Animals as Friends

Pet Health Advices and Videos

2012-01-27T19:19:00.001+01:00

Сharitable services in Pet hospitals -is it possible today when the vet help, as any other help, has often too high costs? Well, fortunatelly, it's a reality, and that is why PDSA exists in UK.

Do you need pet health advice? You will find answers to your questions if you visit the site of PDSA. It's one of the most professionally and clearly organized pet help sites I've ever seen. Pet doctors tell about great variety of pets. There are advices on how to cure not only cats and dogs but chinchillas, hamsters, guinea pigs and other animals. Needs of all of them are explained in simple words, and there are pet help videos like one I add to this post, too.

PDSA offers different programs that will surely interest you. First among all of them -it's my point of view- is the educational Pet Protectors Club for children. Is it not important that the children learn how to care for the pets in the right way? Let's confess it: we cure our pets so as they were humans. PDSA teaches the children what our pets really need to be happy and healthy.

The other program of PDSA I like is the donation in memory of a person or a pet. How many times I wanted to celebrate my pets helping other pets? But I did not know how to do it. Who of you loved your pet so much can understand me.

An other way to help your pet and to protect it against illnesses and accidents is to purchase the PDSA pet insurance. It's useful against unexpected vet’s bills, too. This insurance has different benefits like cover against ongoing conditions and up to 5% online discounts, but what is very important -it allows PDSA to receive vital income to be able to help less fortunate pets.
Visit PDSA site and enjoy it!

Cormorants -A Beach in Argentine

2012-01-19T13:53:00.001+01:00

When you think about a beach, you surely imagine persons with bikini that are laying on the sand. But some birds and animals think the beaches are for them and not for persons. Maybe, they feel comphortable, I don't know, maybe they are so acustomed that the persons do not damage them... I'm very surprised always when I see all of them that have not any fear for the humans., They are sure, we never will do something bad for them. Specially, it's about cats and dogs but the wild animals are not more suspicious. My husband passed some weeks with his family in rgentine and -since it's summer there- they wanted to walk near the water one day.

They found a great company of cormorants there. Nothing could disturb them, as you can see, even the motorboats could not help to finish this excellent meditation:

Who Visits Your House?

2012-01-14T18:25:00.001+01:00

Notices about animals are dedicated to one theme, sometimes. I read a feed today and noticed that there were different incidents when wild animals were found in the houses of the unaware owners.

One woman from New Zeland heared her cats and dogs making too much noice, went in the kitchen and found a young seal sleeping on the sofa. The seal entered the house through the cat door and was able to go upstairs till the kitchen. Different persons told to the police officers that they've seen the animal walking in the town, too.

The other case is about a bear that was found by a cable man in Sussex, US, in the basement of a house where he had to work. The man called police and when the rangers came, the bear was just awaked in the street. Tranquilized, the animal was transported in a forest.

Cologne, Germany. An employee found a snake crowling on the staircase of his hotel. Police arrested 3 Chinese men that had 100 snakes, 70 tortoises and 20 frogs in their luggages.

Be careful when you walk!

«Морские котики. Кокимбо. Чили» на Яндекс.Фотках

A Lion in the Flat

2012-01-08T17:25:00.001+01:00

There is nothing new in this: some persons want to have exotic animals as their pets in the flat. Some of them have even lions in the house. Just like this one (and I really enjoyed the collection of photos I found in StumbleUpon) This lion is not better than our cats -all of them learn what is fridge before they learn to make their first steps.

I don't know what was the end of this story ( it's written that the photos were taken in 70-th) but we had a similar lover of the big cats not too far from here. Some years ago his lions ate him. And all were died after because nobody knew about the tragedy and nobody looked for the man about 2 or 3 weeks. Police found a cemetery of about 20 animals and the rests of the man. Probably, the man had not enough food for all the animals and they killed him. After that, all the animals died without food and water in the lapse of time needed that somebody began to look for the man.

Great Photos from Ocean Defender

2012-01-03T11:37:00.000+01:00

Ocean is really the place that offers us so many joy! No, I did not see it. And I did not see these splendid animals in their home. But (even if I hope to have this possibility at least once in my life), I do not claim it. Because there are too many persons that want to visit these places and the nature is so fragile. It's better maybe if at least some of us will "visit" them virtually, watching documentaries and photos.

These photos shared my friends on Facebook and I subscribed the updates of Ocean Defender. I like the photos so much! The author/s are GREAT!
Here are the address http://www.facebook.com/oceandefender

Death...

2011-12-27T20:21:00.000+01:00

I don't know how it's for you but I still can't accept the death. Specially, the death of those who thinks you are a kind of god, you can everything, it's enough to stay near you and all the deseases will pass and all the problems will be solved. Well, it's not only about animals.

So, I don't understand some persons that like to assist on "great" events. The death among them. Yes, it's the way the things exist in this world. But it's the Great Suffer. I don't think, it's humanely -to wait for the death and to laugh. Someone who is dieing passes different terrible stages of emotions. He suffers from the pains, he is afraid, he feels bad. I don't say he is afraid of dieing because I believe all us hope to go out of this situation till the last moment, animals, too. And all we -we hope these spectators are here to help us. They, spectators, will immediately understand that we feel bad and they will help.
This is what the dieing animal thinks. Feels. Hopes.

But those humans want only look at our sufferings. Only this. And ...they laugh.

Somebody tells us that we could not help that little elephant that remained without his mother and was fighting against the pride of lions. He noticed the car and neared it looking for help. But the documentarists went away and left that courageous child. They want only to look how he will be killed. They can't intervene. They want to watch the process of killing to show other spectators the process of killing.
They do not have soul. The do not have mercy in their souls. They do not have humanity.

We all those who want to watch it have not a soul.

Lion has to kill other animals because it's his way to survive. But lions do not watch and enjoy the process of killing just to see how an animal dies. To enjoy the process of dieing.

Clever Cats and Santa Claus

2011-12-24T22:40:00.000+01:00

Did you notice that the cats occupy always all the best places in thte house?
And
Did you notice that the cats like to look at fire?

I think that the cats have very sensible eyes. They can to see in dark places and in the night and -I thought- they have to have problems with the day light.
Than I noticed that Basja sits for the table lamp sometimes and looks at the lamp. It's strange, no? Try to look at the lamp. You can't do it. How can cats, nocturnal animals, look at the lamp? She can look at the light for minutes.

It's interesting to observe her. The God created them with incredible perfection.

But the cats have their problems and wishes, too, and, since they live with us, they learned that they have to ask Santa Claus for help. That is why our cats speak with Santa Claus when we do not see them. Who knows,what they ask...

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Russian Bears Emigrate in Finnland

2011-12-19T00:21:00.001+01:00

The notice I read yesterday struck me: broun bears run away from Russia in Finnland. There were different cases in the last period. Boarder guards try to send them back but the animals become often agressive. Both Finnish and Russian soldiers found a bear female that tryed to cross the frontline and wanted to send her back. But the bear become to dangerous for humans and they killed her. Everybody knows that animals remain in their territory if there is not something that sends them away from their houses. I think, the board guards had to alarm scientists of forest rangers and control the situation. Instead of kill the animals. Specially a mother with a cub.

Dog Training

2011-12-11T20:58:00.001+01:00

The positive videos about animals can change our mood and give us many lovely minutes.
I had a very difficult day today and really need something that can make me laugh. Fortunatelly, I know some places where I can always find some good fotos and my friends knowing that I love them send me videos from time to time. Hope, you will have a good week!

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I Hate Computer!

2011-12-02T21:14:00.001+01:00

Writing a text using the keyboard of computer is a very very VERY difficult task the problem that everybody who has a cat knows perfectly.

I want to add some photos telling you about the problem with clarity. Is it possible to write without mistakes if there is the cat that walks on the keyboard all the time you have to write???

Guard Dog

2011-11-26T10:27:00.001+01:00

This is the prove that the dogs are excellent guards for your house: even if they want to sleep litterally to fall from the legs, they remember that they are guards and have to protect you in this moment. :-)))Oh here is the other very interesting video

In the Neighbour Village

2011-11-23T21:42:00.001+01:00

There is a new built village not too far from us -about 6-10 km, I think. I wrote different times about it here because it is the most lovely place in all our zone. There are not only resident houses but all the necessary shops and small restaurants, pizzerias, ice-cream shops -everything a modern person needs to feel happy. All this was built around a little park with some ducks and gooses that lived free and without an owner. They were for all people.

That paradise was alive for about 2 or 3 years when the birds were probably cought by somebody.
It was very sad. There was not more water in the pond and there was not the wish to visit that place.

This year the situation changed. The pond was cleaned, the park was restructured. There are new beautyful birds in it. They pass nights in a shed. All the area is closed inside the fence and there are videocameras around it.

Over all the park is the statue of the S. Maria that has to protect the new paradise from those evil-minded persons that are not afraid of people and videocameras but still believe in God. Here are some photos of the modern idea of the Paradise.

Talking Rabbit for your iTunes

2011-11-20T19:26:00.001+01:00

Rabbits are among the animals toddlers love to play with. That is why Apple created a Talking Rabbit to help the moms: infact, this app of iTunes has different educational tasks but the principal is to teach the children with fun and love. Download the program from App Store and beginn the exploration together with your toddler.

Talking Rabbit likes when the little fingers of your toddler touches her. She will tell your child about it. This way, the parts of the body and their names are so easy to remember! And the fun continues because when your child says the word, Talking Rabbit repeats it with her lovely voice that attracts the attention of the toddler and the desire to continue the game.

