Above illustrations from Brehm's Life of Animals: Volume I - Mammalia by Alfred Edmund Brehm, Wilhelm Haacke, Eduard Pechuël-Loesche & Richard Schmidtlein with illustrations by Friedrich Specht, Wilhelm Kuhnert, Gustav Mützel, Robert Kretschmer, Wilhelm Camphausen, Ludwig Beckmann, E. Schmidt, Carl Friedrich Deicker, Paul Menerheim, etc., 1895 Hedgehog and Young by Louis A. Sargent from the … Continue reading Animals in Art: Motherhood II
Category: baby animals
Mental Health Break: Photo
Name That Animal
Plot Twist: Researching allowed! And: I don't know the answer to this one.These four baby birds have been growing up very fast in a nest their mama made on our front porch. My ability to identify birds ends at the duck-cardinal-swan level. I don't know what kind of birds these are. I thought someone here might … Continue reading Name That Animal
Feds Round Up Geese Families and Gas Them
The next time you see a cat hater spewing misinformation about how cats kill zillions of birds, remind them of the verifiable fact that the US government killed 4 million animals, mostly birds, last year. That number includes tens of thousands of beautiful Canadian geese. The government's only criteria for killing appears to be a … Continue reading Feds Round Up Geese Families and Gas Them
Zero Dark Thirty: Baby Deer Edition
Nine agents from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and four sheriff's deputies descended upon a no kill shelter on the Wisconsin-Illinois border last month in response to a report that a baby deer was being cared for there. Authorities had obtained aerial photographs of the orphaned fawn at the shelter and had staked out … Continue reading Zero Dark Thirty: Baby Deer Edition
Protecting the Lives of Unborn Puppies and Kittens in Shelters
As a no kill advocate, I am opposed to the spaying of pregnant shelter animals. While I do not believe in the myth of pet overpopulation, that has nothing to do with my opposition. Even if I believed pet overpopulation was real (I do not), I would still be opposed to spaying pregnant dogs and … Continue reading Protecting the Lives of Unborn Puppies and Kittens in Shelters
Being Born is Not a Crime
In May and June of 2012, records obtained via FOIA show the Memphis pound killed a total of 20 kittens and 22 puppies for the crime of being "too young". Being born is not a medically hopeless condition requiring euthanasia. It is a gift, something to be cherished and protected. Compassionate foster owners value the … Continue reading Being Born is Not a Crime
I don’t normally like to ask for presents but…
...in this case, let's just say that YES, I will happily accept this li'l guy as a gift. And if you wanted to toss in a substantial piece of the Amazon or the Everglades for when he grows up, that'd be swell. kthx.
Mental Health Break: Photo
First, the mandatory disclaimers: Wild animals are wild. Wild animals are not pets. Do not try this at home. etc. Now for your moment of cute: [Via NPR Tumblr]
Trivial Pursuits
I'm not up for any in-depth typing at the moment but wanted to share something trivial and get your response: What is your favorite baby animal and why? Mine is baby cats. I have always loved tiny versions of things and to me, kittens look very much like tiny versions of adult cats. Just like … Continue reading Trivial Pursuits