Cincinnati Zoo Training 'Gorilla Moms' for Rejected Baby

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Caffrey, The Amazing Two-Legged Cat

Caffrey, a black Persian cat became an inspiration to thousands after his video went viral. When Caffrey was three, he lost his left hind leg after being hit by a car. He got around great with just three legs for ten years.

Then his vet discovered a malignant tumor on his left front leg. His owner, Sue Greaves, couldn't bear the thought of putting him down or putting him through extensive chemotherapy with no guarantee of success so she had his leg amputated. The vet sought out opinions from his colleagues and they all said that Caffrey wouldn't be able to walk with both left legs missing and that he would be so poor that it wouldn't be worth living.

Well, Caffrey amazed them all when he started running around on his two legs, bounding about in the garden. He defied what others thought about him and managed to lead a normal life despite having no left-side legs.

 

source: Love Meow

More Pet Food Recalls

There have been several new pet food recalls in the past week. Click on each one for more details.

• February 22, 2013 Hy-Vee Issues Voluntary Recall of Certain Dog Food Products Elevated levels of a chemical contaminant

• February 21, 2013 Kasel Associates Industries Recalling Certain Pet Treats Due to Salmonella Contamination Salmonella

• February 21, 2013 The Honest Kitchen® Voluntarily Recalls Limited Lots Of Verve®, Zeal®And Thrive® Products Due To Possible Health Risk Salmonella

• February 20, 2013 Nutri-Vet, LLC Recalls Nutri-Vet and Nutripet Chicken Jerky Products Because Of Possible Salmonella Health Risk Salmonella

• February 19, 2013 Kaytee Recalls Bird Treats and Greens Due to Possible Salmonella Contamination from Parsley Flakes Salmonella

• February 19, 2013 Kasel Associated Industries Recalls All Products Manufactured at its Denver, Colorado Facility from April 20, 2012 thru September 19, 2012 Because of Possible Salmonella Health Risk Salmonella

Shelter Dog Reunited With Original Owner After Ten Years

A few weeks after losing his dog on Christmas Eve to an illness, James Carpentier found himself browsing the adoptable dogs on the Humane Society for Greater Nashua (NH) website. He soon came across a familiar face. A female Basset Hound that resembled the one he lost in a divorce 10 years earlier. This shelter dog was the same age as his former dog and had the same name. Surely, this couldn't be the same dog. "It can't be her," he said. "It's been so long."

What Carpentier didn't know was that his wife surrendered the dog to the Humane Society soon after the divorce was final. An older couple adopted Ginger and took great care of her for 10 years. When the couple was unable to care for Ginger any longer, they returned her to the Humane Society per their adoption contract.

Ginger spent three miserable months at the shelter. She was almost adopted several times, but the adoptions fell through each time. Then, by sheer coincidence, Carpentier found her on the website.

Carpentier contacted the shelter and it soon became clear that Ginger was, indeed, the same dog that Carpentier once owned. Carpentier discussed rejoining Ginger with his family and went to visit her on January 21st.

After 10 years, Ginger hadn't forgotten Carpentier. "She heard my voice. I walked up to her and she kind of gave me a couple of licks or kisses. And I was like, 'She knows who I am, she remembers my voice,'" Carpentier said.

Outreach coordinator Noelle Schuyler knew that the man and his dog had reunited for good. Said Schuyler, "She never gave us kisses. When she started licking his face, that was that moment you could tell she knew."

source: PawNation.com

Penguin Highway In Antarctica

Wow -- imagine how much more efficient our morning commute would be if we took a cue from these Penguins?! Watch as these birds navigate the "roads" of Antarctica.


source: PawNation.com

Meet The Desert Rain Frog

The Desert rain frog is a species of frog found in a coastal strip of land about 10 kilometers wide in Namibia and South Africa. This area of sand dunes often has sea fog rolling in which supplies some moisture in an otherwise arid region. The locations in which this frog is found have at least one hundred foggy days per year.

The Desert rain frog has a very unique defensive cry that can be heard in this video...




Video source: YouTube
More information about this cute and unique frog on Wikiapedia

Watch Baby Elephant Playing In The Surf

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