tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73229732012-01-31T20:08:18.843-05:00For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comBlogger681100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-61154025961243263462009-06-28T20:58:00.004-05:002009-06-28T21:06:44.463-05:00

Pets and Women’s Shelters (PAWS)™ Program Provides On-Site Housing for Pets, Giving Victims More Reason to Leave Abusive HomesVisit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the EconomyThe American Humane Association's new PAWS™ program links the dual problems of violence against women and children with animal abuse and violence. PAWS is the first national initiative to promote

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-59356926981389398012007-04-24T10:25:00.000-05:002008-12-12T01:28:42.811-05:00

Bottlenose dolphins off the southern coast of Spain will now benefit from shipping lane shift recommended by Earthwatch scientists Ana Canadas (Video) and Ricardo Sagarminaga van Buiten. When passing through the Alboran Sea, merchant ships and fisherman will now be required to travel 20 miles further south, reducing acoustic and water pollution.Scientists from Earthwatch, the global environmental

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-54132345603056496572007-04-05T12:51:00.000-05:002008-12-12T01:28:43.105-05:00

Hippity, hoppity…click! So went the latest appearance of one of the world’s rarest rabbits, captured on film by a camera trap in the rain forests of Indonesia, according to researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society.In fact, the Sumatran striped rabbit—a little over a foot in length with brown stripes—is so rare that recent photos taken in Bukit Barisan National Park are only the third

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1149278050375645062006-06-02T14:49:00.000-05:002006-06-02T15:09:22.926-05:00

When most people imagine their local animal shelter, they picture a tail-wagging terrier or a calico kitten. But the Hudson Valley is home to a different type of animal rescue altogether: Catskill Animal Sanctuary. CAS is a 105-acre haven for abused horses and farm animals. Though these animals were once intimately familiar with the worst humanity has to offer, their lives now resemble a

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1148907027863689622006-05-29T07:37:00.000-05:002006-05-29T17:15:34.840-05:00

We asked Nancy Swift of The Aberdare Institute, Kenya East Africa to host this week's carnival. The Institute is located in the Frank Buck Zoological Preserve and dedicated to the welfare of endangered species through its programs of research and education.Dr. Swift's adventures are a regular feature on The Animal Broadcast Network.Carnival of the Green, started by City Hippy and TriplePundit, is

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1148051400949829942006-05-20T10:08:00.000-05:002006-05-26T11:50:36.413-05:00

Spirit, The Seventh Fire, if you missed it during the first national tour was a rare chance to be reunited with a Native American culture. The multimedia show scored by Peter Buffett tells the story of a modern everyman suddenly confronted with his Native American heritage.The show began its tour to coincide with the opening of the Smithonian's new National Museum of the American Indian and was

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1147697548644437412006-05-15T07:52:00.000-05:002006-05-15T07:55:56.606-05:00

"Everybody in the vicinity of the koalas looked as if they had seen rare glimpses of eternity."With her very first words from Koalas: Moving Portraits of Serenity author/editor Joanne Ehrich sets the stage for this beautifully crafted collection of photographs by amateur photographers and professionals around the world who have been transfixed by the sight and serenity of tiny koala, the gentle "

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1140882233335078612006-02-25T10:34:00.000-05:002006-02-25T10:51:15.976-05:00

Designer jeans, designer shoes, designer furnishings and now…designer dogs? Yes, designer dogs. I’m not referring to the little “purse” dogs that the celebrities carry around with them when in front of the camera. That term is the new catch phrase for a mixed breed puppy. An alternative phrase is “authentic multi-generational”. Come on people, you’re buying a dog that has been purposely bred

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1138397392920564352006-01-27T16:28:00.000-05:002006-05-22T18:45:56.413-05:00

We came across a great site newly named Was Someone. They were in our mailbox this morning and after a stop by to see the who, what, where, when and why they were in our mailbox we came away determined that this is a web page everyone should consider adding to their favorites.Artists team Veronica Ibarra and Carlos Thomas have collaborated to produce a "vegan" site that is a distinct cut above

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1135886600049893062005-12-29T15:03:00.000-05:002005-12-29T17:31:23.086-05:00

