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....................................... ‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘ the ANIMAL KINGDOM ..................................... ‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’ "Ask the beasts, and they shall teach you. and the fowls of the air, and they shall teach you"... Job 12:7-8

AUSTRALIAN FIRE 2-11-09

This is a true image of Australian life.....this is life and survival today due to the fires that have ravished parts of Victoria, Australia.
 
"This is a photo taken from a news file shown on major networks tonight. This little koala was given the name "Sam" ..He was glad to be found. His paws were scorched but generally seemed to b alright aside from being thirsty. He was taken to an animal shelter to be cared for."

UPDATE:
Unfortunately, Sam had more internal injuries than was known and died months later. Many were saddened that Sam didn't recover. He was loved.

"Compassion is a powerful dynamic."

CINCINATTI FREEDOM

Cincinnati Enquirer: Fugitive Cow Passes Away By Barry M. Horstman bhorstman@enquirer.com January 10, 2009 Cincinnati Freedom, the fugitive cow that drew worldwide headlines when she escaped from a Camp Washington slaughterhouse in 2002 and eluded authorities for 11 days, has died at an animal sanctuary in New York. The 2,000-pound white Charolais, "adopted" by internationally renowned artist Peter Max after her stirring escape in Cincinnati, was put down Dec. 29 at the Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen shortly after being diagnosed with spinal cancer.... she was paralyzed and couldn't walk, said Susie Coston, the Farm Sanctuary's national shelter director. The evening before, when her immobility kept Cinci in the pasture, her cow buddies spent the night with her. "She had some very good friends who were very protective of her," Coston said. The next day, as Cinci was being "put down"., the herd surrounded Cinci, with one of the oldest steers, Kevin, licking her face, while Iris, an older female, licked her back to soothe her in her final minutes, said Natalie Bowman, the sanctuary's communications director. They remained with Cinci until she was buried, after initially chasing a worker who arrived to handle the sad task back to his tractor. "It was very moving," Coston said. "I've never seen anything like it. You really saw all those basic emotions at work." "She symbolized the will to live, to enjoy life and not be messed with," Coston said. "We can relate to that." END OF CINCINNATI ENQUIRER STORY ************************** The tenderness expressed by Cinci's bovine friends is heart touching. These animals do have feelings and emotions. They are sentient beings. That fact alone makes the knowledge of the daily suffering of each one of the 9.2 million cows on America's dairy farms and the millions in feedlots at slaughter houses, devoid of compassion and understanding from human handlers, is difficult to comprehend. Animals in this circumstance are considered as just "commodities"... ------------------------- Robert Cohen: "Consider: Every California "Happy Cow" has a similar level of feelings, awareness, and emotions. Consider: Every mis-named California "Happy Cow" will experience the painful loss of a child immediately after birth. (the male calves are used for Veal) Each mis-named California "Happy Cow" will end her life with a stun gun bolt to the head.... Consider the arrogance of the human who eats her flesh and dares not come to terms with the origin of each bite." http://www.notmilk.com ______________________ ç©ç|/ƒç©ç|/ƒç©ç|/ƒç©çƒ November 2009 ~Once Again~ Sandi, Steve, Doug and I are reading the same books and watching the movie presented below. Friend Rebecca brought the book to Sandi and started the chain event. We are sharing the information with our friends. We are thinking it's time to start growing our own food in our back yards. "Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan. Michael investigates the processing of industrial food and "growing" the animals we consume. It starts with the basic food chain of GMO corn and how petroleum has become part of our food chain instead of natural fertilizer. Petroleum left over from WWII began being used for nitrogen in the soil.. In feed lots , cattle are forced to eat GMO corn, rendered cattle fat and blood, chicken feathers, fesces and their cage bedding, pig parts, all of which are alien to them..These practices have been linked to Mad Cow. Feedlot cattle stand knee deep and lay daily in their waste, which necessitates large feedings of anitbiotics which have, in turn, produced deadly ecoli strains now resistant to any and all antibiotics. The health impact on the animals and the people eating them is becoming clear. It's estimated that each cow in it's short lifetime, in one way or another, consumes 35 gallons of petroleum in its production. You are what you eat. To help others learn how to protect themselves: Ask your library to have the books..."Omnivores Dilemma" and "In Defense Of Food" by Michael Pollen and the movie "Food Inc." which features the above author and the people in his book. Netflix may have it..Ask your local video rental store to carry it. You can learn more by going to the website: www.takepart.com/foodinc Wal-mart and other grocery chains began carrying organic foods due to public demand. Each item of organic food saves tons of toxic chemicals from being used. Each person who educates one other person becomes a link in a chain reaction creating a huge impact of change for the better. Better human health. Better enviornments. Better animal health. Better air and water quality. _________________________________ ~My Personal Experience~ As bizaar as this may sound, I had an experience while preparing a roast for dinner to go into our crock pot..the meat was not organically treated. I was shocked when I "saw in my mind's eye" a wild eyed cow over my right shoulder. It was terrified. I stopped what I was doing, said some healing prayers for it and gave it heart felt love and gratitude for it's sacrifice and compassion for the treatment it experienced. The cow "felt" calm and disappeared. Doug said it was the most delicious roast he'd ever tasted...I told him what happened and he was in awe.. And I still struggle with eating meat. Now, I eat maybe two ounces of any kind of meat for any meal, feeling that at least I can cut down the consumption of it.. Being an O type, (Hunter/Gatherer) meat is in my genetic profile..and I do experience a "need" for it....occasionally. Having been an "all American hamburger and french fry patron" for many years, it has been a real test of will to break the (fat/carb/sugar) habit. I do prefer to "Gather"...So I make an effort to control it. __________________ ))()()()()()()()())()()())(

