Posted by Taxi dog on Tuesday, April 27, 2010,
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Human-animal bond
April 2010 - On March 21, 2007, in Fallujah, Lex and his handler, 20-year-old
Corporal Dustin Jerome Lee of Quitman, Miss., were on patrol when an
enemy rocket-propelled grenade exploded nearby. Lex, who received
several shrapnel wounds, had to be dragged away from his master's dead
body by corpsmen who were trying to treat Lee.
Lex with fellow Marines at the funeral of Corporal Dustin Jerome Lee
Posted by Taxi dog on Thursday, December 3, 2009,
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Human-animal bond
On Christmas morning everone has a special treat
Molasses Dry hay straw Salt blocks Dried corn cobs Dried oats and wheat berries Dried clover Suet Seeds Preserved fruits and berries Cream
My grandfathers, both farmers with ties to the land the natural world of critters, revered above all: family, their livelihoods and the animals that made everything possible.
I remember a Christmas when I first learned the extent to which this bond was revered. That Christmas day began like most days on a farm,...
Posted by Taxi dog on Thursday, October 22, 2009,
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Human-animal bond
Homelessness hurts more than just people and families, it hurts their pets and it hurts society. Homelessness is the obscenity of our time and our shame if we do nothing.
Because most shelters today do not allow pets many homeless elect to remain homeless rather than abandon their companions.
One estimate puts the number of homeless in America at 3.5 million; no one knows how many pets live with their owners on the street but in 2007 nearly 40% of all U.S. households owned at least on...
DENVER, Oct. 6 -- One-hundred thirty-two years ago this coming Friday (on Oct. 9, 1877), children were often toiling at hard labor in filthy sweatshops instead of going to school, and when they could play, they were forced into the bustling streets or garbage-strewn alleys instead of onto safe playgrounds. Work horses - often beaten mercilessly and nearly starved or dehydrated - were forced to work 20-hour days. "Pet" dogs and cats didn't fare much better, and livestock handli...
Posted by Taxi dog on Friday, October 2, 2009,
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Human-animal bond
hos·pice
(hsps) n. 1. A shelter or lodging for travelers, pilgrims, foundlings, or the destitute, especially one maintained by a monastic order.
2. A program that provides palliative care and attends to the emotional and spiritual needs of terminally ill patients at an inpatient facility or at the patient's home.
[French, from Old French, from Latin
hospitium, hospitality, from hospes, hospit-, host; see ghos-ti- in Indo-European roots.]
The term "hospice" (from the same linguistic root...
Posted by Taxi dog on Wednesday, September 2, 2009,
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Human-animal bond
In part I of this series we described the basic format and rational for veterinary hospice in this edition we’ll examine the possible roles that hospice organizations might strive to fulfill within the community.
There are basically two types of hospice, for profit business models and not for profit organizations. This simplest distinction merits some consideration because it is at this basic level that society measures its contract with any group, organization or individual.
Posted by Taxi dog on Wednesday, July 22, 2009,
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Human-animal bond
Domestic violence and the link to companion animal abuse
Instances of domestic abuse though in decline over the past few years have suddenly reemerged in response to the worsening economic landscape. Money problems, joblessness and foreclosures are prime indicators that the pain and desperation of families in crisis will once again raise the specter of violence in American homes. In January 2008 the National Domestic Violence Hotline (NDVH) reported that calls to their center in September...
Posted by Taxi dog on Tuesday, June 30, 2009,
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Human-animal bond
Hospice:
A lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order)
A program of medical and emotional care for the terminally ill
Wordnet.princeton.edu
Hospice has had a variety of meanings to different people, in different cultures and at various moments in history. By its simplest definition hospice today means an organized medical intervention on behalf of a patient nearing the end of life.
