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Topic: Feelgood Stories - Animal Related Only
Posted By: Gay3
Subject: Feelgood Stories - Animal Related Only
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2015 at 12:50pm
18 March 2015 Last updated at 23:57

The lion hugger

By Jason Caffrey BBC World Service
Sirga with Valentin Gruener

In 2012 Valentin Gruener rescued a young lion cub and raised it himself at a wildlife park in Botswana. It was the start of an extraordinary relationship. Now an astonishing scene is repeated each time they meet - the young lion leaps on Gruener and holds him in an affectionate embrace.

"Since the lion arrived, which is three years now, I haven't really left the camp," says Gruener.

"Sometimes for one night I go into the town here to organise something for the business, but other than that I've been here with the lion."

The lion he has devoted himself to is Sirga - a female cub he rescued from a holding pen established by a farmer who was fed up with shooting animals that preyed on his cattle.

"The lions had killed the other two or three cubs inside the cage, and the mother abandoned the remaining cub. She was very tiny, maybe 10 days old," Gruener says.

The farmer, Willy de Graaf, asked Gruener to try to save her and so he took her to a wildlife park financed by de Graaf and became her adoptive mother, "feeding her and taking care of her".

"You have this tiny cute animal sitting there and it's already quite feisty," he says. "It will become about 10 times that size and you will have to deal with it."

She's much bigger now, but when Gruener opens her cage she still rushes to greet him - ecstatically throwing her paws around his neck.

The lion leaps on Valentin Gruener as they meet

"That happens every time I open the door. It is an amazing thing every time it happens, and it's such a passionate thing to do for this animal to jump and give me a hug," says Gruener.

"But I guess it makes sense. At the moment she has no other lions with her in the cage and I guess for her I'm like her species. So I'm the only friend she's got. Lions are social cats so she's always happy to see me."

The companions spend their time hanging out in the Botswana bush, doing the kind of things that cats enjoy, such as lying around under trees, play-fighting, and hunting.

"I don't believe we have to teach the lion to hunt. They have this instinct like a domestic cat or even a dog that will try to hunt. Any cat will catch a bird or a mouse. The lion will catch an antelope when it gets big enough," Gruener says.

"I'm definitely giving her that opportunity to hunt, about three times a week at the moment. Each walk takes five hours - sometimes up to nine. We sort of hunt together and I'm helping her sometimes, trying to show her how to kill something rather than catch it."

After Sirga's first kill Gruener wasn't sure if it would still be safe for him to get close to the lion. But "she let me come in", he says. Now he despatches animals the lioness fails to kill quickly enough.

"It's a bit cruel because she will catch an antelope and hold it down, and when it gets tired she could simply go and bite it in the throat and kill it. But because it's so exciting she's like a cat that keeps on playing with the mouse.

Sirga with Valentin Gruener

"It's not so lovely to watch when a lion has an antelope in front of her and she's having fun playing with this antelope."

Willy de Graaf has handed Gruener 500 hectares (two square miles) to create a "miniature park" in which Sirga can roam freely, but she will not be released into the wild. Not because she could not survive, Gruener says, but because she has lost her fear of humans.

Under those circumstances she is likely to get too close to humans, and if there is an accident she will end up getting shot. "And that's not really the whole point of raising a lion," Gruener says.

In the park Sirga can live like a wild lion, but remain safe, he says. "That's the plan for her future."

And what of his own future? Gruener has put aside work on a PhD while he has been raising Sirga, and has hardly ever left her alone.

"If she gets into a bigger enclosure and gets more space, and maybe another lion to give her companionship, I'm sure I would be able to leave for longer periods of time - which is required for me to finish my studies.

"But as long as she needs me, and as long as I feel I want to be there to make her life better, I will have that as my priority.

"I doubt anything will change much between me and her."



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Wisdom has been chasing me but I've always outrun it!



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Posted By: Browndog
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2015 at 12:58pm


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Posted By: Gay3
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2015 at 1:31pm
Deary me, some may need the tissue box handy Wink Thanks BD, wonderful story of love & bonding Thumbs Up

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Wisdom has been chasing me but I've always outrun it!


Posted By: Gay3
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2018 at 12:20pm
https://www.facebook.com/karin.macnab?hc_ref=ARSB1UHVyCaa7CnY1x1d6muon28fc9PRsEHjvuQGqN9t-ckHVsNVsmPCZetuGOrHgA8" rel="nofollow - Karin Ann MacNab
https://www.facebook.com/karin.macnab/posts/10156051005099549" rel="nofollow - - · https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cranbourne-Victoria-Australia/107362879300807" rel="nofollow - Cranbourne, VIC ·

Charlie aka Bonfire Gold

Maiden win tonight
A very exciting event.
With Luke Nolen aboard

Big thanks and congratulations to https://www.facebook.com/julie.nairn.3?fref=mentions" rel="nofollow - Julie Nairn her home bred
And https://www.facebook.com/lisa.enright.5?fref=mentions" rel="nofollow - Lisa Enright and Matt Enright

https://www.facebook.com/garry.broughton.au?fref=mentions" rel="nofollow - Garry Broughton and all connections

From rescue mare: A Girl On A Swing

 
"Yes , its a good story indeed......however the real lady to thank is also one of Charlie's owners Marilyn and Tony Stokes ...Marilyn was the one who helped rescue Charlie's dam Girl On A Swing from the property where she was starving mixed in with a lot of dead horses .... ....