But Talking Rabbit will help you to teach your child much more! Every parent knows how difficult is to learn ABC’s and 123’s with the toddler. This app of iTunes is created to change this hard task in a pleasure for both, the kid and the mom. Open the page and view the Talking Rabbit directly in your iTunes. The best notice is that it's free as many of available apps you will find in App Store.

Present Talking Rabbit to your family and begin to have fun!

Basja Drived Away from Our Yard

2011-11-18T12:41:00.001+01:00

Basja is our stray cat. We live in her territory. And she is the last remained from all the dogs and cats we had, you know it. As a stray cat, she allowed us to occupy place here for the food we give her and the duvet we offer her when it rains.

She is week and never could protect herself and her territory.

But she is a very brave hunter and adores mices and even rats that populate our henhouse and eat our hens and cocks. So, she is a very precious help in the house.

In September, a young cat came to us. he was half dead from hunger and cryed always. I gave him to eat and now he lives here.

What is happend now when he thinks he is the owner of this territory? He catched Basja from here and she does not come more. Could you imagine what has to happen in the next days? I'm sure, my husband will send away this cat.
Mmmm?

Cats' Emotions

2011-11-12T09:12:00.001+01:00

All my last posts were about our "factory life". This time I want to gift you some smiles. It's Saturday today and you need them to continue a happy weekend.

Hunting a Fox: the First Result

2011-11-04T21:29:00.001+01:00

Foxes that live not far from our house create many problems to us. First of all because we are always worried about the hens. Our hens walk all the days outside the henhouse or they can stay inside the fence but not closed in the henhouse. Normally, the foxes do not go out to find their food before the twilight. And so we are relatively sure that nothing can happen.

But sometimes they are tooooo hungry and in these cases they forget the fear.

All the foxes and other animals know that we have a trap, and nobody can be caught with it more. From time to time my husband decided to put something tasty there -a piece of cheese or meat...

Yesterday, he calls me to come with my photocamera because he caught the fox. It's unpossible, I sad. Foxes do not go around in the daytime. Specially if humans are in the yard.
You come here, he says. I caught my fox!

Surprized, I take my photocamera, go down to the henhouse and... see the "fox" in the trap. A stupid, stupid "fox". Hope, he will not go in it more.

Our new Virginia Quail

2011-10-24T21:25:00.001+01:00

We have a new member in our "factory". It's a nestling of Virginia Quail. My husband dreamed to by them for much time, and we have 7 qualis now. So, he decided to buy this species of quail, too. There are not many amateurs of the not factory birds here but some "mad" men have them for fun,too. My husband found 2 of them in our region. One wil have the little birds to sell in December, other said we can come to take them.

We had to travel long enough till that factory. The man has all species of birds for the factory. But he has some species for hunting. And he really had some nestlings. We did not see that they were too little. And one of them was dead. Unfortunatelly. The other is in the incubator and seems to feel good. Here is our Virginia Quail

Biondo and Lithops

2011-10-19T18:13:00.002+01:00

I had a very important day yesterday: my Lithops decided to flower after I don't know how much time it was without any sign of life. When I noticed that there was a flower, the sun was just away from my yard and there was only a little piece of lighted surface. I put the lithops in that part of the yard and ... Miracle 'the plant opened the flower once more.

At that time, Biondo comes in the yard to see if I took something good for him. He became terrible, you know. He cryes and cryes under the door till we give him something to keep him silent. And we need a factory of sausages to fill his stomach...

A New Cat in Our Yard

2011-10-09T18:30:00.000+01:00

After the death of all the adult cats in our zone (Kotik and his rival -about a month later), the life of the females was calm this summer. I don't see them and do not know if they are alive else but I see their kittens -we have different young cats, some of them surely are the kittens of Kotik. But Basja does not allow any cat come here.

About a month ago one of them, a young cat, come in our yard half dead from hunger. My husband was in the hospital, and I gave the dieing animal to eat -thinking about my husband. Maybe you will think that I'm superstitious, but I could not see a sentient being die when my husband was in the dangerous situation, too.
I called him Biondo (Blond -Italians call one other sometimes this way) because Kotik was black 'and this son of the rival is some white.
Well, this sentient being become too insolent with time. He comes 3 times a day to request food now. Look at these photos:

Biondo is not only insolent. He became to hit Basja. Basja accepted him in the yard. It seems, she knows him. I think, he has less than 12 month. If he will survive, he will become a king next year since there are not adult cats more. If he will survive. Because my husband said, he will burry him because he hits his beloved Basja.

Gooood Manners in a Zoo

2011-09-22T21:11:00.001+01:00

Every zoo has meal times. And every animal receives it's own food that it needs for healthy and happy life. These beautiful giraffes appreciate their food so much -it's clear that these leaves are among their favourite. But the quantity seems to the visitor in the car not too big for all them...

Some of the inhabitants of the zoo have not developed good manners as you see on this photo: this ostrich thinks that stolen food tastes better...

But stolen food has not so good taste if nobody can notice how sly is the thief. So the ostrich -not satisfied with the leaves on the pick-up goes to giraffas and tryes to steel the same leaves from their pile. It knows they can't go out from their area and -in any case it is much more faster...

Tiger is the King

2011-09-11T20:29:00.001+01:00

Tiger is so beautiful that you can not remain indifferent when you see them.

...specially when theygo for a walk near your car even if they seem not interested in YOUR car... but it can happen that this cat wants to control if you like him and look at him in conformity with his royal status.

But tiger is always a cat. He likes company and he likes to rub against your legs -just like this tiger... even if 2 months of life only...

Goats Graze Everywhere

2011-08-31T10:23:00.002+01:00

Morocco

Italy

Himalaya

Once Upon a Time

2011-08-27T19:54:00.003+01:00

...there was a very good animals trainer. Stepan Isaakjan. The rest you can see on this photo:

from the collection of the photos from the 60-s (Source)

Exotic Animals in the Medieval Books

2011-08-21T21:11:00.000+01:00

There are many fables about animals that we know and love till today. We understand that some authors of the books did not see some of exotic animals they wrote about. It's the case of the lions where females were represented in the same way as the males, dragons etc.Here I want to show you animals painted in a medieval book I've seen in the museum of Montecassino (Montecassino and Salerno Main Churches are Twins ). Enjoy and try to guess the species.

Where is my Breakfast? Query Mark

2011-08-11T19:17:00.003+01:00

It's not so easy to understand: WHY is my breakfast still not in the pan? I'm just here and my breakfast is not. -Basja is surprised, and the tail expresses her thoughts so that nobody can have doubts about them.

But the silent query is not always clear to such stupid individuals.
In this case, you have to look them in the eyes and even jump on the keyboard. If this will not help, it's possible to try with the monitor. You have ardent hope to receive your breakfast finally if you use this solution.

«В Миске Еда Будет? Вопросительный Знак» на Яндекс.Фотках

Dolphin Baby Born!

2011-07-29T18:52:00.001+01:00

These splendid photos I received some minutes ago. It's the great notice and I'm happy to share it. Even if I'm surprized that all these zoos and parks (you will remember, I published different similar articles in the last period) send me their notices -that means maybe that they appreciate to be published in my blog...
Yes, I'm a travel agent and can sell you vacations and other tourist packages in all the SeaWorlds and other great places to visit in US and all over the world, but the notices I publish here are only my delight the event these institutions make me know about.

Look at this first photo! The mother is so content! I feel really great when I see something like this...

A dolphin calf was born Tuesday morning at 9:36 a.m. at SeaWorld Orlando. The calf weighs 35 pounds and is 40 inches long, with the sex unknown at this time. It was seen nursing and bonding with its mom, both a good indication that the calf is doing well. Park guests can see the pair at SeaWorld’s Dolphin Nursery. In the nursery pregnant dolphins, new mothers, their calves and experienced moms live together.

Dogs Biting a Wild Shark

2011-07-27T13:14:00.000+01:00

How much stupid can be our best friends, dogs? My dog could bite hedgehogs and snakes. Most snakes here are not venomous but there are vipers, too. And that stupid dog could perfectly find one. But he was fortunate. This video shows much more stupid dogs than MY was. Watch it!

The Cat and The Pool

2011-07-25T20:30:00.001+01:00

Do you have a cat? I have this one. Well, it's a stray cat but because I live on her territory and because she is a female, we have to give her to eat. Among all the animals that lived in our house, this one is the most wild. She comes only when she wants to eat or the weather is so bad that the quilts are much more warm than the soil. She is so stupid that she is able to sleep on the grass or erth under the rain.

Well, it would be not interesting (for me) if she did not have particular predilection for my plants and pools.
It's difficult to understand WHY the cats like to sleep in the vases with flowers...

...but I can explain it to me so that the wet soil is efficient to make them feel cool.

This other case is a real problem for me

You will say, there is nothing criminal in this photo. Yes, you are right. The crime was happend a moment after. The cat turned on her back and began to slide round the pool moving forward with the help of ... clows.
Logically I have to throw the pools after such "marry-go-round". And because it's just not the first pool that finished it's existance this way, I would prefere to throw the cat...

Pond with Swans

2011-07-12T11:33:00.000+01:00

Once I wrote about a very beautiful place situating not too far from us where we like to relax Saturdays or Sandays. It's a residential area with a little pond where ducks lived.

After some time the ducks disappeared from the pond and the water, too. There was a nacked desert for about a year.We asked the merchants but they could not say anything about the situation. The ittle and very nice park became somewthing ... sad. And we did not come there more, too.

Some time ago we came for shopping in the supermarket there and -suddenly- discovered that everything is changed. There is a fanced and video-supervised area with many beautiful ducks and swans. And there are many families and couples and groups of visitors to enjoy the relaxing place.

We need not so much to feel happy. We need nature.

