http://community.livejournal.com/stupidpetowners/2105076.html

Apparently, the term 'research' has joined the status of fact. When community members very rightfully so railed on the OP that s/he didn't research, s/he reply to everyone that s/he did research, without saying what/how ( Read more... )

Here's one customer's account, with pictures of the package his live order arrived in ( Read more... )

So by now, everyone had probably heard of the unfortunate passing of The Crocodile Hunter, Australia's Steve Irwin.

...here then, is a cute picture I gekked from Jason Staines's report of the incident:


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Stupid Pet (grocery) Store

OHMYGOD, no.

The pet fish in Walmart idea was already stupid, leave it to the aquariums and petshops, and stick with the non-living or plant life stuff, urgh. This? Birds? A grocery store is selling birds?

The store in question is Meijers:

1: The trouble is, Meijer is a huge Wal-Mart style store with lots of ( Read more... )

For the Torontonians with me on their friendlist that likes animals:

2006-02-09: Aquarium Rec? Cruelty free? (water plants, fish food, chem kits)

Whee, the people at toronto can be so helpful, so far I have two petshops I'm going to check out somewhere within the month. I want to start keeping fishes again, wanted to since several months back, but ( Read more... )

Hunters try to save boar farmer's bacon - The Guardian ( Read more... )

Since animal_welfare is actually about animal rights, I don't know where to look. I hate misleading things like that. Where do I find a community that believes animals should be treated as decently as possible accordingly to the situation and context, but not some bull about how animals have rights. Dolphins and generally Orcas are close, but I think to have ( Read more... )

Canada's Shame: The Plight of the Orca's

And related:

The truth about the violent capture, captivity, and training of dolphins