Marilyn Stokes put a lot of hard work and a couple of years into Girl On A Swing ( also known as Holly ) to get her back in order ...I was just happy to work with Marilyn to give the mare a purpose and a home ...the old mare Holly now is living at my place and has produced some lovely babies including 2 full brothers to Charlie waiting in the wings so to speak ...”



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Wisdom has been chasing me but I've always outrun it!


Posted By: furious
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2018 at 12:57pm
lovely gay



Posted By: ThreeBears
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2018 at 3:40pm
https://twitter.com/BBCOne/status/952956982117502976?s=03" rel="nofollow - https://twitter.com/BBCOne/status/952956982117502976?s=03
What a nice kitty!


Posted By: ThreeBears
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2018 at 10:30am
https://twitter.com/attenboroughs_d/status/900667488450596864?lang=en" rel="nofollow - https://twitter.com/attenboroughs_d/status/900667488450596864?lang=en
This one's for Macca. Whale the cat.


Posted By: acacia alba
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2018 at 10:38am
I cant find a link but did anyone see the cat in the Sydney Harbour Tunnel ?  The police tried to catch it but it hid out for something like 3 days, and then a maintenence worker managed to catch it.  He took it home and got it up on FB or somewhere , and a lady got him to scan the chip, and it was hers,  It came from Homebush, 19Ks away and only been gone a day or 2.
Thats one life done.  Only 8 left now.


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animals before people.


Posted By: Passing Through
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2018 at 11:44am

Vix is feline fine after 20km Sydney Harbour Tunnel trip

Keely McDonough, The Daily Telegraph


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Posted By: Gay3
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2018 at 1:39pm
Thanks for that link Thumbs Up Now we can all judge it on its' merits or otherwise Wink


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Wisdom has been chasing me but I've always outrun it!


Posted By: maccamax
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2018 at 1:52pm
Originally posted by ThreeBears ThreeBears wrote:


https://twitter.com/attenboroughs_d/status/900667488450596864?lang=en" rel="nofollow - https://twitter.com/attenboroughs_d/status/900667488450596864?lang=en
This one's for Macca. Whale the cat.


very good TB..     That would be the only jump whale would get with his personality.


Posted By: Gay3
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2018 at 1:56pm
macca, I think you'd better dispose of that siggy Wink

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Wisdom has been chasing me but I've always outrun it!


Posted By: maccamax
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2018 at 1:58pm
Originally posted by Gay3 Gay3 wrote:

macca, I think you'd better dispose of that siggy Wink


OK      But , Good one aye ..


Posted By: acacia alba
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2018 at 2:07pm
Originally posted by Gay3 Gay3 wrote:

Thanks for that link Thumbs Up Now we can all judge it on its' merits or otherwise Wink


Yes, thanks PT.  At least I wont get told off for not posting my source , since you have kindly supplied it for me WinkThumbs Up


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animals before people.


Posted By: Passing Through
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2018 at 2:19pm
Big smileLOL

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Posted By: Gay3
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2018 at 2:33pm
You have already sinned acacia, wait for the wrath of our resident justice to chastise you LOL LOL LOL


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Wisdom has been chasing me but I've always outrun it!


Posted By: maccamax
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2018 at 2:39pm
Originally posted by acacia alba acacia alba wrote:

Originally posted by Gay3 Gay3 wrote:

Thanks for that link Thumbs Up Now we can all judge it on its' merits or otherwise Wink


Yes, thanks PT.  At least I wont get told off for not posting my source , since you have kindly supplied it for me WinkThumbs Up


   SAUCE     AA....        Drive our spellchecker madder.


Posted By: Whale
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2018 at 2:46pm
For Macca




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Victor Orban 1.74 m, Michael Bloomberg 1.73 m, Emmanual Macron 1.77 m, George Soros 1.8 m


Posted By: maccamax
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2018 at 3:05pm
Originally posted by Whale Whale wrote:

For Macca




   BEAUTIFUL    


Posted By: maccamax
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2018 at 4:53pm
Even had me remove my EGO / IQ joke .

I just couldn't embarrass one so gentle any longer.


Posted By: Whale
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2018 at 5:01pm
Embarrassed, not really. I know you keep an exercise book full of joking, humorous sayings  you have heard , or looked up on the internet, a quip for every occasion is Macca.
And I think chihuahuas are horrible rat like little things, can you even call them a dog ?


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Victor Orban 1.74 m, Michael Bloomberg 1.73 m, Emmanual Macron 1.77 m, George Soros 1.8 m


Posted By: maccamax
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2018 at 5:06pm
Originally posted by Whale Whale wrote:

Embarrassed, not really. I know you keep an exercise book full of joking, humorous sayings  you have heard , or looked up on the internet, a quip for every occasion is Macca.
And I think chihuahuas are horrible rat like little things, can you even call them a dog ?


You underestimate the Chihuahua Whale .
     Mine killed a German Shepherd once .

           It Choked.


Posted By: Carioca
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2018 at 5:18pm
The old frog and the scorpion tale, fair dinkum I knew it wasn't far off.