Kasi the cheetah cub WINS BudgetTravel.com's National Poll for Cutest Zoo Baby

2011-07-07T21:06:00.002+01:00

Here is the notice I received just in this moment:

Busch Gardens is thrilled to announce that Kasi is the winner of the national Budget Travel.com Poll for Cutest Zoo Baby. Thank you very much to all our fans and friends who voted for the adorable, four-month old baby cheetah. We agree, this zoo baby is about as cute as you can get!

We Grow Quails Now

2011-07-05T10:42:00.002+01:00

The very last notice about the life in our "factory" is that we decided to grow quals this year. I've just told you that my husband bought 2 of them to attract the fox in the trap with the alive animals. But the birds were so interesting and my husband liked the new toy so much that he bought other 2 females to have a complete family.

First they lived in a cage, than, when we had not more cocks, the quails received an antire henhouse for them

Till the last days, the quails did not lay eggs and my husband thought just to let them go. I read in internet that the quails need many proteins to feel good. He found ants for them and put the nestle with all the earth in the henhouse. Here is the result of his work:

Do you think, these are dead quails? No, they are very happy: after they ate all the ants they began to cover themselves with the earth. And... now we have these marvel of the nature:

The next part of the game is to have the little of quails.
Well, I think, it's unpossible: the females are not interested in the eggs. I don't think they will began to hatch them. Only the male looks for the eggs and turns them over like the hens do.

HELP BUSCH GARDENS’ KASI WIN “CUTEST ZOO BABY” CONTEST

2011-06-24T01:23:00.000+01:00

Receive and forward this appeal and photos:

Kasi, along with his best friend Mtani, a Labrador puppy, has been making news since he have arrived at Busch Gardens earlier this year. Now, with your help, Kasi has a chance to win the title of cutest zoo baby.

Busch Gardens baby cheetah, Kasi, is one of the three finalists for the BudgetTravel.com’s cutest zoo baby contest. Kasi was in the lead when the national poll launched, but has now slipped into 2^nd place, behind an owl fowl from the Cincinnati Zoo. Help Kasi regain the lead by voting for her in the online poll!

Click here to vote for Kasi by July 6, 2011

Basja Wants to Play

2011-06-18T18:13:00.000+01:00

Basja was very strange some days after Kotik's death. She came to see him when he was laying in agony and than she sat on the wall over him looking on him very frown. I never thought that the cats can do this with their eyebrows but I've seen it with my own eyes. The day of the death Basja disappeared. I found her hidden near the henhouse. id you know that the animals are afraid when they see their friends die? I've seen it different times...

Well, after two days of strange behaviour, I see Basja that wants to play with me. It's not normal, I have to say you, she is an other stray cat and she does not know to play. I took my photocamera and did some shorts. Here they are.

Kotik is Dead

2011-06-13T12:27:00.090+01:00

After two days of agony, Kotik died this morning.
I had to go in the hospital and was not at home when it happend. When we turned back with the medicine, he was just dead.
The abscess was opened in the evening yesterday, and I had a hope, he can survive: they say, the cats have 9 lives. But he had only one... A terrible long death with excruciating pains...

This blog was born when Kotik was a year old, and I told here about his victories and falls, about his humor and his respect to his mother.

Last words I have to say about his love to me. Yes, he was stray, but he was born in this house and I was a kind of mother for him. He loved me. Two days ago he turned home after 2 or 3 days of absence. He was very scraggy, but he wanted to show me his love: he could not eat but wanted to rub against my legs.

Incorrigible rogue, he went away when I went to sleep that evening.
I did not find him in the morning, but my neighbour called me in the evening: there is a died black cat in our yard. Is it your cat?
I went there and found Kotik laying like dead. But there was breath else. I took him in our yard and sat near him, stroking him... and he began to ...rumble(? I did not find the right word)! He could understand that I am near him and was happy that he turned home, to me...

I'm looking on 3 graves now. My last "child" abandoned me.

There is not positive, neither negative, it's simply the way to exist.

All the life of Kotik
2006
The short story of Kotik
Where can you find Kotik on Christmas?
2007
For a walk with Murka
Where our kittens sleep
Nobody wants to play with Matilda
Basja and the Moon
Weather forecast for the next days
Last time together

Kotik seems to be a winner
2008
What do you call beautiful life?
Cat-Notices
Kotik And His Son
Kitten Update
Kotik And Sausages
Cats And Dog In A Rainy Day
2009
Cat's Hard Life In Winter
To Be A Cat
Some Words About Dream Yoga
2010
Kotik fights against Foxes
Was Kotik Dethroned?
Cats That Work
Retired, Kotik is in the Dumps
2011
Kotik is Ill

Kotik is Ill

2011-06-09T20:23:00.082+01:00

Animals are afraid of death. Did you ever think about it?

Stassi was afraid to stay with Imir when he was dieing. She tryed to awoyd him and did not want to near him at all. I can't imagine the reason of this behaviour. Maybe she was afraid of the odour of the illness.

Our cat, Kotik, did not want to eat about a week ago and it was visible that he felt bad. When he tryed to eat, he cryed terribly. He did not want I cure him and even tore my finger when I wanted to give him a tab.

He did not come to eat for 2 days (you will remember our cats are stray, they come to visit us but do not live in the house). I understood that he had broken a tooth, and thought the infection, sepsis can kill him. So, when he did not come for 2 or 3 days, I decided he is just dead.

In the evening, I called the female, Basja, and... a miracle: Kotik, skeleton, arrives for the door. I was very happy. He ate a little and remained to sleep on his own place. When Murka gave birth to them, she took them in the house and put them on the old bedspread. It is alive till today, that bedspread, and is the property of Kotik. He sleeps on it when he comes to us.

So, when Kotik was laying on his bedspread, I could finally see what he had. There was an enormous abcess under his lower jaw. All the kittens of Murka had lymph nodes' infection once. I can't say if it was the same, the lymph node, but today, when this abcess is just opened, it seems that somebody wanted to cut the head to this cat.

He is very emaciated now, but I think, the worse period passed. I hope, he will turn to the normality in some time.

Fish with Transparent Head

2011-06-03T08:10:00.000+01:00

This photo I received today from my friend and the message was: this fish has transparent head to "cover" the movement of the eyes and to protect them from during the hunting. The name ot the fish is Macropinna microstoma, it lives in non accessible placesand it's difficult to say something about the population of the fish.

I found a video about it, too

Need Positivity? Here It Is

2011-05-31T09:43:00.000+01:00

This is a story about a kitten that someone abandoned near the door of a family where there was a dog.

The dog grew that kitten up and lived with it all the life. The dog died at the age of 13 years and the kitten that actually (writes the comment of the author) has 14 years is now alown. So many similar stories about the friendship between different species we now today...

Teaser Fox

2011-05-23T04:23:00.000+01:00

Foxes became our great problem from that time when our male dog died. We never thought about them before and did not even know that they live so near to us.

When you watched this video, you probably smiled and were happy to see the kids playing. But these kids want to eat. And Mother-fox and Father-fox discovered a "supermarket" where they can easily go for shopping. This year, as I just told you, we left just 4 hens.

Now, my husband does not want to put the alive quail in the trap more: the quails are our great entertainment now, so he decided to leave the door of the henhuse open (external fence) with the trap directly in the door.

Two days ago he told me that the fox looks for the food: it drilled the died cock. Yesterday, I went to open the hens in the morning and could not near the henhouse for the stink of the urine around it. The fox come for the hens, found the trap in the door and urinated around it to show us how much stupid we are.

What will be the next episode in our soap opera? Will we catch this teaser fox one day?

New Members in Our Factory

2011-05-12T18:48:00.000+01:00

Well, the life is not always roses and flowers. This spring began with the foray of the robbers-foxes that took the life of 2 hens as you will remember, and it was just the second case. It was MY fault because I left the door of the henhouse open for the night. The foxes came in the very morning and killed two old hens that laid eggs. Than they took one young hen but she has the new pens and the fox did not take it good, I think. So she could escape the terrible fate.

Here what we have today -the rests of the happy family.

My husband decided to take and to kill the fox this time. And he wanted to attract the fox in the trap with an alive bait. A Quail.

He bought one male and one female. Took them home... and decided to buy other 2 females to have a complete quail family and to eat quail eggs that are healthy and without cholesterol. So, we have a new toy now. Yesterday we went to the sea to take sand for them and everybody goes to observe them how they pass time in the sand.

Very interesting was to see hens and cocks standing in circle around the cage of the quails and observing them playing in the sand. Unfortunatelly I had not the photo camera with me to show you this circus.

The quails are very calm, they allow you to take them, to do everything you want. But they jump all the day like the fleas.

Animals' Babies

2011-05-04T17:29:00.005+01:00

What can be more touching than the photos of the babies of any specie of living beings.
I had a day full of frustrations and decided to stumble some sites about animals. Practically the first I visited was a collection of cute babies. Like these ( Source)

(Source of the last photo)

Looking at them makes you smile, and, even if you do not forget the problems of our adult life, you become surely much more relaxed looking on them.
This cure, you can assume it in great quantities every day. :-)))

good morning kitty by luciana on WeGIF

Pigeons without Fear

2011-04-26T17:19:00.000+01:00

The wild pigeons are normally -and with all the reason- afraid of everything. It's possible that they near you to take a peace of bread or something similar but they do not trust the persons.

Very often you can see the pigeons without one "foot" or one or some fingers. I don't know if it's the all-the-world problem for these birds or only in this part of it. But it's very frequent mutilation. I've seen this pigeon on the balcony of the Nautic Museum in Naples.

The bird was sitting calm when I went out to see the other beautiful view. It was strange because I was dangerously near it. Than, curious to see this behaviour I neared it from the other side -it continue to sit.With my photo camera and sounds it produces, I was not very familiar being but the pigeon did not move.

