June 11 - Party to Protect Animals from Disasters

When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast last year on August 29, many evacuees faced a horrifying choice: abandon your animals and live, or stay together and face life-threatening risk.

Hurricane season officially started June 1, so passage of the Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards (PETS) Act is a critical priority for the Humane Society Legislative Fund (HSLF), the lobbying arm of The Humane Society of the United States.

Party on June 11: Host or Attend
Join thousands of people in more than 45 states (and in Ontario, Canada) coming together to fight for this important cause as party animals.
http://www.partylaunch.com/partyanimals/

Host: http://www.partylaunch.com/partyanimals/hostparty/index.cfm
Attend: http://www.partylaunch.com/partyanimals/findparty/index.cfm

I don't have the space to host such an event in Raleigh -does anyone have space on such short notice? I'd be happy to send out APB to my friends.

Darwin Hybrid?

The other day, I happened to notice a fat squirrel with extra fur, thicker tail, and a wonderful racoon face.

Am I witnessing a hybrid? Or perhaps just one who hasn't shed his wintercoat yet?

Who's Not Supposed to be on the Counter?

After weeks of being consummed by tradeshow preparations and finally being physically gone for 8 days, Bacchus couldn't contain his good behavior any longer. Baccha-the-Hut exposes his charms on the kitchen counter after our return from NYC and we didn't argue since he's such a good cat that hams it up each chance he can.

Notice the paw in motion: he's kneeding the air.

Early in bed early in the next morning after our return, I found him curled up inside Andrew's arm purring loudly and both paws were kneeding the air. Talking, purring, kneeding... and I was too exhausted to go get the camera.

God what a huge belly.