http://animal-lover.org Celebrating Pets, Critters, and Their People Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:23:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Although I love all animals, I do admit that one species is my favorite -- the guinea pig (also known as the cavy).   They give us so much, including their lives for research or for our dinners and ask us for so little in return.   They could teach us a lot ... http://animal-lover.org/2008/07/14/where-are-the-guinea-pig-documentaries/ Appropriately, during the July 4th weekend, the first Philadelphia-born bald eagle chick in 200 years flew away from his Philadelphia nest successfully.  And this wasn't at the Philadelphia Zoo.  This is a wild bald eagle.  The location of the nest has been kept top secret by bird watchers and Fish ... http://animal-lover.org/2008/07/10/first-philadelphia-bald-eagle-chick-in-200-years-fledges/ Leona Helmsley would have loved this.  It's called Molle Tache and it caters to ultra luxury doggy goods.  Just how luxurious?  How about $25,000 for a dog bed?  Of course, it's not just ANY dog bed.  It's a perfect replica of a stagecoach.  If I got one for my dog ... http://animal-lover.org/2008/07/08/stagecoah-dog-bed-circle-the-wagons/ New Jersey beaches are renowned for being tourist traps for people, but apparently they are for a pod of 15 bottlenose dolphins as well.  They even brought along the kids -- three calves have been spotted in the pod. They're becoming a tourist attraction, themselves.  They wandered into the river ... http://animal-lover.org/2008/07/06/dolphins-wont-leave-new-jersey-river/ The Amur Tiger (once called the Siberian Tiger) is rapidly becoming extinct, so each cub is precious.  When one male cub was born to a new mother Amur tigress in a little zoo in Omsk, Russia, keepers had to intervene to keep the mother from kiling the newborn.  The mother ... http://animal-lover.org/2008/07/04/russian-dog-adopts-rare-tiger-cub/ Biologist Adam Warwick walks his talk.  He not only has a job to help animals in Florida's Fish and Wildlife Department, but he recently put his life on the line to save a black bear's life.  The bear was found wandering in a residential area and needed to be moved unless ... http://animal-lover.org/2008/07/01/biologist-and-neighbor-rescue-375lb-bear-from-drowning/ I just finished a fascinating biography of Charles Darwin called The Origin by Irving Stone.  One of Charles Darwin's favorite animals were dogs.  When as a lad, his father would admonish him with, "You care for nothing other than hunting and dogs!"  Later on, Charles would get in a wee bit ... http://animal-lover.org/2008/06/30/were-more-like-dogs-than-we-think/ From what i read in this story, it seems that they are planning on doing a bit of population control in the sense of watching those who are illegally killing them as it is. the thought is that if the legalize it the fishery people can do as they do ... http://animal-lover.org/2008/06/27/legalize-whaling-a-little-some-conservationists-say/ Recently, South Philadelphia had the Sixth annual Fab Rat and Animal Friends Festival, celebrating the furred, the whiskered and yes, rats.  This has grown into a big get-together for area animal lovers, no matter if they have pets or not.  Animal rescue groups such as PAWS (Philadelphia Animal Welfare Socity) and Have ... http://animal-lover.org/2008/06/26/rats-they-dont-hold-a-grudge/ When you look on Animal Lover's banner (kindly made by the Webble You blog network folks) you see that there is a strange looking brown cow.  Perhaps you never saw a cow that looked like that before, espeically if you don't live in Europe.  This is a Highland of Scotland, ... http://animal-lover.org/2008/06/25/what-cow-is-that/