All Entries in the "Animals" Category

Plight of Elephants

I am very fond of elephants and quite recently, I saw the American 60 Minutes program about an elephant orphanage in Kenya. It left me shocked to see the extent of poaching going on which leaves so many young elephants not only orphaned but traumatised, and some severely so. The story was originally aired on [...]

My cats

As you are aware, my primary “wild” animal is the Zebra. However, my “domestic” animal is the Cat and I have always had cats in my life from a young age. The cats we had while I was at home with my parents, lived outside. Much to my dismay, my mother did not like having [...]

Guard cat!

What can I say? Just happened to come out of my gate to see Joey’s head pop up from behind the sign on the wall near our door bell.
Despite laughing so hard, somehow I still managed to take a photo with the camera on my phone.
The glare on this cat should be enough to put [...]

Dewey Readmore Books

I have just finished reading a book about the true story of an extraordinary cat named Dewey Readmore Books who lived for 19 years as a library cat in a town called Spencer in Iowa, USA.
Librarian Vicki Myron, discovered one very small cold kitten underneath some books in the book drop on a Monday morning [...]

More photos of Christian the lion

I came across these photos of Christian on Amazon during my search for the book: A Lion Called Christian: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond between Two Friends and a Lion.
It would have been a full time job looking after this huge ball of fur and doesn’t he look so mischievous.
Christian was one very [...]

Christian, the lion who lived in my London living room

This is a heartwarming story which has been around for a long time although I did not find out about it until more recently when it appeared on You Tube in 2008. Just as Clara the elephant from St. Louis zoo has become the symbol against elephant cruelty, Christian the lion will remain a vital [...]

Three cats outside

Every morning, Nimue is allowed to go out in the front yard under supervision for a period of time. Sometimes that is for a few minutes and other times it may be for an hour.
Phoenix, the black cat from next door, used to be very territorial about our front yard which he considered to be [...]

The kitten and his friend

Cats are very much a part of my life and capturing the following images of the kitten and the bird must have been pure joy for the photographer who was fortunate enough to experience this first hand.  The images speak for themselves and need no further comment from me.

It just goes to show that animals [...]

Poaching for ivory leaves young to run wild

This is the most significant article I have come across which exposes the fundamental reason for elephant delinquency when parental guidance of young elephants has been taken away. You have to remember that elephants live within very tight social structures and it is the adults, like adult humans, who teach appropriate behaviour to guide their [...]

Cat in the shower!

This is quite an extraordinary cat. Most felines do not like water at all, and many even object to having a bath unless they have been regularly trained to get used to it from a very young age. Even then, I would not describe their willingness as something they particularly enjoy, it is more a [...]

Thirsty koala

The continuing excessive high temperatures in South Australia and Victoria is not just taking its toll on humans, animals are also suffering. When you have one day of 50C, and a week of 40C+, the animals are appreciating all our efforts to make their life easier.
Have a look at what these cyclists did when they [...]

The 6ft 7in shire horse that keeps getting bigger

I am a horse lover from way back and had my own horse in my teens. My part Arabian grey horse was nowhere even close to the size of the horse in this story which is bound to boggle your mind!

Big Duke: The 6ft 7in shire horse that keeps getting bigger
By Andrew Levy
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