Aren’t these just the cutest things you’ve ever seen?

A very touching video.

Here’s a duckling snoring. Sooo cute!

I just could not resist posting this.
Have a great weekend all.

What an incredible specimen this Albino Alligator is.
Albino Whitie would have made a snack for larger alligators because of his colour.
But the 16st five-year-old was rescued from Louisiana swamps and taken to Florida.
Check out the link above for a must see picture.
HT:Ace

Friday night I was watching Animal Planet and they showed some of the memorable animals featured this year.
One is Snowball, a cockatoo who got angry when his owner went away to college and got a bit fiesty.
He was given to Bird Lovers Only Rescue agency in August 2007. The father of the previous owner [...]

Our site owner and friend J may decide to share her feelings with readers later in the day but for now, any of us who own an animal which we love cannot imagine our family without them.
This is what J must be feeling at this time but I want both her and her better half [...]

A cute site for animal lovers (especially dogs).
Use simple commands and watch the dog respond, or if you have young children let them “play” for a bit. Type in the word “kiss” and watch what happens.
(Make sure your speakers are turned on.)
Enjoy!

Isn’t this one of the cutest things you’ve ever seen? Scroll to view.

Here’s the story:
Mike Underwood, boating enthusiast and animal lover, didn’t expect to hatch an egg in retirement. But in his new role as mama duck, he’s having a blast.
Chipper — the duckling Underwood hatched from an abandoned egg three weeks ago — [...]

Michael Vick may be innocent until proven guilty but this video is a must see for animal lovers everywhere.
Check it out. I promise you won’t be disappointed.

I received this in the email yesterday with this message:
(Original e-mail came from Windham, Maine)
I have never seen a newborn moose. This one was not even a half a mile from our house. The mother picked a small quiet neighborhood and had her baby in the front yard at 5:30 am. We were out bike [...]

Looking at these photos makes it hard to believe the lion can be a vicious beast.

To view more of these photos go here.

What possesses a human to buy puppies for the sole purpose of making them mean and fighting to the death or almost death? And if they don’t perform well in “trials” they are killed by electrocution, hanging, drowning or slamming the dog to the ground.
This is what NFL quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons Michael [...]

Proceed with caution if you are a coffee drinker or enjoy a bit of cheese with your meal or as a snack.
$600-a-pound coffee
Human hands don’t harvest the beans that make this rare brew. They’re plucked by the sharp claws and fangs of wild civets, catlike beasts with bug eyes and weaselly noses that love their [...]

We owned a Greyhound who was a bit bigger than the typical breed, but this headline led me to pictures and the story of a dog the likes of which I have never seen.
Meet the Incredible Hulk of Hounds
The hulky hound with double the muscle power
Read and see more.

This is so cute.
Duncan M. McDonald is finally off the voter rolls after the Australian shepherd-terrier mix was sent absentee ballots for three elections.
King County Elections Director Sherril Huff said she canceled the voter registration Tuesday for the dog owned by Jane K. Balogh, 66, who registered her pet to protest a change in the [...]

Story here.

Not much time for commentary but this piece linked to from Drudge Report is something any animal lover should indulge in. The accompanying pictures make me wish I had the courage to do what this man does.
The king of the jungle doesn’t frighten the lion whisperer
Animal behaviourist Kevin Richardson has such an intimate [...]

A bit of light Friday night reading here, with a shout out to Professor Reynolds for the lead.
Enjoy!

Believe me when I tell you I have visited more vets in my life than I care to remember. Our now 13 year old chocolate cocker spaniel was diagnosed with anal gland cancer three years ago and our regular vet recommended we take her to the North Carolina State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital for [...]

I just finished watching this CNN video which talks of lion farms. These farms have raised lions and fed them in what looks to be open space but is really a farm.
People pay thousands of dollars to go to South Africa to bag a lion or two. I see that and my mind [...]

Endangered, hunted, smuggled and now abandoned, 5,000 of the world’s rarest animals have been found drifting in a deserted boat near the coast of China.
The pangolins, Asian giant turtles and lizards were crushed inside crates on a rickety wooden vessel that had lost engine power off Qingzhou island in the southern province of Guangdong. Most [...]

Two weeks to the day of having our wonderful dog Muggsy put to sleep we got a call from the vet’s office that the crematorium had just delivered his ashes.
My husband picked them up and Muggsy is now back in our house.
His cremains are in a beautiful poplar wood box stained dark cherry. It [...]

Yesterday I said I hated snakes. Well, you have to watch this short video and enjoy.

I guess someone else isn’t fond of snakes.

This article got me to thinking about what would happen in the US if this were in our court system ( I know, too much time on my hands right?).
Chimp denied a legal guardian
Court turns down request in case aiming for ‘ape rights’.
An Austrian judge turned down a request this week [...]

On the lighter side:
Zoo: Don’t Stare at Chimps
ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — We all know not to feed the animals when visiting the zoo. Now the Antwerp Zoo has urged visitors to, please, stop staring at the chimpanzees.
A new set of rules was posted outside the chimp enclosure at the city zoo urging visitors, [...]

Mine can’t but he does have a pretty purr.

Okay, now I really don’t know what to say!
Berlin’s polar bear cub Knut receives death threat
By Madeline Chambers
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany’s celebrity polar bear cub Knut has received an anonymous death threat, causing alarm at Berlin Zoo on Thursday and prompting heightened security.
Top-selling Bild newspaper said the zoo had received a hand-written fax from [...]