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St Bernards adopt an orphaned baby goat
Daily Mail, via Phred's Mom
BRING. IT. ON.
Como Zoo and Minnesota Zoo launch online battle of the cute
Twin Cities Pioneer Press, via Sharon H.
But I'm laughing on the inside. Maniacally.
Couple Adopts ‘Saddest Cat’ In The World Nobody Wanted
Bored Panda, via Andrew Y.
Now how about putting frickin' laser beams on my trunk?
One Step at a Time: The First Elephant Prosthetics
Great Big Story, via Faye
Oink! Er, woof, I mean.
This Pig Is Convinced She Is A Puppy, Does Everything Like A Dog
Bored Panda, via Andrew Y.
You're hare today, but will you be gone tomorrow?
Wild Rabbit Spots Pet Bunny, Falls Madly In Love
The Dodo, via 6rabbits
And finally: Getting High on Grass
From Faye, here’s a happy herd of hounds who run through grass by leaps and bounds.
Puppers in the grass are like – Boingy-boingy-boingy!
Somewhere there’s some hares watching this enviously. “Now THAT is acting mad.”
The dogs in the grass reminds me of the scene from Jurassic Park, where they’re running from the velociraptors, and someone yells “stay out of the tall grass!”
Duckie, I had the exact same thought 🙂 Sorry, late answer, the site was unavailable for several days for me!
I love that the sad kitty is now such a happy kitty! But the story made me sad too, because of the choice I recently made about that feral in my neighborhood. I keep telling myself, I didn’t have the resources to help an adult feral with FIV; putting him down was the best and most humane option. Now I’m pondering the might-have-beens. Help, people!
I think you did the right thing. A cat with an immune deficiency living in the semi-wild could suffer from an unpredictable array of illnesses, and perhaps transmit the condition to other cats.
DEBG, please don’t second guess yourself. Sometimes a true animal lover must make hard decisions. The fact that you are “pondering” indicates that you truly care.
Thank you both. I needed to hear that as I cry at work (again). Still feeling emotionally fragile after last week!
Thankfully you were there to provide the kitty with humane treatment. Although it is one of the most difficult and heartbreaking things we must do as animal lovers I believe it was the right decision. I had a friend who took in an animal in much the same condition and it was not good. Without going into detail the cat was often ill and she didn’t have the courage that you summoned to do the right thing.
I truly believe there is a wonderful pain and fear free place somewhere out there for all our little animal angels when they must leave our loving arms.
DebG rest assured that you did the right thing and grieving it is normal and inevitable if, as I am sure you are, a caring person.
Do not feel guilty, you did what you thought was right. But the most important thing is you did something.
How many people in this world see a situation that they could do something about and do nothing, telling themselves that someone else will take care of it.
You cared enough to try to help, you should feel good about that.
I agree. A kind death is better than an excruciating marginal and painful life. You were HUMANE.
I was in your position many years ago and made the same decision. I took his ashes and scattered them in my garden so he would have a home. I still think about that boy even now.
You did the right thing, Deb. It was a horrible decision to have to make, and you made the right choice. Kitty is watching you from the rainbow bridge, purring thank yous at you for caring enough.
Rabbit only want to do math .. you know .. *wink wink*
He was from the other side of the grass. Reminds me of the movie A Place In The Sun.
Great stories today Mike. Happy interactions of animals and humans.
Love the pig dog and “dogs in tall grass” is going to be a title of my book on happiness.
Dogs: dolphins of the prairie.
Prairie dolphins. Love it. ???
The orange kitty’s story brought some invisible onion cutting ninjas to my kitchen. I also think DebG took the right decision in a very difficult situation.
Thank you again, everybody. You guys understand these painful decisions in a way nobody else does.
Someday, I want an elephant to look at me the way this one looks at her helpful vet.
It’s amazing that the vet found a way to make a prosthetic leg for an elephant!
I’ve seen the prosthetic feet (stupid land mines!!) but a leg. That’s impressive for a number of reasons