Animal Theory

The Animal Rescue Site is working with Petfinder.com to help reunite animals rescued during natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina. It’s worth a visit to the Animal Rescue Site for information aboutcaring for unwanted animals and online activism. Visitors can begin participating easily by clicking the purple button “Feed an Animal in Need”. For every new click, the advertisers on the site pay for bowls of food for animals in need.

John Mabry is one of several volunteers who left their jobs in other states to go to New Orleans to rescue animals. Mabry tells of his time working for Mutt Shack, a team of volunteers that saved about 700 dogs, 300 cats, and even a boa constrictor.

Bangkok’s Independent Newspaper In Chaing Mai, Thailand, The Night Safari Park is just opening. Visitors can take night rides to see over 700 wild animals and over 100 species. Though unimaginable, after viewing the animals, visitors can dine at the zoo’s restaurants to sample fresh lion, tiger, elephant, giraffe, zebra, horse, or dog meat.

Evidently Thailand’s Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is not at all concerned about the new restaurants and their effect on Thailand’s image. Shinawatra hopes the Park will become an enormous tourist attraction. Let us hope he will be surprised at the outpouring of disgust and rebuke that lead to the closing of these detestable dining halls.

See Bangkok Post for more information.

On November 20, Nature on PBS will air a program on animal rescue after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. The episode shows scenes from a dog stranded on top of a sinking house to the dolphins who were swept out of their Oceanarium home in MS by a forty foot wave. The coverage also includes the work of animal rescue organizations. Check PBS for local listings. They will also post information on their website beginning November 17, 2005

Animal shelters in San Antonio, Texas have been getting a much needed overhaul. After a news expose, the archaic and horrific conditions of the shelters were exposed. Money and education are helping to bring major change to these “shelters”.