‘Exotic’ pets present challenges
Sunday, August 24th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »According to Dr. Angela Lennox, more young people are choosing to own exotic pets than ever before. "In families where they don't have a lot of time, or they don't have a big yard, lots and lots of families like little ...
Animal whisperers come out of the shadows to help troubled pets
Monday, June 16th, 2008 Posted in Pet Supply | No Comments »Nikki and Lucy are my 10-year-old cats. They were nice to each other up until a year or so. That’s when the hissing started, and the bullying, and the sporadic indifference. That’s also when Nikki, shy and small-boned, began packing on ...
More Than 500 Defensless Pets Stranded In Chile Volcano Zone
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Pet Games | No Comments »The pro-animal rights Coalition for the Ethical Control of Urban Animals (CEFU) disclosed on Wednesday that 500 pets in communities surrounding the Chaitén Volcano remain in imminent danger. This news came after rain and increased snow melt attributed to the ...
She Opened Her Heart to Pets
Monday, May 12th, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »Josephine Bensack Czapp, 89, who died of kidney failure April 6, grew up on a farm in Manassas and raised many kinds of pets, including horses and goats. In recent years, she became so close to her parakeet, Snookie, that ...
Welcome to the world of Animal Aunts
Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »Imagine spending a few weeks in a beautifully converted barn in the gorgeous Surrey countryside with all mod cons, including cars, at your disposal. The only exertion involves feeding and exercising the clients well-trained field Labradors twice a day. Walking the ...
Farm visits can ease mental illness
Sunday, April 13th, 2008 Posted in Pet Supply | No Comments »Spending time on a farm looking after cows, horses, or other animals can help people with mental illness better manage their anxieties and increase their confidence, according to a study published yesterday. The findings by Norwegian scientists could further widen use ...
Bearing up: when holding on to loved ones can help ease the grief
Monday, April 7th, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »IT LOOKS like a teddy bear. Fluffy, cuddly. There's a zip in its tummy where you insert a small pouch containing the ashes of someone you still long to hold in your arms. It's a Huggable Urn.A family in Western ...
Truth must be told in this Tibetan story
Saturday, April 5th, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »I TRAVELLED to Tibet in 1991. It was scary. Tourists were confined to the capital, Lhasa, so I had to leave before dawn to visit a village while researching the life of Lama Thubten Yeshe (1935-84), whose biography I was writing. On the ...
Bearing up: when holding on to loved ones can help ease the grief
Saturday, April 5th, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »IT LOOKS like a teddy bear. Fluffy, cuddly. There's a zip in its tummy where you insert a small pouch containing the ashes of someone you still long to hold in your arms. It's a Huggable Urn.A family in Western ...
Mackenzie A&P Show results
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »Judge: Sally Smith - Ashburton Reserve Champion Fine Combing: Hope Bros -Grampians Station Champion Fine Combing: Hope Bros -Grampians Station Champion Fine Combing: Hope Bros -Grampians Station Champion Fine Combing: Grays Hills Supreme Champion Wool Breed: Grays Hills Class 1 Ram, 2-shear and over: 1 Grays ...
