Love animal lovers:)

Breeze and Buttons make for a really cute picture SB! Thank you! :)

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I'm an "animal lover" as well. Part of my years of "growing up" was on a farm in Indiana. Two dogs, ducks, geese, two goats, chickens and hogs. Today I think about how much I would have rather had raised cattle than hogs......not nearly as messy! After getting out of the Navy, and while attending college, worked part-time as a Vet Assistant for three doctors. Back then, no Certificate needed. Previous farm experience was fine with the doctors. Right now, the pet wife and I have is "Stormy" our Betta. Quite the dude and he loves his 5 gallon tank. In the near future, we plan on getting what I call "a Senior dog", Shih Tzu. A "lap dog" that will spend plenty of time in my lap. My wife likes dogs and her favorite is a Bichon Frise........too expensive for us.
 
We should look after our environment and not be cruel to the other creatures that inhabit it.. many of them were here before us humans. I LIKE most animals (except cats) but I don't LOVE them. I reserve love for humans. In the same way, I don't like anthropomorphism. Some interpret normal animal behaviour as 'love' , but it's how just they behave naturally towards their 'pack leader'. People spend a fortune on special food for their little "furry children" when given the chance, these same cute little animals would be out hunting and tearing the life out of another little creature.
 
Story and photos of Jewel and his friends...http://www.boredpanda.com/jewel-goat...uary-bulgaria/


Unwanted by his mother and left alone to die, Jewel went 18 hours in the freezing cold without a drop of milk before he was saved by the power of love. He was found by an animal sanctuary in rural Bulgaria called “4-Legged Friends”, and taken in to be saved even though it didn’t look like he would make it.

A dog called Mirka immediately adopted Jewel as her own. Within 3 hours of getting love from Mirka, Jewel miraculously stood up and completely recovered. This animal sanctuary has rescued and given a home to many other animals, most of whom were severely abused and neglected. All of them became the best of friends and are teaching the visiting children how to be compassionate, caring and tolerant of those who are different from them.

The sanctuary depends entirely on donations and currently their financial situation is very grim. The extreme cold and wet weather in Bulgaria is making it very hard to keep the animals dry and fed. Vera and her husband Viktor are working unselfishly to keep the sanctuary and to keep the animals alive, however they can not do this without help.



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I have two great big black labrador retriever pitbull cross dogs, which I adopted when they were about 5 years old. They are both rescues and I love them dearly -- don't know what I'd do without them. They are both so affectionate and loving. They are aging now and it is so hard to watch them get old. I DO know that I'll get other dogs after my two go on. I always do. I'll adopt adult dogs because puppies are so hard, and they get adopted first anyway. Big black adult dogs have a hard time finding a home. I've arrangements in place for my dogs to be cared for should I predecease them or become unable to care for them, because I know what would happen to them if they ended up in a shelter. Both are unadoptable now because of medical issues -- nothing serious for me to manage, but I doubt they'd stand a chance of adoption at their ages and would be euthanized.

They are a bit (!!) spoiled, of course.
 
I am so glad to run across this thread, first smile of the day. I loved the one about rescuing the baby fawn and it's mother waiting for it. I thought the guy would hand out a cat.
 
I do too and I miss a cat something awful, but I hate for them to sit at the window looking out. I don't have a fence, so can't have a dog and can't let a cat out because the foxes behind my home. Maybe I could rent a guy who can cook and my life would be perfect. I wonder if he would purr.

Just wanted to add this: I put my Felix on my monitor. He runs across the screen, someone feeds him and sometimes he comes up from the bottom like he is hanging there like the old killroy and watches me. If I remember right he purrs, but haven't hear that yet. I also have a Santa I will put on later. He tore up the snowman.

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Baby Fox Bitten in Neck and Left Alone Gets a Second Chance at Life

Thanks to kind and caring folks like these.



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I love animals too!!! I can't stand to see a turtle crossing the road because I'm afraid he's going to get hit. One day I was out walking and there was a turtle crossing the highway. I picked him up and took him to the other side that he was headed to. I just couldn't leave him there in the road.
 
Icelandic horses fall through ice in freezing cold lake, luckily due to one man's smart moves, they were all able to be saved.

 

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