Posted By: Isaac soloman
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2018 at 4:56pm

Dog caught riding neighbour's one-eyed pony in the middle of the night

/www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/dog-caught-riding-neighbours-one-eyed-pony-in-the-middle-of-the-night/ar-BBITo7R

take your mind of barnaby and america ptLOL


Posted By: Passing Through
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2018 at 5:11pm
Did he use a step ladder to get up there Isaac?

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Posted By: Gay3
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2018 at 5:23pm
Neighbours' Corgi on her mini pony, caught in her headlights & filmed! Funny little pair & the dog stayed put even when pony trotted LOL

A-ha, it's on Y/tube Smile




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Wisdom has been chasing me but I've always outrun it!


Posted By: Isaac soloman
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2018 at 6:42pm
no doubt about it pt you are across everythingLOL


Posted By: Passing Through
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2018 at 6:50pm
I saw that this morning on tv in some channel's regular cute animal video segment, and they said the owner followed  the corgi and found him up on top of the pony riding it around in the dark 

I am no expert on corgis or how high they can jump, but from what I can see of them they struggle to keep their tackle off the ground with those stumpy little legs, ket alone launching like a cat up there

I called #fakenews on it 


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Posted By: Isaac soloman
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2018 at 7:25pm
fakenews?! regardless of whether  the dog had help to be on the back the look on its face was certainly worried, like "get me off this horse"


Posted By: VSP.
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2018 at 11:56pm
Click to watch:
https://www.facebook.com/becky.yank/videos/pcb.10155993506623767/10155993504553767/?type=3&theater" rel="nofollow - Kitty riding pony 1

https://www.instagram.com/p/BdfIwlzF4_p/" rel="nofollow - Kitty riding pony

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www.snowshoecats.webs.com


Posted By: ThreeBears
Date Posted: 11 Feb 2018 at 10:52am
Creepy big bird t opening ceremony -
 
http://abcnews.go.com/International/giant-human-faced-bird-puppet-olympics-opening-ceremony/story?id=52987014" rel="nofollow - http://abcnews.go.com/International/giant-human-faced-bird-puppet-olympics-opening-ceremony/story?id=52987014


Posted By: ThreeBears
Date Posted: 11 Feb 2018 at 10:53am
Creepy big bird at opening ceremony = correction


Posted By: jujuno
Date Posted: 13 Feb 2018 at 7:58am
Originally posted by Passing Through Passing Through wrote:

I saw that this morning on tv in some channel's regular cute animal video segment, and they said the owner followed  the corgi and found him up on top of the pony riding it around in the dark 

I am no expert on corgis or how high they can jump, but from what I can see of them they struggle to keep their tackle off the ground with those stumpy little legs, ket alone launching like a cat up there

I called #fakenews on it 

 without a doubt...I once owned a corgi and no way could it get on even a miniature horse...

 but my next door neighbour's German Shepherd used to climb the stairs of a huge (old fashioned) slippery-dip and slide down...

 


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Desert War, Rain Lover, Latin Knight, Hay List, Mustard...my turf heroes...


Posted By: Passing Through
Date Posted: 14 Feb 2018 at 8:49am
Sort of animals, but very cute and clever, like puppies escaping their cages in the pound.Smile




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Posted By: Isaac soloman
Date Posted: 14 Feb 2018 at 11:08am
funny, strange pt you think them cute and clever as most viewers thought them creepy.


Posted By: Passing Through
Date Posted: 14 Feb 2018 at 11:42am
Funny you never ''get'' irony Isaac.

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Posted By: Isaac soloman
Date Posted: 14 Feb 2018 at 11:58am
irony? is that what you call it pt?

well there you go and i thought you were being serious all along. 


Posted By: Gay3
Date Posted: 14 Feb 2018 at 12:17pm
Ingenious but also interesting that they've used legs vs, wheels, perhaps with a view to coping with steps/stairs.

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Wisdom has been chasing me but I've always outrun it!


Posted By: Passing Through
Date Posted: 14 Feb 2018 at 12:30pm
They have everything covered Gay

http://www.youtube.com/user/BostonDynamics/videos" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/user/BostonDynamics/videos


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Posted By: ThreeBears
Date Posted: 14 Feb 2018 at 2:04pm
Reported today that a would be poacher has been found dead after being eaten by a lion pride. A loaded gun was founded near his snacked on corpse. Good work lions!
 
 
Hello to Melati and Mya Thumbs Up
 
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/5225137/dreamworld-names-new-tiger-cubs/?cs=7" rel="nofollow - http://www.theherald.com.au/story/5225137/dreamworld-names-new-tiger-cubs/?cs=7


Posted By: ThreeBears
Date Posted: 14 Feb 2018 at 2:05pm
Mrs Bears comment - "Was the name on the gun D.Trump Jnr?"  LOL


Posted By: Passing Through
Date Posted: 14 Feb 2018 at 3:17pm

This beautiful image of a gorilla hugging her caretaker, titled " http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/wpy/gallery/2017/images/special-award-people-s-choice/5283/pikin-and-appolinaire.html" rel="nofollow - Pikin and Appolinaire ," just won the People's Choice Award in the 2017 Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest.



http://www.buzzfeed.com/ellievhall/this-beautiful-image-of-a-rescued-gorilla-hugging-her?utm_term=.dpLwElAM7#.ohNo2l9Xn" rel="nofollow - http://www.buzzfeed.com/ellievhall/this-beautiful-image-of-a-rescued-gorilla-hugging-her?utm_term=.dpLwElAM7#.ohNo2l9Xn


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Posted By: acacia alba
Date Posted: 14 Feb 2018 at 4:28pm
Originally posted by ThreeBears ThreeBears wrote:

Reported today that a would be poacher has been found dead after being eaten by a lion pride. A loaded gun was founded near his snacked on corpse. Good work lions!
 
