Pet Monologues

Neuticles allowing your pet to retain his natural look, self esteem, and aids in the trauma associated with neutering.

Testicular Implantation For Pets (US Patent #58-68140)

Via Modulator

“Unfortunately, it appears not to be a joke. But, really, it should be.”

Straight from Musings of a Dinosaur

“Ho. Ly. Shit! Is there no limit to what you can sell to anthropomorphizing idiots? Now if this thing is nothing but a fantastic farce, my hat’s off to you; I’m not worthy. But I’m afraid—really afraid—that it’s on the level. Words escape me.”

PM is not going to opine on this one. Vick waives rights to an appeal in his attempt at a plea. Judge nails him for 23 months for complete funding, selecting dogs for execution, possibly partaking in executions. Experts say he could serve 18 months with good behavior. That would mean his release is May 2009. Justice be served.

Carnivals
Caw to art! #4 will go up Wednesday, January 2, 2008.

Last weekend carnivals were lively with many Thanksgiving messages. Check out Friday Ark #166 and Carnival of the Cats

For other current carnivals check out The Blog Carnival and The TTLB Uber Carnival

Pet products
PM will spend more time the upcoming weeks finding pet/animal products for holiday gift-giving. If you find a well-designed product, please point PM to it and we will both post the product and link your site as a design-driven product finder.

Don’t wait until the last minute for artful expressions or thoughtful pet/animal gift-giving.

P&G partners with NBC Universal to launch pet site.

CINCINNATI and NEW YORK—Procter & Gamble Productions, Inc. (PGP) and NBC Universal Digital Media (NBCU) today announced the launch of a new website for dog and cat owners —Petside.com. Read the rest of this entry »

Center for Biological Diversity. Global warming.

Legal victory forces acknowledgment of global warming. Read the rest of this entry »

Responsible Pet Owners Alliance: SAN ANTONIO. We need your help to get objectionable provisions of the San Antonio Chapter 5 Animal Ordinance Revision removed. Read the rest of this entry »

Is this a “punish the deed” episode two? PM has in less than a year been exposed to a lot of animal stories finds these “death row” stories a bit too commonplace.

This quilt was recently auctioned on ebay. The image on the quilt looks a bit like Duke the pitbull currently on death row.

The accused animals in these stories both have pretty good cases. Is it enough to save them? Is this a case of a bad animal, a neglectful owner, or an act of self defense? Are the rights of animals different than the owners/victims?

Here is the latest story.

Congo is a 2 1/2-year old German shepherd from Princeton Township, N.J., who was sentenced to death for mauling gardener Giovanni Rivera, 42, on June 5. The dog’s owners maintain that he was simply defending his family from a perceived threat. Read the rest of this entry »