Image by rchughtai — “not very active” via Flickr Sian Barr, a student veterinary nurse, has carried out research on sick cats being treated at a vet’s sugery. Miss Barr, a recent graduate with a first class honours, concluded that yoga medication music can help. Cats become less stressed when they listen to the music. […]
Discover Related Tags
Immortal jellyfish invading the world’s oceans
Scientists have found what may be the only animal in the world capable of immortality. The hydrozoans jellyfish is able to revert back to its polyp state – that’s its first stage of live, the stage it is born into and before it starts to mature into an older jellyfish. The process is called transdiffentiation […]
21 cute pictures for International Biological Diversity Day
The 22 of May is the International Day for Biological Diversity (aka IDB). It’s supported and promoted by The United Nations. The theme for the 2010 International Biological Diversity Day is “Biodiversity, Development and Poverty Alleviation” and we would like to support that by sharing 21 animal pictures. In Pure Spirit’s IDB suggested mascot International […]
After 300 years, the gray whale is back from the dead
Here’s some good news from earlier on this week. A gray whale has been sighted off the coast of Israel by Herzliya Marina. This is good news because the gray whale was previously thought to be extinct across the Atlantic Ocean. It’s shocking but good to find one in the Mediterranean Sea! The Grey Whale […]
Space Monkey: It’s not a planet, it’s our home
Catch: Slow motion jumping dogs
Ever seen an advert that’s just so good you had to share it? No? Ads of that level of quality are out there.
Here’s an ad for Pedigree called “Catch”. The premise is simple; slow-mo video footage of cute dogs jumping to catch a chunk of tasty Pedigree.
Police on pagan watch after horse mane weaving incidents
Police in the UK are suggesting that white witches are responsible for a number of incidents which have resulted in horse’s manes been woven together. At first, police suspected the practice was being used by organised crime to mark the horses prior to stealing them but none of the marked horses was then stolen. It […]
An interview with Joanne Hull known as The Pet Psychic
Joanne was kind enough to leave a comment on an old In Pure Spirit post on Equine Assisted Pscyhotherapy and our cheeky response was to ask for an interview. To our great pleasure, Joanne agreed. If you’d like to read more about Joanne’s offerings and abilities after this Q&A interview then check out her website […]
The meaning of cat talismans
Originally cat charms were used to signify luck and are common today. The question is whether they represent good or bad luck.
The black cat, in particular, is sometimes seen as unlucky as it represents one of the forms Satan is believed to take as he stalks the Earth. Others will wear the black cat charm to specifically ward against bad luck.
The Romans took the fiercely independent nature of the cat and translated this to the concept of liberty. The ancient Egyptians associated the cat to the moon and drew connections between the dilation and contraction of cat eyes to the waxing and waning of the moon. Egyptian moon gods or goddesses would often be depicted with the wedjat eye in the full-moon disk over their head. The wedjat-eye, however, belonged to Re and was later associated with Thoth, rather than the cats.
France faces fine for hamster neglect
The European Commission is taking steps to fine the French Government after a failure to protect the great hamster of Alsace. Only around 250 of the hamsters are believed to be left in the world.
Great Hamster of Alsace – NZ Herald
Great Hamster of Alsace – NZ Herald
If the French Government is found guilty then they may be fined as much as €17,000,000 (which is about €68,000 for each hamster).
The Commission had warned the French on a number of occasions that they were not taking sufficient steps to protect the hamsters’ natural environment. Now under the directives for the preservation of wildlife they’re pulling the French Government into Court.
Previously the French had attempted to protect the hamster by encouraging farmers to grow what or lucerne for the hamsters habitat. Efforts to protect the hamsters failed and the population dropped from 500 to 250 in just a matter of years.