"Sustainable" and "zoo" are not words we often use in the same sentence but this week's official reopening of the New Orleans Audubon Zoo after the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina makes the exception.In recent years, with other zoos abandoning their residents to the ravages of nature or war, it is notable that the care takers at Audubon New Orleans stayed with their charges making every

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1132975880066580472005-11-25T22:01:00.000-05:002005-11-26T07:51:10.360-05:00

The new Georgia Aquarium, touted as the world's largest opened this week, a gift from Home Depot's co-founder Bernie Marcus. The facility boasts 6 million gallon tank, housing over 100,000 live residents representing 500 species with research facilities, guided tours and underwater viewing corridors all created for the edification and appreciation of the citizens of Atlanta and their visitors.The

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1132066862785630412005-11-15T09:59:00.000-05:002005-12-05T14:05:55.710-05:00

The first annual 'Carnival of the Green' starts this fall. From green blog to green zine the Carnival will be hosted each week by a different site. Like any carnival, we'll pull into town each Monday with a new 'greener' hosting the Carnival.You will be amazed and astounded by all the wondrous 'green' portents, alchemy and patent medicine shows; more green, sustainable and earth friendly wonder

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1125257831197104342005-08-28T14:36:00.000-05:002005-09-22T08:16:42.403-05:00

If little else was learned by native species population experts it was that "you can't keep a good cat down" which is the lesson to developers, politicians and panther specialists this season as the Florida native panther is making a come back against all odds. In 1995 the embattled Florida panther, cousin to the western mountain lion or puma, was on hard times with just 30 adults remaining in

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1113965941278566312005-04-19T21:57:00.000-05:002005-10-03T14:15:29.446-05:00

It is amazing how quickly one can go from animal defender, welfare advocate, rescue worker and our "fury/feathered brother's keeper" to, I'm gonna kill that f-----g duck!As spring approaches so to visions of human aqua-romance appear on the horizon and our thoughts turn to slow, hot evenings spent submerged in watery bliss...then come the ducks.Now the truth is we like ducks. Ducks are cool,

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1113912893193281202005-04-19T07:11:00.000-05:002005-04-19T07:14:53.196-05:00

Southern Blogs Ring, the premier source on Southern culture, manner, missive and nostalgia will be holding a group blog to celebrate being alive, southern and free all at the same time. You’re are cordially invited Saturday April 30th to attend our first neighborhood cotillion and brunch. The menu will be a light repast of Southern classics and down home cooked tales served up with Southern style

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1113759305225435972005-04-17T12:25:00.000-05:002005-04-17T12:46:42.486-05:00

The country needs to get embittered about this. Most new cars today come with life-long organic coolants, ethylene-glycol based and very poisonous to small animals. What is worse, these coolants taste and smell sweet so when they leak unto the drive or roadway small animals will be attracted to it and lap up the spill. It takes as little as one teaspoon of ethylene-glycol coolant to cause kidney

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1111839831986382392005-03-26T07:23:00.000-05:002005-03-26T08:02:01.306-05:00

March 25, 2005 Clearwater, Florida - There were smiles all around when Marsha Posey came to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA) to meet her newly named otter, "Mosh." Marsha and her companion, Ed Droste, owner of the Hooters Restaurant chain, bid for and won the honor of naming the otter at CMA's recent fund raiser, Art for the Animals. Marsha selected the name Mosh because it was her nickname

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1111751598517611112005-03-25T06:53:00.000-05:002005-03-29T06:01:17.103-05:00

photo courtesy: Allen MathesonArticle: "Vultures hold a critical position in the food chain and are renowned for their ceaseless scavenging. But their once-abundant numbers have been in decline for more than a decade."Recent evidence links the use of the drug diclofenac to manage pain in agricultural livestock to the dramatic decline in the populations of 3 species of vultures in Asia. Diclofenic

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1111461260204106032005-03-21T22:14:00.000-05:002005-03-22T20:52:30.170-05:00

Raina Dodson-Eimer is an animal care activist who lives and works in the American Virgin Islands, she is a research specialist at the University of the Virgin Islands, St. Croix This is her story; the story of 'Silent Slew' and 'Xavier Alexander', two horses you would most certainly want to meet, if you've a mind for and a sense of horse flesh.

