and theres none better that this lucky dog


http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/04/07/castaway-pet-dog-found-alive-on-desert-island-four-months-after-being-lost-overboard-115875-21260787/

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/649021463


are being sold for experimental research

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=18828430691&oid=108787250569

but its an amazing video

rod03801: this is how they should be seen having fun in there own way http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_euCpewQs2c

Tuesday: many different groups have got involved on this highly emotional subject including some MP's
but still no positive outcome
but i will keep you informed of any updates

Snoopy: I won't ever go to a circus. Elephants are amazingly beautiful intelligent animals, and are not meant to be performing silly tricks.

I have read that elephants can't possibly be trained the way we train dogs. What I was reading, said that the only way to "train" an elephant is to totally break their spirit and make them fear NOT doing what you want them to do. (I don't know how true that is, as it was a PETA article which could of course be exaggerated)

It is probably a little sick, but I actually get a little joyful when I hear of elephants finally having enough and attacking people. That is probably misguided, I suppose, because they probably get killed after doing that

I absolutely LOVE elephants..

i never thought i see this happening in UK circuses again
its so cruel to keep these beautiful animals this way

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7915152.stm

Snoopy: that was funny!

Maybe some of you have already seen or heard about Sam--koala survivor of recent fires in Australia:

Tuesday:  Thanks for rreminding me.  I've wanted to thank Sarah for her involvement.  I needed to hug my girls (especially my rescue kitty) when I watched and listened.

Tuesday: OMG,I have seen that one before..amazing how people can just throw an animal away like that...if there is a hell,people like THAT should be going to it after this life

Tuesday: How did you get through it?? I can not watch those shows! I would have been balling my eyes out like a baby, I'm sure. That stuff totally breaks my heart. Yeah, I'm sap. LOL. And it probably would have bothered me for a while afterwards. I tend to just avoid that channel, because it seems like anytime I come across it, a show like that is on.

anastasia: I remembered a better link that I had found: http://www.pet-comfort-products.com/why-dogs-eat-poop.html

This one goes into more detail and gives more reasons why. It is more about eating poop in general, not just cat's.

rod03801: I had a friend with a dog and a cat, and he never had to clean the kitty litter. The dog took care of it.(a quote off that site,lol) how about giving the damn dog an egg a few times a week instead of letting it do THAT...thats friggin nasty on the owners part,lol

Tuesday: Interestingly enough, I had done a search on this not long ago.

http://www.heptune.com/poop.html

If you scroll down a little bit it explains it a little.

Tuesday: there are a couple reasons they sya dogs do that..one is a mineral deficancy (she on a one a day vitamin?) another they say is because it is a learned behvior from watching the mother dogs clean up the den (or whelping box,lol) and yet another is that when dogs are in the wild,they will alot of times eat theirs and other dogs in their pacts feceses so other animals don't know they are in the area as easily.
I would defianatly scoop everytime kitty goes :)

Artful Dodger: I'm only a pawn so I can't take it back

Last call for a new mod for this board.  I will be stepping down by the weekend and if you are interested, contact a global near you.  There's not much to do on the board as it pretty much runs itself.  If no one steps up, a global moderator will have to take over. 

Tuesday: that was a nice story :)

Tuesday: wow..where to start on THIS one,lol...first off,if the girl was on the fence enough to look OVER it then she was on private property as fences must be a cetain ways off the property line.Second,the dog was doing what a dog does,protecting its own,Third....I trained 2 pitbulls over the summer,the male tried to bite (not nip,full out BITE me) 4 times within the first 10 minutes of meeting me,he and his sister had issues,to long and to many to go into right now,but after only 3 months of me working with them,the male was my best bud at the end of our time together and was trying to crawl into my lap for hugs.
Everyone here knows that I have GSD's....BOTH are trained,Damien holds 4 titles to date,I could FREE HEEL him through a group of 20 of you and he wouldn't even acknowledge you,but come up to my fence and stick a finger through it..I dare ya.
Why do people do stupid things and then want to blame others.UGH!

I am stepping down as moderator here so please let one of the globals know if you are interested.  Thanks for always making my job easy! 

Jim Dandy: I know...but I am almost POSITIVE that I heard they were trying to get that issue rasied because of how brittle the bones still are.

anastasia: That would be a great idea,yearlings can be so brittle,but the big money is in the 2 and 3 year old racing years

Jim Dandy: aren't they also trying to get the horses age limit raised so they are not so young when they run?