Nat just told me about this website here in Kuwait where people sell and buy pets from. Sounds normal until you actually check the site and realize people are selling everything from ponies and monkeys to crocodiles and cheetahs. My favorite though has to be the rare french dwarf goat, I wish I had a farm so I could get it. [Link]
Update: I called and asked about the cheetah, its 8 months old and the guy is selling it for KD1,200. He had four originally and this is the only one left. Is this even legal? How are people allowed to buy and sell cheetah’s or tigers?? Why isn’t there some kind of control? This is really upsetting.
Update2: Here is a video on YouTube of a guy in Kuwait who had a baby cheetah in his house. Although its very cute keep in mind this is a WILD animal and not a house pet so what he’s doing is very cruel. [Link]
Animal Care is a local online pet shop that sells pet stuff including toys, food and accessories. They even deliver items to your doorstep. I think its a great idea specially since the only place that sells decent stuff is Sultan Center and they always seem to run out of stuff. [Link]
Two days ago the most beautiful goat in the world contest was held in Saudi Arabia. The goat pictured above won first place in what has to be the strangest beauty contest I’ve ever heard of. If you follow the link you can see more pictures from this event, doesn’t anyone else think these are some of the weirdest looking goats? [Link]
Is there a game show the Japanese haven’t invented yet?? Japanese Bug Fights is a site with videos of bugs of different species battling out in a small glass arena. If bugs make you squeamish then this isn’t for you. [Link]
In the morning I noticed there was a pigeon outside one of my windows. I didn’t think of it much until awhile ago I noticed it was still there. I figured I would scare the pigeon off so with the lights in the room closed I creeped up to the window with my flashlight and then suddenly shone the light onto the pigeon and banged on the glass. To my horror I saw the most disgusting thing ever. The pigeons right eye looked completely fucked, it was really gross and I was standing there just like 10cm away from it from the other side of the glass. The pigeon didn’t even fly off it just stood there staring back at me. I took some pictures of the pigeon and if you want to see it you can although its kinda gross, just click on continue.
There’s a stray Injured dog that lives near my work place. I used to see him before with other stray dogs and he looked fine. But this week I saw him again and it seemed like he’d either been hit by a car or some kids got a hold of him and tortured the hell out of him. His leg was busted, his tail looked like it had been cut off and he had a limp.
I called up Animal Friends yesterday and they told me they usually don’t go around picking up stray dogs but they would do an exception since the dog is hurt. So they told me to see if the dog is approachable. And so i did and the dog got scared and limped away, 3 trials later and he was still running away. So i called them back and they told me they couldn’t do much about it. I didn’t even try contacting PAWs since from my previous experience with them I’m sure I would have gotten the same reaction if any reaction at all.
Now the problem is that the poor dog lives in a sandy area located 50 meters away from where I work and I have to watch him suffer everyday from my window. I think it’s really sad that neither PAWs nor Animal Friends would bother doing much about it unless the dog gets delivered to their doorstep. I Put him some water and dry food today where he usually sleeps and I’m really feeling helpless about what else i could do. That poor dog is going to die unless someone decides to do something about it.
Any kind of help or insight is appreciated.. I will try to take a picture of the dog before I leave work today and post it here.
The picture above is taken from someone’s flickr account and its of a diwaniya in Kuwait with cheetahs. Only in Kuwait? Marzouq you need to get a polar bear! [Link]
Kevin Richardson says he relies on instinct and patience to win the animals’ trust.
I think he gets the animals stoned first and then posses for pictures. Check out the link, tons of pictures of him playing with hyenas, lions and even a panther. [Link]
Fellow blogger Chica Bonita lost her dog last year but hasn’t given up finding it yet. If you’ve seen the dog above or know anyone who found one like it last year please email Chica Bonita on chicabonitaq8@hotmail.com. Finder will be rewarded.
Registration is now open for entry into the third annual dog show. Geo (my dog) participated in the first and second dog show and will be participating in the third one also but I don’t think he will be participating in any of the competitions, maybe just under “Most adorable dog” although its going to be tough category. I would have him compete in the “Most obedient dog” category but with all those dogs around him he will be too distracted to pay any attention to me.
The event will be held on March 7th from 11AM to 4PM at the British Embassy. If you want to attend or register your dog all the forms are on the PAWS website which you can go to by clicking [Here]
Has anyone seen this dog? His name is Ozzy and was lost in Jabriya late Friday early Saturday morning. If found please call 7766122. More pictures available [Here]
Update: Ozzy ended up getting sold at the Friday Market and when the guys who purchased it saw the lost dog ads they called the number up. He is now back home!
We were at work yesterday when someone came in and told us there were firemen downstairs trying to rescue a cat that was stuck on the second floor of a building. So I took my camera and headed downstairs even though I thought it might be a dumb prank but surprisingly it turned out to be true.
There was one large fire truck and two small ones parked in the middle of the street and wen I got closer I spotted the everyday street cat trapped on a small ledge on the second floor of the building. It was pretty weird seeing the firefighters there planing out the rescue of a regular street cat. I never imagined the firefighters in Kuwait would care about saving pets yet alone a street cat.
Everything was going smoothly and the firefighters on the ground looked like they had figured out a way to bring the cat down safely when suddenly this other firefighter popped his head outside the second floor window and with a large stick started pushing the cat off the side of the ledge. This idiot was trying to push the cat off the ledge and the other firefighters below were yelling at him to stop but he kept on pushing the cat off the ledge.
Finally once the cat got to the far end of the ledge it tried to escape the stick by stretching out and down towards the window below. Then suddenly the firefighter pushed the cat off and the cat landed hard on the windows ledge and fell into the building. The cat was lucky. Once the firefighter came back down he got a yelling at from his superior below for disobeying him and nearly getting the cat killed.
Even though the dumb firefighter ruined what could have been the perfect rescue it was still great to see them answer a call to come rescue a cat. I thought that only happened in movies.