POGO The Katrina Survivor Dog

POGO - A KATRINA SURVIVOR Melody has had a lifetime dream to establish a sanctuary for unwanted, aged, abused, abandoned dogs. Learning about the stranded animals in the Katrina aftermath, she applied to the animal relief organization based in New Jersey, which was promoting the opportunity for people to sponsor/adopt these animals. An applicant has to be interviewed and the proposed living conditions inspected to make certain the animal will be safe and in good care. The inspection team came to her home finding her accomodations very acceptable. She was still living in the city at the time and hadn't yet established her sanctuary. Soon after, she flew to New Jersey to select a dog. The purpose was for her to re-socialize the dog and get it ready to be adopted. She chose Pogo, a most difficult aggressive dog! His name came from his actions of jumping straight up and down agressively while growling, barking, and gnashing his teeth to frighten people and preditors away. With her patience and loving care, Pogo made great progress overcoming much of the fear and trauma he had experienced before his rescue. His attachment to her and residual mistrust of other humans was not to be overlooked, however, So she has kept him. Today, she has established the DogStar Sanctuary which is an acreage in the lush countryside of Iowa. She lives and works on the premisees managing the business requirements and the daily care of the 15 dogs she has rescued. Melody also trains dogs with the "clicker" technique and teaches pet owners how to use this system. Art is also one of her gifts. You can see her work link on the Mystique Art Gallery page. Some of her work you can also be seen on her DogStar site. Thanks Melody!!

................................. ‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘ MOKO SAVES WHALES ............................. ‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘. Most days, Moko the bottlenosed dolphin swims playfully with humans at a New Zealand beach. But last week, it seems, Moko found his mojo. Witnesses described how they saw the dolphin swim up to two stranded whales and guide them to out to sea to safety. Before Moko arrived, rescue workers had been working for more than an hour to get two pygmy sperm whales, a mother and her calf, back out to the ocean after they were stranded Monday on the beach. Conservation Department worker Malcolm Smith said the whales re-stranded themselves four times on a sandbar slightly out to sea from the beach, about 300 miles northeast of the capital, Wellington. It looked likely the whales would have to be euthanized to prevent a prolonged death, he said. ''They kept getting disorientated and stranding again,'' said Smith, who was among the rescuers. ''They obviously couldn't find their way back past the sandbar to the sea.'' Then along came Moko, who approached the whales and appeared to lead them as they swam 200 yards along the beach and through a channel out to the open ocean. ''Moko just came flying through the water and pushed in between us and the whales,'' Juanita Symes, another rescuer reported. ''She got them to head toward the hill, where the channel is. It was an amazing experience.'' Anton van Helden, a marine mammals expert at New Zealand's national museum, Te Papa Tongarewa, said the reports of Moko's rescue were ''fantastic'' but believable because the dolphins have ''a great capacity for altruistic activities.'' These activities include evidence of dolphins protecting people lost at sea, and their playfulness with other animals. ''But it's the first time I've heard of an inter-species re-floating technique. I think that's wonderful,'' said van Helden. - The Associated Press. 2008

