Yoga Kittens & Puppies

Puppies & kittens strike yoga poses for 2011 Calendar.

Daniel Borris came out with his Yoga Puppies & kittens calendars this year. He had great success with his Yoga Dogs & Yoga Cats calendars in 2009 & 2010.

Bulgaria is nothing but hell for animals

This is something that happens in Bulgaria every day. Even prominent journalists believe that love for animals is illegal & so they think it’s okay to torture & kill animals on a daily basis.

I’m sorry for sharing these graphic pics but I don’t see any way of expressing myself. I just don’t have words. Go through this entire album on FB & you would know what I mean. This is so fucked up. Animals deserve love & respect & these people have crossed all the limits; they insult humanity every day & it just goes on.

They kill healthy animals just like that. It means nothing. I think even hell would be a lot better, cause God can never be unfair. I’m simply ashamed of humans. There is no hope.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=31937&id=100001289103932

And please sign this petition…thank you!

http://www.change.org/petitions/justice-for-mima-make-animal-cruelty-a-crime-in-bulgaria

Dog takes on orphaned puppies in TN

Though many animal shelters leave much to be desired, there are some that go above and beyond for their homeless charges. Such is the case at the Bedford County Animal Control where orphaned, newborn puppies have been given a second chance due to a nurturing surrogate mother.

In early December, a man discovered seven orphaned newborn puppies. The puppies had lost their mother - someone had either abandoned her or dumped her and she had been struck and killed on a nearby road.

The man took the newborn pups to the Bedford County Animal Control where staff did their best to care for the orphaned babies.

Shelter staff member, Brenda Goodrich, shared her plight with rescue contacts on Facebook and then something wonderful happened. Goodrich found another rescuer that had a mother Pit Bull with milk, but no puppies.

Nobody knows what happened to the homeless Pit bull's babies, but what they did know what that the stray was gentle, and perhaps she could help these 7 orphaned pups.

Motherly instinct on the part of the homeless Pit Bull, and the natural instinct of a newborn pup to nurse on the part of the young babies.

The new mom quickly took to her orphaned charges - nurturing them as if they were her own. The mother, and the 7 puppies, will all be in need of new homes as soon as the pups are weaned.

The mother that so graciously and warmly took on pups that were not her own has had a hard life of abuse. Her body is covered in scars and a portion of her front paw is missing. Her body is damaged, but not her spirit, and not her soul.

The Bedford County Animal Control is located at 205 Lane Parkway, Shelbyville, TN 37160, Phone: 931-685-1130.

Dog in Germany gives birth to 17 puppies

A dog in Germany has given birth to 17 puppies, leaving their owner thrilled but fatigued after having to feed them with a bottle for several weeks because their mother couldn't cope with the demand.

Owner Ramona Wegemann said Monday she barely slept for more than a couple of minutes without interruption during about four weeks in an "exhausting" struggle to make sure all of the purebred Rhodesian Ridgeback puppies would survive.

She said when she was "finished feeding the last puppy, the first was hungry again."

Wegemann's dog Etana gave birth to eight female and nine male puppies on Sept. 28 in Ebereschenhof, which is near Berlin.

At least five times a day, Wegemann gave the dogs a bottle with special milk because their mother's nipples could have never coped with the demand, and when the puppies were not hungry, they wanted to be entertained, she said.

Wegemann said when dogs give birth to so many puppies several of them die within the first week. "But all of our puppies survived. This is incredible and wonderful," the 32-year-old added.

But caring for 17 puppies turned out to be a full-time job: Wegemann put her work as an independent animal psychiatrist on a hold and her husband took as much vacation as he could.

Their lives have been turned upside down by the puppies, and their living room is now occupied by a giant box that houses the puppies.

But even Wegemann still struggles to recognize them: The females puppies are called Bahati, Binta, Bahya, Bashima, Batouuli, Binki, Bora, Bisa and the male ones are Baakir, Banjoku, Belay, Bruk, Bundu, Bayo, Bukekayo, Biton and Bulus.

