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While service dogs for autistic kids paw their way into the classroom, scientists have decided to finally study the link between kids and their pets.
Sponsored by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the study is meant to go beyond anecdotal evidence that therapy animals have a positive affect on kids, especially those with autism. Continue reading »
It’s about time we checked back in with www.WhytheF***doyouhaveakid.com, because as long as their are still people having kids there will be people who should not be having kids.
Believe it or not, we’re getting close to the holidays, and that means the gift requests are going to start mounting up from our kiddos. For lots of kids, that gift list includes a new puppy or kitten.
Animal welfare people suggest that the chaos and craziness of the holidays is about the worst time to introduce a new pet into the house, and I have to agree. But when you’ve made that decision to add a new pet to your family, the Humane Society of the United States and the Ad Council are launching a new campaign to get you to consider a shelter pet as your first and best place to get a pet. It’s called the Shelter Pet Project. Here’s just one fact: Every year, of the 8 million dogs and cats that enter animal shelters, 3 million of these healthy and treatable pets are euthanized.
Most shelters Continue reading »
He’s a favorite of Michelle Obama, and this week, SkippyJon Jones is being launched into, er, “spice.”
The lastest in a line of books featuring a Siamese cat who thinks he’s a Chihuahua, SkippyJon Jones Lost in Spice is littered with Spanish words for your kids to practice and a story that’s been peppered with a liberal dose of silly.
Author Judy Schachner sat down with Babble via the phone from her home in southeastern Pennsylvania to explain why cats need three names and why her cat speaks with a Spanish accent: Continue reading »
The long-necked creature who has appeared in Toys R Us commercials as Geoffrey, everyone’s favorite giraffe, is dead. And a federal investigation instigated by PETA indicates there’s foul play behind the fella’s death.
Tweet the giraffe was at a zoo in Boston for filming The Zookeeper with Kevin James when the Gainesville Sun reports he collapsed and died. Continue reading »
A program meant to teach kids about raising animals should be an animal activist’s dream. Until the fourteen kids who raised a lamb named Marcus voted to have the wooly little critter sent to the slaughterhouse.
Lamb chop anyone? Continue reading »
Early this summer, I took my daughters — 6 and 4 — on a bike ride in our urban neighborhood. For the first time everyone was on their own two (or four) wheels — no one in a bike seat, trailer, or on a tandem.
Five minutes into the bike ride, I suddenly understood what a mother duck goes through all. day. long. It was a constant struggle to make sure everyone stayed together, no one crossed a street before I got there, and no one was left lagging behind. And this was with just two kids!
So I feel a little emapthy whenever I see a mama duck. Keeping all those roving youngsters together is a tough job when you’re on your own. One mama duck whose babies got stuck in a swimming pool got a helping hand from an unlikely source — a human and a patio chair. Watch:
Lori Garcia 
Joslyn Gray 
Amber Doty 
Julianna Miner 
Monica Bielanko 
Sierra Black 
Meredith Carroll 
Carolyn Castiglia 
Sunny Chanel 
Madeline Holler 
Rebecca Odes 
Danielle Smith 
Danielle Sullivan 
Katherine Stone 
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