According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), this year, 2012, will be the worst for infections of West Nile Virus. A total of 47 states have reported 1118 human cases. Mosquitoes transmit the disease through their bites to both humans and animals. The mayor of Dallas, Texas has declared a state of […]
The Humane Society of the United States reports that “The King of Beasts” – the African Lion – is threatened with near extinction unless something is done to protect it. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service, based on a petition by the HSUS, the Humane Society International, the Fund for Animals and other animal […]
Sir Winston Churchill was a British politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II. Churchill was also an animal lover. Churchill’s private secretary, Sir John Colville, gave him a cat named “Jock.” Before he died he asked that his home, Chartwell Manor, always keep an orange cat […]
