirrel Picture and Story. “KUTE level”=nuclear

November 16, 2007 in KUTE!=cute animals, animals
Tags: cute picture, cute red squirrel, squirrel swimming

This BBC story about a swimming red squirrel sent the cute meter on my computer past the “excessive” mark and into the “nuclear strength” zone.

Squirrel’s epic swim across lake
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cumbria/7096816.stm

Camp out with the cats: cat adoption tips

November 16, 2007 in animal shelters, animals, cats, pets
Tags: adopting cats, animal rescue, animal shelter, cat adoption, cats, choosing a cat, which cat

Go ahead. Call me ”cat lady”. I’ve been spending about 2 hours a week petting cats at my local animal shelter. 
Which leads me to feel qualified to dispense advice on cat adoption. I heard a woman call into Wisconsin Public Radio. She was disappointed that the very beautiful purebred cat she purchased is not a “lap [...]