4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Big Cat Week starts tonight on Nat Geo WILD! Are you ready? The seven-night television event features visually stunning and powerfully resonant stories of nature’s fiercest felines! Tonight’s premiere episode, Big Cat Odyssey , follows lions and leopards through Africa’s harshest climatic extremes. Award-winning filmmakers and National Geographic Explorers-in-Residence Dereck and Beverly Joubert set out 30 years ago on a quest to get close to big cats.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 6, 2010

This from the blog Green is the New Red. Read the full post here. The FBI and a previously-unknown informant in the animal rights movement discussed, among other topics, how to disrupt political activism, according to FBI documents. The topics discussed echo COINTELPRO-era tactics of the 1960s, including the possibility of discrediting activists through planting rumors.

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4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 8, 2010

We have always loved Dog is Good. They have a lot of great shirts, mugs, hats, and more for animal lovers. Now they have added a great item for your dog! The Dog is Good Water Bottle is not only a lot of fun to look at, it’s super convenient! The bottle is BPA-free, stainless-steel. We got a chance to try one out, and just loved it! And that is really saying something, our little Baby is very picky about drinking, and this was one bottle she looked forward to drinking out of.

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4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Asbestos fibers pose a significant health threat to both pets and their owners. Asbestos is found in thousands of homes and buildings built between 1930 and 1980. Asbestos was a commonly used building material that when damaged over time can become airborne resulting in the fatal mesothelioma cancer. Both direct and second hand exposure has been proven to cause mesothelioma.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Received this today from Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. Excellent news! We did it! For more than a year, we have worked to block NASA’s planned radiation experiments on live squirrel monkeys. We have just learned that the experiments have been cancelled. NASA has also announced its intention to “undertake a comprehensive review of the agency's current research and technology development plans to see how they align with the President's plan for human spaceflight,” the findings of

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Critter News

DECEMBER 9, 2010

The purpose is to make them happier as livestock. I guess you have to decide for yourselves what you think about that. The excerpt below is from the Sydney Morning Herald. Go here for the full article. Australian scientists have set themselves the challenge of understanding the minds of animals and what they are feeling. A team based at the CSIRO aims to use the study to reduce stress and pain in livestock.

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4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Would you like a fun way to celebrate a special day with your dog? What if you could also help shelter pets at the same time? If you said YES!, then High Hopes has just what you need. Celebration Cupcakes are adorable treats that you can make quickly and easily for your pet. We got a chance to try them out, and used them for Baby’s 7th birthday.

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4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Another fun sneak peek of Nat Geo Wild’s Big Cat Week! Tonight, Lions on the Edge! Premieres Thursday, December 9, at 9PM ET/PT. Ruaha National Park in Tanzania used to be a true paradise for wildlife gathered around the rich Ruaha riverbanks. Now, the worst drought in decades is pushing all the animals on a march to find water. The animals follow the dry riverbed upstream for water, while circling prides of lions position themselves close by, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.

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4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 8, 2010

As promised, another sneak peak! Tonight’s program is called Lion Warriors and premieres Wednesday, December 8, at 9PM ET/PT. On the Great Plains below Mt. Kilimanjaro in Kenya, lions are attacking Maasai cattle, as they have for hundreds of years. And the proud Maasai warriors have hunted them ruthlessly in return so that now only about 2,000 remain in the country.

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4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 7, 2010

As promised, another sneak peak! Tonight’s episode, Leopard Queen, Premieres Tuesday, December 7, at 9PM ET/PT. Filmmaker John Varty, who filmed a wild female leopard for 17 years, opens an extraordinary window into the lives of Africa’s most secretive big cat. Leopard Queen follows the life of “Manana,” a wild leopard whose territory spans the heart of the Londolozi Game Reserve in South Africa.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 6, 2010

We'd posted last week that the injuries would probably be fatal and they were. It appears that it was hit by boat propellers. Horrible.

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