I left it sit there. Now, I think, the pigeon was probably ill.

The Knight and the Dogs

2011-04-20T20:36:00.002+01:00

Dogs are the friends of the humans from unmemorable times. Theylive with us always, they trust us, they live us. They sacrifice their lives to save us.

Everybody knows stories about the dogs that did something good for us. And these stories are not like those about Nessy or smething like this. These stories are from our personal lives:
a boxer of my aunt saved him from bandits killed by one of them,
the old dog left by his owners in our street did not make a step from the place where his owners left him waiting that they will turn to take him -he waited till the death under the hot summer sun left without water and food...
There are many similar stories.

The dogs accompain us in our last trip, too.

What do we, humans, to pay our debts towards these animals?

Friendship between Animals

2011-04-11T18:41:00.000+01:00

I was surprised when I watched these videos about these relations -well, it's not friendship but this trust is incredible,you will agree with me. After these 2 I found different other similar videos and you know, I can't understand: how is it possible that cats, dogs do not have the sense of danger? Why are they not afraid of these monsters that come from other world, water?

I know about the friendship between different species of animals in the zoos. I explain it to me that the animals feel too alone, abandoned, closed in a prison. But the animals in these videos are free, there is nobody and nothing who can push them in a similar adventure. And they are simply curious, they transfere their comportment on the aquatic mammals... It's strange, don't you think?

What Can I do for the Earth

2011-04-08T17:43:00.001+01:00

You have surely read or listen about the "Earth Hour" movement. Some time ago they invited me -and maybe you too- to turn out the light for one hour. Some important monuments and institution joined the movement this year and they sepnt the light -electric light. But... they burned thousands of candles around that monuments etc.

I did not understand, sincerely: what was the matter of this action? If you want to turn out light -because everybody knows that the light in the night is bad for plants etc- so, if you want to protect the Earth and turn out the light 'you have to stay without light this hour. Specially because there were all the streets full of light around that places. Here you can find the prove that all the places "without light" were full of candles this year: http://www.earthhour.org/Homepage.aspx

Now, in the site of WWF /Russia I found a list of what can we do to really help the Earth. I'll try to translate the list:
create your personal little garden.
do not live the chargers in the plug after it finishes to charge the battery.
go out from the city and look in the sky: the "natural" sky is very different from what we see in the cities.
Do you remember the eveninigs when we, sitting all together near the fire told "Scary"stories? Maybe it's unpossible to have a fire in the city but we can do it burning the candles.
Organize a medieval party for the women: try to do some hand works sitting in the company of other girls with the candles.
Do not buy water in the plastic bottles.

Do not use plastic bags.
Turn out your car when you do not drive.
Walk more or use bicycle.
Open the windows very wide for short time when you air the room.
Use natural light when it's possible.
Do not throw used clothes: give them to those who needs them.

Cats Make our Life More Happy

2011-03-29T16:05:00.001+01:00

The weather is not good in this period: rains do not stop more than for 3-4 days and the cats prefer to sleep... on my PC and on my legs. That is why writing the articles becomes harder and harder: try to write when you have half a cat on the legs and the other on the arms and on the hands that have to write... No, I tryed to lay her in other places but without any success: in the moment when I sit down on my chair near the PC, Basja is just waiting here. So, this time I want only to show you other cats that will make you smile, too.

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Addio, Knut... We Loved You

2011-03-25T22:47:00.001+01:00

Knut, the most famous white bear of the world, died on March, 22 in Berliner Zoo...
Some visitors filmed the moment of the death.
Very sad. Very very sad...

Sexy Basya

2011-03-16T15:28:00.001+01:00

I looked for the frame for the photo of Stassi and Imir and found some different sites where you can add frames and letters and other effects to your photos. To see what can it be I added the photo of sleeping Basja... Mmmm? Do you like her?

This program had not a preview ( or maybe I did not notice it) and that is why it's not very good -I would like to have all the head.

Photo fun with Photomica

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Our Farm Life in Spring

2011-03-10T19:09:00.000+01:00

After the sad events of about a month ago when foxes ate our new hens, here are the last news from our henhouse. We have 2 young hens. They are black and they call them "spanish". The vendor said, these hens are much more productive than those normally sold red laying hens.

They are very little and will pass time before they begin to lay eggs. The good for us notice is that they don't want to go far from the henhouse and dont show the wish to fly. We have 4 chickens now, too. So, when I open them in the morning (they live in separate parts of the henhouse), they stay all together.

I have a new job now: I'm a shepherdess. I have to catch them all from the henhouse out in the field and to show them all the beauty of fresh plants and flowers. And -that's much more important- to teach them the way to turn back.

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I'm Ready for March Adventures

2011-03-01T15:10:00.000+01:00

Котоматрица

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Dog Breeds -Incredible Variety

2011-02-26T11:01:00.003+01:00

My passion for dog breeds began when my mongrel Jacob disappeared and I bought an Airedale. Later, I had a Rottweiler, so, I think, I have an idea about the differences among the breeds, even if all my dogs had splendid souls, and I think, I was honoured to live with such brave creations that surely enriched my life and learned me many things. (photos are just to illustrate)

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But when you want to take a pet, you have to think about the qualities the humans have increased in every of the breeds they created. So, for example, my Airedale, Bessy, was a kind of bomb full of energy.Very clever, she had always own opinion and took her own decisions, sometimes maximalistic or radical. By the way, it's my impression, that this, last, is the quality of all the females.

And how different was Imir, Rottweiler!
He was calm, with very stable character, conscious of his enormous power that he never used against someone. Never. If he wanted to show his disappointment and to warn about it, he found always ways to demonstrate it without doing anything dangerous for the persons. He knew perfectly that only to see him near me just averted the spiteful persons they have to show all the respect.

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I had many other animals in my life: fishes, parrots, pigeons, farm animals, and the same considerations I can express about all of them. There are many breeds, and all they are equal and different at the same time. In any case, all they are living beings to respect, to give them our love. And it's the possibility to show the best sides of our souls.

Weight Loss Exercises

2011-02-13T21:06:00.000+01:00

If you are attentive to the weight, you have to watch this video: how this walrus is brave to make aerobics.

From other side, it proves that the aerobics does not solve the problems of excessive weight.
Even if I don't know how is the ideal weight for walruses. :0))))

A Sad Story about Trustful Piglet

2011-02-08T17:10:00.004+01:00

This sad story I noticed when I visited the Museum in Paestum, a very important excavation site not too far from Salerno. When I walked in the Roman part of it, Museum, I was fascinated by this statue: a woman that had this little piglet snuggled up trustfully to the ankle of the woman. I was on the point of shed a few tears about the great love and understanding that ancient persons demonstrated in confront to animals, and the passion for pigs-pets in Ancient Rome as today, that is immortalized in many statues and paintings, when I finally read the table under the feet of the woman.

Ahhh... Nothing romantic, my friends. The woman was a priestess of... well, I can't remember... Maybe Isis? And the poor trustful pig was the usual sacrificial offering to the Deity.

Well, it's surely not the same sort of love our animals enjoy today...

Pigeons and Sea-gulls' Breakfast

2011-01-31T10:48:00.001+01:00

The life of the animals and birds in the city has different advantages. So, it's not so difficult to find food. Some time ago I told you about the dinners of the pigeons in Salerno (Pigeons in an Elder Tree). Well, dinner is not very easy time. The most fast is surely the breakfast becsuse many persons go out for a walk in the morning and take with them bread, cakes etc. Sometimes they throw entire breads in the waters of the gulf to attract sea-gulls. I noticed at least 3 species of sea-birds there: very big sea-gulls, "common" sea-gulls and cormorants. Excuse me, I don't know the names of the species.

But the most adapted to this life are probably the pigeons.

These birds have even found the possibility to find their food in the sea. Last time I was in Salerno, I noticed them having their breakfast together with sea-gulls looking for something in the sand after the waves retreat.

I waited some time to see if the pigeons enter in the waves as the sea-gulls do but did not notice it. They entered the place where the waves passed after it, but I did not sea them soak their feet.

They were all together and did not quarrel. Probably, the food waves gave them was enough for all. After the breakfast everybody reteared for relax in the own ambience: the gulls on the cutwater stones and the pigeons on their favorite trees.

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Baby Mexican Beaded Lizard

2011-01-25T22:20:00.000+01:00

What a nice notice received I now! I post it here with my great joy and admiration. I'm sure, you will bewitched by this beauty so as I am! Here is the notice and the photos:

A baby Mexican beaded lizard, one of only two species of venomous lizards in North America, hatched on January 16, 2011 at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. Beaded lizards have venom glands in their lower jaws that allow them to chew venom directly into their prey. There is no anti-venom to counteract a beaded lizard bite.

Zoo staff named the new beaded lizard "Gaspar" to honor Tampa’s annual pirate festival Gasparilla, during which beads are tossed out from parade floats. The hatchling can be viewed at Jambo Junction until it reaches adult maturity, and then it will join the adventure park’s four other beaded lizards in Curiosity Caverns

Photo Credit: Matt Marriott/Busch Gardens Tampa Bay

Cormorant in Salerno

2011-01-16T21:08:00.002+01:00

When I came in Salerno for my shift in museum this morning, I had about an hour free before I had to open the site. I adore the seaside of Salerno, and it's my custom to walk there when I have time. So, I went there with the desire to take sun. I did not decide what direction to choose when I've seen an interesting scene: on the stones that brake waves was a cormorant in the pose of Christ in Rio de Janeiro.

