Category: Stories (others)

The story: http://www.care2.com/causes/this-florida-jail-doubles-as-an-animal-sanctuary.html Usually the word “jail” brings some harsh imagery to mind: barbed wire fences, orange jumpsuits and tall concrete walls. That’s not the case in the Key West, though. Ask a local about the jail, and the most likely image is Mo, an adorable and charismatic sloth who’s become the unofficial mascot of the…

Amazing! http://www.nbcnews.com/id/8305836/ns/world_news-africa/t/ethiopian-girl-reportedly-guarded-lions/#.Vua4GVt97IU A 12-year-old girl who was abducted and beaten by men trying to force her into a marriage was found being guarded by three lions who apparently had chased off her captors, a policeman said Tuesday. The girl, missing for a week, had been taken by seven men who wanted to force her to…

A very touching story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm0qYRWQpZI&feature=youtu.be  

One of our readers have informed us that the owner has been found for a lost Husky in this area. The dog looks like Andrew’s dog and if it is, we are happy for him and his dog. Hopefully Andrew would at least let us know. Update at 4.33pm, 15th March 2016: Andrew has just…

The rest just got it all wrong. This one, below, is the real one. (With thanks to Crumpet Hitam, for sharing!) Sorry, Mr Darwin, this is the correct one!

A most touching and fitting event: https://www.facebook.com/akitaworld/posts/938776789507924 !!!REUNITED TODAY!!! On the 80th Anniversary of Hachiko’s death the new statue of him being reunited with his owner Professor Ueno has been unveiled to a crowd of hundreds at the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Agriculture. heart emoticon “In 1924, Hidesaburō Ueno, a professor in the agriculture department…

About: http://theyellowdogproject.com/The_Yellow_Dog_Project/About.html The Yellow Dog Project is a global movement for owners of dogs that need space. It hopes to educate the public and dog owners to identify dogs needing space, promote appropriate contact of dogs and assist dog parents to identify their dog as needing space. Yellow Dogs are dogs who need space – they…

The study: http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2016/03/07/dog-petting-tips.aspx?e_cid=20160307Z3_PetsNL_art_1&utm_source=petsnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art1&utm_campaign=20160307Z3&et_cid=DM99676&et_rid=1387788721 Suggestions for enhancing your relationship with your dog through touch: Let your dog initiate contact most of the time, rather than invading his personal space. Some dogs need a little time to settle themselves before getting physically close enough to be touched. Pet your dog gently on the chest or behind the ear…

The video: https://www.facebook.com/thisisinsidertravel/videos/156688082697241 Cats outnumber humans by 8:1 (there are only 16 humans on the island!). In the winter, they had trouble feeding the cats because there were fewer tourists. So they asked for food donation and the response was so overwhelming until they had to tell people to stop sending food!

The heartwarming story: http://www.real-fix.com/general/tributes-pour-in-for-a-much-loved-cemetery-cat-who-consoled-mourners-for-over-20-years/ Tributes have been paid to a much-loved cemetery cat who consoled mourners for 20 YEARS – and has now been BURIED there. Ginger tabby Barney spent his days walking the grounds of the burial site offering comfort to grieving loved ones during funerals and graveyard visits. He died aged 20 on Friday…

Pooi Ling shared this: https://www.facebook.com/Breathetoconnect/ Very often, owners who have lost their pets seek out animal communicators to help locate their pets. I have done that too, out of total desperation, in the past – once for Ginger when he went missing (the information I got was accurate, actually), for Pole when we first moved here…

The story: http://themeowpost.co/how-this-cat-helps-a-little-girl-with-autism-live-her-life-to-the-fullest/ Iris was just 4-years old when she was diagnosed with autism in December 2011. Everyone feared she would never be able to live life normally.  Iris struggled with expressing herself, showing affection, communicating and even social interactions. Iris struggled to live normally with her Autism, but her parents knew they had to do…

The story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3457895/Newlyweds-sick-puppy-honeymooning-Thailand-refused-let-die.html A newlywed couple have saved a ‘sick and injured’ puppy from the streets of Thailand after the three-month-old was found limping near death more than a week after he was hit by a scooter. Nicole Marchment, 35, and Darren Budini, 36, were honeymooning in the island of Koh Chang and had been feeding…

The story: http://www.care2.com/causes/refugee-cat-traveled-2000-miles-to-be-reunited-with-his-beloved-family.html Like the thousands before them, Kunkush the cat’s story begins with him and his family fleeing their home in Iraq to travel to Turkey to cross the Aegean Sea to Greece in a small rubber boat. But when they arrived in Lesbos, the white Turkish Van cat was separated from his family and…