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How Pets Can Improve Your Health

4 The Love Of Animals

Pet Care, spotlights many of the well-proven therapeutic and health benefits of pets, as reported on www.HelpGuide.org : The average domestic pet, such as a dog, cat—even a goldfish—can provide many therapeutic and health benefits. Below, Paul Mann, Founder and CEO of FETCH! Taking care of an animal can also provide a sense of self-worth.

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Birding Chongming Island in summer

10,000 Birds

I once had a cat who loved to lick plastic bags, and while I find the pleasure in this hard to comprehend, it still seems more understandable to me than the joy (?) On the other hand, there have been reports of Black-crowned Night Heron chicks being adopted by Common Terns ( source ). of catching extremely small fish.

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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

10,000 Birds

Just as the ranger was telling us that we might see wild cats – well, not wild cats, but rather, Wildcats , the wild version of the domestic cat, Felis silvestris lybica , one of those cats popped its head out of the brush about 50 feet beyond her. The most interesting thing about this cat was lack of kitty-cat-ness.

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Orange-headed Thrush

10,000 Birds

Informed literature bears out my experience that most birds are seen singly or in pairs. The nom de blog Redgannet was adopted to add an air of mystery and to make himself more attractive to women. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Wicked, right?

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