-~-~°)ç¥ç-(¥)-ç¥ç(°~-~- July 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060630/od_afp/croatiaanimaloffbeat ZAGREB - Suma, a 45-year-old elephant and long-time resident of the Zagreb Zoo, was bereaved and inconsolable after her pachyderm partner of tens years died of cancer. Until she heard Mozart. "Suma became very depressed after her roomie Patna died in early May," head of Zagreb Zoo Mladen Anic told AFP on Thursday. "She was refusing to eat, became uncommunicative, showed all the signs of a serious depression." Then, by sheer accident, Suma's keepers discovered that the healing power of Mozart extends to the animal kingdom too. Earlier this month, the zoo organized a concert of classical music just opposite Suma's dwelling, Anic explained. At the sight of five musicians preparing themselves to start a concert, Suma became very nervous and aggressive, peppering the intruders with little stones that she blew out of her trunk. "But as soon as the concert started what we saw was really fascinating. Suma leaned against the fence, closed her eyes and listened without moving the entire concert," he said. Besides Mozart, she took in pieces by Vivaldi and Schubert too. When zoo authorities realized that classical music seemed to help Suma cope with her grief, they bought a stereo and installed it so she could get a daily dose of music therapy. The elephant especially adores Mozart, Anic said, but is also partial to the strains of Vivaldi and Bach. "We are so glad that we can provide -- at what is a rather advanced age for elephants -- things that Suma really enjoys," Anic said. ............. NHNE Articles On Animal Research & Intelligence: http://tinyurl.com/qwetk ===========================-== DELINQUENT TEEN ELEPHANTS ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Many years ago, the slaughter of elephants on the open plains of Africa began thinnning the herds to near extinction...just for the sake of Ivory. Out of that crisis developed a situation that became an evident story for our own children and their future. When so many mature elephants were slain, it left many young males abandoned to fend for themselves..A pack of young male (teenage) elephants began storming the plains...killing everything in sight....rhinos, hippos, and other hapless animals the elephants normally did not attack... Animal Behaviorists were brought in to study the situation because now, not only were the female elephants in danger, even villages were being threatened by these young rouge bulls. The findings were stark and simple. The young males had no roll models which led to the abusive, errant behavior. So, the young ones were loaded up and transported to a closed preserve with dominant males....within weeks the youngs bulls learned many things.!! They calmed down and the agressive behavior ended. =============================== ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

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Goose Befriends Elderly Man With Cancer

Thurday Apr 27, 10:07 PM ET

FERNAN LAKE, Idaho - A northern Idaho man diagnosed with terminal cancer says a usually cantankerous goose that befriended him on his walks has helped him live past doctors' predictions.

"I'm 73," Bill Lytle, a two-time state legislator, told the Coeur d'Alene Press. "And I'm not ready to die."

After retiring as project manager for the Bunker Hill Mining company, Lytle and his wife of 52 years, Myrna, moved to Coeur d'Alene, where Bill became one of the founding members of a walking club called the Lake City Striders.

Then last fall his skin turned yellow overnight, and doctors diagnosed pancreatic cancer, giving Lytle only months to live. But Lytle continued his walks, having to cut them down to two miles at a nearby lake, where he met the goose who has inspired him to keep going even when he wasn't feeling well.

"I have to keep walking or I won't make my next December," Lytle said.

The goose, called Mr. Waddles, is a feral domestic goose, a biologist with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game said, offering no explanation for the relationship that has developed between the goose and Lytle. Myrna has thought about that as well.

"I wonder, why would that one goose attach himself to Bill?" she said. "I think he knows he's sick. I think animals can sense that."

