I just saw the annual Guinea Pig Festival on CNN that takes place in Peru. Those people are just a little twisted in my mind. The guinea pigs are treated like pets and dressed up and paraded around the town. At the end of the parade the festival continues with the killing and cooking of [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘animals’
August 4, 2008
Human doctor makes 900 pet beds for animal shelter
Doctor Phyllis Popp of Mesa, Arizona has a sewing hobby. She got tired of making clothes so she decided to sew beds for the animals in the local shelter. She has made over 900 beds in her spare time. Some are used in the shelter, others are given to the foster homes that take care [...]
July 22, 2008
The video that made the national news and is the talk of YouTube
This is Christian the Lion. The video has subtitles so you can follow along with what is happening. A few things that are not mentioned are:
Harrods is a department store in England
The other man in the video is George Adamson, made famous in the movie “Born Free”.
This was the last time that anyone saw Christian [...]
July 20, 2008
The Kiwi bird of New Zealand
For those of you unfamiliar with the kiwi, it is small flightless bird native to New Zealand. Yes this little creature is real. Below is a humorous look at the kiwi and it’s desire to fly. Cute video with a sad ending.
Kiwi!
July 11, 2008
The Rabbit Ripper
Rabbits have been the target of a killer in Germany. The culprit has been nicknamed “The Rabbit Ripper”. Over 40 pet rabbits so far have been brutally mutilated and killed. Most were kept in secluded backyard hutches that only the owners had known about. The police are wondering how the culprits are finding the hutches [...]
June 23, 2008
A moose in the house
This has got to be the most hilarious video I have seen this week. There is a moose in their bedroom!!!
June 9, 2008
Heat, water and your pets
Yesterday one of my auto waterers in one of my horse stalls was leaking. It was time for a plumbing repair. Thank goodness that our weather has been mild so far this spring and the horses were out at pasture so access to fresh water was not a problem. The broken waterer got me thinking [...]
May 15, 2008
The ant that can’t be killed
Interesting news item coming out of Houston, Texas about a type of ant that exterminators cannot get rid of. The full story is here. They are called the crazy raspberry ant because they are red and fuzzy. They eat fire ants but will attack plants and small beneficial insects.
All known types of ant poisons are [...]
April 20, 2008
I am too soft hearted
Yesterday I went to buy hay and saw a sight that reminded me why I don’t raise our own meat. My hay supplier is also a rancher that raises Angus beef cattle. Occasionally I happen to be buying hay at his warehouse when I see off in the distance the processing truck that comes around [...]
