Old English Bulldog. Photo by Flickr user Cindy Funk used under a Creative Commons License.
In my Nov. 10 daily newspaper column (http://www.contracostatimes.com/gary-bogue/ci_13748022), Aldo in San Mateo, CA, wrote asking, “How do you clean a stinky English bulldog?” Aldo has a 21-month-old bulldog that smells and he has tried everything he can think of to resolve this problem. Bulldogs are naturally smelly animals.
MayflowerII. Photo by Flickr user Paul Keleher used under a Creative Commons License.
With Thanksgiving just around the corner (next Thursday), this seems like an appropriate time for this information I just received from the American Kennel Club (AKC):
Research confirms that pilgrims weren’t the only passengers aboard the Mayflower. Turns out man’s best friend also made the transatlantic voyage from Southampton, England to Plymouth, MA in 1620.
In other words, two dog breeds were apparently the first to make dogs a part of everyday life for the earliest Western settlers. I figure that’s worth a little celebration, don’t you? Read the rest of this entry »
Turkey dinner. Photo by Jo-Anne McArthur, Farm Sanctuary
I look forward to getting this press release every year. What can be more fun than celebrating Thanksgiving with the turkeys? What a blast! /Gary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ORLAND, Calif. – Nov. 17 – Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization, will host its annual Celebration FOR the Turkeys at its shelter in Orland, Calif., on Saturday, Nov. 21. At this popular event, part of the organization’s national Adopt-A-Turkey Project, participants gather to celebrate a cruelty-free Thanksgiving. Read the rest of this entry »
From the Nov. 12, 2009, weekly e-newsletter of the Center for Biological Diversity:
… late last month the Bureau of Land Management blocked new mining claims on nearly 1 million acres of southern Nevada land for the next 20 years. The land in question, made up of federally designated “areas of environmental concern” due to encroaching development, is home to threatened desert tortoise and endangered birds, fish, and plants. These areas also happen to be historic hot spots for gold mining.
Ferret. Photo by Flickr user brian.gratwicke used under a Creative Commons License.
Hey folks:
I just got a report that more pet ferrets have been diagnosed with the H1N1 flu virus in Oregon. You can read the whole thing below. If you follow the links to other Web sites below at the end of the story, you’ll also find out the latest information on H1N1 and our other pets and animals (dogs, cats, birds, etc.) Pay particular attention to the link to the Oregon Veterinary Medical Association. It really goes into other animals besides ferrets. By the way, in case you didn’t know, it is illegal to possess ferrets in California. There are, however, supposedly thousands of pet ferrets in California. I sure hope their humans are reading this. /Gary
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Nov. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Three more ferrets in Oregon have tested positive for the 2009 pandemic influenza H1N1 virus, state officials confirmed this afternoon, bringing the total number of cases affecting ferrets in the state to four. Read the rest of this entry »
From the weekly e-newsletter of the Center for Biological Diversity:
Just weeks after filing court papers to intervene in the Center for Biological Diversity’s lawsuit to stop the shooting of wolves, the National Rifle Association is trying to stop the Center’s lawsuit to save condors from being painfully killed by lead poisoning. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Twain. Photo by Flickr user sfjalar used under a Creative Commons License
I just received the following note from my friend Camilla Fox. Check it out:
Gary:
For all of you literary buffs …
“(Reuters) — Leading Mark Twain scholar Shelley Fisher Fishkin`s latest research suggests that Twain was the most prominent American of his day to throw his weight behind the movement for animal welfare. In her new book entitled ‘Mark Twain’s Book of Animals,’ Fishkin, a Stanford English professor, examines how Twain`s fascination with and advocacy for animals reveals itself in many of his works. In the book’s introduction and afterword, Fishkin suggests that Twain’s works played a pivotal role in raising Americans’ concerns about cruelty to animals and the exploitation of non-human animals by humans.”
Not vouching for her accuracy of literary interpretation as I haven’t read this yet, but sharing with those I know who love literature (and animals!). Camilla Fox, founding director, Project Coyote & Wildlife Consultant, Larkspur, CA http://www.projectcoyote.org
Camilla:
I definitely have to get a copy of this book and read it! Thanks for the tip! /Gary
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