I had a cat that decided she would crawl under the hood of the car right as I was leaving for work.  When the car engine made a strange noise, I shut it off and looked under the hood.  She had been hit by the fan,and her eye had blood in it...looked very bad.  But a trip to the vet and two days later she was as good as...more

I hope Hornet is a dog...

Animals are far better than most humans, i.e., the story about the idiot kids (with idiot parents) who beat a kitten.  What would incite a normal human being to kill a helpless animal?  It gives them a sense of power?  How sick, and how terrible for humankind that we have these kind of so called humans among us.  Oh ...more

Ok, common sense tells us that the earth will not last forever.  It makes me sad to think of what will be left for my daughter, and possibly her children, but that's life..and death. What we can do is make the best of life now, not just for ourselves, but for others.  Truly, be kind to other people, you will be surpri...more

I'm assuming that you consider yourself in the 1%?

I went to a country school many years ago...we kept the windows open in the summer, and a pet crow would fly in and steal things from students desks.  It was funny, but frustrating when you needed a pencil that he fancied.

That's exactly what I would do...and also make sure my daughter goes to college to do something that will make a difference in this world for animals, both domestic and wild.

Last summer three baby squirrels fell out of a nest, and one of them died.  The mother squirrel came back and carried all of them to a new nest, including the dead one.

Aside from the brainless jokes of posters here, these animals are quite fascinating.  I happened to be in the middle of a lake and encountered one a few years ago...they are huge!  They slap their tails on the water when they're trying to scare someone.  Sounds like a gunshot!