I had only my cell with me and tryed to make a short from the part of the sun as you see. Than, I run some meters to take a photo from the other side of the cafè but it was just too late. The cormorant closed his wings. And it was nothing other except many seagulls on other stones. Unfortunatelly, they are practically invisible on the photo. Probably, I need a better cell. :-)))

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Big Love to the Cats

2011-01-10T19:38:00.000+01:00

Many of us love cats. They are the top of Creation, I repeat. Even if I, personally, prefere dogs as companions, the life without cats would leave it's particular beauty.

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Probably, this great love comes from antiquity: the Antique Egyptians loved them so much that burried the cats in the same way as the persons: mumifying them. Here are some proves I took in the Museum of Antique Egypt in Turin.

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Dog Using a Washing Machine

2011-01-05T20:54:00.000+01:00

This photo is from an article of MailOnline telling about the capacities of a dog that does practically everything for her owner, paralysed from the waist down. We all know just that the dogs can go shopping, help to wear clothes to their owners. We have seen those dogs that accompain blind persons. My uncle that was blind from the birth, had those trained guide-dogs, and I could personally experience how clever they are. Once I came in the house of my uncle after a surgery and was very week. The enormous 1 meter high dog was very happy to see me and turned her tail so that the aunt was afraid she will hit me. The aunt said to me to stay far from the tail, but the dog understood immediately the problem (HOW???) and continued to make me the feast with the tail under her belly.

I know what are able to do the dogs but this case was somethng new for me too. I had never heard about the dogs using washing machines.
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2010-12-31T16:00:00.001+01:00

Cats are Terrible Animals

2010-12-30T12:24:00.000+01:00

Cats are the top of Creation, I think. You can say anything but they are incredibly courageous -it's the fact we've just proved here different times. Open the category Cats here in the sidebar to see the videos how the cats fight versus snakes, for example. Our Siamese cat was not afraid to fight against the dogs if they wanted to enter the house. There is a video where the cat catches a bear.

This time videos have incredible: cat that protects the beach (or only meat?) from... alligators! The first is far enough from the place of attac, but the second shows clearly that the cat shoots with the claws -and the cocodrile obviously does not like it.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

2010-12-25T18:21:00.000+01:00

My Dear Friends, I wish Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all you and want to make you a gift: photos to smile in all my blogs. So, visit all of them to smile more and more brightly!!!

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Russian Bears are Clever & Smart

2010-12-19T12:55:00.004+01:00

Well, you need not translation here ;-)))
(don't watch it if you understand Russian and have less than 18 years ;0)))

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Pigeons in an Elder Tree

2010-12-13T21:27:00.001+01:00

Yesterday I was in Salerno because we had a meeting of our Archeological group. The parkings in the center of Salerno are too expencive, so I left the car in the port where I know there is one free parking. It's relatively far, I need about 20 minutes to reach it, so it's often not complete.

The weather was good when I turned back and there was not wind too. I enjoyed the sun -we see it rarely in this period, you know, I tell about it frequently. There were not many cars in the street and more less persons at that time. Suddenly, I heard strange flapping.

I looked in that direction and understood that was flapping of the wings. And ... there were many pigeons that flew to this tree, leaned on it and made that noice with their wings trying to stay in it.

It was a little elder tree full of fruits. I passed many times near it and did not see it at all. Thanks to the pigeons I know now how it's interesting. I did not see elder trees before. We have only bushes of it here. The other interesting thing is how thriving are the plants near Salerno -they have not much soil and water

Tigers on the Streets of Moscow

2010-12-02T08:51:00.001+01:00

Well, it's maybe not very usual: the worldwide known legend tells that there are bears walking on the streets of Russia. In all my life I did not see one in our cities. But ...there were tigers there. They came in the capital!

Yes, it was a WWF invention and you can see what they did in this video. At the beginning, the appeal growl for the tiger (to protect them, clear) and than the tigers on the streets.

I think, you will enjoy watching this other video, too. By the way, look at the relations between the man and both animals. He is very brave to treat them equally. The problem of many of us -even with the children in the family: we show more love and attention in confront of the little or the nice. It creates grave emotion: jealousy with all the negative consequences. Here we see that the mail (lion) is more nice, more sure. The female is more timid. But the man trys to feel her equal in the group. Very educational video in this sense.

It's Raining! The Poor Stray Cat...

2010-11-24T13:33:00.000+01:00

It's raining. Days and nights, weeks and weeks, and just months and months without stopping. At least two days of sun, oh my dear God, to make these poor beings remember how was the world before! Before this Flood!

Nothing. Nobody wants to listen. And infinite quantities of water fall down in one part of the world. Than you will say me that there are places where all the beings are dieing without water! Why not devide: some days of rain -to them and some days of sun -here?

The climate changed, I say you. We have only one season now: rain. Rain in summer, rain in winter, rain in autumn and in spring.

Cats are the best sign that the weather will not change this day. The poor cinderella that wants to be a stray cat but wants to use all the amenities of the house life. Without duties of a house cat, clearly. Well, at least for weather forecast...

A Monster Video

2010-11-16T17:10:00.000+01:00

There are many stories about all kinds of "monsters" survived on the earth despite of the unrelenting desire of humans to destroy everything possible on this planet. I said many times that I believe in the existance of some of them -like Yeti (there are different posts about it on that page).

Here is a new for me video about Nessie. Sincerely I do not believe it was a real "event", probably it's a show. But in any case it's interesting to watch and that is why I post it here.

Hatha Yoga with Basja

2010-11-08T20:42:00.000+01:00

This autumn is not too cold but the rains continue. And the cats look for the warm places. The most warm seem to be my legs. If they are not available, the poor Basja has to find other solutions. So we do asanas together. The bow is comfortable even if the place is not enough to sleep. But after the Bow Liudmila passes first to the Cobra and than to the Downward-Facing Dog... Basja has to settle on... mmm... the 5-th point. 20 seconds or so later Liudmila passes to cobra once more. Basja begins to slip from the 5'th point down on the back. To maintain the position she uses all the claws...

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Cat and Snake

2010-11-07T22:02:00.003+01:00

I read some time ago that snakes do not like camels and ...cats. They prefere to avoid them, the article I read said.

My friends sent me the first of these videos today. I remembered the story about the cat bitten by a copperhead snake but survived. I even wrote about it here "The luckiest cat of the world". Now, look the videos. Are they so stupid, these cats? Don't they understand that snakes are dangerous? And there are MANY similar videos in YouTube, you know...

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Circus in Nocera Superiore

2010-11-03T12:46:00.000+01:00

Nocera Superiore with it's "4 cat's" of population (as the Italians say) could maybe be the last place where you expect to see circus. But they happen relatively often here. First they stopped near Nocera Inferiore that had enough place for a circus tent. This year Nocera Superiore has a special place for own shows. And it was a real show, I have to tell you.

Circus had placed it's animals so that the visitors could see them, and there were crowds all days long around it. We did not go inside and could only see giraffe, camels and tigers but there were other animals too and children could even touch some of them.

The most interesting was this little giraffe that did not want to go out from it's "home". The most surprising were tigers. They remained in the car when we were there. Persons could stay near them from other side (of my photo) and -imagine!- the tigers behaviour was like that of the cats. They wanted to interact with the persons and were very playful. Yes, it's clear, they live all their life with humans, but I was surprised to see "cats" for me the same.

Hours left to stop mass extinction -ACT Too!

2010-10-28T16:53:00.000+01:00

Will we stop mass extinction?

I've just signed an urgent global petition supporting a new treaty to prevent mass extinction. The petition will be delivered Friday at UN talks in Japan -- check out the email below and sign on here:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/the_end_of_whales/98.php?CLICKTF

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Dear friends,

There are only 300 northern right whales left, and 99% of blue whales have been wiped out. These majestic giants are endangered species, and their case is being played out across the world, time and again. In fact, one third of all life forms on the planet are on the brink of extinction.

The natural world is being crushed by human activity, waste and exploitation. But there is a plan to save it -- a global agreement to create, fund and enforce protected areas covering 20% of our lands and seas by 2020. And right now, 193 governments are meeting in Japan to address this crisis.

We have just 2 days left in this crucial meeting. Experts say that politicians are hesitant to adopt such an ambitious goal, but that a global public outcry could tip the balance, making leaders feel the eyes of the world upon them. Click to sign the urgent 20/20 petition, and forward this email widely -- the message will be delivered directly to the meeting in Japan:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/the_end_of_whales98.php?CLICKTF

Ironically, 2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity. By now, our governments were supposed to have "achieved a significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss." They have failed, consistently caving to industry when given a choice between narrow profit and protecting species. Our animals, plants, oceans, forests, soils, and rivers are choking under immense burdens from over-exploitation and other pressures.

Humans are the primary cause of this destruction. But we can turn it around -- we've saved species from extinction before. The causes of biodiversity decline are vast, and stopping them is going to require a move away from empty piecemeal promises with no clarity on who will pay, to a bold plan with strict enforcement and serious funding. The 20/20 plan is precisely that: governments will be forced to execute strict programmes to ensure that 20% of our earth is protected by the 2020 deadline, and massively scale up funding.

It has to be now. All over the world the picture is beginning to look bleaker -- there are only 3,200 tigers left in the wild, our oceans are running out of fish, and we're losing unique food sources to large mono-plantations. Nature is resilient, but we have to give it a safe place to bounce back. That's why this meeting is key -- it's a watershed moment to accelerate action based on clear commitments that protect nature's capital.

