Blessing the Pets: Feast of San Anton

I previously came across Tibetan priests (Rinpoches) blessing animals. Animals are live beings and they too have many hurdles to overcome, just like humans. Therefore, they also require spiritual guidance and protection just like us.

Today, I am presently surprised that Catholic priests think alike too. As reported on Yahoo.com today, at the Feast of St. Anton, Catholic priests bless animals of all shapes and sizes.

Take a look at the pictures. Click on them to enlarge.

Source: Yahoo.com

Dog Buried Alive Recovering

This is the worse case of animal cruelty. Beating and scalding, chaining and whacking, are nothing compared to being buried alive. If you can't do this to humans, don't do this to animals!

I'm very pissed that there are such people walking among us! I hope that he/she is found as soon as possible and charged in court, although that is still nothing compared to being buried alive.

Shall we demand an eye for an eye?

The cries for help went unanswered for who knows how long.

It was about 10:45 p.m. Saturday when Melissa Vanderpool and Robbie Wilson first heard the whimpers. They thought it was just a neighbor's whiny puppy, yearning for attention.

But Sunday, while working in his backyard, Wilson decided to investigate. He looked over his privacy fence and saw a dog's nose poking out of the ground.

Wilson called Vanderpool, his fiancee, who called for help. An Animal Control officer responded.

Wilson, a friend of his and the Animal Control officer unearthed the bull-mastiff mix that was buried in the backyard of a home in the 7700 block of West Jackson Street.

To read Lazarus' amazing adventure, click HERE!

Arnold Ziffel the PiG

This is the second time I'm featuring a pig in my blog. A pig is an amazing animal. It is smarter than we give it credit for. Maybe it's because of its looks!

Arnold Ziffel is not an ordinary pig, because he is a celebrity pig! Yes, he was THAT pig in "Green Acres", a sitcom which ran on CBS from 1965 to 1971.

To read more of Arnold Ziffel's amazing adventure, click HERE.

For Better Or Worse, Till Death Do We Part

When a person decides to keep a pet, I think it should be for better or worse, till death do we part. This is one such case.

Jessy, adopted from the SPCA, suffered from various health problems, but her owners stuck by her. This cannot be said for many other owners who take the easy way out by disowning old and sickly dogs.

To read Jessy's amazing adventure, click HERE.

The Story About Webster

This is Webster, a very cute puppy but led a short and tragic life. One wonders how can an innocent puppy be made to suffer? Ultimately, man can plan and God decides. Maybe things happen for a reason. This may seem senseless now but this is life.

To read Webster's amazing adventure, click HERE!

Mike the Headless Chicken

Recently, I was running around like a headless chicken what with the new year and all. And just for fun, I Googled "headless chicken" and that's how I came across this supposedly true story of Mike the Headless Chicken.

Well, it is mighty hard to believe but there is even a holiday declared to honour this chicken in his hometown, Fruita, Colorado. So it must be true....

Take a look at this picture. Amazing??

Mike's adventure started on September 10th, 1945, when he was only five and a half months old. He lived in that headless condition for eighteen months.

It is very amazing. I wonder HOW can a chicken with no head live for that long???

The sight of him must be scarier than sightings of headless spirits eeeeeeeeeeee

To read Mike's amazing adventure, click HERE!

Braaaaap! I love You!

Talking parrots can be fun to have around but it can be annoying and exasperating at the same time too! I have friends who keep parrots and they speak the most embarrassing words especially when there are guests around! Hahaha

There’s really no way to write this story without doing so from a personal point of view. So here goes.

Feathered Friends, the bird area at Best Friends, was running a bit low on room and they asked if anybody would be interested in fostering some of the birds. My family and I decided that we’d love to. As an aside, we already have a cute little leprechaun of a bird named Tiki. She’s a green Quaker parrot and quite a riot. We figured one bird was great. Why not two?

Anyway, Jasper, a six-year-old African gray, came to the sanctuary right around the time the bird area needed some foster homes. Grays have always intrigued me, so my family opted to foster Jasper. She came to our home and right away started making funny whistles and dangling upside down. In no time, we heard her say “Jasper” and “I love you,” among other things.

A talented lass is she, not that anybody should look to adopt a parrot solely for their ability to vocalize. Still, it was fun to hear what she could do. The ultimate sign that we had a true gem in Jasper came one night early on when I strolled through the door carrying a soda. Jasper took one look at me with my carbonated beverage and let out the most horrific, make-your-mom-scowl belch I’d ever heard!

You see, inside many grown men, myself included, resides a portion of the brain permanently allocated to that 12-year-old adolescent time when belching around the campfire with other guys was the best way to spend an evening.

When Jasper threw out that highly polished mimic, a fully accurate root-beer belch, I felt deep down that it could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. And guess what? It was.

Written by David Dickson. Photos by Molly Wald.

Source: HERE