Month: June 2012

And while in the previous post we talked about how dogs were domesticated and respected for how they helped our ancestors at hunting, and cats were equally respected and even worshiped, and we also said how times have changed… Yes, it certainly has, sadly so. Dogs and cats these days are ill-treated, exploited, abused, killed.…

For those who are interested in the history of the domestication of animals, take a look at this: http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ab57 Interestingly, dogs were domesticated from wolves about 12,000 years ago and according to this article, it was for “mutual benefit” – to help humans hunt. Cats came at around 3000 BC. But, how and why they came,…

Ref: http://digitaljournal.com/article/319175 Original source: http://www2.peta.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=100782.0&dlv_id=144769&printer_friendly=1 Excerpts from the report: For two years, Tilikum lived the wondrous life of a free orca infant, swimming without restraint in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. This tranquility was soon interrupted when a capture crew traumatically separated him from his family and the ocean and dumped him into a tiny pool.…

Ref: http://animalcare.my/2012/06/01/urgent-help-needed-for-an-injured-dog-in-penang-bernice-chees/ Bernice wrote to say someone from Penang responded to help the black dog and sent these photos.    We hope the dog is taken care of now.