Obama New Pet

As we remember Barack Obama and his wife Michelle said during the presidential campaign that they had promised their two girls a dog after the election. So they have redeemed the pledge.

Enter Bo, a 6-month-old puppy given up by his first owner and matched with the Obamas through his breeders. Because he was given up by his first owner as a poor fit and is now with his second owners, the Obamas, but never spent time in a shelter or with a rescue group, Bo is a “quasi-rescue dog,” says Wayne Pacelle, chief executive of The Humane Society of the United States, Associated Press reports.

The Humane Society’s Pacelle acknowledged that the Obamas never flat-out promised to get a dog from a pound or rescue group. And the society has kind words for Obama on its Web site: “Thanks, Mr. President, for giving a second-chance dog a forever home,” it says.

“He’s in a gray area,” Pacelle said of Bo. “But I will say that many animal advocates are disappointed that he (Obama) didn’t go to a shelter or breed rescue group, partly because he set that expectation and because so many activists are focused on trying to reduce the number of animals euthanized at shelters, and there’s no better person to make the case to the American public that you can get a great dog from a shelter than the president.”

Show, Festival, Events

It’s funny but 10-year-old golden-red Sussex spaniel called Stump won Westminster Kennel Club became the oldest America’s top dog in show at the Westminster show. Just imagine in human years, he’s almost 70! It’s really miraculous and Stump merits all kinds of praise.

The main goal of such events as pet’s shows and festivals is to promote kindness to animals and that’s great. By the way right now annual New England Pet Rock Festival celebrates its 10 years anniversary. This pets festival is well known with hundreds features such as breed rescues, shelters, animal welfare organizations and more for any type of pets to attend. And looking for tickets don’t forget about an opportunity to buy or sell tickets for any show, concerts, theatre or sporting events with Seatwave that can help you on the way.

So, in case you are planning to visit some of your favorite music festival this summer, Reading Festival 2009 for instance, then most likely you would have to leave your loved pets at home even it were such heroic dog like mentioned above, famous spaniel called Stump. Every year thousands fans from around the world are hurry to purchase Tickets for Reading Festival in time looking forward to meet with their idols of rock, pop, alternative, indie, punk and metal music Friday, 28 August 2009.

2008 Animals Best Photos

I guess you‘ve seen already photos that were awarded as the best of 2008 by Telegraph.co.uk. I’d like to place here 2 most favorite ones.

Puppies Save Three-Year-Old boy

According to nydailynews.com, Jaylynn Thorpe, 3, wandered away from his baby-sitter at 4 p.m. Friday and was missing for 21 hours as hundreds of friends, family and law enforcement officials searched for him in the thick woods of Halifax County, fearing the worst.

“The only thing we wanted to do was just keep searching until we found him,” Halifax County Sheriff Stanley Noblin told reporters.

Jaylynn’s frantic family knew time was not on its side.

“We didn’t forget the issue that 17 degrees was almost unbearable,” said his father, James Thorpe.

“People all over the State of Virginia was down there looking for that child. For a while there, one time, I didn’t know whether they would find him or not,” said the child’s grandmother and guardian, Katherine Elliot.

Officials said the lost little boy and the two family puppies wandered up to a mile in the dark, even across a highway, but it wasn’t until Saturday afternoon that members of the search team found him sitting by a tree, the two puppies nestled against him.

The little boy didn’t say anything, according to rescue team member Jerry Gentry, but instead “just opened his arms up like, ‘I’m ready to go.’”

“When I first saw him, he was like, ‘Momma, I got cold. I slept in the woods last night. The puppies kept me warm.’ He told me that … the dogs slept up against him. And I’m sure the body heat kept him warm,” said his mother, Sarah Ingram.

Billie Jo Roach, another member of the search party that found the boy, said the puppies refused to leave his side.

As the child was placed in an ambulance to be taken to a local hospital for examination, “The puppies were watching where he went.

“Where he went, they went,” Roach said.

As word went out that the child was alive and well, family members cheered and cried for joy.

“Praise the Lord! Welcome home, Jaylynn!” yelled his aunt, Amy Zimmerman.

Close to 300 people from North Carolina and Virginia joined in the search to find Jaylynn.

“I love you! God bless you,” Ingram told the rescue teams.

“I think I just said, ‘Thank you Lord’ … for us to have another chance!” said the child’s father.

The boy spent Saturday night under observation at Halifax Regional Hospital and chowed down on a double cheeseburger, a hot dog, strawberry ice cream and French fries.

Meanwhile, the furry heroes, their tails wagging, were rewarded with food.

“I definitely call this a miracle,” said Nobl.
via BY JANE H. FURSE
DAILY NEWS WRITER

Found the Oldest Turtle

According to National Geographic the oldest turtle was found unearthed in southwestern China, that will may help answer an evolutionary enigma—how did the turtle get its shell.

The discovery supports, NG reports? that the theory that turtle shells formed from the underside—plastron first—and grew bony extensions of ribs and backbones that eventually joined to form the classic shell that exists today.

An alternate theory of shell evolution suggests that turtle shells developed from the fusion of bony armor plates in the skin, known as osteoderms, seen in some dinosaurs and some modern-day reptiles, including crocodiles.

