Category Archive: Animal Welfare

Jun
03

Disturbing documentary of the week

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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 …

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May
22

Cute animal stories of the week

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Spidercat As seen on the BBC website  http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_8050000/newsid_8059700/8059765.stm <!–[if !supportEmptyParas]–> <!–[endif]–> This story was really heartening: a banker who is helping ducklings to jump from an office roof http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_8050000/newsid_8058800/8058865.stm <!–[if !supportEmptyParas]–> <!–[endif]–>

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May
12

Rescue hens are looking for a good home

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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. …

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Apr
23

Slow Loris

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  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:

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Mar
12

Don’t choose a cat by its colour

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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 …

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