 
Hello to Melati and Mya Thumbs Up
 
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/5225137/dreamworld-names-new-tiger-cubs/?cs=7" rel="nofollow - http://www.theherald.com.au/story/5225137/dreamworld-names-new-tiger-cubs/?cs=7


Good work lions, indeed !Clap   Any idea where that happened, 3Bs ??


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animals before people.


Posted By: Passing Through
Date Posted: 14 Feb 2018 at 4:37pm
It happened on the weekend in Sth Africa. The lions ate his body but left his head intact.

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Posted By: ThreeBears
Date Posted: 14 Feb 2018 at 4:58pm
Here you go AA -
 
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43035474" rel="nofollow - http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43035474


Posted By: acacia alba
Date Posted: 14 Feb 2018 at 10:52pm
Thank You 3Bs. Thumbs Up  Go the lions. Clap Just left his sick head, probably because it was full of s**t.  Sick
Some other good reads there as well.


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animals before people.


Posted By: Gay3
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2018 at 11:40am
https://www.sbs.com.au/food/article/2018/02/19/what-kind-milk-meet-dairy-farm-starting-revolution

Photos in the article Smile



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Wisdom has been chasing me but I've always outrun it!


Posted By: ThreeBears
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2018 at 10:38pm
Grateful rescue dog to warm your heart -
 
https://www.today.com/pets/grateful-shelter-dog-holds-hands-new-foster-mom-t123380" rel="nofollow - https://www.today.com/pets/grateful-shelter-dog-holds-hands-new-foster-mom-t123380


Posted By: oneonesit
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2018 at 11:17pm
Originally posted by ThreeBears ThreeBears wrote:

Grateful rescue dog to warm your heart -
 
https://www.today.com/pets/grateful-shelter-dog-holds-hands-new-foster-mom-t123380" rel="nofollow - https://www.today.com/pets/grateful-shelter-dog-holds-hands-new-foster-mom-t123380
yeah...great stuff three Bears. Animals are just great...just so sad when they don't get the love they crave...cheers

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Refer ALP Election Promises


Posted By: Passing Through
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2018 at 7:35am


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Posted By: Passing Through
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2018 at 11:23am
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Therapy-Dogs-Help-Those-Mourning-After-Parkland-Shooting-474885453.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Therapy-Dogs-Help-Those-Mourning-After-Parkland-Shooting-474885453.html




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Posted By: ThreeBears
Date Posted: 05 Mar 2018 at 3:45pm
Spoilt kitty -
 
https://twitter.com/liz_buckley/status/557995739876720640/photo/1" rel="nofollow - https://twitter.com/liz_buckley/status/557995739876720640/photo/1


Posted By: ThreeBears
Date Posted: 05 Mar 2018 at 3:46pm
Could be a TBV member that cat .... but which one?


Posted By: ThreeBears
Date Posted: 05 Mar 2018 at 3:57pm
Rescued baby chimp learning to fly -
 
https://news.sky.com/video/rescued-chimp-flown-to-new-home-11271281" rel="nofollow - https://news.sky.com/video/rescued-chimp-flown-to-new-home-11271281


Posted By: acacia alba
Date Posted: 06 Mar 2018 at 10:45am
Originally posted by ThreeBears ThreeBears wrote:

Could be a TBV member that cat .... but which one?



PT . Big smile


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animals before people.


Posted By: Passing Through
Date Posted: 06 Mar 2018 at 11:42am
I had a beautiful grey Burmese similar to that cat AA. They are very intelligent creatures, but suffer with respiratory problems

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Posted By: acacia alba
Date Posted: 06 Mar 2018 at 12:36pm
All cats are intelligent , PT Thumbs Up  Smarter than a lot of people I reckon. Big smile


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animals before people.


Posted By: Passing Through
Date Posted: 06 Mar 2018 at 12:46pm
Cats are, but for sheer delight in just being, it is hard to beat baby goats in pyjamas LOL

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Posted By: Isaac soloman
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2018 at 1:34pm
Here's what happens when you leave your camera on the ice in Antarctica. These curious emperor penguins seized the opportunity for a selfie 📸
http://ab.co/2FjQ8OZ




Posted By: Isaac soloman
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2018 at 10:25pm

Dogs found guarding elderly Tasmanian owner's body weeks after death found new homes

By  http://www.abc.net.au/news/catherine-grant/166974" rel="nofollow - Cate Grant

Updated about 6 hours agon old man dies. Alone except for his two old dogs, Indigo and Blue.

They stayed by his side for weeks until his body is found.

It's the sort of tragic story that makes people wonder how it could happen, and often ends sadly for all involved — including the faithful pets.

That was the scenario faced by Tasmania Police when they entered a property in the north of the state to check on the welfare of the occupant.

While nothing could be done for the elderly owner, the police called the local dog catcher, Des, who "has a way with animals" according to Emma Haswell, the founder of Brightside Farm Sanctuary.

