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2008/7/2 Cat’s out of the bag in China. BEIJING—Prodded for months by bloggers, officials reveal that photos of tiger in wild were staged; local guide jailed. The photos of the South China tiger taken by a farmer seemed too good to be true. After all, no member of the endangered big cat family had been seen in the wild since the 1960s. More... 0

2008/7/2 Pets suffer from Midwest flooding too. No-kill shelters form vast networks to save dogs and cats for adoption. Lesley Irwin scrolls through 200 pitiable e-mails a day to pick out the lucky dogs and cats she can keep in her Huntley pet shelter, then anguishes over the many she has to turn away. More... 0

2008/7/2 Pet cemetery. Jayne Mansfield. MILWAUKEE—Pet cemetery where sex symbol buried dog closes. Sex symbol Jayne Mansfield was looking for eternal rest for her Chihuahua Gallina when she buried her in a Milwaukee area pet cemetery in 1964. More... 0

2008/6/17 Is Rover coughing? It could be dog flu. Experts urge pet owners to be on the alert now that the disease has been confirmed in Illinois. More... 0

2008/6/2 $24M pet food settlement. CAMDEN, NJ—A judge granted initial approval to a $24 million settlement in which companies that manufactured or sold contaminated pet food would compensate pet owners fro all costs related to the death or illness of their dogs and cats. More... 0

2008/5/22 Man returns dogs’ bones. Transplants of bone marrow, perfected in canine tests, will soon treat their cancers. More... 0

2008/5/22 Belligerent donkey gets out of jail. Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico—A Mexican donkey has been freed from jail after doing time for acting like a jackass. More... 0

2008/5/20 Caw to art! #18. Reminder. Caw to art! is an effort to showcase animals and pets in an ARTFUL manner. More... 0

2008/5/16 Happy endanger species day! Hey, did you know today’s a holiday? That’s right: it’s Endangered Species Day, 5/16/08, a national celebration to spread awareness about all our planet’s wildlife, fish, and plants—including the beloved polar bear—that are threatened with extinction. It’s also a great day to take action to help save them. One of the most important actions of all? Spreading the word. More... 2

2008/5/12 Caw to art! #17. Reminder. Caw to art! is an effort to showcase animals and pets in an ARTFUL manner. More... 0

2008/5/12 Pets on lap while driving may soon be a no-no in Calif. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)—Pull over and put down the dog. A California lawmaker wants to ban motorists from holding pets on their laps while driving and getting caught can net a $35 fine. The bill passed the Assembly on a 44-11 vote on Monday, and heads to the Senate. More... 2

2008/5/12 Australian pokes shark in eye to survive mauling. SYDNEY, Australia (AP)—An Australian swimmer says he survived a mauling by a 16-foot shark by wrestling with the beast, finally getting free by poking it in the eye. More... 0

2008/5/12 $2,500 HSUS reward. Dog killings. The HSUS Offers Reward In Lincoln County, Mont. Dog Killings. The Humane Society of the United States is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for killing at least nine dogs in the Libby, Troy and Eureka areas of Montana over the past five weeks. More... 0

2008/4/8 Caw to art! #16. Reminder. Caw to art! is an effort to showcase animals and pets in an ARTFUL manner. More... 0

2008/4/1 Congressional hearing tomorrow: Kempthorne hides, Center testifies. The Bush administration’s refusal to list the polar bear as an endangered species took a bizarre turn last week when Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne refused to testify at tomorrow’s Senate hearing. More... 0

2008/3/31 Caw to art! #15 alert! Caw to art! is an effort to showcase animals and pets in an ARTFUL manner. A photograph, fine art, a scribble, sculpture. A poem, a monologue, a short story, motion. More... 1

2008/3/17 Dolphin appears to guide whales to sea WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP)—Most days, Moko the bottlenosed dolphin swims playfully with humans at a New Zealand beach. But this week, it seems, Moko found his mojo. Witnesses described Wednesday how they saw the dolphin swim up to two stranded whales and guide them to safety. More... 3

2008/3/17 Tiny Iowa town rescinds $5 cat bounty DES MOINES, Iowa (AP)—Cat haters, never mind: The tiny town of Randolph has rescinded a $5 bounty on feral feline. 0

2008/3/17 Nucaraquan’s celebrate mass for dogs. MASAYA, Nicaragua (Reuters)—Hundreds of dogs, many dressed as babies or clowns, were taken to celebrate mass in this Nicaraguan town on Sunday, an annual ritual where the owners pray for their pets to be cured or avoid falling ill. More... 0

2008/2/26 Spay day USA. 2/26. Per the Humane Society (HSUS) there are many activities happening Tuesday, Feb. 26—the 14th annual Spay Day USA! More... 0




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Mimi’s message in a bottle. Woof!

Posted in Artworks, Editor's choice on February 24th, 2008 by PM

Pet Monologue has been memed. Knowing the creator, it’s an honor.
That said, we pass it along!