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1111459426327695962005-03-21T14:38:00.000-05:002005-03-21T21:52:02.140-05:00

Columbia is the first and last place the endangered yellow-eared parrot has ever existed, It's habitat restricted to the wax palm forests that carpet the misty flanks of the Andes mountains in Columbia, SA. The wax palm is itself endangered because it is venerated. For centuries the fronds of the wax palm have been used exclusively for Palm Sunday observance by the Roman Catholic Church. 300

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1111152125753308542005-03-18T08:22:00.000-05:002005-03-18T18:00:59.513-05:00

Following the defeat earlier this week of an attempt to block North Slope drilling in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge a reader writes us to say that it may not be entirely without a plus side, suggesting that because of the remote location "no one will see the damage done" by the drilling. "It will mean cheaper gas for us all...create new jobs" and so, we were prompted to do a little research. This is

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1110916274125645412005-03-15T14:51:00.000-05:002005-03-17T22:34:51.420-05:00

The future of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was put in jeopardy once again last week when Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, included a controversial provision to drill in the Refuge into the Senate version of the budget bill.Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA)in an attempt to block the proposal has now introduced an amendment to remove the Arctic drilling

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1110742680761730062005-03-13T14:38:00.000-05:002005-03-13T16:02:27.706-05:00

For the first time since the mid 90's South African nations are considering an elephant cull to relieve the stress of over populated elephant herds on indigenous wildlife and man in the largest preserve in Africa. Kruger National Park is the size of Israel and has experienced a steady rise in the numbers of elephants from a low of 7000 in 1994 to an estimated 12000 individuals today.Birth control

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1110160228648835052005-03-06T20:37:00.000-05:002005-03-06T21:59:02.390-05:00

The journey begins as Park Ranger Jan Freelander and her contingent of dedicated animal wardens accompanied by Nancy Swift's team of zoologists embark on a mission to protect the elephants during their dangerous return home to the plains of Aberdare. Read Dr. Nancy Swift's previous episodes:

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1109819194052486402005-03-02T22:06:00.000-05:002005-03-02T23:33:22.146-05:00

Although automaker General Motors is one of the world's few genuinely socially responsible coporations; they stand behind their commitment to an employee pension fund to the tune of a colossal $291 billion, in their zeal to market brand they occasionally step in it.This week, GM's latest blunder aired with the unfortunate image of a crated pig in the bed of a GM something-or-other followed by

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1109101591477630912005-02-24T14:45:00.000-05:002005-02-24T15:42:19.560-05:00

photo courtesy: Lara Bainbridge This story will seem at first glance out of place at ABN and so too, it would have slipped under our radar had it not been for a chance encounter with one local character, name unknown, who periodically wakes everyone in the neighborhood with his early morning crowing, which in turn led us to the Eastern Shore Sanctuary and Education Center.Chickens are not a

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1108691827769092062005-02-17T20:56:00.000-05:002005-02-17T21:58:32.826-05:00

All hands on deck. The National Audubon Society and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology are calling all birders across North America to break out their binoculars and field guides -- it's time for the 8th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), Feb. 18-21. This is the eighth year of the popular event, which helps scientists monitor winter bird populations across the nation. Last year roughly 100,000

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1106366085081551392005-01-21T22:54:00.000-05:002005-01-21T23:36:16.713-05:00

The success of recent American efforts at endangered species reintroduction has come back to bite us in the butt...so to speak. In Florida we have too many gators, in Montana too many wolves, too many wild horses out west and too many otters I'll bet and yes, it's said, too many bald eagles overhead; what is a nation to do - answer, bring on the hunters and earn some revenue. full story on ENN

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1106230037126863902005-01-20T09:07:00.000-05:002005-01-20T09:47:40.110-05:00

January 20, 2005 KINSHASA — Congo's police and fractious army have been accused of involvement in rampant elephant poaching that threatens to wipe them out from a world heritage site in the east of the former Zaire, a new study has warned. The investigation by the Congolese Institute for Conservation of Nature estimates 17 tonnes of elephant ivory was smuggled out of the Okapi Wildlife Reserve (

