NEWS AND VIEWS: The news media or at least the newspaper I am reading (The Times) indicates that there is some surprise that a stray dog claimed to the top of one of Egypt’s great pyramids but I’m not surprised because there are lots of …
What is this dog doing? Does he like sitting in the rain? Some do. Or is he a depressed stray who has given up and just can’t be bothered to move? It looks like the latter and it is sad no matter how you interpret …
Struge It has come to my notice that in parts of Macedonia (at least) the authorities have instigated the mass killing of stray dogs by it seems any means possible; often by shooting. For instance, there is a petition on the change.org website after the …
The Twitter tweet states: “A pelican befriended a stray dog who was often spotted hanging out all alone along the boat docks. The man who photographed this has adopted him but brings him back every day to see his friend, Petey the Pelican.” A beautiful …
I thought ‘Wow’ when I saw this. The man’s heart is bigger than can be imagined. But here it is in reality, and it is amazing. This guy is invisible to the authorities. He is a ghost. He should not be. Perhaps the animals and …
Pen Farthing is now in Ukraine feeding the animals. There is no keeping him down. You may remember him as the man who founded and ran an animal rescue centre in Kabul, Afghanistan. He managed to evacuate around 200 of his rescued animals from Kabul …
Russia commenced its invasion of Ukraine last night about five hours ago. It was on the radio. The West is fairly powerless. Not one country in the West is going to help protect Ukraine in terms of troops on the ground. It just won’t happen. …
Ikram Korkmazer has become slightly famous because of his Instagram page. He is a very kindhearted person who likes to feed the stray cats and dogs who come to his shop. I have written about him before (see link below). That’s unsurprising because what he …
COMMENT ON THE NEWS: This report comes from Wales and Hope Rescue in Rhondda Cynon Taf. I don’t know if their reporting is applicable to other areas of the UK but it is concerning nonetheless. We know that during the pandemic lockdowns there were about …
