Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) was a French-German theologian, physician, philosopher and musician - and, in my opinion, a uniquely loving human being. One of our volunteers was kind enough to share the following with me, and I was deeply moved by Schweitzer’s words. I hope you are, too. Continue reading » » »
September 15th, 2009
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Albert Schweitzer’s prayer for animals
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September 7th, 2009
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Torts and torties
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A little over a week ago, I had the opportunity to attend the sixth annual Pennsylvania Bar Institute Animal Law Conference in Philadelphia.
That means that lawyers all over the Keystone State are devoting their time, gifts and love to thinking about and working for needy animals. Heaven knows the cats (and dogs, and eared sea lions) could use a good advocate. All of this gives me tremendous encouragement.
July 14th, 2009
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Grab a can opener and a spoon…
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…because Brock University in Ontario proudly announced that they’ve successfully refined a methodology “to allow for a human taste panel to profile the flavour and texture of a range of cat food products (CFP) and their component parts. ”
Mmm mmm good. I wonder what “successfully” means here?
June 25th, 2009
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“The Cats of Madison County”
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Everyone remenbers the movie The Cats of Madison County. After all, it was directed by Clint Eastwood and starred him and Meryl Streep. The film, which won an Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role, was about a National Geographic photographer who …
Actually this post is about the cats of Madison County (and it’s a different Madison County than in the movie). But it’s still a cool story and there is video to watch. Continue reading » » »
June 16th, 2009
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Peace in the valley: the dog, the cat and the rat
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This was one of those grab-me-by-the-heart, must-share-immediately stories. I’m a firm believer that cats can teach us a lot about loving each other well, and this true tale expands upon that in a most amazing way. Continue reading » » »
June 11th, 2009
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The itsy bitsy Henry :-0
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In a recent post, Angela commented about Bitsy, contender for the world’s smallest cat. Angela voiced concern that Bitsy was being exploited for the benefit of her human owners.
Well turnabout is fair play. There is now a cat t0uting that he has the world’s smallest human.