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1106166041466286992005-01-19T14:33:00.000-05:002005-01-19T15:36:19.586-05:00

Perhaps rather it should be called the pesco-vegetarian bird of prey or P. vegeraptor urbanisis but by whatever name you apply this magnificent hunter is a true vegetarian, an evolved specialist whose ability to exploit the fertile coast lands from Alaska to Key West is legendary. The Osprey, Pandion haliaetus or "Sea Eagle" nests, sometimes in large communities, near shore lines hunting

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1105555524366327102005-01-13T15:34:00.000-05:002005-01-13T17:09:39.843-05:00

(Clearwater, Florida, USA) January 13, 2005 . . . . .It’s a great start to the New Year for three rescued Loggerhead Sea Turtles. Mitch, Lori and Baker were returned to their home in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico today. At 9 AM they began to gather at Frenchy's Rockaway Grill on Clearwater Beach which played host to the event. Aquarium staffers and about 200 interested well wishers milled

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1104787094531362092005-01-03T15:46:00.000-05:002005-01-03T17:30:53.646-05:00

Since its' enactment in 1971 the Wild Horses and Burros Act has been charged with managing and maintaining the population of wild equines in the American west. The current administration recently broke with tradition and has provided additional funds to reduce the managed herds - the reason: to free up range land for increased cattle production. The week-end before Thanksgiving Congress passed

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1104724843845836492005-01-02T23:00:00.000-05:002005-01-02T23:28:56.466-05:00

...the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and the Fund for Animals (FFA) will merge at the beginning of the year. According to a recent report by Scripps Howard News Service, the merger will result in a megabucks organization that has more than $95 million to fight hunters — and eventually sport anglers.

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1104469529394133822004-12-30T23:57:00.000-05:002004-12-31T00:05:29.393-05:00

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1103720993556122562004-12-22T08:09:00.000-05:002004-12-23T23:23:50.823-05:00

A neighbor kayaking the inlet beside our offices at The Animal Broadcast Network stopped to chat the other day. He told me he'd seen a pair of coyotes near the embankment and watched them for several minutes as they made their way across several residential properties eventually disappearing into a nearby wooded area. There have been a number of these sightings here about over the past few

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1102957955100397492004-12-13T13:12:00.000-05:002004-12-13T14:51:54.043-05:00

photo courtesy: Brookfield Zoo "After Babs the gorilla died, keepers decided to allow surviving gorillas to mourn the death of the most influential female in their social family" Read the entire story Noting the passing of Babs earlier this month we began to wonder how many other species of animal form lasting bonds with one another and "mourn" the loss of a family member. We started a quick

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1102625050908734152004-12-09T15:43:00.000-05:002004-12-10T17:05:05.810-05:00

Growing up as a little girl in Johannesburg S. Africa, January Freelander spent many hours with her family camping and hiking through the back country. Her father was a game warden for the Provincial Government and her mother taught school so the family had many long summer vacations together exploring the wild and beautiful bush country of Africa. January, or Jan as she preferred to be called,

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1101302263269188202004-11-24T08:17:00.000-05:002004-12-02T23:50:58.583-05:00

During the Thanksgiving Holiday, Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA's) rescue team responded to two separate incidents involving highly endangered Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles. Glenn Harman, Director of Animal Programs for CMA, reported a rescue at Crystal River Power Plant where one of the turtles was seriously damaged in the intake flow and a second response to a dead turtle at Sunset Beach in

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1099706052216478352004-11-23T13:00:00.000-05:002004-11-23T12:49:29.930-05:00

Dr Nancy Swift and her team travel to Aberdare National Park in Kenya to assist the local anti-poaching rangers, led by Jan Freelander, as they fight to protect the Elephants of "Aberdare" If you would like to help Dr. Nancy and her team you can consult with the experts at The African Wildlife Foundation for a closer look of all the animals of Africa's wild preserves. Then choose your animal

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1100979255728451522004-11-20T13:57:00.000-05:002004-11-20T16:06:30.876-05:00

