Happy Holidays From the Animals

Thanks to all, love and peace, to everyone and the world.

Filed under: animal cruelty , animals thanks, holiday, peace

Make the Ban on Ivory Sales Permanent

Go to Care2 Petition Site to sign the petition urging the Secretary General to help enforce and permanently ban elephant poaching and ivory trade. This endangered species, a magnificent group of animals, feeling and compassionate beings who for their families and their young. Their habitat is already dwindling in the wild. When they are killed they die slowly and since they are large creatures, they suffer slowly and immensely to death, and all for the little bit of tusk so we can make “exotic jewelry”.  The rest of the animal is discard and left to rot.

It has been documented that the families of the downed elephant often lingers in sadness for hours, even days, mourning the loss of their family member. Read this article here to learn more.  Please sign the petition today and get your message across!

Filed under: Take Action, animal cruelty, hunting, international issues , elephant tusks, elephants, endangered species, ivory jewelry, ivory trade, poaching

Bear Baiting

Animal cruelty is truly a global issue. Take for instance, in the Middle East and possibly elsewhere in third worlds, the medieval sport of bear baiting is a typical entertainment. As a bear cub, it suffers the trauma of capture and his teeth and claws yanked out. Grown into adulthood, the bear is dragged into the ring each day and chained with a metal hook to its nose permanently, he defends himself  with merely his own weight against a pack of dogs tearing into their flesh. Both bear and dogs fighting to the death. This is gruesome, cruel, and senseless. This is not that different from animal circuses in modern countries, where animals suffer at the hands of reckless and irresponsible trainers, except here the entertainment intentionally ends in animal deaths.

Please help today by going to the WSPA (World Society For the Protection of Animals) site and learn more and perhaps make a donation. Even as we are worlds away from the countries that practice such inhumane entertainment, our voices will be heard. You count- really.

Filed under: Take Action, animal cruelty, circus, dogs and cats, humane organizations, international issues , bear baiting, Take Action, third world countries, WSPA

FreeKibbleKat.com – created by 12 yr old girl

Freekibblekat is created by Mimi, a 12 yr old girl who loves cats. Visit the site daily and answer one trivia question to help feed hungry cats at shelters. The more you visit and answer, the more the advertisers will donate food to the shelters – there are currently 11 shelters benefiting from Mimi’s heroic deeds and many more to come. Visit today!

Filed under: Take Action, dogs and cats, friends, shelters , cats, freekibblekat, good deeds, shelters

Lonely Dog

This is a beautiful, serene photograph of a lonely dog sitting in the street with snow falling. I forget where it came from, but I’d like to credit it when I find the information.

I wonder what this dog is thinking or feeling — Is he just enjoying the snow? Or is he waiting for a kind samaritan to give him a home?

Filed under: friends , art, homeless dog, lonely dog, photograph, snow

Yes to Swedish Fish. No to Kitty Sandwich

Something light-hearted in a long time – this ad sent from a dear friend. Though it’s extremely cute and funny it has underlying sentiments for me – cats and dogs should not be eaten.

view ad at this link via Creativity

Filed under: dogs and cats, friends , ads, kitten, swedish fish