If our governments feel overwhelming public pressure right now to be courageous, we can jolt them to commit to the 20/20 plan at this meeting. But it's going to take every one of us to get that message to echo around the convention in Japan. Sign this urgent petition below, then forward it widely:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/the_end_of_whales98.php?CLICKTF

Already this year Avaaz, members have played a critical role in protecting elephants, defending the whale-hunting ban, and securing the world's largest Marine Protected Area in the Chagos Islands. Our community has shown that we can set ambitious goals -- and win. This campaign is the next stage in the essential battle to create the world that most of us everywhere want -- where natural resources and species are valued, and our living planet is protected for future generations.

http://www.avaaz.org/en/the_end_of_whales98.php?CLICKTF

With hope,

Alice, Iain, Emma, Ricken, Paula, Benjamin, Mia, David, Graziela, Ben, and the rest of the Avaaz team

Sources:

The Times: "Third of all animals and plants face extinction"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7120676.ece

The Guardian: "Public awareness of the biodiversity crisis is virtually non-existent"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2010/sep/16/public-awareness-biodiversity-crisis

Sydney Morning Herald: "UN calls for immediate action to save life on earth"
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/un-calls-for-immediate-action-to-save-life-on-earth-20101018-16qnv.html

IUCN: "Why is biodiversity in crisis?"
http://www.iucn.org/iyb/about/biodiversity_crisis/

More on the Convention of Biodiversity meeting
http://www.cbd.int/cop10/

News about Siberian Tigers and Snow Leopards

2010-10-19T09:28:00.002+01:00

WWF of Russia sent me a very nice notice: with the donated money, scientists could buy and instal 5 photo-traps in hunting grounds in Amur Region, Sergej Aramilev writes. These traps allow to count tigers and other animals living in that place, you know it.

What you did not know is that the photos made by the traps are exposed in the WWF offices and hunting ground offices where all the persons can know every tiger "personally".
The hunters become proud to have these majestic animals in their zone.
From other side, they do not want the cameras can take the photo of unauthorized shooting.

So, the photo traps are very-very useful for the protection of the animals.

The good notice is that the hunting grounds create a good base of wild animals that are the food for tigers too. And the traps show a large variety of species.

Dear Friends, I received the answer from WWF of Russia (I asked them if the persons from other countries can donate money too). Here is the page if you want to help Amur Tiger and Amur Leopard http://www.wwf.ru/help_us/eng
Pls help these corageous people to continue their selfless labour!

They counted 7 leopards too. 3 of them were males, 1 was a female, others they could not identify. It's a very good notice -if you remember I wrote some years ago that there were known only 20 leopards living in the wild. 7 leopards in only one region -it's GREAT, don't you think?
The article in Russian from the site of Russian WWF was written on October 15.

Elefants on the Bridge

2010-10-15T10:16:00.000+01:00

Stumbling, I found this interesting photo:

and could not believe my eyes. Is it a true photo or a collage? I could ot understand but than I had these ideas "contro":
The bridge seems to be not adapt for the place.
The elephants have nothing to do in such places even if guided by the humans that seem to be less intelligent than animals.
Animals would not go all together on that bridge, I think.

Do you think, I'm right?

Splendid photo and Circus in our Village

2010-10-14T20:22:00.000+01:00

Incredible beauty. Elegancy. Cats are the best models. But this photo is the best of all I've seen. You will agree with me.

I have to tell you about the transformation of our stray cats in domestic, too. It's maybe because the weather is not good: it rains just for a week. Both cats stay at home now. Kotja began to speak with me as his mother did. Very pleasant sound, I like it very much. He (Kotik) is not so stressed now, remains always near the house and likes to speak with me.

There is a circus in the village under our hill now. We passed nearby this evening. They have different big animals: tigers, camels, giraffe. All the population was there when we came. THey had little spaces for their cages to walk there. Unfortunatelly I had not my photocamera. Even the cell remained at home. In any case it was just night, too dark for the photos.

We wanted to join the crowd.One of the camels ate the leaves of a ficus. I was surprized: ficus is toxic as I know. Maybe camels can eat them, I thought. But than I thought the boys that gave to the animal a big branch of ficus...

The other camel was standing in a corner of own pen reeling, with the posterior legs bending... We could not look at this poor stressed animal and went away. I would ban exotic animals in such places. They deserve respect for all they do for us...

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Cat and Dog: Long Life Smile

2010-10-07T13:33:00.000+01:00

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Those Good Giants -Rottweilers

2010-10-05T14:34:00.000+01:00

Dear Bear Wife,

I had different dogs in my life and have some opinions myby not very orthodox aabout the dogs generally. First of all, the dog is a reflectin of the owner. Animals generally are the masters of the life in common and they never attac others without a reason. If the owner has psychological problems, the dog probably will be educated to compensate them. That is why many rottweilers are ferocious. Their owners buy a "feroceous" dog to compensate own need to demonstrate own "force" to other persons.

Among the other dogs I had and have seen, the rottweilers are the most calm and pacific. They know about own power, they feel themselves over those other weaklings and they look at the life from this point of view. If you observe the very little dogs, you will notice they allways bark, are agressive and often the owners have to put them a muzzle because they tend to bite persons. Rottweilers will lay calm, observing you.

It is possible to understand little dogs. They are so little, so fragile, nobody notices them, nobody takes them for "personalities". But they need to become the "Kings" too, it's normal for all living beings to try to take a good place in this life.

Once we were on the beach with our dogs.Very far from us, there was a family with children. The little boy came to us from that far where they were to play with the dogs. I was sure Imir never will do something to a child (they understand very well that these are little beings and not adults) and did not say anything. Let him play. Imir was the best ever example of the kindness in this world.

In one moment the boy opened the jaws of Imir and put his head in Imir's mouth. Maybe he wanted to play circus and lions' tamer.

You had to see me in that moment. I stood paralyzed at the place and in the movement I did when I've seen the scene. I was afraid to move, to make something that could provoke Imir to close his jaws.

With happy laugh the boy took his head out of the mouth of Imir, and I surely had some white hairs on my head. At that moment arrived -calm- the father of the boy.

The dogs know everything about us. They know all our "faults" and know to use them for their benefit. So, they have the capacity to communicate on the level we are not able to heat. Maybe it's telepathy or sound frequency that we don't hear -I don't know.

But they have surely many sides of their behaviour that we, children of human haughtiness, wanted to have in other humans and don't find. And first of all we want the unconditioned love, absolutely unpossible between humans quality. And dogs give us this and other precious feelings.
They say, Saint-Exupéry said: More I know the dogs, more I despise humans.

Retired, Kotik is in the Dumps

2010-10-04T21:26:00.003+01:00

If you follow this blog in the last 4 years, you will remember my very detailed reports about the life of Kotik, the kitten of Murka my husband decided to leave here because he said this kitten remembers him Imir. We laughed often that Imir had this cat-reincarnation because he catched and killed the cats when he could.

Kotik, in fact, has different behavior models that were characteristic for Imir. It's very strange. And it's really difficult to explain, but it's the truth. He behaves often as Imir did.

I did not write about our animals for much time but today I have the photos of Kotja. The problem is that after the wars of this spring he remained without his thron. He is not a King more. I do not knoe who is the King now, I don't see other cats. There was one white-black in spring, the competitor. But I do not see him more.

But Kotja is clearly not a King more. He stays at home all the days, he crys and crys always, he asks something tasty and does not want to eat it then... Well, the clear depression. But I do not understand the reason. He was dethroned months ago.Why this late reaction?

Here are the links that tell you all the story of Kotja.

All the life of Kotik

The short story of Kotik
Where can you find Kotik on Christmas?
Where our kittens sleep
Nobody wants to play with Matilda

Kotik seems to be a winner
Kotik And His Son
Kitten Update
Kotik And Sausages
Kotik fights against Foxes
Was Kotik Dethroned?

Divers That Save Nature

2010-09-28T10:19:00.000+01:00

Divers often are seen not very good because they say, they destroy the environment, disturb animals and steel, if can, the natural and man-made tresures "hedged" in the ocean. But as in all other activities, there are those good and those not conscious divers.

An interesting article about the persons imntended to protect the nature and not to destroy it. There is an organization of drivers (80,000 members and 4,000 dive centers worldwide!) that promove conscious diving and protection of the ocean. It's name is AWARE (Aquatic World Awareness, Responsibility and Education). They organize the days of common diving to clean this or that part of the seas and oceans.

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Imagine what quantities of junk they have to remove! Tonns! Specially in the lakes. Oh yes, they clean lakes too. They speak about 200 similar actions only in Russia. And divers in other countries make their work too.

As it is possible to iimagine sometimes they find treasures. Most often those are adornments, rings and earrings. There are different jbjects of historical value. Things made from wood like a XIV century bridge, ships etc.

How a Turtle Eats

2010-09-23T09:35:00.004+01:00

I love animals and had different species in house in my life. From fishes in an aquarium that were entertainment of all the family and you had to wait in a queue to observe their behaviour turned home from job, till hens in their henhouse, scorpions and snakes that live in the yard, rats that have not any shame and walk near the henhouse when they want including the daytime...

The animal I never had is the turtle.

I have seen them wild in Turin, in a park. There was a little lake so full of this animals that they had not place to swim. Than, later, one of my friends bought some of them for heer son. She said, her son loves them soooo much. They grew about a hand big, you know.

Once a very big turtle came to them and decided to live in their house. They did not know where it came from. It was about 40 cm long. It lived there when I came to visit them. My friend bought salad and carrots for it and -imagine- it came near the house at the time of lunch every day. I was surprized to observe how it ate. My god, we are fortunate to have the possibility to use hands to eat. Today I found this nice photo and remembered that turtle.
It went away so as it came to my friend.

Community of Fun and Cute Pets

2010-09-13T19:30:00.005+01:00

Some of my friends bloggers like their pets so much that decided to create blogs where they write posts so as pets are their authors. But they are not alone now. There is an entire Cuteness Pet Community where pet lovers can stay in contact with virtual friends of their favourites. This site allows to have a profile of the pet with it's photos, descriptions of anything the owner wants to tell others about his favourite animal. And attention, it's not about only dogs or cats. This community unites all species of the pets, and you can interact with the owners of all the species you like in one site.

