Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened. (Anatole France)
Animals are such agreeable friends, they ask no questions ~ they pass no criticism. (Goerge Elliot)
Kathleen Prasade announced, “I got to pet a soft koala bear while visiting a Wildlife Park in Sydney, Australia. This experience allowed me to reflect on the vital role, animals have in my career.”
DOGS and CATS
Kitten Survives Being Tossed from Vehicle in Grimsby: An adorable girl with piercing eyes, Holly has endured cruelty in her young life. A Grimsby resident, Frank England, travelling along a Grimsby road came across a seemingly lifeless kitten on the side of the road. As he passed by, the little creature lifted her head ~ her only way of letting him know she was still alive. Frank said, “She couldn't walk. Taking her to the Grimsby Animal Hospital, the staff revived her ~ saving the 4-week-old's life. Founder, Pam Houston, said England named the kitten 'Holly' after mixed martial artist, Holly Holmes. “She's a fighter with a rash on her head (likely from being tossed from a moving vehicle)...as well she has bruises...cuts...a sprained leg... an 'out-of-alignment' spine...also brain swelling.
(Reported to Grimsby News by Mike Zettel)
New Study Shows Cats Heavier Now Than in the 90's: A new study involving more than 19 million cats from across Canada and the United States, suggests most of the animals continue to put on weight after they reach adulthood ~ and their heaviest weight is higher now than it was 2 decades ago.
Researchers at the University of Guelph analized 54 million weight measurements between 1981 and mid 2016 to get a sense of the typical weight gain & loss pattern over the course of a cat's life.
Data showed cats' mean weight reached its peak between 6 and 10 years of age for the most common purebred breeds: Siamese...Persian...Himalayan.. and Main Coon; and at 8 for domestic cats.
Many people have begun to keep their cats indoors.
Treats can have a big impact on their animals. Pet owners may want to begin weighing their cats at home. Another solution is using technology, like automatic feeders.
The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat ~ observed by Jules Renard.
Pat Brown idealized: One small cat changes coming home to an empty house ~ to coming home!
Love of Dogs: Charles de Gaulle opined: The better I get to know man, the more I find myself loving dogs. Milan Kundera believed Dogs are our link to Paradise. They don't know jealousy or discomfort.
Police Dog Parker Dies Weeks After Retirement: Rest in Peace, Parker! One of the their recently retired police service dogs has died. We are devastated to share that our universally loved, 'Parker' has passed ~ and our thoughts are with his best friend and handler, Sgt. Tara Vivian,” the tweet said with Parker's picture. We are incredibly fortunate to have had such a loyal member amongst us ~ and had hoped for many years of restful retirement. After K9's last shift on April 21, Sgt. Vivian wrote:
Take my hand ~ and I will go anywhere with you.
(Reported to The Canadian Press by Paola Loriggio)
I agree with Josh Billings who wrote: “A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.”
Custom Wood Kennels, Memory Foam Beds: (From The Washington Post, Jura Koncius headlines,
“Welcome to the wildly stylish world of modern pet furniture.”
“Pet furniture has come a long way from teal carpeted cat towers and lumpy plaid dog beds. For discerning pet owners who treat their cats and dogs like family ~ designers are creating stylish, even glamourous furniture. Witness the new $5,000 (US) Crystal Clear Lotus Cat Tower by the Refined Feline, with 3 platforms for lounging and a hideaway cubby at the bottom lined in faux fur...scaled with similar nailhead trim and turned legs. Add decor: co-ordinating paint colours...add art and wall hangings...incorporate rugs in each room...a sofa complete with throw pillars...even lamps and toys.
I have studied many philosophies of cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely super, stated Hippolyte Taine.
Arctic Fox Walks More than 4,000 Kilometres from Norway to Canada: Norwegian researchers confirmed this fox's achievement. This young female fox left her birth place on Norway's Scalbard Archipelago on March 1, 2018 ~ and reached Canada's Ellesmere Island by way of Greenland on July in 2018. This distance was among the most ever recorded for an Arctic fox seeking a place to settle down and breed. ~ the institute said in a research article titled One Female's long run across sea ice.
During the walk to Canada, the roughly 2-year-old fox moved at an average rate of 46.3 kilometres per day, the Norwegians scientists said.
If travelled in a straight line, her distance was 1,789 kilometres. The sea ice allows Norway's arctic foxes to reach Greenland and then North America in search of places to breed. With thick fur to survive, they subsist on fish....marine birds.. and lemmings.
The photo of her and a researcher states her walking distance was 4,415 kilometres.
(Reported from Copenhagen to The Canadian Press)
Why Every Garden Needs a Woodpecker: When Adrian Higgins came to Washington, he noticed woodpeckers seemed to be as common as pigeons ~ being reliable visitors to trees, gardens and parks. Impressive to him was the extraordinary coloured plumage. Trees appear to be simple columns of wood ~ but they are whole worlds to the woodpecker: a place of shelter...safety...and food...teeming with insects on and beneath the bark layer. With stiffened tail feathers to act as a brace, they can hammer away with countless skills: agility around the trees ~ and their capacity to turn their beaks, skulls and neck into rapid-fire chisels. In the natural world's symphony orchestra, woodpeckers are the percussionists. In Washington's urban forest, we see woodpeckers frequently because most of the tree canopy has dead trees or branches ~ and it is in the deadwood that woodpeckers excavate a hole to nest.
The cavities that woodpeckers create and later abandon, provide living space for other creatures ~ birds such as titmice, nuthatches and wrens...also for flying squirrels.
The prettiest species is the red-hooded woodpecker ~when I saw one, I thought I had been transported to the tropics: a bird with white body... inky blue wings splashed white.. and an entire red head.
Raccoon Trapped in Vending Machine: Police say a raccoon trapped in a vending machine at a Florida High School, is now free. A deputy stationed at Pine Ridge High School was notified of the trapped raccoon and called Animal Control who rolled the vending machine to an open area of the yard ~ and after about two hours, the raccoon was set free.
Shark Takes Bite Out of Teen's Surf-Board: In Honolulu, a teen surfing off the island of Oahu escaped a shark encounter uninjured ~ but his board didn't. Local media reports 16-year-old Max Kellikipi was waiting for a wave Sunday evening near Makaha Beach when he spotted what he thought was a turtle fin...but it wasn't. The teen says the shark chomped down on the front of his board, just inches from his foot ~ taking off a chunk bigger than his head.
News gathered by MBK...written August 16, 2019
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