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Aww! Meet Two Baby Bald Eagles Just Named Freedom & Liberty!
by Tammy on April 26, 2016A beautiful family at the National Arboretum 🙂 Via Washington Post. Meet Freedom and Liberty, the two baby bald eagles who were born this spring at the National Arboretum, and just got new names. After a nearly week-long contest that was open to the public, eagle experts with several private groups and government agencies picked the names and made the announcement Tuesday. The eaglets had been referred to as DC2 and DC3 after they were born in March to Mr. President and The First Lady. The names were selected from the top five pairs of names that officials had picked after getting more than 3,600 pairs of suggestions for the two birds. The top five name suggestions that people voted...
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“The Beaver Was, In Effect, Holding Sergei Hostage”
by Tammy on April 23, 2016“Irate” seems to appropriately describe the beaver’s mood. If he was a voter I’d say… TrumpTrain for sure. Just saying. USA Today: Beaver attacks Latvian man, who couldn’t be helped because police thought his report was a prank call Inna Plavoka, editor at the local Seychas daily newspaper, told Latvian Radio 4 that the man, who was referred to only as Sergei, was walking outside late at night when a beaver ran up out of the bushes and bit him in the leg. Knocked to the ground, he tried to get up and run away, only to be bitten again. The beaver then stood guard, refusing to let him get up. In the words of the Latvian Public Broadcasting report:...
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Dog Lost In Florida Reunited With Owner Two Years Later… In Michigan
by Shifra on April 14, 2016Happy Thursday!
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For the First Time In A Century, Wild Tiger Populations Are Beginning to Rebound
by Tammy on April 10, 2016Great news! This is an example where conservation efforts are not a scam and can be successful. Via Gizmodo. Here’s some excellent news from conservationists: after decades of decline, wild tiger populations are beginning to rebound. That’s the consensus that will be unveiled this week at the Third Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation, held in New Dehli. Among the findings that have been released is the total population for wild tigers has risen from 3,200 in 2012 to an estimated 3,890 now. The increase is attributed to recent conservation efforts, particularly in Russia and India, which have seen greater population growth in recent years. According to Scientific American, this is the first increase in population in a century. [Ginette...
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U.S. Marine Corps Dog Awarded Top Military Medal in U.K.
by Shifra on April 5, 2016Sweet! Via NBC News: Meet Lucca, a retired U.S. Marine Corps dog who lost one of her legs while hunting for homemade bombs in Afghanistan. More than four years after she was reduced to three paws, Lucca was awarded a top military medal for the 400 missions she completed during her service. The People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals — a British charity known as the PDSA — honored Lucca with its Dickin Medal during a ceremony at London’s Wellington Barracks on Tuesday. The PDSA says the award is “the highest award any animal in the world can achieve while serving in military conflict” and has given it out just 66 times since 1943…. Tuesday’s ceremony was also attended by the...
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National Puppy Day Dogapalooza!
by Tammy on March 23, 2016Happy National Puppy Day everyone! In celebration please post a link to a pic of your furkid, at any age, in comments. We’re checking to see if you can post a pic directly into Comments, but a link right now is the option, like from Instagram or another photo sharing site. Dogs are all puppies at any age 🙂 Also feel free to share news and stories that highlight how great puppies and dogs are. I’ll start with You Know Who, the TAMily Mascot! 😉 Here is Sydney as a puppy! This is the pic I saw on the internet rescue site. She was listed as “cocker spaniel.” Could be! But wasn’t 😉 Syd from about 5 years ago, guarding:...
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Anti-Trump Protester Arrested For Allegedly Slapping Horse During Rally
by Shifra on March 21, 2016The Leftist fascists are really going wild. And I don’t think this woman “allegedly” slapped the horse in an out-of-control rage. I think she was hoping the horse would bolt and stampede the crowd, for maximum damage. She should get the maximum punishment for this disgusting offense. Via Kansas City Star: Kansas City police arrested a woman accused of slapping a police horse outside a Donald Trump rally last weekend shortly before officers released pepper spray on a crowd of protesters…. According to a police report, the woman had first screamed in the horse’s face to scare him. When that did not work, the report said, the woman hit the horse with her open hand. After slapping the officer’s horse,...
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5 Pets Who Helped Solve Their Owners’ Murders
by Tammy on March 20, 2016Furkids: Angels wrapped in animal suits. Some of our heroes didn’t make it, but a good read about how animals have helped solve the crimes. Via Mental Floss. While it’s widely acknowledged pets can offer comfort, companionship, and fuzzy tummies, it can also be reassuring to know your furry pals may one day provide the necessary information to find your killer. Here are five animals that made sure justice was served. HIRA THE PARROT Hira was the only witness to Neelam Sharma’s murder in February 2014; the attacker had also dispatched of the family dog, who had been barking during the struggle. Widower Vijay Sharma, editor of a Hindi daily newspaper, was unable to think of any solid leads to...