For just the third time in half a century the British Parliament has invoked the Parliament Act to force approval of a long and hard-fought measure banning fox hunting in England and Wales by the use of hounds. Fox hunting is a long standing tradition in England and has been, for the most part, the reserve of the landed gentry, wealthy titled land owners whose inherited estates often provide

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1099777351418045202004-11-06T16:42:00.000-05:002006-12-29T22:43:16.580-05:00

Trying to stay a little under the radar private hunting preserves have grown quickly and quietly over the last 4-5 years. After 911, as overseas travel began to entail a certain amount of risk, hunters in the United States became an attractive clientele base for land owners wishing to turn a quick profit under newly relaxed regulations governing the import and ownership of game animals both

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1099536717874140442004-11-03T21:49:00.000-05:002004-11-03T22:40:54.340-05:00

The Animal Broadcast Network today begins carrying the "Adventures of Dr. Nancy Swift" as a regular addition to our publication. Dr. Swift, a renowned scientist and photographer, will report to children as her team studies the myriad of amazing animal species across the globe. If you would like Dr. Nancy to answer your questions about a particular animal or if you want to contribute your own

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1099220636803774612004-10-31T06:03:00.000-05:002004-10-31T14:00:20.166-05:00

Should Florida vote against a the amendment to kill High Speed Rail? photo courtesy: Michael Leach Photography* This Halloween there is nothing more frightening than the prospect that after election day we may be looking at more road construction, increased traffic jams and even higher fuel costs. Special interests headed by the Road Builders Association and including among others: The

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1098456361480883992004-10-22T09:46:00.000-05:002004-10-22T15:54:51.180-05:00

For good or bad it is not often that politics and animal news share the same page but in Florida this fall we find ourselves in just such a situation. Just as with children, society barely accords animals legal status and virtually discounts their political existence unless, that is, the child or animal serves a purpose. Such political hay-making is on the ballot this season in Florida, and it

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1097610843132782762004-10-12T14:53:00.000-05:002004-10-12T22:16:18.886-05:00

A little company in Sausalito, CA called Genetic Savings and Clone and its CEO Lou Hawthorne have had a busy couple of weeks. Early this past June two kittens, Tabouli and Baba Ganoush, were born to separate mothers in what the company calls the first successful commercial clone experiment. There was an earlier clone named Calico born two years ago who remains in the study. This past week the

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1097063949529752212004-10-06T06:59:00.000-05:002004-10-06T21:30:25.176-05:00

BANGKOK, Thailand - A global ban on hunting rare black rhinos was partially lifted on Monday to the chagrin of some conservationists who say the lumbering titan is still in danger. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, CITES, adopted a Namibian proposal that will allow the southern African country an annual quota of five black rhinos for trophy hunters. A proposal by

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1096420548459656642004-09-28T20:13:00.000-05:002004-09-28T21:50:56.463-05:00

Florida rescue teams responded today to a dolphin found distressed near sandbars north of Anclote Island. The dolphin had been seen swimming circles in the water, obviously stressed. "He has no visible external wounds," said Dr. Janine Cianciolo, Clearwater Marine Aquarium staff veterinarian. "Until we are able to obtain test results, we will not know what we are dealing with." CMA will keep

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1096194624592602602004-09-26T05:24:00.000-05:002004-09-27T15:04:21.896-05:00

This is the second weekly installment of a three part series about finding a new dog/co-worker for our family at the Animal Broadcast Network. I'm writing this as Hurricane Jeanne thunders westward through Lake Wales just east of us about 50 miles. Wind and rain are already gusting 30 to 40 miles an hour and the TV weather guy tells us to expect power outages from a few hours to several days.