Des called Ms Haswell, who had already heard about the dogs.

"The owner had died, and no-one knew, and he had been dead for two weeks when the police found him," she said.

"His two dear old dogs protected him and wouldn't let the police go near him, they were guarding their owner.

"It would have been very stressful for the dogs and very difficult for them when the police came in and they didn't know what was going on. They were very, very protective. Apparently the police weren't game to go near them.

"Nobody from the family could or would take them, so their future was looking pretty grim, so I said I would [find them a new home]."

The two old dogs are believed to be 10 and 12 years old, and Ms Haswell said it was likely they would have been euthanased."I was amazed. They were the most beautiful dogs. They were adored. You just want to squeeze them," she said.

"They are mother and daughter, so the [red] heeler is the mother, and the kelpie-cross is the daughter.

"When I took them to their new home, I took them out into the garden to explore and it was just gorgeous. The daughter kept looking back and checking on the mother as they wandered around — they're really bonded.

"They're well cared for and in good health."It's not always easy to find the right home for older dogs. They often have complicated and expensive medical problems.

A friend of Ms Haswell's was sceptical when she said she was going to find them beautiful homes.

"And I rang her about five hours later and said 'Guess what? they've got the best home!' and it's with an incredibly good vet who does mainstream vet work, but also does acupuncture and all those things," Ms Haswell said."She took another old dog from me once before …  http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-17/jack-the-chip-shop-dog-gets-new-lease-on-life/7174198" rel="nofollow - a 10-year-old shepherd that had been left out the back of a fish and chip shop  and had been in a terrible state of ill health — he could hardly walk.

"And he looked and behaved like a five-year-old dog by the time she had finished with him."

Ms Haswell said it was a good story among those of the swathes of abandoned and unwanted animals that people want her to take each week.

"Just pages of animal surrenders for the past six weeks — it's just insane. Every day getting numerous calls about dogs, heaps of rabbits, guinea pigs — it's very difficult when you can't say yes to them all," she said.

"It's nice when you can just pluck some animals out of something awful and just transfer them straight into paradise, it's just a really good feeling."



Posted By: Isaac soloman
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2018 at 10:26pm
Two old dogs sit in the back of a car after being rescued


Posted By: Isaac soloman
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2018 at 10:28pm
Two old dogs sniff the ground at their new home.


Posted By: ThreeBears
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2018 at 12:38am
They sure look well fed. A lovely pair of dogs. Thumbs Up


Posted By: RED HUNTER
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2018 at 11:16am
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-10/calan-horse-sanctuary-one-man-mission-to-save-neglected-animals/9529282%20" rel="nofollow - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-10/calan-horse-sanctuary-one-man-mission-to-save-neglected-animals/9529282


Posted By: RED HUNTER
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2018 at 11:18am
that didnt work......google...west australian looking after horses

and find this

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-10/calan-horse-sanctuary-one-man-mission-to-save-neglected-animals/9529282" rel="nofollow - Calan Horse Sanctuary is the vision of a dream to save the horses ...

www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-10/calan-horse-sanctuary-one-man.../9529282
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=west+australian+looking+after+horses&rlz=1C1CHBF_enAU756AU756&oq=west+australian+looking+after+horses&aqs=chrome.0.69i59.9466j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#" rel="nofollow -
  1. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:iSBsOzfadsQJ:www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-10/calan-horse-sanctuary-one-man-mission-to-save-neglected-animals/9529282+&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au" rel="nofollow -
1 day ago - He's turned his 40-hectare property in Highbury, in WA's Wheatbelt, into a horse sanctuary, where he devotes his time and energy working to transform their eyes from what he ... Looking afterhis horses is a herculean job, which for Mr Gent — who lives alone on the property — starts each day about 4am.


Posted By: RED HUNTER
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2018 at 11:19am
ok... there now...just click (prev post)  Calan.....etc


Posted By: RED HUNTER
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2018 at 12:23pm
the retarded horse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOyW2JtA5vM" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOyW2JtA5vM


Posted By: ThreeBears
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2018 at 3:21pm
What do you call a stable?
 
https://twitter.com/claremackint0sh/status/972946388291080197/photo/1" rel="nofollow - https://twitter.com/claremackint0sh/status/972946388291080197/photo/1


Posted By: acacia alba
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2018 at 3:33pm
LOL

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Posted By: Isaac soloman
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2018 at 7:00pm

NT cattleman rescues heifer wrapped around a tree by its tailA Northern Territory cattle producer has come to the rescue of a heifer who had accidentally wrapped its tail around a tree and got stuck.

Annaburroo Station manager Adrian Phillips said he had been checking one of his paddocks when he came across the animal"It seemed a bit odd the way she was on her own, so I poked over on the bike and found out she had herself tied in knots," he  http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/nt-country-hour/nt-pastoralist-rescues-heifer-with-tail-wrapped-around-tree/9550460" rel="nofollow - told the NT Country Hour .

"I tried to unravel it [the tail], but couldn't because she was proper tied up.

"So I went home, grabbed the chainsaw, cut the tree, and she got up and on her way."

How did it happen?

Mr Phillips said it seemed the heifer had been trying to get rid of flies when the freak accident happened.

"She's then gone around the tree trying to get herself free and has made the situation even worse for herself."

Mr Phillips said he had never seen "such a freak accident by the tail" during his years working in the cattle industry.

