A mountain of tender loving care, acres of teamwork, a bottomless pit of patience and colossal commitment saved this dog. Mama, as she was named, had been abandoned because she had become pregnant. She lived alone in a field and in an orchard for a …
This moving video from a dog shelter, Takis Shelter in Crete, the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, tells me that even the most brutalised dogs can forgive and perhaps forget and respond well to love. Perhaps some dogs don’t recover. Perhaps they …
This is a photograph on Twitter showing coronavirus masks tossed to the curbside with other litter items. It looks horrendous. People are seeing masks on the ground all over the place. Apparently these facemasks were at Guelf, Ontario, Canada. It’s a modern version of the …
This is another brilliant video from Martin of the South West Wildlife Foundation of Utah (and thanks to his wife for the filming). Martin has almost 50 years experience in rescuing birds of prey and therefore he knows the illnesses, hazards, injuries and struggles that …
There is a beauty in the way Martin, the guy rescuing these birds of prey, behaves and in the way he handles the birds. He’s incredibly practical and down-to-earth and he knows his birds back to front. He’s been doing this for 50 years. He …
We need to discuss why a Chow-Chow cross dog called Teddy attacked a 12-day-old baby and killed him after escaping from his pen. The parents of the child and the owner of the dog had been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence. So, …
This sanctuary for mainly parrots is in Del mar, California, USA. I have begun to fall in love with parrots. They are adorable and you can see the intelligence in their eyes and their behaviour. In this instance a young woman (the video maker) whose …
The video provides the public with a very in-depth and interesting tour of a spectacular parrot rescue facility outside Denver, USA called the Gabriel Foundation Parrot Rescue. There are over 500 parrots in this enormous facility with a beautiful outside area where they can get …
This is the story of a parrot who hated people. He plucked himself so much he became semi-nude. There are many reasons for over plucking and one of them is stress and boredom. In other words conditions due to an emotional state. In this instance …