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1096035494602445962004-09-24T09:17:00.000-05:002004-09-24T11:06:42.320-05:00

Dogs May Sniff Out Bladder Cancer UK Sept. 23, 2004 Dogs Exceptional Sense of Smell May Allows Dogs to Detect Bladder Cancer Court Rules a Horse Is Not a Vehicle PITTSBURGH Sept. 23, 2004 The state Supreme Court ruled that Pennsylvania's drunken driving law can't be enforced against people on horseback, a decision that inspired the dissenting justice to wax poetic Cat Stevens Takes Legal

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1095885928182294412004-09-22T15:27:00.000-05:002004-09-22T21:40:43.476-05:00

With the hurricane season still at full throttle naturalist Glenn Baker reminds us that preparations to protect your aquarium during a storm may just include a trip to the local bait shop. One tip I learned this hurricane season which I want to pass along involves fish in aquariums; to keep them alive, have an emergency backup filtration plan to protect your aquarium during an extended power

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1095812871005568672004-09-21T19:09:00.000-05:002004-09-22T16:30:07.446-05:00

Twenty years ago residents of a small barrier island off the west coast of Florida named Sanibel chose to co-exist with one of nature's deadliest predators. Hanging in the balance, survival of the species and human territorial dominance. Sanibel Island on Florida's Sun Coast is a privileged community of affluent, mostly retired residents devoted to the good life and preservation of their

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1095537808352379732004-09-18T13:48:00.000-05:002004-09-19T14:05:46.863-05:00

First in a three part series journaling the Animal Broadcast Network's search for the best damn news hound in the country. Having three dog staffers and two cats in charge of the office makes for a busy day by any standard but when you have to get a newsZine out on schedule, maintain the Animal Broadcast Network updates, and deal with what we nervously refer to around here as the hurricane

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1095363069225479162004-09-16T14:31:00.000-05:002004-09-16T17:15:25.456-05:00

photo: Bruce Mitton, The Tucson Gardener From Maine to Florida and from California to the Atlantic seaboard Americans are increasingly coming face to face with one of nature's most determined and successful predators, the coyote. Once confined to the western territories by more powerful cousins like the grey and red wolf the coyote has spread its range to farm yards and suburban back yards

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1095271287885917152004-09-15T13:01:00.000-05:002004-09-15T15:17:32.846-05:00

Why is this fox jumping? ABN file photo The British Parliament today voted to ban the use of hunting dogs in the traditional Fox Hunt. Animal rights activists and the British public in large have long sought to banish the use of dogs for the hunt pointing to its inherent cruelty, saying the dogs were used to unfairly tire the agile fox allowing the hunters to more easily chase it to ground.

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1094908441695175222004-09-11T08:12:00.000-05:002004-09-11T16:25:24.473-05:00

ABN file photo As the third and perhaps most powerful of three hurricanes in less than one month sets its sights on Florida residents are making preparations for the storm. For many, coping with the approaching storm, means concern for their own safety as well as that of companion animals, livestock and animals in public trust such as those at aquariums, zoos and theme parks. Clearwater

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1094408744810418072004-09-05T13:24:00.000-05:002004-09-05T13:37:09.776-05:00

Frances is about 45 miles east of us moving NNW at 9 miles an hour with winds gusting between 50 and 60 miles per hour. Our office at the Animal Broadcast Network overlooks the Gulf of Mexico. We have everything snugged away and expect to ride out the storm in relative safety – and so, it would seem, do our neighbors the moorhens. A few moments ago while watching the first outer band storms

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1094154583888946452004-09-02T14:46:00.000-05:002004-09-04T09:10:52.806-05:00

NATIONAL ANIMAL RIGHTS EXPERT, CHRIS DEROSE WILL BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT PUPPY MILL AWARENESS DAY 2004 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17-18, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA Puppy Mill Awareness Day convenes the month in Harrisburg, PA. The event is planned to draw attention to the terrible methods and practices of companion animal breeding employed by some unscrupulous individuals. The sponsors are bringing

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1093464303827958032004-08-25T15:02:00.000-05:002004-08-25T16:24:55.013-05:00

Clearwater, Florida (August 25, 2004) . . . . Charlie, the North American River Otter, rescued by Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA) last March will have a new home next week. "Charlie is moving to Brookfield Zoo in the Chicago area," Glenn Harman, Director of Animal Programs, announced today. "Before he goes we want people to have a chance to bid him farewell." Charlie, who has not been on

