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As there have been horrible frights and losses from Hurricane Dorian
this month, there have also been heroes, thank the power. One such person was the Bahamian woman who
gave shelter to 97 homeless and abandoned dogs in her home. Try to picture it: 97 dogs! And the images with the Dodo story showed large dogs.
“The wind sounded like a train that wouldn’t pass, it was so
loud, water was coming in through the seams on the windows and underneath the
doors, the dogs were scared. I tried to play with them, sing to them, gave them
every last treat just to keep their minds off all the noise of the
hurricane.” –Chella Phillips, dog host
who manages the
Voiceless Dogs of Nassau, a group dedicated to saving the island’s stray
dogs.
Far from Dorian’s destructive path, another hero leaves a bowl of fresh
water outside every day for his city’s animals. One day he attached a camera to
the bowl to see who came.
to have a drink too,” reported Aahmet Selki, of Turkey, who added, “. . . we are responsible for all the animals. We destroyed
or shaped the whole planet in the direction of our needs. It’s time to think about the other species
too.”
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Water: it’s necessary for life. A
truck driver in Brazil knew that when he stopped to help an armadillo in distress with a reviving spray of
water. And left a banana for the animal before driving on.
On a much smaller local front, we cat-loving owners can be heroes to our
cats who don’t drink any or enough water, by checking out these 10 Catster tips for hydrating felines. Dehydration in cats can be deadly: it
can be tied to urethra blockage and urinary tract infections and crystals, as
well as digestive health.
of bowls, and from bowl placement to added tuna juice.
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Candidate Castro’s popular
plank
presidential candidate and former secretary of housing and urban development,
last month unveiled his animal welfare plan.
Endangered Species Act — “the law that brought the bald eagle, the humpback
whale and the grizzly bear back from the brink of extinction,” as the Washington Post put it — Castro has
made a detailed animal welfare plan part of his platform, and it includes
strengthening the ESA.
euthanasia of healthy cats and dogs in shelters, making animal cruelty a
federal crime and expanding U.S. protected lands.
(issues.juliancastro.com/paw-plan/)
working dogs” for their courage and loyalty by issuing a first-class stamp
series with images of four breeds. It’s all so altruistic and patriotic — and
wrong.
chance to sniff out bombs or perform any of the other dirty-work things people
train them to do. And they sure don’t
seek a hero’s death (or the silly medals they’re sometimes awarded,
posthumously).
lives. Period.
fodder” . . . and boycott these sick stamps.
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