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Mummified Prehistoric Puppy Found, Scientist Wants to Clone
by Tammy on March 20, 201612,400 years old. They’ve determined this pre-historic Sydney is in fact a dog, not a wolf. But it does worry me about the their desire to clone. There’s a reason why certain creatures aren’t here anymore, and we should keep it that way. What do you think? Via the Telegraph. The remains of a 12,400 year old puppy have been found in permafrost in Siberia. This has given scientists and important and fascinating opportunity to examine a well-preserved Pleistocene canid for the first time. The puppy is thought to be the sibling of another whose remains were found in 2011. It is believed the creature was killed in a landslide, and then became mummified. The previous kind was in a...
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Bald Eagle Nest Cam Captures DC Live Hatching
by Shifra on March 18, 2016Beautiful birds. But who’s the “genius” who dubbed the eagle parents “Mr. President” and “The First Lady” ? Via Fox News: A tiny bald eaglet fully emerged from its egg in a nest at the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington Friday morning, much to the delight of the Internet. The eaglet’s hatching was captured on a live Bald Eagle Nest Cam, generating plenty of buzz on social media. The District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment announced in a statement Friday that the eaglet had fully emerged…. ****************************************************
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Good News: Dog Missing In Pacific Ocean For Five Weeks… Found By U.S. Navy!
by Shifra on March 17, 2016Your feel-good news of the day. And kudos to the U.S. Navy! Via Fox News Insider: A dog who fell off a fishing boat in the Pacific Ocean more than a month ago was found alive by Navy officials on an island off the coast of San Diego. Luna, a 1-and-a-half-year-old German shepherd/husky mix, was presumed to have died after falling overboard from a commercial fishing boat about two miles off of San Clemente Island on Feb. 10. Owner Nick Haworth and search teams combed the area for days after Luna’s disappearance, but had no luck. On Feb. 20, Haworth paid tribute to Luna with a mournful Facebook post. But miraculously, Luna appears to have swum ashore on San...
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California Whale-Watchers Surprised By ‘Stampede’ Of Dolphins
by Shifra on March 13, 2016Beautiful! Via UPI: Whale watchers got a rare look at hundreds of dolphins during a dolphin “stampede” off the coast of Southern California. Whale watchers looking to catch a few glimpses of the animals were in for a surprise when the dolphins began racing and jumping through the water — an act called porpoising — without known reason. A video recorded by Captain Dave’s Dolphin and Whale Safari shows the pod of marine mammals speeding just off the edge of the tourism company’s vessel….
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Black Lab ‘Diabetic Alert Dog’ Saves Life Of Diabetic Boy
by Shifra on March 9, 2016Kudos to Jedi, a true hero! Via CBS News: It was the middle of the night. No alarms were going off, Dorrie Nuttall wasn’t checking her 7-year-old diabetic son’s blood sugar and her family was fast asleep; it was at that moment things got “scary very fast.” Thankfully, the little boy’s black Labrador “Jedi” was nearby. Jedi sensed Luke’s blood sugar was alarmingly low, jumped onto Nuttall’s bed and laid on top of her until she woke up. When Nuttall pricked her son’s finger, she discovered his glucose level was 57 mg/dl — a low level. “Luke was laying right next to me, just inches from me, and without Jedi I would have had no idea that he was dropping...
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After 3 Years Apart, a Vet Reunites with His Military Dog
by Tammy on March 6, 2016Julio and Ben Beautiful story for your Sunday. Via NY Post. One reunion down, hundreds more to go. On Saturday, Army veteran Julio Muñoz finally found the dog he has been missing for three years — Ben, the canine that fought alongside him in Afghanistan. Muñoz, 32, of The Bronx, was supposed to have been given the chance to adopt the dog after deployment. But as The Post revealed, at least two Pentagon employees, along with contractor K2 Solutions, have been secretly dumping military dogs out to civilians instead of offering them to their handlers. Kim Scarborough, 52, was one of those civilians. She found Muñoz’s name on Ben’s deployment papers. She had told The Post after reaching out to...
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Golden Lab Retriever Takes Semi-Truck For A Joy Ride
by Shifra on March 6, 2016Because dogs just wanna have fun 🙂 Via NY Post: One dog apparently has learned a new trick: how to drive a semi-truck. Customers at a Minnesota gas station saw a golden Labrador retriever appear to drive the semi across a road Friday. Mankato police say the idling truck apparently was put into gear, then went through a parking lot, across the street and over a curb…. ****************************************************