When Haiti experienced an earthquake, there were telethons, collections, front page headlines, radio djs talking about it, massive cell phone donations, and more to help the victims. Now there’s massive flooding in Pakistan, causing more damage than “the 2004 Asian tsunami, the 2005 Pakistan earthquake, and the 2010 Haiti earthquake combined” (http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/08/19/why_doesnt_the_world_care_about_pakistanis ) and the…
Month: August 2010
Puppies aren’t products
The focus of Best Friend’s “Puppies Aren’t Products” campaign isn’t giving puppies as gifts (it’s the awful practice of puppy mills) but the sentiment still applies. I’ve been asked multiple times by different people for advice on buying a cat or dog as a gift for someone. I always tell them not to do so….
Crossing my fingers
Keen met his applicant yesterday. And ate from her hand! It took him months to eat off of my hand. He also purred when she held him. I think it was true love. Now I’m just waiting for the shelter to process the application and paperwork. I’m crossing my fingers that she’ll get approved quickly…