But the prehistoric turtle, dubbed Odontochelys semitestacea and described in a recent edition of the journal Nature, has no osteoderms.

“So far there is no direct evidence for the osteoderm theory,” said study co-author Chun Li of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing.

“On the contrary, here, in our hands, there is an ideal missing link for turtle evolution. It has no osteoderms on its back, but only ossified neural [central] plates and expanded ribs.” The study also notes that embryonic evidence from modern turtles suggests that their shells begin to form in a similar manner.

Keep Your Pets Healthy and Happy

No wonder that each of us who has own favorite pet animal, though it were dog, cat or a little sweet hamster, can talk about worshiped pets endlessly. Definitely having pets is a great fan; they are truly, most devoted friends for life (there is nothing like a dogs devotion), lively walk companions, they can always bring a smile to your face, not to mention how upset or tired you are. They are special members of your family.

But having pets is not only big fan but big care and responsibility of course. And if you want your favorite pets to be around for a long time you should keep your friends clean and healthy, teach them and look after them.

Today, browsing the net you can find out great number of helpful websites and pets-related information for health-conscious and loving dog or cat owners who want the best for their canine companions. You can choose, compare and buy any product you need including pet food, related to treats and grooming products, natural dog shampoo, sprays and wellness, giving your pet a healthy and shining coat, leashes, beds, clothing and more, pet medicine at last. Our pets depend on us and their look reflects how we love and care for them.

Cold Season Pet Tips

Not only people must be suffered from the cold and icy blasts of winter but also their favorite pets. So, here are some tips from cvm.umn.edu to help make sure that your dog stays healthy and comfortable during all these winter months long.

First of all you have to keep pets away from antifreeze because antifreeze tastes sweet to pets and can be toxic to them.

Keep an eye on the temperature and if it falls below 20 degrees Fahrenheit, it would be better to keep your pet indoors. No doubt that short-haired dogs and puppies should be kept indoors when the temperature dips below 40.

Don’t gorged to check your pet’s water regularly, make sure there is plenty of fresh drinking water available. Animals can’t burn calories without a fresh supply of water, and if they can’t burn calories, they’ll get cold.

Provide a dry, draft-free doghouse if you must keep your dog outside for any period of time.

Use a damp towel to wipe your pet’s feet and underside.

Sometimes dogs also need boots in cold weather, regardless of coat length. If your dog frequently lifts his paws, whines, or stops during walks, it is demonstrating that its feet are uncomfortably cold. Be sure to get your dog used to wearing boots before the cold weather sets in.

Keep your pet’s coat well groomed. Matted fur won’t properly protect your pet from the cold.

Healthy Pets Healthy People

Every one who has pets should be definitely careful and responsible both yourself and your loved pets. Dont you know that people can get diseases from their pets and some of them are more likely than others.

A person’s age and health status may affect his or her immune system, increasing the chances of getting sick. People who are more likely to get diseases from dogs include infants, children younger than 5 years old, organ transplant patients, people with HIV/AIDS, and people being treated for cancer. Special advice is available for people who are at greater risk than others of getting diseases from animals, www.cdc.gov warns. Healthy Pets Healthy People

Birds Migration

Most of birds fly south where they can find food or shelter in the winter, but not all. There are birds that do not migrate at all, but staying in the same range all year long. I’ve been always concerned with the question: how high do birds fly, they overcome a gigantic distance before they get to the needed place? Can you imagine that most songbirds migrate at 500 to 2,000 meters, but some fly as high as 6,800 meters; swans have been recorded at 8,000 meters and Bar-headed Geese at 9,000 meters.

Several days ago we could watch flock of birds, that we didn’t identify, brave flying above the Mediterranean Sea aside the south.
Here is the photo I’ve made. The picture is bad but this is my picture:-)

llama

First of all I find that this is very beautiful enimal. Just look how he or she pretty smiles!

The llama (Lama glama) is a South American camelid, widely used as a pack animal by the Incas and other natives of the Andes mountains. In South America llamas are still used as beasts of burden, as well as for the production of fiber and meat, Wikipedia days.

The height of a full-grown, full-size llama is between 5.5 feet (1.6 meters) to 6 feet (1.8 m) tall at the top of the head. They can weigh between approximately 280 pounds (127 kilograms) and 450 pounds (204 kilograms). At birth, a baby llama (called a “cria”) can weigh between 20 pounds (9 kilograms) to 30 pounds (14 kilograms). Llamas are very social animals and like to live with other llamas as a herd. Overall, the fiber produced by a llama is very soft and is naturally lanolin free. Very intelligent, llamas learn simple tasks after a few repetitions. When using a pack, llamas can carry about 25%–30% of their body weight for several miles.

Llamas originated from the central plains of North America about 40 million years ago. They migrated to South America and Asia about 3 million years ago. By the end of the last ice age (10,000–12,000 years ago) camelids were extinct in North America.[3] As of 2007, there were over 7 million llamas and alpacas in South America and, due to importation from South America in the late 20th century, there are now over 100,000 llamas and 6,500–7,000 alpacas in the US and Canada.