Posted by kittymowmow in Uncategorized on 12 29th, 2007 | 25 Comments

Animal activists say S.F. tiger attack supports case against zoos

The recent tiger attack in San Francisco has given a platform to animal rights activists, who say holding wild animals in captivity is cruel, for-profit entertainment and should be stopped. Those who despise zoos - and not just PETA, though the group did join the chorus - say the attack proves that...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Business, Conservation, Endangered Species, Mammals, Wildlife on 12 28th, 2007 | No Comments

Japan announces it suspends the capture of humpback whales in the Antarctic

photo credit: erikogan France noted with satisfaction the announcement by the Japanese government to suspend the capture of humpback whales in the Antarctic. This is a positive signal in the current context of accommodation within the International Whaling Commission, whose 78 members are contemplating...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Uncategorized on 12 27th, 2007 | 2 Comments

NEWS FROM ANIMAL KINGDOM: Cute animal writers on strike!!!

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Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Cats, Culture, Music, Pets, Videos on 12 27th, 2007 | 2 Comments

Cat’s Bach is worse than her bite

photo credit: mararie Philadelphia couple Burnell Yow and Betsy Alexander were in their bedroom when they heard someone - or, rather, something - tapping away on their Yamaha piano downstairs. "We did not think it was a burglar but it was so weird," Ms Alexander said. "We had heard our other cat...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Animals & Law, Cats, Conservation, Culture, Endangered Species, Mammals, Wildlife, Zoos on 12 26th, 2007 | No Comments

San Francisco police probe fatal zoo attack

photo credit: Tambako the Jaguar San Francisco police on Wednesday investigated whether a Siberian tiger had help in escaping its zoo habitat before it killed a teenager and injured two other people on Christmas Day. Police told a news conference at the San Francisco Zoo that they were treating the...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Cats, Culture, Events, Farm & Ranch, Mammals, Music, Wildlife on 12 24th, 2007 | No Comments

A Christmas Greeting from Kitty Mowmow

photo credit: Dr. Hemmert Hello, loyal Kitty Mowmow's Animal Expo reader.  I hope you are having a very happy Christmas Eve.  If you don't celebrate Christmas, I would like to extend to you wishes for a happy 25th of December Eve. If you didn't get to listen to Kitty Mowmo's Animal Expo's Christmas...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Uncategorized on 12 24th, 2007 | No Comments

Sheriff’s deputies bust Chaparral cockfight Saturday

Law enforcement, aided by humane society officials, broke up a cockfighting event in Chaparral Saturday night, resulting in the arrest of four people and the confiscation of 100 birds. The Otero County Sheriff’s Department and the Attorney General’s Animal Cruelty Task Force, with assistance from...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Uncategorized on 12 24th, 2007 | No Comments

Feeding Wildlife in Winter

Winter is arriving in the Northern Hemisphere, and with it come hard times for many animal populations. When snow covers the ground, ruminants such as deer have nothing to browse on. A layer of ice means that seeds are kept fast from hungry birds. Even careful calendar watchers, such as squirrels...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Animals & Law, Cats, Culture, Mammals, Pets on 12 24th, 2007 | 1 Comment

Cat owners and leash laws

photo credit: naitokz Weasel and Furball and 24 other felines are a rare breed of cat that have a license to roam the streets of Plymouth unhindered by leash or an owner's watchful eye. But to get that exemption to the city's leash law, the owners have to show -- by getting a note from a vet --...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Business, Culture, Wildlife on 12 22nd, 2007 | No Comments

Fur Flies Over ‘Mislabeled’ Fur: Humane Society calls out retailers over phony faux fur

This is awful.  Read on, and be careful when purchasing faux fur this season. photo credit: jonfeinstein Some of this season’s “faux” fur apparel is very realistic. That’s because, according to the Humane Society of the United States, it’s not “faux” at all, but real fur being purposely...
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