Interesting is that you can participate on different competitions, rate photos you like, choose the Cutest Pet or even challenge an other pet to a Cuteness Duel. When you open Cute Pet Challenges, you find 3 "rings": Battlezone, Thunderdome and Pet Challenges. It's so intersting: some persons challenge to the Duel cat vs dog, for example; and allow me to say it, I would not know who from them, kitten or puppy, is the cutest, because I love both dogs and cats, and beauties like Minnie and Rolf, those I like more than others, can't leave your heart indifferent when you see them.

Dog Park is an other interesting place to visit in this community. It was created to stay all together. Meeting with your pet's virtual friends, chatting all at the same time, exchanging notices and opinions is a way to relax and to become real friends. You can even invite your friends for a virtual party.

Thunderdome offers an opportunity to win important prizes. Only 2 of all the participants that pass the 5 Rounds of competition arrive to the ultimate championship's vote. And the cutest wins.

If you need an advise what treatment or toy your pet needs, this community offers quality products tested by the members, too.

Cats That Work

2010-09-10T09:30:00.002+01:00

Our 2 stray cats became bully in the last period. They come only to pretend to eat and they do not want to eat whatever we give them. They want only what they like. And they cry continuously if do not receive what they want.

I'm tired to listen to them. Specially because I think the cat has to be hungry to catch mices and rats. And these 2 are never hungry because they eat very regularly, 3 times a day, you know. They never forget to come and are always on time for meals. Interesting is that they come three (!) times a day.

I began to agdue with my husband. The cats have to work to receive to eat. I will show you that Basja catches the mices, he said me.

The same day he took her in garage to catch mices. Than he came to me and told she got one when he was working there. I did not believe. She is his favourite pet and he wants to protect her from my charges.

Than he took her in the henhouse. Litteraly after a minute her turns to me and says: take a photocamera and come here!!! I took the camera and here is what I've seen. It's Basja turning from the henhouse.

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A Pool For The Cat

2010-09-01T08:52:00.002+01:00

I decided to buy a little pool for children to have the possibility to "swim" there. The summers are too hot for me here, in Italy, and I feel very bad often. The only possibility to turn my body to the normal temperatures is the water. So, this year I decided to pumper myself.

Everything was good, I was happy and laughed as a little child "swimming" in this "pool" but the problems did not late to come. The blue part of the pool was down just some days later. I could not understand the reason: we have not little children here and nobody could make holes. And than I even could not find those holes. Glue did not help, there were other holes there.

Nothing to do, I had to resign myself about the lower part of the pool down. I had other 3 parts else, I sad to me, it will be enough to "swim" there.

Then, one day, I open the garage and there is our cat Basja near me. She is visibly happy and wants to play.

What does she do to express her happiness, you will ask me?
She lays on her back near my pool, rolls about herself some times and...
With horror I see how she turns to the pool and, with the help of all her claws inserted in the plastic of the pool, begins to slide around it. You can't imagine the happiness of this cat sliding on her back around the pool! It seemed the highest joy on the Earth.
And imagine MY state.

Well, now the green part was down too, and it was clear, it's unpossible to find ALL the holes to repaire it.

With 2 parts down, the pool met the next morning... when the cat was happy too and decided to slide around the yellow part of the pool.

4 Ears Cats' Breed

2010-08-16T12:17:00.003+01:00

The photos of the 4 ears' cats seemed to me an other internet joke. Reading about a kitten I thought that it could be possible to create a breed from one specimen. Some words later I knew that I was not alown to have this idea. The breed just exists. Unfortunatelly I did not find the mname of it. But it's interesting to see them, these special cats.

Animals Are Looking at You!

2010-08-13T10:36:00.003+01:00

This photo I found today following a link posted by KittyKatCash. The author of the photo did a great job but I thought about the signs I've seen in some zoos (my translation is not perfect, tell me if I have errors): Do you behave as a human being? Be brave: Animals are looking at you!

Humpback Whales and Their Poo

2010-08-05T13:52:00.005+01:00

The Humpback Whales are very interesting animals. I just learned an interesting article about benefits of all whales poo to the Earth and to the humans as part of it's eco-system when I found these really splendid videos of BBC wild, some with the partecipation of David Attenborough.

By the way, did you know that the whales come to make their poo in the surface of the oceans? And if there is not poo of the whales, there is not krill. And if there is not krill, there aren't many and many species depending on it.

I would like to go in the Antarctic. I woud like to see these magnificent animals. Flying whales! Fascinating!

SeaWorld Animal Care Specialists Resque Baby Manatee

2010-07-29T18:13:00.004+01:00

I'm sure you will enjoy this article I received now. That is why I post it copmpletly here:

SEAWORLD CARING FOR BABY MANATEE AROUND THE CLOCK

-- Orphan is 23^rd Rescued Manatee in 2010 --

WHAT: SeaWorld animal care specialists are a little bleary-eyed this week as they provide 24-hour care for a weeks-old, baby manatee. Orphaned by her mother, the female calf arrived at the park’s rehabilitation center on July 24 after being rescued from the waters of Daytona Beach, Fla.

Every three hours the 3½-foot and 41-pound orphan is bottled-fed with the park’s nutrient-rich baby formula that promotes weight gain. Her weight is taken every other day as animal care specialists closely monitor her progress. She remains in guarded condition and park veterinarians hope to eventually return her back to the wild.

The animal was transported to SeaWorld by the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission

SeaWorld is the global leader in the rescue and rehabilitation of manatees. The park’s Animal Rescue Team is on call 365 days a year and 24 hours a day.

2010 Manatee Rescues and Releases

Rescues	Releases
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VISUALS: B-roll includes orphan manatee being bottle-fed, weighed and measured at SeaWorld’s Rescue & Rehabilitation Center.

CAPTION:

SeaWorld animal care specialist Jeff Braso bottle-feeds a baby manatee, Tuesday, July 27, at SeaWorld’s Rescue & Rehabilitation Center in Orlando, Fla. The park’s animal staff has been providing 24-hour care for the animal since she was orphaned by her mother in Daytona Beach, Fla. on July 24, 2010. (Photo by SeaWorld Orlando)

The Right Bed for Your Large Dog

2010-07-25T13:35:00.004+01:00

If you own a dog, you know how imortant are the things you purchase for it. Probably you think much if the food you buy help to maintain the dog healthy, if the treatments are effective, if it loves the toys you buy to entertain it. But one of the most important objects your dog has to possess are probably dog beds for large dogs.

What are the reasons of such importance? First of all dogs need a comfort zone where they know nobody will disturb them, where they can retire to rest and sleep, where they feel safe and comfortable. The modern large dog bed can be made in the way to prevent sores on joints like their hips, which can be susceptible to problems like hip dysplasia.

The other reason why your pet needs a quality dog bed for large dogs is the sustainability of the structure. Dog beds, specially those for large breeds, have to be very resistant on beating so that you don't need to buy a new one too often because the materials used to produce it are ungraded; it has to be easy to remove and to transport if necessary. The high quality dog beds are,in addition,easy to clean and washable in mashine that provides extra comfort and support for your large dog.

Puppy, a Son of a Cat

2010-07-23T18:49:00.006+01:00

You can see a normal cat's family on my photo. The mother and 2 her kittens. And you think maybe the cats make always other cats? You are wrong. I found a notice among the news today about a cat that had a puppy in Georgia.

Journalists told this story to entertain readers, but scientists say, it's unpossible because the biology of 2 species is too different that they could mate.

True or not -itßs not the first case in the world. 4 years ago one cat had 2 puppies in Brazil and the cat's owner said he saw it mating with the dog of the neighbour.
éPhoto and notice from utro.ru

Football World Cup Octopus's forcasts

2010-07-09T09:43:00.003+01:00

i'm very sorry, my pc does not work correctly, so i'll try to write the post as better as possible

because not all of my friends heard about the octopus's paul predictions for the football world cup, i want to write some words about it here. you can see many photos in spiegel.de gallery one of them is this

i heard about it when my husband watched news in tv yesterday.
paul predicted spain will win germany. now germans want to catch it and they invent how thwey want to cook it, that poor medium.

i heard the spanish president that told he will send a troup to protect the animal so that he can predict an other victory to spain.

ah, forgot an expert in animal behaviour said, the octopus could choose spain because it preferes the colors of spanish flag.

Cows in Val d'Aosta

2010-07-03T11:03:00.004+01:00

The cows are maybe not the most loved characters of the posts about animals. In fact, they do not look excellent in the farms and among the mud. The image is completely different when you see them grazing in the field enclosed in the chain of high mountains.

You see them relaxed and happy, clean as in a agricultural show, observing wisely the frnentic life of the humans under them (Oh, if they could see our cities!)

( I'll write about my vacations in Alps in my travel blog soon.)

What can be better than fresh young flowering plants, ringing stream and breathtaking air! Close your eyes and enjoy this life! When you did it last time?

Is it a Snake?

2010-06-23T16:07:00.005+01:00

Snakes are numerous everywhere, I think. I did not see much of them in the nature before I come to live here. First of all, I've seen a very great snake, about 2 m long, in the first months of my life here, and than, in the years that pass, different species of snakes. I think, there are about 5 or 7 species of snakes here. I wrote about them in this blog much too. They are: black, grey with 2 black lines long the body, grey without lines, sand-yellow, viper and grey with pictures. The first 2 can reach 2 and more meters. Viper is the only dangerous snake here and is till 60 cm long.

