Posted on February 24, 2008 by bookseedstudio
CANINES with COURT GUARDIANS
Once I read a short story by Marjory Stoneman Douglas about a dog fight, which she set in a dank place outside Miami.
The character, Agnes, a Latin teacher and humane society volunteer, rushes away into the night from a party when she receives a tip about the fight. Dressed in a black satin evening gown, she sneaks up on the action [...]
Filed under: UTAH, animal rescue | Tagged: michael vicks, n.f.l., Kanab, UTAH, pit bulls, Smithfield, VA, Best Friends Animal Society, Dr. Frank McMillan, Rebecca J. Huss, Valparaiso University, sports | No Comments »
Posted on February 18, 2008 by bookseedstudio
MAYA the OWL
The little owl ended up on a roadway in need of help.
She was picked up by a tourist and handed along until she found her way to one wildlife sanctuary for immediate care and then, another for continued help. She had been somehow injured and unable to return to a wild life.
Before long, the owl, [...]
Filed under: animal rescue, animals | Tagged: audubon of florida, owl pages, owls, st. francis wildlife association | No Comments »
Posted on January 27, 2008 by bookseedstudio
A HIPPO in Our TIME
Each year on the Central West Coast of FLORIDA, a hippo born at the San Diego Zoo that has lived in Florida since 1966, receives extra visitors at a birthday bash.
If you watched TV in the 1960s you may have seen Daktari. On that show you may have seen a hippo, [...]
Filed under: animal rescue, animals, hippopotamus, school trips, travel, wild animals, zoos | Tagged: world wildlife fund, animal actors, zoos, Ivan Tors, hippos, travel, Florida | No Comments »
Posted on January 13, 2008 by bookseedstudio
Cell Phones for Canines & Cats
Jon Mooallem writes in The New York Times Sunday Magazine (1.13.2008) about many things cell phone, including info on how animal groups can benefit from our olde cells.
Groups that receive a donation from a business called Collective Good for these used cell phones include the Humane Society of the United States. The [...]
Filed under: Cats, animal rescue, animals, dogs, pets | Tagged: cell phones, Collective Good, seth heine, technology | No Comments »
Posted on January 8, 2008 by bookseedstudio
How FLORIDA’s FAMOUS ANIMALS originated.
On Florida’s lower west coast in Bradenton in 1966 my family & I met a manatee.
Today this same manatee is still living in Bradenton. He is known as Snooty.
I never forgot his story.
And his story, from baby reportedly born in captivity to his work in educating schoolchildren & helping visiting sick & injured [...]
Filed under: Bradenton Florida, Bradeonton Florida, animal rescue, wild animals | Tagged: endangered animals, manatees, marine mammals | No Comments »
