Man Finds Brush Tailed Possum in His Shower- Cute!

Australia.  The land of huge venomous spiders and infamous "drop bears."  When I clicked on this link from Reddit this morning, I was expecting a nest of spiders to have eaten someone or something.  Standard Australia, right?

Nope, I was wrong.  It was a sleepy, adorable fuzzy little possum.  I wanted to hug it.  I wanted to be it's best friend.  Obviously this is not the correct choice for someone who encounters wildlife camping- we are told to let the animals be and don't disturb them.  Thankfully, the man who discovered this brush tailed possum just let him/her be.

The video is extremely cute and extremely admirable.  Take a look!

USA's Failure to Adapt

While America, the leader of the free world, thumps it's Bible on it's chest and calls other nations backwards and underdeveloped for not advancing technologically and mentally, we are downright hypocritical.

Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Turkey - more than 80% of NATO - have repeatedly confirmed to nonpartisan organizations such as PETA that no animals are used for military medical training exercises.  If so many countries, some with a far smaller budget than America, can respect animal rights, then there is no reason for the US to maim and torture animals.

The overwhelming minority of NATO -  Canada, Denmark, Norway, the U.S., and the U.K. - still use animals (pigs are the favorite) to train their medical personnel as if this was the eighteenth century.   For some gruesome examples, the Canadian military cuts and poisons live pigs with toxic chemicals, the military of Norway uses high-velocity bullets to break pigs' bones, and the military of Denmark, with U.K. participation, subjects live pigs to bullet and blast wounds.  The real kicker is our own country; we stab, shoot, dismember, burn, and ill thousands of live animals.

The basis of the American philosophy is that the government simply represents the people's wishes.  So, by technicality, the American people are eager to inflict horrific pain that would probably make Obama pee his pants on mere pets, sometimes even man's best friend.  Americans do NOT want this.  "We the people" have never even voted on a heart wrenching issue that could be easily resolved by the purchase and use of lifelike human simulators.  These simulators breathe and bleed; they are extremely effective in preparing military personnel in treating battle wounds.

The American people need to teach their government to adapt to the twenty-first century.  Stop being barbarians and show the rest of NATO that you don't believe yourself to be above animal rights.

New Blog

Hi all,

This is a further continuation of my old blog.  The email I used to write the blog has been permanently compromised, so I had to make a new one.

The last few months have been some of the hardest of my life, and that is why I haven’t posted anything.  From the insane amount of schoolwork to actually being hospitalized for a “cold,” I have had no time to write on my beloved blog.  I’m going to try and make weekly installments, focusing, on of course, Wags and Walks, my permanent dog, Tiger, and various other animal rights issues.

Tiger is mentally retarded.  I’m not being dramatic and exaggerating his level of stupidity- according to numerous vets and animal behaviorist, I possess a mentally impaired canine.  What Tiger is to other dogs is what a child with down syndrome is to the rest of the population.  You can see a few adorable photos of my Ti-ti here.  He’s also half-blind, and gets super gnarly/nasty stuff in his eyes that I have to take care of (ew).

Basically, now that my ski career has been drastically reduced due to knee injuries, I’ll be spending wayyyy more time at home and therefore wayyy more time with Tiger.  I’ll start chronicling his moods, my care for him, and his interaction with other animals.

Also, I will be chronicling some current and serious animal rights issues around the globe.  Hope you enjoy!