On a station  http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-08/crocodiles-dragged-from-top-end-cattle-station-after-eating-cows/9410852" rel="nofollow - renowned for its big crocodiles , Mr Phillips said the animal was lucky he had found her so soon.

"Although she wasn't very appreciative [when I rescued her]," he laughed.

"She full got up me.".

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Posted By: Gay3
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2018 at 7:23pm
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Wisdom has been chasing me but I've always outrun it!


Posted By: Isaac soloman
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2018 at 7:26pm
thank you Gay

Thank you, they were too good to miss, especially seeing what breed was involved LOL no wonder she went to "up him" LOL



Posted By: Passing Through
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2018 at 7:50pm
Image result for lazy dog on treadmill gif

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Posted By: acacia alba
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2018 at 9:09pm
Originally posted by Passing Through Passing Through wrote:

Image result for lazy dog on treadmill gif



Hmmm, me and that dog go to the same exercise classes.  Big smile


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Posted By: furious
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2018 at 8:55am
But that paw will be just so fit.  I wish it would stop yawning though I'm ready for bed again looking at the video.


Posted By: djebel
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2018 at 12:24pm


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Posted By: djebel
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2018 at 12:26pm
Originally posted by Isaac soloman Isaac soloman wrote:

Two old dogs sit in the back of a car after being rescued

Beer


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Posted By: Passing Through
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2018 at 12:37pm


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Posted By: djebel
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2018 at 12:51pm
Not sure you want encourage that behaviour LOL Hug

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Posted By: djebel
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2018 at 12:56pm
Not a story but hey.......



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Posted By: acacia alba
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2018 at 1:21pm
Dunno if I would want that liddle critter rolling on me.  Big smile  It would surely be like a pony rolling on you ??


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Posted By: ThreeBears
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2018 at 10:10am
Cat sees dead owner on mobile phone -
 
https://twitter.com/videocats/status/974618409626406912?s=03" rel="nofollow - https://twitter.com/videocats/status/974618409626406912?s=03


Posted By: Passing Through
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2018 at 9:54am
 

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Date Posted: 05 Apr 2018 at 1:49pm


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Posted By: Gay3
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2018 at 2:39pm
https://rumble.com/v47aj1-incredible-footage-shows-giant-humpback-whale-pushing-diver-attempting-to-p.html?mref=6zof&mc=dgip3" rel="nofollow - https://rumble.com/v47aj1-incredible-footage-shows-giant-humpback-whale-pushing-diver-attempting-to-p.html?mref=6zof&mc=dgip3

https://rumble.com/" rel="nofollow - Rumble

This is the heartwarming moment a giant humpback whale protects a marine biologist from a nearby shark attack by shielding her with its body and pushing her out of shark’s way.
The point-of-view footage was filmed in the waters off Muri Beach, Rarotonga, of the Cook Islands in the South Pacific where whale biologist Nan Hauser, 63, was snorkeling with a 50,000 pound mammal.

Moments later, a 15-foot tiger shark is lurking in the distance. Initially the snorkeler presumes that the shark is another whale coming to join the fun, but when she sees its tail moving left to right instead of up to down like sharks do, she realised it is in fact a more menacing animal swimming towards her, so she rings the alarm of trouble.

This video is proof of whale’s intuitive nature to protect other species of animal as this humpback whale protects Nan and her team from a circling https://rumble.com/v32rhq-orcas-vs-shark-killer-whales-take-down-tiger-shark.html" rel="nofollow - tiger shark by putting her under its pectoral fin and using its head and mouth to push her away.

Watch as the giant mammal is tucking Nan under its pectoral fin and even lifts the biologist out of the water at one point. Soon after, Nan returned to safety and the https://rumble.com/v348za-humpback-whale-breaches-surface-by-docks.html" rel="nofollow - whale surfaced to check on her at the boat.

Nan, who lives on the Cook Islands, says “I’ve spent 28 years underwater with whales, and have never had a whale so tactile and so insistent on putting me on his head, or belly, or back, or, most of all, trying to tuck me under his huge pectoral fin.”

“I tried to get away from him for fear that if he rammed me too hard, or hit me with his flippers or tail, that would break my bones and rupture my organs. If he held me under his pectoral fin, I would have drowned.”

Who would have expected that whales can be such protective creatures and save you from trouble! Amazing!



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Posted By: Passing Through
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2018 at 6:11pm


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Posted By: Isaac soloman
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2018 at 2:52pm
Related image


Posted By: Gay3
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2018 at 4:29pm
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Houston's Mounted Police unit goes bitless! Their 40 horses from all breeds and backgrounds working 8-10 hours every day in downtown Houston have all been barefoot since 2003, Now they have been swapped to bitless bridles and halters. The horses are all thriving, healthier than ever, and their vet bills have been cut in half.





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Wisdom has been chasing me but I've always outrun it!


Posted By: acacia alba
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2018 at 12:38am
imap://kayegoodwin@imap.iinet.net.au:143/fetch%3EUID%3E/INBOX%3E23343#" rel="nofollow - https://benchafrica.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=edefb080de9ba1673218af913&id=b587bebea2&e=2efec76928" rel="nofollow">


Lastly, Some Very Sad News... 

In Case you Missed It

It is with a very heavy heart that we announce the passing of Sudan - the last remaining male Northern White Rhino. 
 

