The International Day of Peace (“Peace Day”) is today September 21! This special day gives us an opportunity for not only nations and organizations, but also individuals to create practical acts of peace. This day was established by a United Nations resolution in 1981 to coincide with the opening of the General Assembly. The very first Peace Day was celebrated…
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Happy Wednesday! Today I have a lot on my mind, so I am going to stay here on my sheep-style blanket and contemplate for a while. Who can guess what I am thinking? Leave your best guess in a comment below this post here on our Conservation Cub Club. Let’s see which comment gets the most “likes”. I am…
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Last fall, I started showing symptoms of feline diabetes. I was getting super thirsty and began to drink a lot more water. And even though I was hungry and eating more, I was getting thinner. I was making more trips to my little box too. My parents scooped me up and put me in my cat carrier and we went…
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A few weeks ago, my mom and Flat Gracey, my stunt double, had the privilege of meeting Mike Arms, president of the Helen Woodward Animal Center in San Diego. The Helen Woodward Animal Center is an amazing, private, non-profit organization dedicated to saving the lives of animals. You might recognize the name from our participation in the Iams Home 4 the…
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Friends, as you might know, I have food allergies. These food allergies prevent me from eating one of my all time favorite foods ever….tuna fish. I can’t even have a whiff of tuna or any other fish for that matter. My parents don’t even bring tuna fish into the house because once when my dad was tearing open the package,…
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Remember to care for all earth’s creatures, big and small. Friends, with all the travel to and from, I didn’t get the chance to post my last in the series Gracey & The Pope. On my last day with the Pope, we sat quietly in the garden. There surrounded by nature, the Pope reminded me of the most important thing that…
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Friends, will you join me in lighting a candle in remembrance of September 11, 2001. Wishing you a day of solace and reflection. A tomorrow of hope and forgiveness.
Friends, did you know that you can identify a lion from the whisker spots that are found in rows on each side of the face? We learned that we can also identify a male lion by his mane in our post Lion Guardians Give Each Lion a Maasai Name, but a mane can change throughout the lion’s life depending upon…
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“This post is my entry into the BlogPaws Blog Carnival Contest sponsored by BISSELL Homecare, Inc.” When I was a teeny tiny kitten, some mean people didn’t want me, so they drove to the local Dog Pound and plunked me down in the drop box, even though the sign said NO CATS! I don’t have a very clear memory of…
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Tigers! New Rules! You Can Help! Camouflaged among the pages of the Federal Register/Vol. 76, No. 162/ Monday, August 22, 2011/ Proposed Rules, pages 52297-52301, hidden between pages and pages of proposed rules, the most important action to SAVE TIGERS in over 10 years is waiting for your support by just leaving a comment before September 21, 2011. “The U.S….
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Friends, I have something very serious to talk about with you. It is the water crisis in Kenya. Imagine being super thirsty. Then imagine that you can’t just go to the faucet, the fountain or reach for a bottle of water. Imagine that you are tired and feeling desperate because there is no water for you and that you might…
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