Today I received a worrying press release from Cats Protection about the decline in cat adoptions due to the recession. According to the release 16 out of their 24 adoption centres have noticed a decline, which means a lot of furry friends are in desperate need of a loving home. The adoption centre in Wrexham [...]
Dec
09
Please squash your tin cans
If you love animals please read this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/8396139.stm It doesn’t take much effort to squash tin cans. Alternatively you could just make sure the bags are safely tied so the cats can’t rip them and don’t put the bags out before very late at night.
Jul
03
If you like dogs you might want to read this and help
http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/3045/eleventh-hour-mercy-plea-to-save-death-row-dog-bruce/ This is quite a disturbing story I got emailed and I thought to pass this on. It’s quite sad that they let this happen in NI.
Jun
03
Disturbing documentary of the week
Yesterday I caught “My Monkey Baby” on Channel 4. The programme followed three American couples who bought a monkey as a “Baby” substitute. One couple was young and the man didn’t want a human baby, the second couple was retired and the woman suffered from empty-nest syndrome, in the case of the final couple (not [...]
May
12
Rescue hens are looking for a good home
If you have read on of my earlier posts about chicken, then you know that I think that they make good pets. I found the following on the journalism forum I go to and I hope that maybe some readers out there have a heart and a home (with enough space) for a couple of hens. [...]
Apr
23
Slow Loris
The other day my husband showed me incredibly cute YouTube clips featuring the Slow Loris. I’ve never seen these cute critters before and they are very endearing (check out this clip for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLdQ3UhLoD4 ). These tiny creatures with their huge eyes and dextrous paws just want to make you cuddle them – [...]
Mar
12
Don’t choose a cat by its colour
The other day I received a press release from Cats Protection containing statistics of cats taken in by their four largest adoption centres. Black and white cats topped the list with 1355, closely followed by Tabbies with 1201 and black cats with 841. The reason for this is simple: black, black-and-white and tabby cats are [...]
Helen's Paws for Thought
- Bobby in a box September 6, 2010Our cat is incredibly nosey and likes small boxes – she even sleeps in them. I thought I share a few photos of her which we took a couple of weeks ago. […]helen
- New layout for my blog September 6, 2010I decided it’s time to change the blog’s theme and layout and I hope you like it. I always wanted to incorporate Bobby’s paw into my blog’s header and thanks to this new theme I found I was able to. I am still working on my new website -hence the lack of blog entries lately. […]helen
- Ukuleles August 2, 2010I am not normally a trendy person, but in March I ordered an Ohana Ukulele from Music Is Life http://www.musicislife.co.uk/ (also called the Southern Ukulele Store on Ebay) which finally arrived a few weeks ago. Ukuleles are very popular at the moment – even the Guardian has dedicated an article to a Ukulele teacher in […]helen