To all the wonderful people at Ol Pejeta Conservancy who watched over him - well into his old age, we thank you and can only imagine the hurt you must be feeling right now. Our thoughts are with you. 
 

We hope that Sudan's legacy ensures that we never again have to hear this story. Never again do we want to have to say "the last of his kind". 
 

Rest in Peace Sudan.


You can read more about Sudan and the fate of the northern white rhino  https://benchafrica.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=edefb080de9ba1673218af913&id=c1118c3777&e=2efec76928" rel="nofollow - here . 

And if you want to hear more news from the continent of Africa then please feel free to  https://benchafrica.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=edefb080de9ba1673218af913&id=9797de04ea&e=2efec76928" rel="nofollow - like us on Facebook .




News From Africa




Not reall a happy story but we need to be aware these animals are fast vanishing and your kids might never see the likes again.


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Posted By: ThreeBears
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2018 at 1:23am
Don't bother calling the midwife - self service and a lot of love
 
Just watch this!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-17/endangered-western-lowland-gorilla-born-in-smithsonian/9666148" rel="nofollow - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-17/endangered-western-lowland-gorilla-born-in-smithsonian/9666148


Posted By: Passing Through
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2018 at 9:00pm


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Posted By: Passing Through
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2018 at 7:06pm

Loyal blue heeler stays with three-year-old lost in bush overnight

By  http://www.abc.net.au/news/gail-burke/9108082" rel="nofollow - Gail Burke  and  http://www.abc.net.au/news/matt-eaton/5903552" rel="nofollow - Matt Eaton

Updated about an hour ago

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-21/missing-girl-found-safe-and-well-bushland-overnight/9683496" rel="nofollow">An SES volunteer gives water to a little girl in her arms wrapped in a blanket http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-21/missing-girl-found-safe-and-well-bushland-overnight/9683496" rel="nofollow - An old blue heeler named Max remained by the side of a three-year-old girl and led searchers to her after she spent more than 15 hours lost in rugged bushland on Queensland's Southern Downs overnight.

Aurora was reported missing about 3:00pm yesterday after she wandered off on her own, but a search of woodlands and hills on the rural property in wet weather last night found no trace of her.

This morning, more than 100 State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers, police and members of the public resumed the search and found the girl safe and well with Max the dog at 8:00am.

For his good work in keeping the little girl safe, Max has now been declared an honorary police dog.

Kelly Benston, the partner of Leisa Bennett, who is Aurora's grandmother, said Ms Bennett and other searchers heard the little girl faintly from the top of a mountain this morning.

"She found the dog first. Max led her to Aurora," Mr Benston said.

"Max is 17 years old, deaf and partially blind."

SES area controller Ian Phipps confirmed a family member spotted Aurora and Max about two kilometres from the house, still on the family property at Cherry Gulley, 30 kilometres south of Warwick.

"The area around the house is quite mountainous and is very inhospitable terrain to go walking in, so she'd travelled quite a distance with her dog that was quite loyal to her," he said.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-21/max-blue-heeler-led-rescuers-to-missing-girl/9683534" rel="nofollow">Max the blue heeler after the rescue http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-21/max-blue-heeler-led-rescuers-to-missing-girl/9683534" rel="nofollow -

"The search was actually quite hard where the volunteers and the police were, amongst the very steep slopes full of lantana and other vegetation."

Ms Bennett said she tracked her down after the three-year-old responded to her shouting.

"When I heard her yell 'Grammy' I knew it was her," she said.

"I shot up the mountain ... and when I got to the top, the dog came to me and led me straight to her.

"He never left her sight. She smelled of dog, she slept with the dog."

Ms Bennett said it was an emotional reunion with "a lot of tears".

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-21/aurora-smelled-of-dog-says-grandmother-leisa-bennett/9683832" rel="nofollow">Auroras grandmother Leisa Bennett http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-21/aurora-smelled-of-dog-says-grandmother-leisa-bennett/9683832" rel="nofollow -

"I think [Aurora] was a bit overwhelmed by the tears and the howling, but I explained to her how happy those tears were," she said.

"It could have gone any of 100 ways, but she's here, she's alive, she's well and it's a great outcome for our family."

Mr Phipps said Aurora suffered minor cuts and abrasions but was otherwise well and it was a wonderful outcome for the family and searchers.

"With the weather last night it's quite lucky she is well because it was cold, it was cold and raining," he said.

"She's a very hardy young lass to survive that without any ill effects and everyone, all the volunteers are extremely happy.

"They had travelled from all over the region just to do the search and that's one of the things they join the SES for is to look after the community and do these activities ... and bring happiness to a family.

"There was a little bit of dread going into it with a cold night last night, but to get such a positive outcome the volunteers are very happy, and will be tucking into a bacon and egg sandwich very shortly."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-21/max-blue-heeler-hero-helps-rescue-little-girl/9683578" rel="nofollow">Max the blue heeler standing beside a police car http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-21/max-blue-heeler-hero-helps-rescue-little-girl/9683578" rel="nofollow -


Posted By: acacia alba
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2018 at 11:58pm
So who says animals dont twig,,,dont know whats going on,,,


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Posted By: ThreeBears
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2018 at 12:03am
Feeding time ..... LOL
 
https://twitter.com/invisibleman_17/status/990276098587054084?s=03" rel="nofollow - https://twitter.com/invisibleman_17/status/990276098587054084?s=03


Posted By: Gay3
Date Posted: 02 May 2018 at 4:02pm
From acacia alba Smile

Anzac mystery and a horse-torian's decades-long search for WWI hero Dipso

http://www.abc.net.au/canberra" rel="nofollow - ABC Radio Canberra
By http://www.abc.net.au/news/hannah-walmsley/5889046" rel="nofollow - Hannah Walmsley

Australians paused this week as part of Anzac Day commemorations to remember and honour the service of men and women past and present.

