Thursday, September 21, 2006
I Pinch!
Saturday, September 02, 2006
Flower is sooo young
Flower has her energy back. (To put it mildly.) At first when she and Carrie were in the same room, Carrie wanted to play with Flower. Now Flower swipes playfully at Carrie or pounces every time Carrie walks by, even if Carrie is minding her own business. Carrie is very tolerant!
Flower also loves to dig in the litterbox, not just for what it is for, but just for kicks. This means litter is everywhere.
Flower likes to play with rug fringe. This means rugs are never flat.
Flower likes to test boundaries. This means she's on the kitchen table often. (She is encouraging Carrie to act out, too!)
But, most of all, Flower has settled into her new home. This means she's a happy cat!
She's getting along great on her back leg, too. Sometimes she over-does it and ends up limping more, but it doesn't really hold her back much.
Flower also loves to dig in the litterbox, not just for what it is for, but just for kicks. This means litter is everywhere.
Flower likes to play with rug fringe. This means rugs are never flat.
Flower likes to test boundaries. This means she's on the kitchen table often. (She is encouraging Carrie to act out, too!)
But, most of all, Flower has settled into her new home. This means she's a happy cat!
She's getting along great on her back leg, too. Sometimes she over-does it and ends up limping more, but it doesn't really hold her back much.
Poor Hedgehogs!
McDonald's succumbs to hedgehogs' needs
AP
Fri Sep 1, 10:41 PM ET
LONDON - Fast food just became hedgehog-friendly. McDonald's Corp. said Friday it had redesigned the cups for its McFlurry dessert so that they no longer posed a danger to the spiky woodland creatures.
The British Hedgehog Preservation Society has campaigned for years against the containers, saying hedgehogs had died while trying to eat leftover ice cream from discarded cups. Campaigners said the opening in the lid was large enough for hedgehogs to stick their heads in, but not to get them out again, and that animals not rescued by passers-by had died of starvation.
McDonald's U.K. said that after "significant research and testing," it designed a McFlurry cup with a smaller opening. McDonald's began deliveries of the new lids to restaurants in Britain last week.
"The smaller aperture of the lid has been designed to prevent hedgehogs from entering the McFlurry container in the unfortunate incidence that a lid is littered and is then accessible to wildlife," the company said in a statement.
Fay Vass, chief executive of the British Hedgehog Preservation Society, said the change was "excellent, if long overdue news."
She said the new cups meant "many hedgehog lives will be saved."
AP
Fri Sep 1, 10:41 PM ET
LONDON - Fast food just became hedgehog-friendly. McDonald's Corp. said Friday it had redesigned the cups for its McFlurry dessert so that they no longer posed a danger to the spiky woodland creatures.
The British Hedgehog Preservation Society has campaigned for years against the containers, saying hedgehogs had died while trying to eat leftover ice cream from discarded cups. Campaigners said the opening in the lid was large enough for hedgehogs to stick their heads in, but not to get them out again, and that animals not rescued by passers-by had died of starvation.
McDonald's U.K. said that after "significant research and testing," it designed a McFlurry cup with a smaller opening. McDonald's began deliveries of the new lids to restaurants in Britain last week.
"The smaller aperture of the lid has been designed to prevent hedgehogs from entering the McFlurry container in the unfortunate incidence that a lid is littered and is then accessible to wildlife," the company said in a statement.
Fay Vass, chief executive of the British Hedgehog Preservation Society, said the change was "excellent, if long overdue news."
She said the new cups meant "many hedgehog lives will be saved."
