Post Tagged with: "Animals"

  • Video: Doggy Dilemma

    There’s something about this that really tickles me. Enjoy.

     
  • Cows to represent British Olympian spirit

    With the news that the Olympic openning ceremony is to conjure up images of a greener Britain using farm yard animals like horses, cows and ducks – yes ducks – it’s time to reflect on whether these people are just making it up as they go along. According to the […]

     
  • MP accuses police spy of bombing London department store in the eighties

    The BBC is reporting that Green MP Caroline Lucas has used Parliamentary privilege to name a police informer, or agent provocateur, of planting a bomb that two Animal Liberation Front (ALF) members were jailed for in the 1980’s. She claimed that she believed there was strong evidence that under cover […]

     
  • Urban diary: Man and Beast in Camden

    There follows a grisly tale not for the faint-hearted, be warned. Walking home from the election night celebrations I approached what looked a little like a stuffed toy lying on the pavement. Sadly, as I got closer I realised it was a very stationary cat. I was about to say […]

     
  • Lush, Regent Street, campaign against animal testing

    Eco-cosmetics company Lush put on a pretty horrific show during the week to highlight the cruelty involved in animal testing for cosmetics. Be warned, it’s a fairly disgusting video – so don’t watch if you don’t like deliberately confronting “performance art” that might make you feel a bit ill. Lush […]

     
  • It’s very rainy for a drought

    These birds were caught out in the rain. The ducks didn’t seem to mind but this cormorant (?) just stood and stared into the sky for around fifteen minutes.

     
  • The changing face of dogs in London: a vet’s perspective.

    Islington vet, Caroline Allen, writes on the changing face of dogs in London.   I’ve been a vet now for 13 years, 10 of which have been spent in London. Mostly it’s a job I love, but it can be deeply frustrating having to pick up the pieces of some […]

     
  • How does your dog get about town?

    You don’t see many of these around – a reverse tricycle with a large box in the front for the dog of means. Pretty neat way to travel in style. I believe these come from Denmark, the home of all civilised things. How else do people get their dogs around […]

     
  • Frog Day: 25th March

    Come and celebrate our native amphibians in this wonderful open day for all. One of our fantastic nature-themed open days. There’s something for everyone at this all day event There will be pond-dipping, nature trails, amphibian & pond talks, frog cakes, teas & coffees and much much more. For more […]

     
  • Vauxhall: There’s something in the eyes

    Spotted outside Vauxhall City Farm. There is something very wrong about this that I can’t quite put my finger on. And if I could put my finger on it I would definitely wash my hands afterwards.