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My sweet little Cashmere passed away today. She was only 9 1/2 years old. She had quit eating starting Friday so by Sunday I was panicking and took her to the emergency vet. She had lost quite a bit of weight already, due to polycystic kidney disease. The vet said we could only get maybe another couple weeks with her with treatment at the clinic, so we decided to end her suffering. She has about the sweetest cat I've ever had. Cautious, shy, the undercat among her brother and sister. I always had to protect her and make sure she...

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How big ARE New York's rats? Researcher catches one-and-a-half pound rodent three times the size of a normal beast "...'I've caught rats all over the city, and I've seen the ones that I didn't catch. I think it's among the biggest that live in New York City,' said Matt Combs of Fordham University. [snip] One of the largest rats ever reported in New York City was a huge beast dubbed Master Splinter by the Twitter user that first posted a picture of it. The enormous rat was found in a Footlocker store in the Bronx in 2012, according to Twitter...

This video is with family, pets, red-shoulder hawk, and parrakeet animation, the background instrument, mandolin & singing of the prayerful song, “Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior”, written by William H. Doane, covered by myself.

Questions are surrounding the alleged disappearance of a service dog named Kai A service dog "stolen" from the yard of a San Diego Marine veteran was in her ex-husband's possession and was never missing, the man’s lawyer told NBC 7 Wednesday. In November 2014, Alexandra Melnick enlisted the help of local media to find her dog Kai, who she said was taken from her Vista backyard.

Nearly four years later, Tammie Ashley is fulfilling her son's last wish. Tammie Ashley still recalls the special request her son, U.S. Marine Sgt. Joshua Ashley, made to her during their last conversation. Talking to her via Skype, Joshua Ashley told his mother he planned on adopting his military dog Sirius, a 4-year-old male German shepherd. He asked her to keep the canine until he completed his deployment in Afghanistan.

Yard fun with family, pets and a animated colorful Colombian Parakeet, called (Perija), that is listed as critically endangered, threatened species, quoting biblical scriptures. Back ground instrumental song is, “Let Me Call You Sweetheart", written by Leo Friedman, and lyrics by Beth Slater Whitson. covered by myself, with the mandolin.

Although 9-year-old James Isaac from Wellington, New Zealand has trouble speaking and communicating with his family, he holds a strong bond with his buddy Mahe. Mahe, a service dog trained by The Assistance Dogs New Zealand Trust helps James, who is autistic, stay calm, in addition to providing protection for the boy. Recently, during a hospital visit, Mahe was spotted comforting James while preparing for an MRI scan.

Let's give the penguins a little credit. The news reported around the world was startling — that some 150,000 Adélie penguins have died in Antarctica because a colossal iceberg cut off their sea access. But there's no proof yet that the birds are dead. No one has actually found 150,000 frozen penguins. In fact, experts think there's a less horrific explanation for the missing birds: When the fishing gets tough, penguins simply pick up and move.

GLEN ROSE, TX (WCMH)- Last August, Snickers the dog saved her family by waking them up when the RV they were sleeping in caught fire. Now she needs someone to save her. According to CBS DFW, Snickers, a 1-year-old shar pei mix was credited with saving her family that night, but that same family recently moved and couldn’t take her with them. She was placed in the Glen Rose Animal Shelter in Texas.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (KMSP) - Meet Quasimodo, one of only 13 dogs in the world diagnosed with short spine syndrome. This 4-year-old German shepherd was found as a stray and brought to a shelter in Kentucky. But this week, "Quasi" made his way to Secondhand Hounds in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, where he will hopefully find his forever home. After years of neglect, Quasi had a collar embedded in his nearly non-existent neck. Volunteers named him after the hunchback Disney character just before he arrived in Minnesota Thursday night. He's been stealing hearts ever since.

MARIETTA, Ohio - Marietta K9 Officer Matt Hickey says he's spent every day for the past three years with his partner Ajax. "Ajax is a family member, one of my children," he said. But this bond could be broken forever. It all started when Hickey decided he wanted to retire. Hickey is 57 and Ajax is going on 6. Ajax has the potential to work six more years. "I was under the assumption I would end up with the dog [when I retired]," he said. Hickey says he offered to pay the city $3,500, which is what the city says...

Ignore the thread link. It only goes to the FR Index page. Got some bad news today. JRandomFreeper has passed away, and that coupled with a good friend and neighbor suddenly passing away last October, I am in need of some relief for the depression this news has brought about. So, in an effort to dispel the gloom and provide an atmosphere for others to take their minds off of the loss of a good FReeper, I present this Oldie-but-Moldy concept. Hope it brings a smile here and there despite the tears. So: === Cats are better than women because:...

[NOTE: HERE'S A LINK TO THE VIDEO. WARNING: animal cruelty and torture of dogs is seen and heard on this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Saat25_uQc0&feature=youtu.be] Islamic traditions from the Hadith prohibit Islamists from owning or engaging with dogs, with certain exceptions. Not only are dogs abhorred but they are brutally killed.It is important to understand that no PETA, Human Society, SPCA, animal rights or rescue groups exist in Islamic countries.No legal protections against animal cruelty exist in Islamic countries where the common practice is killing dogs and puppies with acid injections. Acid chemically burns and destroys internal organs and tissues while also causing...

The “zoo” is located near the town of Gyumri in Armenia “[The animals] display all the signs of creatures slowly being driven mad by their unnatural existence.”—Allan Hall “The World’s Saddest Zoo” Cruising the “Drudge Report” yesterday, I noticed the photo of a forlorn looking bear peering out from behind bars with the accompanying headline “The World’s Saddest Zoo,” which linked to an article by Allan Hall in the UK’s “Daily Mail.” News headlines often depict a crazy and cruel world, and perhaps I’ve become too jaded and cynical regarding the “slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” – but Hall’s...

This is an animation of dragonflies being eaten by bullfrogs and they get their revenge by a clever well planed attack. The dragonflies know they can't eat the bullfrog but they have knowledge of the Hawk (Red Tailed Chicken Hawk), eating frogs. They used what they had, there wings, to get revenge. Thanks for watching. :)

He was given little chance of survival. But, the little elephant has rallied thanks to round-the-clock care from staff at South Africa's Thula Thula Rhino Orphanage, and the friendship of a dog called Duma. Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2016/01/15/baby-elephant-rejected-by-herd-finds-new-family-and-a-dog-5625114/#ixzz3xNPnYrls

Jojo, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department's explosives-detecting K-9, died when he choked on an object lodged in his throat, his handler said Friday, Jan. 15. Jojo died Jan. 6 while searching a warehouse, Detective Brad Phillips wrote in a letter on the department's Facebook page. Phillips suffered the amputation of his right pinky finger in trying to dislodge the object. The cause of death and amputation had not previously been announced.

Talking Colombian Parakeets (Perija) that is listed as critically endangered and is a threatened species, quoting biblical scripture and things to think about.

A yearling mountain lion killed by a hunter in Southeast Idaho was a little toothier than usual. It had teeth as well as fur and whiskers growing out of the left side of its head. Fish and Game officials in Preston checked the male after it was killed in late December, and are hoping to be recontacted by the hunter to find out where the carcass is. Spokeswoman Jennifer Jackson says that biologists would like to check it out to see from a scientific standpoint just what was going on with the cougar. They're waiting on the hunter to return...