http://www.nih.gov/news/health/apr2009/niehs-27.htm Not only did the EU and Canada sign an agreement to reduce animals used in product toxicity testing, Japan and the US signed, too! I’ve long tried my best to buy products that weren’t tested on animals (oddly enough super cheap Suave doesn’t do animal testing according to their website) but it’s great to…
Author: Bethany
Food-motivated though not food-aggressive bleeding heart animal lover and advocate. Views expressed do not reflect those of employers & may include bad words.
Animals At Least Know to Be Cute if not Polite
I have a vocal tic that sounds like a baby panda hiccuping (or sneezing as this copy of the vid described it) Baby Panda Sneezing_Uploaded by MuslimMafia There are certain common responses to it.1. Subtle rudeness: the well-coiffed girl giving me a dirty look2. Unintentional awkwardness: “Ma’am, do you have any ferrets in your suitcase?”3….
Friday Pick Me Up
I do not advocate animals as replacements for people. However, I do think animals are a blessing and help us deal when we miss people, the same way human friends can help us. Well, before my boyfriend flew off to spend six months teaching in the Holy Lands, there was a day I was having…
Have You Heard the Good News?
Nick has a very strong potential adopter!! She wants to fill out the paperwork, pay, and pick him up next week so that she can buy all the supplies and be around the house for his first few days. I’m super excited for my Nikolai. I’ll miss him, but I’m so glad he got a…
The Tough Part of Fostering
Nik came to the shelter after living with a woman who was unable to take care of him. She gave him a ton of food and very little attention/exercise so that he ate so much he grew too fat to clean himself. Because he couldn’t clean himself, Nik developed mats in his fur and had…
Yay for Cleveland Cats
I’m celebrating more than Cleveland’s trouncing victory over the Yankees tonight, I’m also celebrating the great news my friend Emily sent me. Cleveland has successfully neutered over 300 feral cats since starting a program where the city pays $30 of the $40 neuter fee for feral cats brought into the Cleveland Animal Protective League. Following…
good news
Sometimes you find out great happy news when you wake up too early and browse the internet. The HSUS has changed their policy on pit bulls 🙂 They now agree with rescues that dogs from fighting siutations need to be evaluated and have just as much of a shot as any other animal for being…
Cutest Thing Ever
Toby and Nik finally actively playing with each other. So darn cute. I’m leaving the country for a week-ish on Wednesday and have been insane trying to get everything ready. Thankfully very kind neighbor has agreed to feed and play with the kitties while I’m gone so I’m less stressed. Okay, back to cleaning so…
Busy Week
I have my final project presentation tomorrow in my technical writing class (I made a guide to adopting an animal in the DC metro area–planning to figure out how best to translate it to the web, seriously so proud of the finished project, there are so many different shelter procedures that it took work to…
Credits
By the way, my mom isn’t just an awesome author, she also made the cute shirt in that photo. I don’t have the patience to sew like she does but I am good at patience with cats and dogs–maybe they come from the same place and she really is the source of my talent 🙂