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Adventures with Animals: Fight Grindadrap

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Monday, July 19, 2010. In an effort to help end the annual slaughter of the pilot whales in the Faroe Islands of Denmark, I have contacted the International Foundation for Animal Welfare ( www.ifaw.org. If you want to address the Faroese authorities regarding pilot whaling, the e-mail address of the Foreign Department of the Faroese Government is mfa@mfa.fo. The e-mail address of the Faroese department of Fisheries and Maritime Affairs is fisk@fisk.fo. Stella Dora von Swineburg. July 20, 2010 at 5:55 AM.

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Adventures with Animals: Tribute to Sadie

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Thursday, May 14, 2015. This week many of my Facebook friends have lost family members- furry, feathered, scaley family members, that is. I see them grieving; I grieve. Indeed, I feel their pain. Because I have been through it often enough: holding and staring at the dead body of what once had been my warm, loving friend. I am so sorry Sadie had to die so young and so unnecessarily. Life continues to be cruel. And I really have no thoughts at this time to ease her human family's hurt. I have no words.

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Adventures with Animals: "The Mind of a Cat"

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Friday, October 17, 2014. The Mind of a Cat". This is a "must-buy" for all animal lovers. Among lots of subjects are "Do animals have minds, as well as brains? The book discusses grief in animals, their social behaviors, ways animals talk to each other and to us, animal rights, mental illness in animals, and why people feel the way they do about some species of animal. For example, why do most people dislike rats but love dogs? Grandin says cats have just as good a sense of smell as dogs and so a cat's p...

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Adventures with Animals: Remembering Fancy

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Thursday, October 1, 2009. Before Fancy was sent to be trained at the age of two, I used to walk her around our woods as one would walk a dog. We had many a lovely stroll as fall leaves drifted around us. I was just beginning to learn how horses think and react. And I had a lot more to learn: about riding and my own sense of self and courage. Lions and Toigers and Mares- Oh, My! Describes my first riding lesson:. Hi, my name's Gale- as in the wind," she said, brushing a stray hair from her face. She eyed...

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Adventures with Animals: Meg

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014. Death is the grand spoiler. She interrupts, spoils, disrupts, and shocks. She is the ultimate Shock Jock. And I hate her. We all hate her. Recently she stole my Ricky cat, and I can smell her hovering over my two old, arthritic horses. And, who knows? She may even have her vacuous eye on me as I drive, as I shop, as I sleep. One never knows when or where the spoiler will next appear. And that was the end of Meg. Death, you loser, Be Not Proud! February 18, 2014 at 8:41 PM.

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Adventures with Animals: The White Void

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Friday, February 28, 2014. So, I make this entry with bits of seed soil under my fingernails, and I hope that, somehow, this nasty storm while spare us. But if it doesn't, I will tend my seeds tucked comfortably into their soil, spray a fine mist over them, talk to them hoping that they can hear and may put extra effort into germinating and giving me a ray of hope in this dismal white world. Everyone keep warm and safe. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. In an effort t...

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Adventures with Animals: October 2014

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Friday, October 17, 2014. The Mind of a Cat". This is a "must-buy" for all animal lovers. Among lots of subjects are "Do animals have minds, as well as brains? The book discusses grief in animals, their social behaviors, ways animals talk to each other and to us, animal rights, mental illness in animals, and why people feel the way they do about some species of animal. For example, why do most people dislike rats but love dogs? Grandin says cats have just as good a sense of smell as dogs and so a cat's p...

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Adventures with Animals: May 2015

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Saturday, May 23, 2015. She let me hold her! I can hardly describe the excitement, the flattery I felt from this chicken allowing me to cuddle her. After all, she's only a chicken! Most of us consider them brainless wonders. Certainly they lack the capacity for affection. How many animals do we all take for granted as I did her- not affording her personality or the ability to feel affection? But she certainly does have the capacity for loving and being loved. How cool- a chicken expressing love! I see th...

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Adventures with Animals: Summer on the Farm from Stewie's Perpspective

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Friday, June 20, 2014. Summer on the Farm from Stewie's Perpspective. It's a new day: things to do, places to go. Who cares about breakfast as long as I see the outside and get to go potty at 6 AM? I wonder what mommy and sis and I are going to do today, but first I must check the manure pile for tasty horse turds. Come on, Annie! There's a big juicy one on the pile this morning! We can't both be playing with one stick! And we live in a woods, so you can get your own! Soon after mommy takes her bath, she...

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Adventures with Animals: Our New Puppy--Stewie

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010. Our New Puppy- Stewie. In a matter of a few hours, my life has been turned upside down because of a being who, himself, is lying upside down, fast asleep, in the kitchen. His name is Stewie, and he is my husband's combination Christmas and birthday present: a puppy. He doesn't look it yet, because he's only seven weeks old, but he's aspiring to be an Irish wolfhound. This all came about while we were watching. Then all hell broke loose. Did he need a night light? Finally, Edgar...