There were some years when it was unpossible to live here. Snakes were everywhere. Those black mostly. They loved to stay in the henhouse. But we met them on the ground too. Once I killed one little black snake and it was very bad. An other time I found a yellow snake on the road and took it far from the cars. I don't like that the people kill them. One time I've seen a black, I think, snake fly. Yes, it's true. It was on the rock, and when I came nearer, it saw me and was afraid so much to jump very high and disappear in the grass about 20 cm over the place where it was.

Quitz: find a snake on the photo.

I wanted so much to make some photos of the snakes to show them to you but I did not see them. About a week ago I turned home from Salerno and saw somebody running away on the road for me. They are stupod, the snakes, you know. They have to stay where they are and nobody will see hem but they want to run away ... under your feet! It's always so.

So, I've seen it crossing my way.
This time I was more clever, I took my cell and made some photos.
The only thing seemed strange to me.
The snake had a head similar to a lizard.
Could it be a lizard without legs and not a snake?

A Cock that Thinks to Be a Dog

2010-06-16T08:59:00.004+01:00

There are many stories about different species of animals that behaviour is similar to that of the dog. Maybe you heard about pigs. I thought that the paesants do not love their animals, do not see them as the residents of the cities that often do not have or have time for other company than a pet. Humans know, they have to kill these animals to eat or to sell them and do not see them in other way than food. It's clever because how can you kill your friend?

But I was not right. Recently I've watched a documentary about one part of Italy where the paesants grow pigs for special quality of meat. They grow these pigs with great care. So, the pigs feel members of the family. It was very interesting to watch how they sit near the entrance of the house. The woman caresses and scratches the animal. They all are happy and love one other.

We have some cocks actually. My husband likes them very much. He gives them something tasty every day and goes to them every time he comes home after job. Every time we have at least one of them that follows my husband everywhere. Sometimes they wait near the gate that he has to come back. They even want to stay near him in the house.

As you can see on this photo, the cock has all the head black. He likes cherries very much. And he goes with my husband when he picks up cherries. So, my husband is on the cherry-tree and the cock is under the tree to eat the cherries that fall down.

Crocodile Attack

2010-06-11T09:43:00.004+01:00

The most interesting is the last here. :-)))
I watched a video made by a turtle that found a underwater camera lost by a Datch tourist. It's an amazing story and you can watch the video here:

The camera clinged to a turtle and followed it for 6 months and 1100 miles. After that the turtle lost it on the beach of the island Aruba not far from Venezuela where a policeman found it perfectly working and with the video of the travel of the turtle registered.

After that I found a video you have absolutely watch now. Don't miss it! It's GREAT!
Crocodile Attacks a Drunk Man

Animal Conservation is Not Interesting More

2010-05-31T19:37:00.002+01:00

This sad notice I've just read different times. First it was about Pandas. They sad, the international society is not more interested in the conservation of this specie because they do not collaborate, and it seems all the efforts to save them are wane.

Here is the second similar notice. The tigers are not interesting for international society too.

I don't know, if it's true, if we have to believe, or it is only the disperation of the crisis period and the persons do not want to invest in the future of our Earth more.

In any case, I think you will enjoy this nice and cute video of BBC.

Bath!!!

2010-05-25T17:16:00.002+01:00

My dear, what a cut image! Have you seen this? From That Cute Site

Cat Breeds

2010-05-17T20:13:00.001+01:00

Did YOU say you don't like this breed?

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Was Kotik Dethroned?

2010-05-13T15:10:00.006+01:00

We had bad days after Kotik came half dead to us. Not only he had his leg with bites. All his muzzle was cut in pieces, practically. Probably he was dethroned, we thought. There are young cats and Kotik is old enough.

My neighbour told me, the young white-black cat that came to beat Basja when Kotik was ill and who knows where hidden from all the bads, so, that young cat, says she has all the muzzle cut too. He has even one eye closed.

I wanted to remember when he was born and found this post: The short story of Kotik from 2006. So, I was not right, Kotik is not from 2005 and has only 4 years. He was very calm and lazy kitten because the first born and biggest of his brothers. The problòems began for him when his father wanted to catch him from here. At the beginning Kotik run in the house every time father or maybe other cats too beat him but I did not allow him to enter the house. I wanted he affronts them because he was and is a stray cat and has to fight to survive.

Kotik did not want to go away and had to fight. He was young and healthy, could eat good, we cured his wounds, and one day arrived his time when he won his father (Kotik seems to be a winner). It happend in 2007, he was only 1,5 years old.

He was a King only 2 years. If he was dethroned last week.
I've seen him today. He came to eat. It seems, his leg is improving. I hope, he will pull down all his enemies that were happy to see him half dead. Long Life the King!

Kotik fights against Foxes

2010-05-05T17:53:00.002+01:00

After the death of Stassi Kotik does not stay here much. She was his "mother" and he loved her, probably. He joked with her sometimes. As you see on the photos, he occupied her place etc.

We think, he has a great territory. He is very busy to control it every day. Now he turns home only once in 2-4 days. And there are his kittens everywhere.

We did not see him one day, 2 days ago. But suddenly he came in very bad conditions. My husband called me and when I took him, I've seen his leg full of holes. Very big holes. Many. His leg seemed a sieve. First I thought about the worms. I've seen documentaries about the flys etc. But than we understood, those were holes from the teeth. It was a dog, we said. But it could not be, I thought than: there are not so little dogs here.

Than we understood: probably he had a quarrel with foxes. There is a family of foxes near us. If you follow my blog, you will maybe remember, I wrote about the slaughters of our hens they did in our henhouse different times a year or 2 ago. Let me see, here the first story and here the capture of the killer . I had other stories too because we captured the mother and 3 little foxes. And they killed our hens I do not remember how many times. From all that family remained only the father, we think. He created a new family than, but they do not come in our henhouse more (till today).

Kotik is probably not very wished neighbour. To control his territory, he passes near the house of the foxes. We saw once, he run from there to us so that we understood somebody followed him.
Now is the period when the foxes have little "kids" too. And a male cat surely disturbs them. So, this time Kotik had not fortune.

Interesting is that they all know, they have to come to us for help.
We have a medicine for the wounds of the animals and we spread it on his leg. He slept on his place but than he felt bad and began to cry with expression: you see I feel bad, do something! I feel bad.
I took a tab and was afraid to give it to him. It is necessary to put it in the throat. How have I do it?
But he opened the mouth and allowed me to put the tab in the throut. And the second day too. After that he felt good enough.
I wanted to spay the medicine on his leg today but he don't want. His leg is in bad conditions but he don't want I cure him more....

The next days will show, if he will survive.

The life is too sad, I think.

Best Cats

2010-04-30T06:05:00.002+01:00

After the death of Stassi I have not wish to write. We live with only Basja now. Kotik turns back only from time to time. He is the dominant male in our zone now and is very busy. Basja is the stray cat too, but she is a female and passes more time here with us. When it rains she even sleeps with us in the house.

She is very clever and learned what she has to do if she wants to eat and I or my husband sit for the PC. She comes near and looks at you (I let you know beforehand!). Than she puts her sweet legs on the thigh and streches herself. Still sitting? Suddenly she drives her clutches in the thigh ... with innocent eyes.

One day she made this trick with my husband. He run to me and cryed as mad.

Here is a nice collection of clips. Watch it till the end. There are interesting moments there.

Tampa park welcomes a baby giraffe

2010-04-14T20:30:00.003+01:00

I rarely publish such letters -I receive tonnes of them in the last period, those who want to have advertising gratis. I published 2 of them to help poor persons, and now my mails are full of this kind of spam. Here I publish the interesting information and the photo they sent me.

TAMPA, Fla. (April 13, 2010) – Busch Gardens Tampa Bay welcomed a new baby reticulated giraffe just days ago. Weighing approximately 147 pounds at birth, the newborn is the calf of mother, Teesa, and father, Sterling. The addition brings Busch Gardens’ giraffe population to 15.

Mother and baby are currently in an area out of guest view so they can be closely monitored by zoo staff to ensure the baby is nursing and growing properly. The duo will join the other animals on the Serengeti Plain in a few months.

A giraffe’s gestation period is approximately 15 months, and the new baby will nurse for about one year. The term “reticulated” refers to the giraffe’s net-like pattern of spots. It is common for other members of the giraffe family to become involved with the care of newborns, and this baby will be joined by another new baby giraffe before summer. These births are part of a successful long-term breeding program at Busch Gardens.

BBC April Fools Prank

2010-04-02T13:14:00.002+01:00

Could it be true? They say, it's the BBC April prank published some years ago. Because I did not see it before, I think some of you could not watch it too, so I post here this video.

Whales in an Aquarium

2010-03-23T17:59:00.000+01:00

My dear friends, Ihave to ask you to pardon me that I do not write for so much time in this blog that you like so much. That is why I do not cancel it - for your love to it. But the life is now so that I have not time neither wish to write. Specially about animals. I think, you understand me.

StumbleUpon sent me this interesting video now and I want share it with you. It's nice. I was once in Aquarium in Genoa (Italy) and have seen there seals that were very asmused to play this way with visitors. There was nobody who could influence them. When I came to their bath, one of them swam to me and when I moved the hand it moved with the hand. When I moved the head it moved too. I understood the game and we played for some time. Than little children came near me, saw what we did and began to play too.

I hope to go in Genoa this year if I will be paid for my work. So, maybe I will tell you more about it .

I invite you to visit my new blog about travel (I had to open a hosted blog near my old free blog. So I invite you to visit it. Specially after march,25 I will report you about the manifestation presenting local wines. Here is it The Marvelous World Of Travel I would be very happy if you share your impressions about it.

Whales Blowing Bubble Rings
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