This is flagging up a zoonotic disease called Brucella canis in the UK. It affects dogs – but can it affect cats? – and it appears to have originated from rescue dogs imported from Eastern Europe into the UK. It is a bacterial infection and it is serious. Because it is zoonotic it can be …
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These guys are amazing. The skill and professionalism of the guy you see in the video is impressive. The way he catches the cat who was scared and tried to escape shows a good understanding of animals as does the way he gave a scared dog on a roof the time to adjust to his …
I think that it it’s time to redress the balance ?. This awful tragedy has brought an incredibly shocking human death toll of 21,000 as at the date of this post with numbers climbing. We don’t know where it will end but I suspect considerably more than the current figure. By redressing the balance, I …
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I’ve been dealing with scams today because it seems to me that, in the UK, they are becoming more common. UK is full of scammers. In fact, many live abroad and feed on the UK’s citizens as if the country is “treasure Island”. UK citizens need to be ever vigilant and switched on. It’s getting …
Let’s Adopt! Global (LAG) is an animal rescue organization founded in Turkey in 2008 by Viktor Larkhill and Fulya Ulusoy. Since 2011 it has had headquarters in Massachusetts, USA. It is a non-profit animal rescue. Yet for some reason which I am yet to fathom it courts massive controversy. One possible reason, it is said, is that …
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I believe the soldier’s name is Yaroslav Lutsyshyn. It appears that he has decided to do his bit (a lot) for animal welfare during this ghastly war and he is videoing his exploits and uploading the videos to TikTok which allows me to show you one of his latest episodes. As you can see it …
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NEWS AND COMMENT-BUCHA, UKRAINE: I have just read the report by Catherine Philp of The Times who compiled a war diary while she was out reporting on the Ukraine war. Her article covers the period March 27 to April 17, 2022. On a Saturday she reports that she “finally penetrated Irpin and the scale of …
OPINION ARTICLE-NEWS: This is the story of a wonderfully successful evacuation of 286 cats and dogs on a Russian transport plane from Kabul, Afghanistan to Vancouver, Canada in which the organisers, Kabul Small Animal Rescue and other organisations, surmounted numerous hurdles with great commitment. It is relatively poorly publicised mission compared to the animal rescue …
The picture, which I think is an excellent example of this genre of photograph, is of an ex-Battersea rescue dog, Bertie, parenting and nurturing kittens that were abandoned on the roadside and rescued when they were a mere few weeks old. They were taken in by a member of Battersea’s foster staff. Her dog, Bertie, …
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This guy seems to have made this rescue center a big family. We are told that it is a rescue centre but the animals behave as if it is his home. And perhaps, in effect it is. He treats them all as his pets and they respond accordingly. The video is at the base of …
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NEWS AND COMMENT – ATLANTA, GEORGIA, USA: W-Underdogs is a non-profit organisation which allows at-risk youths to unlock their potential by caring compassionately for abused and neglected animals. It’s an admirable organisation and we know how animals can work wonders on disaffected youths. Mr Keith Walker is a homeless man of 53-years-of age who has …
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The charities involved have shipped 600 rescue cats and dogs from Hawaiian animal shelters in a Hercules C-130 plane to the US mainland in an historic operation. This is a really good photograph of cats on the tarmac at an Hawaiian airport by George F Lee. It shows the Hawaiian Humane Society admissions manager on …
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This video is full of emotion especially the lady who is reunited with her cat after she searched everywhere to find her without success. She must have been distraught with anxiety about her cat and the tension poured out of her in this video. Note: videos sometimes stop working and if this has happened I …
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Dr Peter Rork has saved the lives of 16,000 dogs and cats by flying them to shelters where they can be more successfully adopted and away from those shelters where they are more likely to be unwanted. It’s about redistributing dogs across America to places where they are in more demand. A great service and …
It is nice to see the media discussing not only the human victims of Covid-19 in New York City but their cats and dogs as well. A brilliant network incorporating coordinated teamwork has achieved great success in caring for cats and dogs left behind either by deceased owners or those confined to hospitals because they …
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