So... You must like animals?
I’ve been on placement at a wildlife rescue facility these past 2 days, and I’ve learnt that I’m very much on the side of animal welfare and not so much on conservationism.
I’m volunteering with this organisation called ACRES in Sgp, and the way they’ve had to work is rather interesting, i might say more about it eventually.
One of the things which irks me most about working there is how there are so many of the same few species. All of them abandoned pets. Abandoned because they got too large or active for the owners to manage.
I don’t get it. I don’t get why people think they have a right to simply abandon their animals when they’re too large.
EDUCATE ALL THE KIDS.
A glance at Sacroiliac Luxation
Not nearly as complicated as what it sounds!
Firstly it might help to locate the joint on your own body. It is simply the joint that connects your pelvis (the pelvis is made up of 3 bones, the largest being the Ilium) to your spine (the sacrum is a fused region of vertebrate at the base of your spine). Find the base of your spine and you find your tailbone (coccyx) which is part of the sacrum.
Luxation is just a posh word for dislocation, so a sacroiliac luxation is the dislocation of the pelvis from a fused section of your spine.
The picture above shows a surgical technique in a dog to secure the sacrum onto the ilium, only a small incision is needed and a drill to make the holes for the slightly larger screws that fix it all together. Just watch out for the spinal cord whilst drilling!
reindeer race by Henri Bonell on Flickr.
Reminds me of how one of our classmates got the epic gigglies when one of our lecturers talked about camel racing.
You’ve decided to take the plunge and raise your own chickens. What’s next? In addition to building a chicken coop and mulling over the egg-eating options — scrambled or over-easy? — you need to consider what kind of chicken breed is right for you.
A chicken breed for every need
Triple-o, tt a f - gvah! now it’s stuck in my head and I’m almoust prepared xD
This is so gonna come in useful next semester.
And he’s worth every penny :)
Three-week-old baby Malayan tapir Nadira takes a first look around her new enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo
Picture: PA (via Animal pictures of the week: 11 November 2011 - Telegraph)
![fuckyeahfelines:
you will waste a lot of time on this, i promise. [this is based on personal experience, of course].
comprehensive guide/chart of cat colours/patterns and variations.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_leutq2v9ne1qzjc9co1_500.jpg)
you will waste a lot of time on this, i promise. [this is based on personal experience, of course].
comprehensive guide/chart of cat colours/patterns and variations.
Mongrels and cross-breed dogs in Singapore can soon find homes in Housing Board flats.
A nationwide re-homing project will take off in the first half of 2012 to help alleviate the stray dog issue here, said Minister of State for National Development Tan Chuan-Jin at the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority’s (AVA) Responsible Pet Ownership road show at Singapore Expo on Saturday.
He said the idea was brought up by both the Action for Singapore Dogs and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, for deliberation by an inter-agency task force, which was formed to review pet ownership and stray animal management policies.
Mr Tan said this trial will be tightly screened, and all dogs and potential owners will be properly screened by animal welfare groups for their suitability.
Dogs above 10kg were not allowed in housing board (HDB) flats.
This was one of the things that irked me most when I found out about it. I don’t live in a HDB flat, so I didn’t know about it till last year. It’s one of those silly things that doesn’t make sense. It’s not the size of the dog that determines its entire suitability for living in a small flat, it’s the personality.
Sure, it might be a challenge to adapt these stray dogs from running around freely outside to living indoors, but this is still a huge step up from having them culled, just because there aren’t enough people in private housing who can take them in.
Side note, people living in private housing would be more likely to get the pure-breeds anyway, if you know what i mean.