The goose, about 30 pounds with a red beak and red feet, approaches Lytle when he calls and rubs its head against his arms. But it snaps at anyone else who gets too close, including Myrna, their daughter, and Bill's hospice aide.

"Sometimes he walks around me, sometimes he walks beside me," Lytle said of the near-daily meetings the two have. "I rub his neck, and the top of his head and down to his back. Every time I came down, he just kept coming out. I think it's pretty nice, that he'd always come to me."
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HIS EYE ON THE SPARROW ~Another Personal Experience~ THE SPARROW It was a beastly hot scorching summer. I worked down town at the Art Gallery and had to walk a few blocks to the parking lot. I stopped at the curb to wait for traffic to pass before crossing...I looked down and there just inches from my feet was a sparrow, It was so exhausted from the heat that it's little tongue was stuck to it's lower part of its beak and it was panting heavily. It just looked up at me and stared, dazed. I bent down and picked it up in my hand. It didn't have much strenght to struggle but chirped a bit in fright..I held it gently but firmly in my hand and got to my car. I had the air conditioner on and held the little one in my left hand near the vent as I drove home.. People passing me saw the bird in my hand and smiled or waved! I smiled back. In a few minutes we were home. My back yard is a shady haven with a bird bath and lots of trees.. I took the bird to the water bowl..and released it.. The sparrow had revived and flew up to the eve of the garage and chirped loudly for minutes on end.... I hoped it was happy!! ~ Yet another personal experience~ THE SPRING ORPHAN Many years ago, Doug and I walked to a store after an April storm...the weather was warmer and we wanted to enjoy the outdoors after a long winter. On the way, we saw many tree limbs down everywhere. and came across a baby bird still alive on the ground and wet. it's sibling had died next to it in the storm. I picked up the baby bird and put it in my sweater pocket. We went to the store and got what we needed. I checked my pocket frequently to see how it was doing. Fine. On the way home we stopped at a Veterinarian's and asked the vet what could I feed such a baby bird just days old. He wished me luck because most birds that young in captivity don't make it. But he advised wheat germ and cooked egg yokes. Once home, I got the ingredients ready, mixed with a little water, and an eye dropper... The baby sparrow was hungry. He ate and was content to be put in the plastic pint container with tissues to snuggle in. His eyes weren't open yet. During the first week, I always talked to it while feeding him so he'd know my voice. One morning his eyes were open and he was frightened and chirped out an alarm,to see such a huge creature approaching him. As soon as I spoke, he settled down and had his breakfast..For about six weeks I fed this baby every few hours and in the wee hours if I heard him.. I learned a lot about how baby birds develop their wings and how they respond to things. Many of our friends would come in to see Jr., (the name I gave him.) Weeks passed and he learnded to fly on his own, prompted by the song of birds outside. He'd fly to the window sill and chirp loudly as if answering or calling. Finally, I knew it was time to let him go, so on a beautiful Sunday afternoon we took him outside...He was very excited about that and swiftly flew away to the trees and other the birds. It was sad to have to let him go but it was also a very successful day. I've never forgotten Jr. ................................................................. ~~>>>ALL THINGS FEEL<<<~~ ................................................................ Native American Wisdom says we are all related...and we have helpers in the animal kingdom. They are called totem, or protector guides. A POINT IN SUFFERING: Laboratory studies have found that puppies wither and die from neglect, the absence of their mother's caresses and cuddling as do baby monkeys. In fact, these baby animals begin to behave strangely due to neglect. All creatures thrive on gentleness and caresses....the act of bonding. Elephants and camels cry and grieve. Horses and dogs have been known to grieve themslves to death when they lose their owners or partners. My horse, Freckles, grieved to death when my parents sold him. Tragic. It was years later that I found out and it was hard to live with that knowledge. Geese, Robins, other birds and animals mate for life. When a mate is lost so is the partner.

