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Most people who know me know that I love animals and have found homes for many, MANY homeless pets over the years. I’m always happy to see someone doing right by animals who need them, like this woman in California. What a fantastic story.

Let me first say that the death of an Indian official is very sad. The death of anyone is tragic. However, rarely are the circumstances surrounding the death so bizarre.
NEW DELHI — Wild monkeys attacked a senior government official who then fell from a balcony at his home and died today, media reported.
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This is Avery. He passed away last night of a heart attack while I tried to rush him to the animal emergency clinic. He was born under my house with his brother Tommy right after my ex-wife and I moved in. When we first adopted him, we didn’t know if he was […]

I have cats - numerous cats. I’ve always taken in strays and have a long email list full of people who correspond with each other and with long lists of their own to try and find homes for animals that need them. I’ve often joked that there must be a giant sign on […]

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It seems like every six months or so, I go through the loss of a cat. I always think it will get easier and, of course, it never does.
Over eight years ago, I went to the SPCA to return a humane trap I was using to catch one of my cats who sneaked outside. […]

When I was a kid, I loved shows like In Search Of with Leonard Nimoy because they featured crazy stuff like the Sasquatch and the Pyramids.
When I went to Scotland as a teen, I desperately wanted to get my shot of nabbing some footage of the Loch Ness Monster. Unfortunately, Loch Ness was a […]

One of my kitties lost her battle with illness today. Charlotte is one of a litter of four cats I rescued from the SPCA eight years ago. Someone had left them and a fifth that didn’t make it on the doorstep of the shelter and I came by to drop off a humane […]

I heard about this mass bird die off in Austin today and I wondered if among the dead grackles they found a little Jim Jones-like figure head maybe with tiny little 70’s sunglasses on? Hmmm, maybe not.
At any rate, what I found most interesting was the quote at the end of the story in […]