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The Blue House Dog

4 The Love Of Animals

They offered him hand-outs and cared enough about him, not to call Animal Control and risk having him picked up and sent to a shelter where his fate would be doomed. It took nine years for my picture book, THE BLUE HOUSE DOG, (Peachtree Publishers/August 1, 2010) to come out. Tags: books guest post. See the trailer: [link].

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Fizzle’s Story

4 The Love Of Animals

Although I adore my own cats, I had not realized what an important role animals can play as life draws to a close. Then I noticed that several family members were also nursing bleeding wounds. I’m calling animal control,” I said finally. The animal you’re calling about is a teacup poodle?” Not a standard?”. “No,

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Birding Tabin, Sabah, Borneo

10,000 Birds

For good measure, some animals in the near vicinity were also named after him, such as Raffles’s Malkoha. His somewhat dubious claim to fame includes a book describing his trip to New Guinea despite the fact that he never actually got to the mainland area of New Guinea ( source ).