animal blogs

ANIMAL BLOGS

These are a quick selection of blogs about animals that I regularly

check, not anything but a teaspoon-sized sample of what's out there,

but maybe they give a suggestion of the range of animal blogs. To make

their URL open, you'll have to replace what I call the "spinach"

(necessary but pesky) at the front: http://

Each one of these blogs will have a "blogroll" or set of links down

the side that represent plenty more excellent material.

cameratrapcodger.blogspot.com

(Chris Wemmer, a native Californian and professional biologist and

wildlife conservationist, shares his nightly catches in his camera

trap plus his reflections about the animals. They range from squirrels

to pumas.)

dailymammal.blogspot.com

Jennifer Rae Atkins provides an original drawing of a mammal, a

different one every day. She'll make one for you: $50 for a matted

mammal already drawn or you can request any mammal for $60. Five bucks

from each sale goes to an animal charity. The mammals in question are

often startling as she seeks out a different one of the five thousand

named species every day.

tufts.edu/vet/cfa/hoarding/index.html

" Home page of HARC, the Hoarding of Animals Research Consortium. We

have assembled the resources on this site to increase awareness about

a complex disorder which has until recently not received serious

attention by medical, mental health, and public health professionals.

Known to animal protection groups or SPCA's for many years as

"collectors", the depth of the pathology underlying this behavior is

just beginning to be uncovered, and shows striking similarities to

other forms of hoarding behavior which are better understood."

thebark.typepad.com

Common sense and lively observations over a wide range, mostly about

dogs. Actually, it's an online magazine.

www.nacanet.org

The official National Animal Control Association website -- all

business. Indispensable for people in that line of work.

www.acoswapshop.com/

Also for Animal Control professionals, but not so formal. This website

and nacanet have to be protected from saboteurs from the "humane"

extremes, so you'll have to do the e-equivalent of knocking on the

door to get to some features.

byhenrychappell.blogspot.com/

"In the mid 1990s, he began work on a series of essays about the

powerful bonds that connect hunter, land, and prey. Nineteen of those

essays were published collectively in February of 2001 as At Home on

the Range with a Texas Hunter, which received an Excellence in Craft

Award from the Texas Outdoor Writers Association." This blog is not

just about animals and when it is, the animals are likely to be wild

and possibly hunted.

prairieice.blogspot.com/

John Carlson says: "I live and work right where I grew up in Eastern

Montana. I take occasional trips to the Antarctic with the non-profit

group Oceanites." And then writes wonderfully, all illustrated with

National Geographic quality photos.

www.hawkdog.net/wordpress/

AKA "Diary of a Mad Natural Historian"

"A few labels that could be applied (w/ some degree of accuracy) to

me: falconer, dog trainer, dog breeder, bird hunter, tech weenie, fly

fisher, dart frogger, left libertarian, beatnik/hippie - there's more,

but that's enough for now."

terriermandotcom.blogspot.com/

"Information on working terriers, dogs, natural history, hunting, and

the environment. This web log is associated with the Terrierman.com

web site. " Also politics! A cranky, intelligent, and irreverent

collection of stuff. I love it, but then I love terriers.

dogpolitics.typepad.com/my_weblog/

Violent, opinionated, raving, and if you don't follow this stuff,

you're out of the loop.

www.naiaonline.org/about/index.htm

"The National Animal Interest Alliance is an association of business,

agricultural, scientific, and recreational interests dedicated to

promoting animal welfare, supporting responsible animal use and

strengthening the bond between humans and animals. Our members are pet

owners, dog and cat clubs, obedience clubs and rescue groups as well

as breeders, trainers, veterinarians, research scientists, farmers,

fishermen, hunters and wildlife biologists. The membership roster of

NAIA includes some of America's most respected animal professionals,

advocates and enthusiasts." Their self-description, but it IS more

moderate.

www.petconnection.com/blog/

"Welcome to online home of the Pet Connection, the weekly pet-care

feature syndicated to newspapers, magazines and Web sites throughout

the United States and Canada by Universal Press Syndicate. But we're

more than a pet column, as we hope you'll find out exploring our Web

site. We're best-selling books on pet care, and we're a popular

pet-related Web log. You can search our archives for answers to your

pet questions, and check out some helpful links we've collected."

Slick, pleasant and useful.

www.pet-law.com/

"Animal Rights" organizations have become so extreme and public now

that they have triggered a lot of equal-but-opposite push-backs. This

is a good one.

victoriacummings.blogspot.com/

AKA "The Wisdom of the Horse"

A sophisticated woman keeps a diary of her thoughts as she goes

through the days with her own horses.

www.skills-bills.co.uk/2007.htm

Bill McKinney's birding list plus comments and so on.

stephenbodio.blogspot.com/

AKA Stephen Bodio's Querencia

Steve has two passions: one is the spectrum of gazehounds from the

Central Asian countries we are only learning about now that we've

declared war on them and falcons of many kinds, as used in hunting.

Located in New Mexico, he regularly hunts with both hawks and dogs on

the high plateau and then writes about their history. This material is

worked into many other interests and three other writers post here.

fretmarks.blogspot.com

Helen McDonald, a young woman who is a professor at Oxford and a poet,

writes the most beautiful prose I've read anywhere. She recently

acquired a goshawk, "Mabel," and is training both herself and the bird

to hunt. One's heart breaks at the intense emotion.