Be ready to cry with joy
If you can watch this video with a dry eye - I’m not sure you’re really an Animal Nerd.
I feel I do have to say - notice they had to give Christian up.
I am very against exotic animals as pets. Most people are not equipped to provide for an exotic for their entire life. Large animals such as lions, tigers, bears (oh my) as well as snakes and other reptiles that grow to be exceptionally large (anacondas, burmese pythons, alligators, caimans) almost always outgrow their owners ability to keep them.
When it comes to owning an animal and giving them the care they need, love does not conquer all. And it is so very clear the strong and abiding love these people and this lion shared. They made a responsible decision, that I know must have been very hard for them. I applaud them for it.
Blessedbe
Summer Fey Foovay
Filed under animals in the news, editorial rant, heartwarming, unusual pets, wildlife | Comment (0)Cats are great moms!
I read an article this morning about a domestic house cat who adopted a red panda baby to raise. I know my cats have always been great moms, with a few very notable exceptions - and any young first time mama is allowed a few mistakes and misgivings 
but for the most part, cats are some of the very best and most loving animal mothers I’ve ever known.
In their honor, I added a mama cat with kittens coloring page over at Color-Your-Own.com and in the process found more amazing photos of cats who had adopted other animal babies.Here’s a cat who adopted some baby skunks! What was she thinking? And here is a whole bunch of loving animal momma’s who adopted other animal babies. Not only a hen who adopted kittens, but a cat who adopted chicks. Now that really tops it all!
Have a great day!
Summer Fey Foovay
Filed under animals in the news, cats, funny humor, heartwarming, zoo animals | Comment (0)Elephants are cool!
“We need another and a wiser and perhaps a more mystical concept of
animals. In a world older and more complete than ours they move
finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have
lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They
are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations,
caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners
of the splendor and travail of the earth.”
–Henry Beston
A beautiful article at Orion online magazine inspired me to add elephants to the coloring pages at Color-Your-Own.com. (If you are an animal lover you will find almost 300 free drawings of animals to color there).
Gray Thunder:Listening to Elephants is a beautiful article about elephants written by Cyril Christo about his visit to Kenya, and the stories of the native peoples about their friend, the elephant. It is well worth reading. Once I started looking, it seemed like elephants were everywhere online. There is even a blog devoted just to elephants.
Enjoy!
Summer Fey Foovay
Filed under heartwarming, wildlife, zoo animals | Comment (0)Stray Dogs are Living it up in Moscow
Being a stray dog in Moscow these days is not as bad as you might think. Stray dogs commonly ride the Metro and are regarded with some affection by most Moscovites. They even have a website dedicated to them. I wish I could read russian, but even without the text - the pictures speak for themselves of the gentle acceptance and caring for these stray dogs.
There’s even a group of zoologists studying the cities stray dogs and their adaptations to life in the city. Since the Soviet regime has fallen, the dogs are doing so well for scraps that they’ve gotten sleek and well-fed and even become a little bit picky about what they’ll eat! The dogs have learned to cross with pedestrians at cross-walks and also learned a little trick to get a person to drop their lunch so the dog can eat it!
Next thing you know, our strays here in the U.S. will learn to board a plane headed for Moscow…
Summer
Filed under animals in the news, dogs, heartwarming | Comment (0)Przewalski Horses in the news
Cross-posted from my JustHorseCrazy Blog
A few days ago I saw a news story about a Przewalski Horse who had undergone a reverse vasectomy. The surgery was successful and it is hoped he will soon be bred to a suitable mare. The Przewalski is our last truly wild horse, and was pronounced extinct in the wild in 1970. However, there was a small population surviving in zoos and parks around the world. Through careful breeding this unique animal has been keep alive, and is now being reintroduced into the wild in Mongolia.
I have a real soft spot for wild horses of all kinds, and so this inspired me to do a few coloring pages for Color-Your-Own.com of the Przewalski Horses. Perhaps they will inspire others to help preserve this important species.
Summer Fey Foovay
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