The Red Kite

Wonderful news for a beautiful bird.

The RSPB is celebrating the "remarkable" comeback of the Red Kite, a bird which had almost become extinct in Britain.  For more than 400 years the bird of prey was killed as vermin and by the 1960s there were just 20 pairs.  Now, the organization's 2011 Big Garden Birdwatch survey recorded as many as 2,000 breeding pairs, an increase of over 130% since last year.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13219276

A Bad Widdle Otter

I've been a bad widdle otter.... hopefully this cute face will help me help you to forgive and forget... and go get me feesh...

Bunny High Jumps

It's time for Bunny Agility! 

How high can your rabbit jump?

That rabbits like to hop is hardly a secret. But now European rabbit enthusiasts have harnessed their bunnies' natural talents to create a new spectator sport... rabbit showjumping. 

Invented in Sweden in the early Eighties, Kaninhop involves bunnies bouncing their way around courses consisting of several small jumps of varying height and length.

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1381464/Bunny-rabbits-compete-jumping-course-Dressage-set-world-storm.html#ixzz1LJHLFnr7

Dog in Shoes

Some animals were just not meant to wear shoes....

Today, I'm proud to be an American

Pigs and their Love Affair with Mud

It is a true picture of contentment, and now a scientist is suggesting that a pig's love of mud is more than just a way to keep cool. A researcher in the Netherlands has looked at wallowing behavior in pigs' wild relatives to find out more about what motivates the animals to luxuriate in sludge. His conclusions suggest that wallowing is vital for the animals' well-being. So, instead of pigs needing to cool down in mud because they do not have functional sweat glands, Dr Bracke thinks that they "did not evolve functional sweat glands like other ungulates because they liked wallowing so much".  http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9464000/9464994.stm

The Poor "May Day" Fox

‎"What's with all this cold weather? I thought this was supposed to be May Day, celebrating the Spring Season!?"

May day! may day! I need more sunshine, stat!

‎(it's really cold and overcast today in Colorado :-P )

The Cheetah Run

At the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, there is a "Cheetah Run", which actually allows their cheetahs to run and reach their top speeds. It's so beautiful to watch, I wish more zoos would adopt this program, to allow more captive cheetahs to do what they do best: run.