Five years ago, on a cold and rainy early evening in the fall, I was driving home on a north Idaho country road. I had to slam on my brakes and swerve to the side of the road because I saw a little, light-gray dog walking down the middle of the two-lane road; I just missed hitting him.
I jumped out of the car and called to him, and he came to me. I grabbed him and put him in the back seat of my car. He was very wet, very dirty and obviously very cold, shivering violently. I ...drove home, and when my son, who was then in the 7th grade, saw the dog he said, "His name is Wally, because he looks like a walrus with his droopy, wet mustache!"
I told my son that we couldn't name the dog because he must have a home. As I was saying this, I was taking "Wally" into the house and directly to the bathtub. After a thorough bath, he was a totally different color: white with a couple of patches of pale brown instead of all-over dirty gray.
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Five years ago, on a cold and rainy early evening in the fall, I was driving home on a north Idaho country road. I had to slam on my brakes and swerve to the side of the road because I saw a little, light-gray dog walking down the middle of the two-lane road; I just missed hitting him.
I jumped out of the car and called to him, and he came to me. I grabbed him and put him in the back seat of my car. He was very wet, very dirty and obviously very cold, shivering violently. I ...drove home, and when my son, who was then in the 7th grade, saw the dog he said, "His name is Wally, because he looks like a walrus with his droopy, wet mustache!"
I told my son that we couldn't name the dog because he must have a home. As I was saying this, I was taking "Wally" into the house and directly to the bathtub. After a thorough bath, he was a totally different color: white with a couple of patches of pale brown instead of all-over dirty gray.
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I jumped out of the car and called to him, and he came to me. I grabbed him and put him in the back seat of my car. He was very wet, very dirty and obviously very cold, shivering violently. I ...drove home, and when my son, who was then in the 7th grade, saw the dog he said, "His name is Wally, because he looks like a walrus with his droopy, wet mustache!"
I told my son that we couldn't name the dog because he must have a home. As I was saying this, I was taking "Wally" into the house and directly to the bathtub. After a thorough bath, he was a totally different color: white with a couple of patches of pale brown instead of all-over dirty gray.
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Americans without CLEAN DRINKING WATER? Because of DIRTY COAL?
If you put more Republicans in Congress, this will be your community next!
INCREDIBLE SLIDESHOW: One month after a coal plant chemical spill contaminated the drinking water for 300,000 West Virginians, residents are still awaiting clean water and still demanding answers. http://ow.ly/tpmdI
You can see the incredible frustration yet resounding resilience of the West Virginian people in our powerful new slideshow of life after the toxic spill by Freedom Industries.
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You can see the incredible frustration yet resounding resilience of the West Virginian people in our powerful new slideshow of life after the toxic spill by Freedom Industries.
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Iceland's economy recovered from the financial crisis after they threw the banksters in prison and allowed struggling homeowners to reduce their debt. [thanks US Uncut!]
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(K) Confirmed: Orcas Will NOT Be on Display for 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics
http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/orcas-will-not-be-on-display-for-2014-sochi-winter-olympics/
http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/orcas-will-not-be-on-display-for-2014-sochi-winter-olympics/
Disgusting photos deleted! Click on link for graphic images of carnivores consuming Marius!
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Marius the giraffe put down at Copenhagen Zoo
themercury.com.au
COPENHAGEN Zoo turned down offers from other zoos and 500000 euros ($760000) from a private individual to save the life of a healthy giraffe before killing and slaughtering it to follow inbreeding recommendations made by a European association.
The two-year-old male giraffe, named Marius, was put down on Sunday using a bolt pistol and its meat was fed to carnivores at the zoo, spokesman Tobias Stenbaek Bro said. Visitors, including children, were invited to watch while the giraffe was dissected.
Marius’ plight triggered a wave of online protests and renewed debate about the conditions of zoo animals. Before the giraffe was killed, an online petition to save it had received more than 20,000 signatures.
Mr Stenbaek Bro said the zoo, which now has seven giraffes left, was recommended to put down Marius by the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria because there were already a lot of giraffes with similar genes in the organisation’s breeding program.
The Amsterdam-based EAZA has 347 members, including many large zoos in European capitals, and works to conserve global biodiversity and to achieve the highest standards of care and breeding for animals.
Mr Stenbaek Bro said EAZA membership isn’t mandatory, but most responsible zoos are members of the organisation.
