Animal-human relationship and other linked stuff that appeals to me
Huiran is a 21-year-old shepherdess from Xinjiang, China, which happens to be the home of the Uighur people who are mostly Muslims and whose religion, language and way of life is being suppressed by...
NEWS AND COMMENT-TRENTHAM AREA, UK: A 61-year-old, white van driver from Stoke-on-Trent was seen to impatiently drive over a column of ducklings on the road while all other motorists had stopped to let them...
A dog handler at Crufts 2022, Kristine Hodgson, was dressed as a Native American with a pig-tail wig and a wooden blade. She was acting as a Native American woman in her performance with...
A male nurse on TikTok has speculated that Vladimir Putin has Parkinson’s disease and his video has gone viral. He does say that he is a nurse and therefore can’t diagnose but, in his...
As the Twitter post says, there is a whiff of Damien Hirst about this picture. This is a reference to the shark in formaldehyde artwork and other animals that the artist Damien Hirst created...
NEWS AND COMMENT-UK: You may have read Sarah Moulds’s story. I wrote about it some time ago (click here if you wish to read the backstory). It was well discussed in news media. She...
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...
NEWS AND COMMENT-GEORGIA, USA: Mail Online has reported on the unusual case of a burglar (described as an ‘intruder’) of a residential home who was mauled to death during his alleged criminal activity by...
The words in the title are those of Justin Webb, 41, on Twitter. He is a charity worker and vegan. He took a photo of a baby octopus wrapped up in cellophane, for sale...
Dr. Mya-Rose Craig, 19, the now famous twitcher who was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Bristol after becoming the youngest person in the world to spot 4,000 bird species aged 13,...
It emerged from a canal and was looking for food. What else? The store is a 7-Eleven. Location: Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. The police were called. They dragged it out of the store and put...
News and opinion: Thailand has dangers to cats which are distinctly different to those found in Europe and even America where there are predators of domestic cats such as coyotes, which is the main...
In a highly unusual video captured by Lance Karlson, a geologist, the viewing public can see the angriest octopus attacking him. He was left bruised and confused. The attack occurred at Geographe Bay near...
There may be some interest in photographs of Ryan Fischer, 30, Lady Gaga’s dog walker who was shot, as the world knows, in the chest by thieves who stole two of Lady Gaga’s French...
Catherine Hadler, a volunteer for the Hampshire Dormouse Group said on Facebook, “The dormouse has entered the birdfeeder and eaten so much food that it was too chubby to get out. This made my...