Wegemann gave them all African names because the Rhodesian Ridgeback is an African hunting dog. Wegeman and her husband now plan to give most of the puppies away.

Four of the puppies have been sold, two more are already paid for and will leave their siblings shortly.

Purrfect family: injured dog at Edmonton shelter nurses 5 pups and a kitten

Esperanza had been badly injured when she was hit by a car, but the young dog was still managing to care for her newborn puppies - and a kitten - when she was found on a central Alberta reserve.

Criss Gerwing, who runs a small animal rescue group, discovered the dog earlier this month and couldn't believe it when the canine led her to her blended brood.

"I cried because she was in such bad condition with her leg, but she was obviously nursing her puppies and this kitten," Gerwing told a media outlet.

Gerwing took the entire family to the Edmonton Humane Society, where veterinarians thought they'd have to amputate the mother dog's bad leg.But local vet, Dr. Milton Ness, volunteered to do a special surgery that saved Esperanza's hind quarter.He calls her a "special soul."

"She is such a sweet, sweet dog. She has such a wonderful personality," Randoph said.

"It's amazing when you think about it. You have this dog who is just so giving of herself, caring for these newborn puppies and the kitten, making sure they were cared for even though she was obviously in a lot of pain."

Jacob the cat was already four months old and shouldn't have been nursing at all, so humane society vets weaned him and he's now being cared for by a staff member.

The devoted mother is recovering well. She and her pups will go into foster care after the holidays until permanent homes can be found for them. But the humane society ideally would like Esperanza and Jacob to be adopted together.

Little Puppies

"Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot little puppies."

Gene Hill

End Animal Abuse in Canadian Puppy Mills

Ever wonder where the adorable puppies in many pet stores came from? The answer is not a pretty one -- puppy mills. Canada is home to a multimillion-dollar puppy mill industry, which breeds not only puppies, but inexcusable cruelty on a massive scale.

In order to make the greatest profit possible, dogs are continuously bred in very poor conditions. The animals have no human contact and live in tiny, unsanitary cages that are sometimes stacked so that excrement and urine falls through, matting the poor animals' fur. Once the breeding adults are too worn out, they are often killed.Sadly, the industry sells many puppies with behavioral and chronic health issues.

What's worse, the horrible conditions of puppy mills are tolerated under current laws. Canada's Cruelty to Animals Act has gone basically untouched since 1892 and the outdated cruelty laws give very little punishment to puppy mill operators.

Ontario is the first and only province to enact legislation that covers puppy mills, increasing punishment for animal cruelty -- it's time to make this change on a national scale. Urge the Prime Minister and Justice Minister of Canada to revise the Cruelty to Animals Act and put an end to animal abuse in puppy mills.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/266934779

PS:

Anyway I’m providing another link…which means these are not my words.

http://cfhs.ca/features/reader_s_digest_brings_attention_to_canada_s_puppy_mill_problem

If anyone has problem, that person can contact the creators of these 2 links. I will repeat myself that when I provide the link of something, it is common sense that I haven’t written that stuff. And I’m not a reporter whose going to dig out things for people or take orders. Alright. Whoever has problem with Care 2 petitions should contact Care 2, not me.

Angelic creatures

Today I read such a sweet story of this spaniel named Sophie adopting baby owl. Bramble has been one lucky owl. They both met at a rescue centre. Sophie gives Bramble daily wash; she keeps licking her.

Sharon Bindon, 43, who runs the centre at Liskeard, Cornwall, said, “When Bramble arrived she had no feathers and had to be kept in the house. On her first day Sophie cleaned her as they sat on the settee. " It is said that now Bramble has the cleanest beak & feathers.

Again these kinds of stories come in the newspapers every now & then. Once I saw this photo of 2 strays (one was a cat & the other dog); they were called Bahadur & Lalu. Even they were inseparable & great buddies.

In 2002, a lioness in Kenya adopted baby oryx. She used to protect him from other predators just like a real mom. They used to walk & rest together & she even allowed the mother to feed baby oryx. However, this story has a sad end. She looked after the baby for 2 weeks. When they went to the river, the lioness felt asleep & during that while, another lion killed the baby. Although the lioness roared at him & she was really angry but the baby was killed.

