Cute Kids Re Enact First Thanksgiving
Awww! Everything’s cuter when kids re enact it.
Happy Turkey Day, Yankee friends and family! Try not to get crushed in a Target store shopping scrum!
D’oh! A Deer…
What happens when a frightened young doe wanders out of her usual range, and into the heart of downtown Toronto?
We call a dozen cops from the Emergency Task Force.
From the National Post:
Toronto Police Force Takes Down Dangerous Criminal. Criminal Deer.
Start with a dozen police constables. Add another dozen police from the Emergency Task Force in grey jumpsuits and bulletproof vests — armed with dart guns, Tasers and a big sort of fishing net — plus two vans from Animal Services and a senior veterinarian from the Toronto Zoo. Give them four hours: they will get the job done.
A busy street near Toronto City Hall bristled with these armed men this morning — all focused on a tiny plot of grass, trees and hedges next to a 15-storey building of medical labs, optometrists and dentists.
There sat a doe, two to three years old, about 90 kilograms. She turned her head from side to side, her pointed dark brown ears filled with the roar of the city. Around the deer fluttered yellow crime scene tape, tied from stop signs to bicycle locking rings. Ten photographers and TV cameramen trained their lenses on her.
The Globe and Mail mentioned that a few people were surprised at the amount of fire power on the scene.
One welder at a construction site across the street from the building, who didn’t want to be named, said the scene was startling at first.
“With the police there and the [ETF], I thought it was a bomb threat,” he said. “You think it’s pretty big. But then you hear ‘it’s a deer, it’s a deer.’”
But, hey – it’s not like they over reacted or anything. These are ferocious, wild creatures we’re dealing with here. Just ask Toronto Police Sergeant Winston Bennett.
“He’s a wild animal. Fairly big, fairly large. If it runs and hits a pedestrian, that’s something we need to think about.”
No sense taking chances when you’re dealing with a wild animal with this much potential for destruction, which totally explains the police response –
Dangerous Criminal Hides in Bushes
Around 11:30 a.m. ET, officers from the task force held up nets near where the deer had settled. With help from a veterinarian from the Toronto Zoo, it was shot with a tranquilizer gun. After being hit by the dart, the animal rose up and rushed into the street, approaching some of the officers.
That’s when an ETF officer tasered the animal, bringing it to the ground. Police and animal control officers surrounded the deer and trapped it in one of the nets. The deer, which wasn’t moving, was then placed in the back of a van.
Police superintendent Hugh Ferguson says the deer is still alive and is being handed over to animal control.
A vet was in the van to monitor the creature while it was being transported.
Anyway, before you go thinking that the Toronto Police over reacted, you should know that there is the distinct chance that the so called ‘deer’ was actually a cleverly disguised Pit Bull. Film footage of the very worried deer trying to take a nap is after the cut.
This Week’s Best Google Search Terms
Oh, teh Google – how do we love thee? Enough to mock the search terms people use on you, at the very least.
Here are this week’s top five “WTF?” search terms people used to get from their there to my here –
- zombies, attack, ice cubs, flame
OK, I’m going to assume this has to do with the drink known as the zombie. Otherwise, if zombies are attacking you? Not the time to be googling for help. You should have prepared for this eventuality months ago. Slacker. Also, Zombies totally aren’t afraid of ice cubs. I am, though.
- beagles in my pajamas
So many options. You’re looking for beagle patterned PJs? The dog has learned how to dress himself? The acid flashbacks have kicked in again? Hard to say.
- What toys do french bulls like?
Given a choice, French Bulls would probably love to play with these guys.
- does my french bull dog like me?
Sean, stop googling this. Delilah does love you – she just has an odd way of showing it.
- how much monet to buy a french bulldog
Based on recent auction prices, I’m thinking just one Monet should get you an entire pack of French Bulldogs. Shoot, for that price I’ll sell you Sean (but I’m keeping Delilah. She doesn’t even really like him anyways).
Your Friday Moment of Zen – Bullmastiff Puppies at One Day Old
Today’s moment of Zen is my friend Paula’s litter of TEN one day old Bullmastiff puppies. My favorite part of all comes at the very end – watching their tiny little tails wagging like metronomes as they eat. It’s been so long since I saw a litter of tailed puppies, I’d forgotten how vigorously they can wag them!
Warning: every dog in my house went nuts when they heard the squeaking of these little guys, so be forewarned.
“Oreo’s Law” Would Give Dogs Second Chance
Oreo's Law Would Give Animals a Second Chance
Wonderful news over on Nathan Winograd’s blog – a possible law in NY state making it illegal for shelters to kill animals when there is a group or welfare organization willing to take them.
From Nathan’s Post “Betrayal at the ASPCA” –
‘Oreo’s Law’ Would Give Dogs a Second Chance at Life
MANHATTAN — A bill to allow animal welfare organizations the right to request animals be given to their care when a shelter is planning to euthanize them will be introduced in the State Legislature this week by Assembly Member Micah Z. Kellner and State Senator Thomas K. Duane.
The bill is named Oreo’s Law in memory of a pit bull mix who became well-known after she survived abuse at the hands of her former owner, including a fall from a six-story building, but was eventually euthanized after the ASPCA determined she was untreatably aggressive. Pets Alive Animal Sanctuary, a no-kill animal shelter located in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains, specializing in the rehabilitation and care of abused animals, offered to take Oreo, but the ASPCA refused the request.
“As a dog owner and a foster parent for an animal rescue group, I was heartbroken to learn that Oreo was euthanized. When a humane organization volunteers their expertise in difficult cases, a shelter should work with them to the fullest extent possible.” said Assembly Member Micah Z. Kellner. “I am hopeful that Oreo’s Law will ensure that no animal is ever put to death if there is a responsible alternative.”
Read the rest here, and do everything you can to support the passing of this law. It should be in place in every country, every state and every province. There is simply NO reason for dogs – or cats – to be put to death when there are groups willing to take them.
Are you listening, Tom Skeldon? This means no more killing Pit Bulls and Pomeranians, when there are groups lined up begging to give them a chance at life.
And speaking of Tom Skeldon, check out the people actually patting him on the back and saying he’s doing ‘the best he can with the resources he has’. Sort of reminds me of Bush’s famous quote, “You’re doing a hell of a job, Brownie”.