Stenbaek Bro said Copenhagen Zoo turned down an offer from a private individual who wanted to buy Marius for 500,000 euros. Mr Stenbaek Bro said a significant part of EAZA membership is that the zoos don’t own the animals themselves, but govern them, and therefore can’t sell them to anyone outside the organisation that don’t follow the same set of rules.
He said that is important for the breeding programs to work.
When asked if other zoos had offered to take in Marius, the spokesman said yes but didn’t specify numbers or which ones.
The zoo’s scientific director Bengt Holst said the giraffe breeding program is similar to those used in deer parks, where red deer and fallow deer are culled to keep populations healthy.
“The most important factor must be that the animals are healthy physically and behaviourally and that they have a good life while they are living whether this life is long or short. This is something that Copenhagen Zoo believes strongly in,” he said in a statement.
Mr Holst said the zoo doesn’t give the giraffes contraceptives because they have “a number of unwanted side effects on the internal organs” and the zoo believes parental care is an important part of the animal’s natural behaviour.
The organisation Animal Rights Sweden said the case simply highlights what they believe zoos do to animals regularly.
“It is no secret that animals are killed when there is no longer space, or if the animals don’t have genes that are interesting enough,” the organisation said in a statement. “The only way to stop this is to not visit zoos.”
It pointed out some zoos work to preserve species of animals, but never individuals.
“When the cute animal babies that attract visitors grow up they are not as interesting anymore,” it said.
Marius ... the healthy young giraffe was put down at Copenhagen zoo. Pic: Kasper Palsnov.Source: AFP
Marius’ plight triggered a wave of online protests and renewed debate about the conditions of zoo animals. Before the giraffe was killed, an online petition to save it had received more than 20,000 signatures.
Mr Stenbaek Bro said the zoo, which now has seven giraffes left, was recommended to put down Marius by the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria because there were already a lot of giraffes with similar genes in the organisation’s breeding program.
The Amsterdam-based EAZA has 347 members, including many large zoos in European capitals, and works to conserve global biodiversity and to achieve the highest standards of care and breeding for animals.
Shocking ... people, including young children, look on as Marius is dissected. Pic: Peter Hove Olesen.Source: AP
Mr Stenbaek Bro said EAZA membership isn’t mandatory, but most responsible zoos are members of the organisation.
Stenbaek Bro said Copenhagen Zoo turned down an offer from a private individual who wanted to buy Marius for 500,000 euros. Mr Stenbaek Bro said a significant part of EAZA membership is that the zoos don’t own the animals themselves, but govern them, and therefore can’t sell them to anyone outside the organisation that don’t follow the same set of rules.
Angry ... Some 20 people demonstrate outside the zoo against the killing. Pic: Kasper Palsnov.Source: AFP
He said that is important for the breeding programs to work.
When asked if other zoos had offered to take in Marius, the spokesman said yes but didn’t specify numbers or which ones.
The zoo’s scientific director Bengt Holst said the giraffe breeding program is similar to those used in deer parks, where red deer and fallow deer are culled to keep populations healthy.
“The most important factor must be that the animals are healthy physically and behaviourally and that they have a good life while they are living whether this life is long or short. This is something that Copenhagen Zoo believes strongly in,” he said in a statement.
Mr Holst said the zoo doesn’t give the giraffes contraceptives because they have “a number of unwanted side effects on the internal organs” and the zoo believes parental care is an important part of the animal’s natural behaviour.
Feeding time ... the carcass of Marius is eaten by lions. Pic: Rasmus Flindt Pedersen.Source: AP
The organisation Animal Rights Sweden said the case simply highlights what they believe zoos do to animals regularly.
“It is no secret that animals are killed when there is no longer space, or if the animals don’t have genes that are interesting enough,” the organisation said in a statement. “The only way to stop this is to not visit zoos.”
It pointed out some zoos work to preserve species of animals, but never individuals.
“When the cute animal babies that attract visitors grow up they are not as interesting anymore,” it said.
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Three Arrested After Maimed Pit Bull Found | Long Islander News
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Three people were arrested Tuesday after admitting to abusing Miss Harper, a pit bull puppy found missing both ears and one leg, Nassau County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) spokesman Gary Rogers said. The pup is currently being cared for at a Huntington veterinarian’s offic...
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