Archive for the 'Animal Welfare' Category

Hex, The Six-Legged Kitten Died

I’ve only just come across “Hex”, the kitten born in Florida about two months ago. What made her so special was the two extra legs hanging from her stomach (part of a Siamese twin that never fully developed). I have to admit though, the extra legs look a bit bizarre.
But she’s an incredibly cute kitten [...]

In The Name Of Love Or Fashion: Two Animal Lovers Now Wear Their Pets

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A pet becomes more than something you just feed and stroke everyday, it grows to be part of the family. I’m a sucker for pussies, but I like dogs as well.
However, wearing any of my DECEASED pets never really crossed my mind! Turning one’s pet into a jumper; the ultimate way [...]

Goat + Sheep = Geep

Every once in a while nature takes its own course and amazes us with quite strange and surprising things… meet Lisa, the "geep".

From the Daily Mail:
She was born after an unscheduled amorous encounter on the farm of Klaus Exsternbrink, in Schwerte, in northern Germany’s Ruhr Valley. One of his young billy goats leapt [...]

Cats And The City

Working Class Cats in NY: This site documents the lives of gainfully employed felines in NYC.
Amid the goods found in the stores, there is one thing that many owners and employees say they cannot do without: their cats. And it goes beyond cuddly companionship. These cats are workers, tireless and enthusiastic hunters of unwanted vermin, [...]