For 82-year-old Pat Gallagher, it was also a time to remember the thousands of horses that went to war.

And one horse in particular has been on his mind for more than 60 years — a horse named Dipso.

"We'd moved to Sydney from the bush and I was just a teenager at the time," Mr Gallagher said.

"They'd opened a memorial for the horses of the Desert Mounted Corps in Macquarie Street in Sydney on the corner of the Botanic Gardens.

"I was walking up there one day and there was a wreath made of oats laying on the ground and a card with the name Dipso.

"The name itself was odd, because Dipso was the old term for an alcoholic and that's a funny name for a horse."

Mr Gallagher said the thought of a drunken horse stuck in his memory.

"I so often wonder who left the wreath there."

Twenty years later, Mr Gallagher found himself in Canberra walking down Anzac Parade.

"There had been something on at the Desert Mounted Corps Memorial and there again was a little wreath and that same name on a card, Dipso," he said.

"There just couldn't be two horses with that same name 20 years apart.

"Someone was still leaving wreaths in this horse's memory."

Mr Gallagher just couldn't ignore the coincidence any longer. What followed was a lengthy search following every thread of information he could find to trace the Dipso's story.

"I'm more of a horse-torian than a historian.

"The Trove facility at the National Library has all the old newspapers.

"People used to write home with news that Dipso had won such-and-such a race and the letters would get into the papers."

Dipso was one of the original horses of the 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment.

Reared at a station near Dubbo in New South Wales, the race horse was a thoroughbred and originally part-owned by Reginald Roy Brown.

"Records show that Dipso started his racing career in 1911," Mr Gallagher said.

"He ran second in the Nyngan Lady's Bracelet that year but won that event in 1912 and again in 1914.

A horse stands in a paddock

In 1914, Brown paid his brother £70 to own Dipso outright and enlisted with the 6th Light Horse Regiment on October 27.

On December 21, Brown and Dipso departed Sydney aboard HMAT Suevic bound for Egypt.

"In April 1915 the Australian infantry and artillery landed on Gallipoli but the light horsemen were left in Egypt," Mr Gallagher said.

"In just a couple of weeks the Anzacs had sustained so many losses that their leaders gladly accepted the volunteer light horsemen.

"They would leave their horses in Egypt with a quarter of the force to care for them while the other troopers fought in the trenches as infantry."

Records tell that Brown served at Gallipoli where he became ill and was evacuated to a hospital in England.

During his recovery Brown accepted a commission in the Royal Field Artillery.

He won a Military Cross for bravery on the Western Front and was elevated to the rank of major, but he was killed in an accidental explosion in October 1918.

A life-long love of horses

Mr Gallagher said in Brown's absence officer Stuart Archibald Tooth inherited Dipso.

"There were many empty saddles after the Gallipoli campaign."

But while Mr Gallagher has been able to document much of Dipso's experience at war, he remains mystified by who might be leaving wreaths in his memory.

"The Tooth name is reasonably common and while I've made many phone calls, I haven't been able to track down the Tooth family," he said.

Tooth had worked with Dipso in the Sinai and Palestinian campaigns and returned to Australia in June 1919.

"Tooth and Dipso had been through many perils together but the joy of victory was saddened by a parting that had to come," Mr Gallagher said.

"The horses could not be brought home."

At the end of the war 13,000 horses could not be returned home because of Australia's quarantine restrictions.

A select picking were sold as remounts for the British Army of Occupation. Wounded horses and those over the age of 12 were put down.

"Some, to the disgust of the Light Horse, were sold locally," Mr Gallagher said.

"If Tooth lived to read The Referee [newspaper], he would be pleased to know that Dipso went to the Indian cavalry and they were known for good horse care."



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Posted By: acacia alba
Date Posted: 02 May 2018 at 5:13pm
Thanks Gay .


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Posted By: Passing Through
Date Posted: 06 May 2018 at 9:33pm

My mom put oil on her bird feeder to keep squirrels from stealing the bird food





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Posted By: maccamax
Date Posted: 07 May 2018 at 3:44am
Originally posted by acacia alba acacia alba wrote:

So who says animals dont twig,,,dont know whats going on,,,


I did a leg of lamb for dinner tonight ..   I hope your wrong A.A.

I feel bad already.


Posted By: acacia alba
Date Posted: 07 May 2018 at 2:49pm
3 Bears, you post cat vids.  Have you ever watched Simon,s Cat on youtube ?  For anyone who likes cats, he is so funny and so typical .  Especially when the cat is trying to get Simon out of bed to feed it.


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Posted By: ThreeBears
Date Posted: 07 May 2018 at 11:21pm
I get the vids from my wife AA. The best one lately was about cats that don't like kids. I'll try and find it.
 
 



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