“Local people in Kenya named the lioness Kamunyak, which means “the blessed one” in the local Samburu language. Since then she has cared for five more young Oryxes, but none lives longer than a week and the last escaped back to it's mother. Kamunyak was last sighted in February 2003, and despite a number of searches, she has not been spotted again. Her story was recorded by Saba Douglas-Hamilton and her sister, Dudu, between January 2002 - August 2003. Their film, Heart of a Lioness, was shown on the BBC and Animal Planet. This a powerful message for us all to fight racism. If an animal can overcome her hunger and instinct to protect, imagine what we humans can do, if we really wants to.”

There have been cases in which animals feed the babies of other animals who are being abandoned. Animals are indeed very cool creatures & humans can learn a lot from them.

Killing of dogs in Karachi

Dogs are being killed on a daily basis in Karachi. And guns are being used to kill them. Not just adult dogs but also puppies including new born babies are being killed ruthlessly. They just want to wipe out dogs from this city.

DHA society came up with this idea in Lahore few years ago. In posh areas, they didn’t allow dogs & the only way to stop them was to shoot them. Most of the shooters aren’t even good shooters. Many a time, the animal suffers for too long & then he dies.

I used to give food to some dogs & their puppies. This year all those dogs & their pups were being shot. I don’t expect much change in this bloody system that doesn’t know any educated way of dealing with a problem, if stray dogs & their puppies are a problem, to begin with. Well that’s how I see it - humans are the ones who are torturing & brutally killing them! These are the posh areas where the minds of humans are totally plagued. Actually these minds are far worse than the garbage sites.

There is also this myth that dog is impure. So far I haven’t read it in the translation of the Quran. But I know that Caliph Omar said that even if a dog went hungry by the banks of the Euphrates the lord of the Hosts would hold him accountable on the Day of Judgment. I also know that there was this prostitute…she came across a thirsty dog by the riverside & she filled water for him from the river & fed him. It has been said that all her sins were forgiven & this incident was narrated by none other than the Holy Prophet (PBUH). By the way, the Holy Prophet also had cats as pets. These are the things which are never being mentioned.

Coming back to those killers & the ones who came up with this bright idea – naturally I don’t think much of them & I don’t want to understand them either. These are absurd rules & what hurts me the most is that no one even files a suit against such acts. In fact, when we say that strays are being treated badly & these killings are wrong - we always hear this rotten argument “But humans are killed in the same manner & you are talking about dogs & cats.”

Well the killing of any being is wrong & that includes both humans & animals. Just because animals can’t protest, it doesn’t make their murder any less of a crime. All those people who are involved in this crime…I would say why don’t they go & kill Taliban residing in Karachi. Oh no but where these fucking Afghanis live, even the police cannot enter in that area! I don’t know if people would ever wake up. I don’t know if there’s ever going to be a change. I’ve just reached the conclusion that humans are cowards. Even those who keep mum when these killings are going on are cowards. When you allow intruders to stay in your city & to kill you & to terrorize you in the name of something that they do not know of– yes, then you are a coward!

Most of you know that we look after some cats on a small scale & we have kept them as pets & everyone who is related to us or who is a friend or who knows us by any means…he/she always has this advice – why don’t you guys get rid of these dirty cats? They are making your house dirty. You guys have to clean the shit & all. What I’ve seen is that people themselves don’t do any good & if they see anyone else doing a little bit of good work – they also have the audacity to ask that person to stop it. Now I can’t expect anything of such people. I know for sure that they can’t protest for animals, & I’m very sorry to say if ever time would come, they won’t be able to protest for themselves.

I’m extremely sorry for humans – the elevated apes. They don’t have any idea as to what is compassion. If they had any, animals wouldn’t have been murdered & tortured. Since God doesn’t guide the ungodly, so I don’t know where is the solution & I don’t know if this atrocity could ever end.

Nadira Rahman