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Jan
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08-01-2000

Monday, February 27, 2006 - 4:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
you want sad and animals I'll give you a cruel idiot in Toronto this week who wanted to escape a traffic stop so he took a run at a mounted poiceman to get away - and yes he deliberately aimed at the horse. One of the poor policemen at the scene had to shoot the poor horse as it was screaming in pain from a badly broken leg (they checked with the vet before shooting him).

They caught the idiot who did it but what can they charge him with. So far they have him for a hit and run. I wish they would charge him with attempted murder of the policeman as there are no long sentences for the murder of a police horse :-(:-(

Brigadier gets heroes sendoff

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, February 27, 2006 - 4:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I don't even need to go to the link to get sad and angry at that one, Jan. What a sick person :-(

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Monday, February 27, 2006 - 8:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
thanks, everyone. Mr. Duck is still hanging out in the lagoon, by himself. He's not squawking anymore, though, at least. I know it's "nature," but it was really quite sad...

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 6:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
And dang it, I'm a dork! Totally forgot to upload the Mr Duck picture I have from the zoo! Someone remind me tonight!

Calamity
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10-18-2001

Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 10:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Calamity a private message Print Post    
Oh that's so awful about the poor duck. Is there some sort of cover or guard that could prevent this from happening again?

Nature can be cruel. But many animals do develop close pair bonds - and that's not anthropomorphizing. Twice I witnessed what I can only describe as anguish in wild animals.

For a few years a pair of mallards would return to my dad's yard from early spring to summer. I'd stop and put food out for them. The female would clamber into the large low water dish to splash about. I loved to watch that, and listen to their low, raspy talking as they wandered around. And then one terrible day my mom spotted the female struggling by the side of the road near a field a couple doors down from my dad's. I raced over and we discovered she had been hit by a car. The male was walking around her in a frenzy, quacking frantically. My mom and I took her to a wild bird clinic. I desperately hoped they could save her but they said she was too hurt and put her to sleep. It still upsets me to think about it. The male came back to my dad's yard and it was obvious he was searching for her. He wouldn't eat, just walked around and around the yard, calling for her.

And then I once saw a groundhog lying in the middle of the road ahead. I saw the tail move - was it alive or a breeze from a passing car? - and pulled over. Only then did I notice two other groundhogs at the side of the road. One had the skin of other's back in its mouth and was pulling it away from the road. The other was desperately trying to break free and was looking right at the groundhog in the road. It was making this wrenching growling wail. And there were two more smaller groundhogs gathered a ways down the embankment from the road, watching intently. To me, it looked like a family and the one was trying to get to its (sadly dead) relative while the other was trying to keep it from going into traffic. I'm still shaken by that memory.

Cablejockey
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12-27-2001

Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 10:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cablejockey a private message Print Post    
Stories like this prove animals have feelings and hurt when one of their own die, and are frantic with worry when someone they love is hurt or lost. It makes me so sick when I hear someone say something like,'It was only an animal, they dont know any better or feel anything'. Animals deserve so much better.

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 8:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
They certainly do.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Sunday, March 05, 2006 - 8:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I finally remembered to look for my Mr Duck photo while on my computer and here at TVCH. Here's Mr Duck, enjoying his life at the San Diego Zoo. Mr Duck is a freeloader, but the zoo let's him hang around. Maybe Yankee can convince Mr Canadian Duck to become Mr San Diego Duck?

DUCK!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, March 05, 2006 - 12:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    


Slinkydog
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11-30-2005

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 4:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Slinkydog a private message Print Post    
Sweet Sheba went on over the Rainbow Bridge this afternoon, where she will join her babies that preceded her in death: Fuzzy, Mocha and Sandy, and her step-siblings, Alex and Cocoa. She is survived by her babies Bobby and Roxy, her step siblings Rock and Shadow, and her human mamas.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 4:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Dear Slinky, I am so sad for you, but happy she is now free from misery and pain. I'll bet her clan at the Rainbow Bridge was beside itself seeing their loved one once more.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 5:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
\
((((((Slinky))))))

Baby
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01-08-2006

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 6:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Baby a private message Print Post    
Slinky (and all of those who have lost their little animal friends), sorry to hear about your loss! I know this must be really, really hard on you. I can't imagine what it would be like not to have Baby here with me. My thoughts and prayers are with you!

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 6:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Thinking about you Slinky.

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 7:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
I know you will miss her. My thoughts are with you.

Wendo
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08-07-2000

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 9:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wendo a private message Print Post    
{{{Slinky}}}

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 10:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Shedding tears for Sweet Sheba and Slinky

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Friday, March 24, 2006 - 3:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
Aww, Slinky. I am so sorry, hon. Encircling your heart with comforting thoughts and hoping the good memories you have of Sheba soon dance in your head.

Slinkydog
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11-30-2005

Friday, March 24, 2006 - 4:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Slinkydog a private message Print Post    
Thanks, everyone.

Mags
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06-26-2001

Friday, March 24, 2006 - 9:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mags a private message Print Post    
My baby, Tigger, went over the Rainbow Bridge on Thursday too. Her sister, Cricket, is really missing her right now...and so am I.

Slinky, I am so sorry for your loss.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Friday, March 24, 2006 - 9:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Mags, I am so sorry for your losses.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, March 24, 2006 - 9:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
{{{Mags and Cricket}}}

Wendo
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08-07-2000

Friday, March 24, 2006 - 11:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wendo a private message Print Post    
(((Mags))) Sorry for the loss of your pet.

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 12:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
Oh, Mags. I am so sorry, hon. Breaks my heart to think of your pain--and Cricket's, as well.

Slinkydog
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11-30-2005

Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 6:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Slinkydog a private message Print Post    
Mags, I'm sorry for your loss, too.

All of my dogs that are over the Rainbow Bridge like kitties, so Tigger will be well loved.