You read it right folks! Jeremy Lin of New York himself is up for adaption and if you want to land this extremely popular star, then you are better off heading to the Animal Care & Control in New York City than continue reading this!
Yes again! You figured it right! This Jeremy Lin loves his basketball and is looking for a new place to call home and anybody, including a regular Joe like YOU have a chance to take him in.
You probably know by now already huh? Yup! This Jeremy Lin is a D-O-G! A DOG. Specifically, a pitbull mixed with a shepherd breed of sorts and is as lovable as his NBA star namesake. He weighs 38 lbs and stands 13.5” tall.
He was named after the New York Knicks star after he was dropped at the center on the 14th of February (Valentine’s Day!) by the caretakers who were no doubt hyped by the star that came out of nowhere that is Jeremy Lin. And of course, this pooch does love chasing loose balls per caretakers at the center.
So what are you waiting for? This is your chance to take home a Jeremy Lin! Move your behinds now!
Proving once again that it’s the size of bark inside the dog that really matters, a tinie winnie Pekingese (or Peke) dog that goes by the name of “Malachy” was crowned the top dog at the recently concluded Westminster Dog Show 2012 held at no less than the Madison Square Garden in New York.
The Peke won the coveted silver bowl but it didn’t win any cas. However, the dog can now happily retire while banking on his prestige and breeding potential.
In Germany, Baby wholeheartedly treated 6 wild boar piglets as if they were her own flesh and blood. The catch? Baby is a French bulldog. This makes her now adopted babies about the same size as her.
Regardless of whatever differences, Baby immediately nurse the shaking 3-day old piglets and kept them warm to the best of her ability.
The poor parentless piglets are now at the Lehnitz animal sanctuary after they have been luckily found helplessly on the forest. Norbert Damm, a caretaker in the sanctuary believes the mother of the piglets is likely to have been killed by hunters leaving them alone in the forest. The piglets will now have to stay with their new mommy and be bottle fed up until they are big enough to eat on their own. By then, they will have to be freed to a reserve.
Call it motherly instinct if you must, it’s still a feel-good-leaves-a-warm-feeling-in-your-tummy kind of story to me and is more than worth spreading.
What’s more dangerous? Eating cholesterol-filled chicken McBites, or petting a stray pit bull? Over the past days, people have been raving about a radio commercial launched by Mcdonalds that, according to some folks, singles out the dangers a pit bull carries.
The commercial raised so much rage from pet owners that negative comments flooded popular social media sites like Facebook and even on video streaming sites like Youtube. It was pet-sitting business owner, Rachelle Lizarraga, who started the campaign against the offensive ad on facebook. She named it, “Pit Bulls Against McDonald’s” which called for the stop of the ad circulation. She also spread her movement on Twitter. Its presence in social media sites was so powerful that McDonalds immediately pulled out the ad and publicized an apology, stating that “it was never their intent to offend anyone.”
However, supporters were not satisfied with the fast food chain’s explanation and demanded that the pits be included in the next commercial.
If you take a closer look at the message this commercial is trying to say, you may think that these dog advocates are just a little bit over reacting. We do understand their point against the image media can leave on these “dangerous” dogs. No doubt about that. Contrary to their belief, the commercial is not singling out pits as risky breeds compared to eating their genetically engineered chicken nuggets.
If we review the commercial’s message that eating their Mcnuggets is far more safer than laying a hand on a stray dog and risk yourself getting bit, or giving out your password on your facebook account and risk being a victim of identity theft, or as what the commercial put it, “naming your son sue” – all of them are literally dangerous compared to just sitting in a comfortable restaurant munching on food (artery clogging cholesterol on the side)
Research tells us that pit bulls do have dangerous bites among all dog breeds, however they do not attack people without any reason. Experts that pits are not necessarily aggressive, and its aggression will always root back to its owner and his environment.
We can’t blame people for being concerned for dogs. That’s why this ad made a bad first impression on them. However it would be wise to understand the message first before launching a nation-wide campaign, don’t you think?