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1093105835584181602004-08-21T11:28:00.000-05:002004-08-23T15:44:24.130-05:00

photo: Glenn BakerFrom the balcony of our office in Ozona we occasionally have the favor of a visit by a Snowy Egret, Egretta thula. A small, white heron, the Snowy Egret is the American counterpart to the very similar Old World Little Egret, which has established a foothold in the Bahamas. Adults have a slim black bill and long black legs with yellow feet. Their eyes also yellow turn ruby red

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1091655198967696642004-08-04T16:19:00.000-05:002004-08-04T21:30:23.986-05:00

Wallpapers designed with your world in mind, and theirs. Select an original ABN wallpaper and save it to your desktop. If you like our free graphics let us know and send a link to a friend. Better yet tell us your favorite 'Animal World' news and we'll publish* it here on the Animal Broadcast Network. Serengeti Predator Glacier Sahara *Be sure to include your name

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1091125113130984542004-07-29T13:10:00.000-05:002004-07-30T08:35:18.796-05:00

Nicholas, an infant bottlenose dolphin who along with his mother were found stranded in Tampa Bay just before Christmas 2002 has now recuperated sufficiently to join other dolphins as a permanent resident of Clearwater Marine Aquarium. PHOTO COURTESY OF CMA, 2004Suffering 3rd degree sunburn the pair was moved by rescuers to the Aquarium on Christmas Eve. The adult, Noelle, died of her injuries

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1089669768743915392004-07-12T17:00:00.000-05:002004-07-12T22:47:48.866-05:00

Swimming in the Gulf of Mexico off one of Florida's famous beaches is sport for some and for others relaxation but for a small yellow kitten, not necessarily planned, but then again not misfortune either. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CLEARWATER MARINE AQUARIUM During a recent outing an alert group of boaters on a scalloping trip 3 miles out of Homosassa Bay in the Gulf of Mexico spotted something.

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1089062346611098192004-07-05T15:38:00.000-05:002004-07-05T21:48:43.040-05:00

American Zoo and Aquarium Association members are at it again, now it is announced that the "Holy Grail" of their community is the capture, captivity and display of Carcharodon carcharias, the "Great White" shark. For several years Carcharodon has reigned supreme as the terrible man-eater portrayed by Peter Benchely's novel "Jaws" made into a 1975 movie by the same name. Since then zoologists

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1088975944688769732004-07-04T16:08:00.000-05:002004-07-04T20:27:40.816-05:00

Hurricane season arrived this week in the Atlantic and everyone living in the Caribbean Islands, Cuba, Florida, Central America and the gulf coasts of Mexico, Texas and Louisiana are once again peering nervously at weather predictions, calculating statistical charts and pondering the efficacy of existing evacuation plans.. Each year between July 1st and September 30th millions of people and

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1087936390829558692004-06-22T15:17:00.000-05:002004-06-22T22:28:36.400-05:00

Living, working on the Suncoast of Florida to us feels charmed. Connection with the animals here and our shared environment is easy, all we have to do is look out our office window over acres of mangrove and St. Joseph Sound to the sea. There are Tarpon and Mullet, crabs and ducks who contest with Mere Hens. Our house dogs charge Great Herons, Lesser and Blue each morning to no avail and at least

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1087681570327499392004-06-19T16:45:00.000-05:002004-06-20T01:05:31.240-05:00

The Estuarine Crocodile or "Saltwater Crocodile" is the world's largest living reptile typically growing up to 19 ½' in length and weighing as much as 2400 lbs, although larger sightings have been recorded. Despite their astonishing size the modern croc is small compared to its prehistoric ancestor Sarcosuchus imperatoro or "flesh crocodile emperor" which was a whopping 40' long and managed very

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1087585496816356952004-06-18T13:42:00.000-05:002004-06-18T16:54:08.403-05:00

The rap flap that erupted earlier this week between ex-partners in promo warfare, rapper DMX and "Dogwear's” Eric Arginsky is amusing enough, but it leads to another more intriguing idea that animal issues have finally taken center stage, even if it is street theater. Seems Arginsky's people didn't do their homework before they hired the muti-platinum shine of DMX to front their new line of "

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1087389826226518302004-06-16T07:43:00.000-05:002004-06-17T14:50:05.310-05:00

ABN...More than Talk Radio

For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com0