General Chat

I have always loved animals, all breeds, all kinds. But because of circumstances only been able to have cats and help stray dogs. I briefly supported the animal liberation front until they went off the wall, and I hate all cruelty. Whats YOUR experience.

hi, i am an animal lover!! i have 2 cats--tigger-9yrs old & meg 3 yrs old. meg can be a little madam with tigger, they don't fight, but she torments him by running at him and jumping on his back, she just wants to play, but tigger wont have any of it!! he's getting to old and just wants a quiet life. i had a dog "lassie" but she died from a heart attack 3 yrs ago, it broke my heart when she went, she was 15yrs,and i'd had her from 9wks old, she was so faithfull, i still miss her. i would like to get another dog now but i don't want to upset the cats, when we got meg as a kitten it took tigger a long time to come round and accept her. or maybe another kitten!! a playmate for meg!!! chris.

Hi Dorothy, You might be pleased to know that London Zoo's elephants were moved from their appalling conditions to Whipsnade Wild Animal Park a couple of years ago, after one of them killed a keeper. One of London's elephants is now pregnant by Whipsnade's bull, Emmet, who has also fathered a beautiful baby girl by his other lady friend, Kaylee. They have a huge amount of space in their paddocks, with shaded areas, a pool deep enough to submerge themselves in, and they walk for miles every day, around the park. Zoos are not my fave places, but Whipsnade has a very good breeding programme. they have produced 5 Siberian tiger cubs in recent years, an endangered species. These tigers will be moved on to other zoos to become part of the international breeding program. I am not a (domestic) cat lover, but could never hurt one. Love dogs though, especially choccy labs!

dorothy,that was a post from your heart,and i agreed with every word of it. just over 30yrs ago,i started med school...sometimes,i wished it had been vet school. brought up in south wales,by my grandparents,we had chickens,pigs,and sheep scattered everywhere,it was animal heaven,and i loved every minute,of every day. yes,ime an animal lover......bryan.

I work for the local branch of Cats Protection. We are a national charity and take in stray and unwanted cats and kittens. Vaccinate, worm etc. neuter and microchip before rehoming. I also have 3 dogs, 5 cats, 1 foster cat and 1 foster kitten and a hamster. So I guess I'm an animal lover! Eileen

Its lovely to hear that folk feel as strongly as me about animals, the human being is part of the animal kingdom but alas, some times the worst part for the rest of the animals, we have the intelligence to feel we are better but alas we prove to be the worst. I cannot watch wild life programs for fear that I will see crualty. Thankyou for sharing your feelings on this. eyes

Dorothy Felt every word you wrote, shan't get much sleep tonight. Sally, If you want a dog that will eat anything, and I mean anything!!!! (don't ask) One that makes sure you have soggy slippers to put on in the morning. One that likes to give you at least one brown hair in every meal, then yes it's a Choccy Lab you need, I know I've got one!! And what's this thing they have about SOCKS!

Hi Dorothy, I have had and still have great characters (cats) living in the same house as me. They rule the roost and I feel very protective of them. They are not pets, they choose to live with me and make my life difficult, interesting and challenging, I love all creatures and feel we all have a right to live on this planet and we have no right to be so superior over them. hope I am not being too deep here. :)

Hi Donna, It really is nice to know there are like minded folk about, does your heart good. :)

Donna, i know what you mean, I would love to be vegan, but I am carnivorous just as most animals are, including dogs, cats, birds of prey etc. we are the more advanced species, therefore we should not abuse.

Im from farming stock both sides of tree Love all animals and nature. I won't even let people kill spiders and im terrified of them! can't imagine life without my pets Only have 2 cats today missing the 4 kittens all now happy in their new homes 12 weeks old yesterday. I really wanted a dog but found myself rescuing cat 9 years ago since then gave home to unwanted kitten called him Puppy coz I still really want a dog choc lab one of my faves. Also would love to rescue a greyhound or 2. Anyone interested in greyhounds/dogs must visit wonderful site i found when researching history of my g grandfather's greyhound. It has beautiful pics and life stories of her dogs and message board Her love for the dogs shines thru whole site. will add link asap Also have long standing passion for frogs toads newts in fact all creature who frequent ponds. Have natural pond in tiny garden where i do not use chemicals. Hoping to create artificial rainforest when i can afford it to help preserve endangered frogs. Would dearly love to rescue any small rainforest creatures who could live happily alongside frogs. Also any llama, goat, peacock, ducks chickens, donkey or small pony in need of loving home

I too am a great animal lover we have had four dogs over the years Sam a golden Labrador, Sheba German sheperd, Sam another Golden Labrador, and our Wallace Belgium Sheperd we have now sorry he came with the name. The labradors we had from puppies but the two sheperd were rescused they had a very bad start to there lives. Labradors such lovable dogs our first one we had was a very naughty dog as a puppie one thing he did was we left him in the car while we went to see a friend of ours she didnt like dogs when we returned(we were only ten minutes ) our car looked like a battlefield bless him he had chewed all the dashboard and one of the door panels,the air was blue we should have known better. As with all animals that die losing them is the worst part of being an animal lover you always say never again but what do we all do yes go out and get another one. i cannot stand to watch any programs of animals being ill treated is upsets me to much Take care Margaret

well all the cats are melting in the garden now, what a life they do have.

Anyone that can hurt a defenceless animal deserves to be put down himself. Dawn

Hi Dorothy Lived and brought up on farms all my life(apart from national service) love all animals,all cats and dogs were unwanted so we took them on, my present pets are GSD Frank a Ladrador Bruno a cat Chloe, they were a great comfort when my wife died they gave me something to focus on. David

Hiya Eyes, Had dogs all my life,along with cats,birds,mice hampsters,rabbits. In fact I love all animals. I do,once a month, pay a subscription to World Wildlife Fund, WWF. At pesent, we are the proud owners of a 9 week old lurcher,named Kasha, a Greyhound/Collie cross. Baz

Hiya Baz, how ya doing :) I adopted a whale, I'm just hopeing she doesn't want to come home for the holidays :) I just love all animals including insects, rodents and even Seagulls lol.

Hiya Eyes, The only `creatures` I can`t stand,are spiders, they make me cringe. Snakes,so so,but spiders, AAAAHHHHHH.

Baz, Keep your voice down, spiders have feelings too. They are warm, cuddly, furry and fun to be with. Not speaking first hand here that knows :)

Eyes, They also have `fangs`,which they don`t mind sinking into the nearest human flesh. lol