I can still hear the gunshot ringing in my ears. My 5 year old self was sitting in my bedroom upstairs clinging to my older brother for some sort of comfort. My Shetland pony foal had eaten poisonous weeds, was suffering terribly and the vet said he must be...
I am feline… therefore… divine Elegant and graceful… demur and tasteful Not a pet… but a king, not a cat… but a queen To think anything but this… is purely obscene A companion to emperors, to pharaohs… and kings I’m an addition to those who like beautiful things I am...
‘You need something to help you through.’ These are the words of 22-year-old zookeeper Gabby Charlesworth who is recovering from a rare form of adrenal cancer. For Gabby, that ‘something’ is the animals in her care. Gabby returned to work at...
Anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder―sadly, these words have become everyday concepts in our hectic, stressful twenty-first century lives. The irony of the situation, the fact that we have to keep functioning in a world...
Having pets is both a joy and a chore. Today, more than other days, I am very aware of this. I woke up this morning to find the cat had decided not to go out in the rain last night and pooed on the bathroom mat, and the dog seemed to be running a temperature....
With temperatures soaring causing record heat waves around much of the northern hemisphere this summer, it is pertinent that we keep calm and stay cool. That’s all good and well for those of us who aren’t covered in fur or feathers―we can peel off the...