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pet monologue’s message

**** START COPY****
In a Bottle across the Blog Ocean. Leave a message in the sand or on the bottle. Write anything you wish. Be a pirate or a poet. Serious or silly. Anonymous or not.
What message would you like to send out to the universe?
Mimi’s Message In a Bottle Meme
1. Compose a message to place in your virtual bottle.
2. Right click and SAVE the blank graphic below

Hi Mimi!
3. Use a graphics program of your choice to place the message on the picture
4. Post the Message In a Bottle meme and your creation on your blog along with these rules
5. Tag a minimum of 5 bloggers - or your entire blogroll - to do the same. Notify them of the tag.Your virtual bottle will remain afloat in the blogosphere ocean for all blogernity (That’s a Mimism for blog + eternity.)

Mimi says: ADD your site to the Mr. Linky list and place your blog’s name and url in a comment HERE TO LET ME KNOW YOU’VE COMPLETED THE MEME. I will add it to the master list of message bottles. Email mimiwrites2005 at yahoo.com if you have questions.”

***END COPY****

Mimi’s tags…Sandee at Comedy Plus, Dating Profile of the Day, Bond’s Big Leather Couch , Crazy Working Mom, Coffee2Go, Hammer , Julie’s Jewels and Junque , Lyn’s’ Last Minute Life , Speedcat Hollydale Page, Gill’s Jottings, Lee at Tarheel Ramblings, 1 Million Love Messages, A Word In Edgewise, Airhead55, Turnbaby, Bud at WTIT, Are We There Yet? And Miles To Go Before We Sleep, Anndi’s Luggage, Anyhow Blogs, Asara’s Mental Meanderings, Matt-Man, Carver’s Site Or Is That Sight?, Colloquium, Daisy The Curly Cat, Desert Songbird, Diary of A Heretic, Dixie’s Heart and Soul, Dr. Anonymous, Duward Discussion, Everything and Nothing, Frank’s Honk ‘n Hollr, Friday Night Fish Fry, Hahn at Home, Happy Tiler, Here Comes A Storm, Home In France, I Am Woman, See Me Blog! It’s a Blog Eat Blog World, Julie Pippert, Late Bloomer Boomer, Meowers From Missouri, Miss Maggie Moo Talks 2 U, Empress Bee, My Life Is Murphy’s Law, My View Of It, Nick’s Bytes, Nola Dawn, Odat Mumbles, Olga The Traveling Bra, Queenie’s Random Ramblings, Screw Perfection, The Starr Ann Chronicles, Trav’s Thoughts, Wading Through My Stream of Consciousness, Wonderland Or Not

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Pet Monologues. Best of #1

Posted in Editor's choice, Reader's choice on February 16th, 2008 by PM

March 08 will mark our first year anniversary. With 900 (estimated) posts here are reader’s choice favorites…

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wisconsin bird feeder in a class by itself—over 100K stumbleupon visits-in one week
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juicy crittoure—whippet greyhound society/fans went nuts
99 wolves
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dead pet stories by Erik Hawxby—ADULT. GRAPHIC. GROSS.
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sexing and aging birds. after all we are an animal blog…
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caw to art! #2 gives us dragonheart
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99 wolves
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Creature photos by andrew zuckerman
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designer fill-in-the-blank—a mention in designobserver

This post will continue to evolve. For the moment let’s post it!

Significant blogger award.

Posted in Editor's choice on February 15th, 2008 by PM

PM was just alerted that a blogger/artist designed an award and PM among others were recipients. The Australian artist is Kim Barker whose work can be seen at laketrees and the following words are hers…

I have designed another Award to recognise Bloggers who make a significant contribution to my blogging world here at laketrees….These special friends have a sense of community and are wholeheartedly committed to spreading their message and friendship generously…these Bloggers excel in many different areas and all of them make a significant difference to my world….I do not expect you to pass this award on as this award is from me to you as my expression of gratitude

Significant Bloggers:

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Anand Archie Art News Blog Ascender Blog Elf Boyd Catsy Colin Cooper Corrine Debbie Deborah Diane DouDy Drowsey Monkey Durano Ev Fruity Hanna Janette Jeremy John Jos Kimmy Kris Leigh Life cruiser Lisa Lyn Lynda Lindsay Manuel Mary Ann Meg Megan Mel Michelle Netster PALMA Pet Monologues Pearl Renny & Diane Santa She Walks In Beauty Shoshana Should Be Famous Snoskred Speedy Sue Sugar Queen Sully Suzanne The Artist’s Magazine Vin Walter williebaronet

This award is going into the sidebar…Thank you Kim! Woof!

Wisconsin bird feeder.

Posted in Birds, Editor's choice, Oddly enough, Reader's choice on January 26th, 2008 by PM

Ever? worry about squirrels? getting to your bird feeder? Well, take
a look at this…

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Good grief, what is that line made of?

99 wolves. Head on.

Posted in Artworks, Caw to art!, Editor's choice, Reader's choice on November 27th, 2007 by PM

Concept: With few wolves scattered in the front gallery, all ninety-nine wolves run, gallop, and jump toward the far end of the exhibition hall, where a wall stands. The bravery of the wolves is met head on by the unyielding wall. As the leading wolves go down, many more follow with force and determination. As those in the front fall and pile up, those behind take up their positions.