.......................................................... LOVE IN ACTION .......................................................... 9/16/03 KTVO News A few weeks ago a very frightened dog was rescued by the Heartland Humane Society in Ottumwa. Chelsy was terrifed of humans, cowering in their presense until she met Annette. When the two met a few weeks ago, Chelsy instantly conncected with Annette. Then when they went for a walk together an amazing thing happened, Chelsy gave Annette a break from rolling her wheelchair, by propping her paws up and took over for her. It was a sight that touched her co-woker, Darla. "It's amazing that Chelsy is doing what she is doing as a performance, that's the amazing part. It's not amazing that she has taken to Annette as a friend...But this fact that she gets behind this wheel chair and puts those feet up there and does this pushing thing. It's goose bumping," said Darla. UPDATE: Chelsy and Annette were in our OctoberFest parade and were a hit....Oct.4th. they were part of the Humane Society entry.

CHELSY PUSHES ANNETTE:This photo was recorded from the evening news telecast. what a wonderful dog!!

ANTS „ „ „ „ „ „ „ Ants do great works! They aerate the soil allowing water to be absorbed into the earth.They carry great amounts of debris for food stocks to their nests. And when they get in your house they are a test of wills to get ride of them. Some tips: Ants follow scent trails and that's why they travel single file along the trails. So scrub the pathway with something that will remove the scent. " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " MELODY'S ANT STORY " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " I'm amazed by ants. When I lived in Phoenix I had a garden and as you know there you have to irrigate. One day I noticed at the end of a row was a pile of dead ants and there were 2 or 3 live ants there that were crawling over them and occasionally picking up a dead ant and holding them to their chest for a moment and then carefully laying them back down. The water was on and slowly rising the caretaker ants became very agitated and upset. That upset me and I ran and shut the water off. Later that day or the next day when I went out to the garden all the ants were gone. They must have decided that wasn't a safe place and moved them all and it was a large number of ants. Isn't that amazing? Incredible place we live in. ~~|/~~~|/~~~|/~~ Other Tips: Ants don't like mint, so I'm told..so plant or pot some mint by your pathways or doorways where they may be a problem. Better yet, scrube the threshold with the mint to get the odor to stick. SAFE NATURE SPACES Every yard benefits from having at least one little place where nature can do what it wills, where the birds, bugs, bees can live in this wild spot. Some would call this a Faerie place. ................................. ‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’ KOKO ............................ ‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’ UPDATE: (April 2003) KoKo watched Mr. Rogers on the public tv every day. She loved him. When Mr. Rogers learned about this, he went to see KoKo and it was quite the occasion... They talked to each other...and she liked to take his shoes off and put them back on. When Mr. Rogers passed away recently, her trainer, Penny felt she had to tell KoKo about it. KoKo mourned and expressed great sadness. You can see photos and more of the story on the Guerrilla Foundation page. ................................................................ KoKo is a gorilla who learned to sign over 1000 words...through out her life she has demonstrated just how much understanding and compassion she is capable of. One of the first stories about her concerned the death of her pet kitten named All Ball and how she mourned it...and communicated to her trainer that she wanted another kitten....To her joy, she was alowed to pick out another kitten which she named "Lipstick." She had a companion named Michael who grew up with her and learned about 500 words...many more guirillas are being trained by KoKo's example as well as trainer direction.

Photo: Vicky

SYNCHRONICITY

.............................................. :-) UNIVERSAL HUMOR (-: ............................................. One mid-summer morning I was walking along the trail that winds along the edge of the lagoon in our central park. I was feeling quite well and enjoying the beauty of light and shadow in this lovely small forrest of trees. Occasionally a fish would skip up out of the water and make a splash. The sound of lively ducks and crows sporatically interupted the silence. A fish came up to the surface and stayed with its head out of the water. As I walked toward it on the path, I noticed that it rhythmically opened and closed its mouth. It was then that a honking horn stuck on a vehicle across the lagoon at a car dealership. I stopped in amazement because, the horn was in synchronistic time with the fish opening its mouth!!! What was astounding was that it went on for a considerable length of time!! Minutes!! The horn stopped and the fish slipped back into the water! I stood there, however, in awe!! What a treat! ...................................... ‘’’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’’‘’‘’ !!THE UNIVERSE HAS A SENCE OF HUMOR!! ............................... ‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘’‘

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