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Project No. 196 - Installation
2006: Berlin, Germany
Title: Head On
Date: August 26—October 15, 2006
Exhibition: Cai Guo-Qiang: Head On
Institution: Deutsche Guggenheim
Curators: Friedhelm Hutte and Ariane Grigoteit
Materials: 99 life-sized replicas of wolves and glass

Seen at kiwipulse.com
Source:Deutsche Guggenheim

Juicy Crittoure.

Posted in Bless animals, Editor's choice, Movies, Products, Reader's choice on October 28th, 2007 by PM

This post celebrates World Animal Day and Bless the Animals. Follow the links to learn more about PM’s initiative which started on October 4.

Page 1 ad reads: “Juicy Couture. Lift to smell.” Page 2-3 ad reads: “Juicy Crittoure. The first couture fragrance for dogs. Pawfum. Shampoo. Conditioner. Nail pawlish.”

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Photographer: not available at this time. Client: Juicy Couture Ad placed in Vogue Magazine November 2007

This post was placed in response to the World Animal Day 2008 initiative. All images can be seen at Bless Animals.

Creature.

Posted in Artworks, Bless animals, Editor's choice, Photos, Reader's choice on October 21st, 2007 by PM

This post celebrates World Animal Day and Bless the Animals. Follow the links to learn more about PM’s initiative which started on October 4.

The following photos are from Andrew Zuckerman’s new book, Creature.
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Cat
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African Crested Porcupine
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Chimpanzee
Here is the opening paragraph in the epilogue…The images you see in this book are the end product of a journey of discover and learning how to connect with the soul and essence of all creatures. In animals, as in humans, the eye connects the creature to the outside world and centres our focus to see deeper into the heart and very nature of the creature. The goal of these images is to intensify the viewers connection to the animals and inspire new perspectives on the familiar and immediate linkage to creatures we have never seen before. Like all journeys, early life experiences and chance occurances along the way shape the evolution of ones approach to art.

Source: creaturebook.com Andrew Zuckerman. All rights reserved.

This post was placed in response to the World Animal Day 2008 initiative. All images can be seen at Bless Animals.

I am an elephant.

Posted in Artworks, Bless animals, Editor's choice, Mammals, Reader's choice, Stories on October 9th, 2007 by PM

This post celebrates World Animal Day and Bless the Animals. Follow the links to learn more about PM’s initiative which started on October 4.

Here is a story by Stu Bykofsky, columnist with the Philadelphia Daily News

I am an elephant.

I was not born for your amusement any more than you were born for mine.

If you see me in the zoo, and especially in the circus, which arrived here yesterday, I am not there willingly.

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I was kidnapped and carried far, far away from my home and my family. I might have been an adult, but was more likely a baby when captured. Some “brave” hunter might have killed my mother—who could be dangerous—and sold me to a zoo or circus as an orphan.

Elephants have large families, as you may know, each headed by a female. When a female is born into the family herd, she never leaves.

Closely and happily, we travel together, eat together, play together, rest together. For elephants, every herd is a “village” in which the baby is cared for by its mother, and her sisters, and her mother. Being connected to family is as much a part of our being as our floppy ears. It harms us to be separated from our family. Can you understand that? Read the rest of this entry »

Designer-fill-in-the-blank.

Posted in Editor's choice, Issues/Opinions, Reader's choice, Stories on October 2nd, 2007 by Mr. Rodney

Recently I read an article about dogs. It defined purebreds, hybrids, and mutts. The “hybrid” was labeled a “designer dog.” Of course this was the one I was most interested in. I am a designer.

What the hell does “designer-fill-in-the-blank” mean? Dogs are labeled “designer dogs” because many of them are bred “by design” for specific reasons like minimizing allergies to shedding and dander, having good temperaments as family pets, and eliminating excessive drooling. Is “designer-this-or-that” an admirable label? I can’t deny it, “designer dogs are pretty popular.”

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The design thing:
“By design.” You know, everybody knows, designers are “trained” to arrive at beautiful looking and/or beautiful working solutions. It’s part of the process. It’s what we do. In a perfect world designers always use the process for our work-for-hire solutions. Some use the process for personal solutions, like “living and breathing” design. 24 x 7. I can think of several as we write. Read the rest of this entry »

Different side of view - A dog’s tale.

Posted in Editor's choice, Issues/Opinions, Mammals, Stories on August 30th, 2007 by Nocturnal Intellect

I was a good boy. I loved my family and always looked out for them.

I always greeted them at the door and showed them my happy expressions.

We exchanged lots of kisses and hugs, especially with younger members of the family.

I was happy. I loved going to the park and run around.

I loved jumping of the docks to water and roll around in the grass.

We all had a lot of fun and we were happy.

That was until my family took me to the woods.

I was beaming with excitement and smelling the unknown, cool misty air and hoping we get to explore the new playgrounds. That would be so great!

As the car rolled to a stop and a silence filled the air, the door opened and I was ordered to jump out. Read the rest of this entry »