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Moving Right Along!
June 5, 2010In Memorium…
June 4, 2010
– – The former World’s Ugliest Dog winner for 2009, Miss Ellie, has died at the age of 17, a rather ripe old age for a canine. She was a Chinese Crested Hairless, and enjoyed a career in resort show business in the Smoky Mountains. Over the years, Miss Ellie raised more than $100,000 for the Sevier County Humane Society, and was on billboards and in a commercial. She also appeared on the Animal Planet show, “Dogs 101.”
RIP, Miss Ellie…
Summer Rerun Season…
May 28, 2010– – When MonsterQuest has a re-run marathon fest, I can usually tell by the number of renewed hits that I get on my old posts on past episodes of The Quest. It’s the good episodes that get the hits…like myself, most people aren’t as interested in installments on wild dogs, rats, or bees.
So mundane and unexciting were some of these episodes, in fact, that we can bring you this picture of a MonsterQuest reject…in fact, he might have been more interesting than some of the episodes that aired!
Alternative Animal Trophies
May 23, 2010
– – Perhaps you have been in a bar, club, or private home that features animal trophies mounted on the wall, usually of the stuffed and decapitated variety.- -Yeah, nothing says “man cave” like the carcass of an animal, shot from a safe distance with a high-powered weapon! But as a furry, such spectacles make me want to lose my lunch or vent my indignation, especially when there is a better way…
…consider cardboard animal trophies by Cardboard Safari! You can choose either large or miniature versions of moose, rhino, deer, and the heads of other animals to adorn your walls, and all are made from recycled and non-toxic materials.–The environment and the animal kingdom will thank you!
Creative Animal Grooming…
May 10, 2010
– – I’ve always thought that dogs should look like canines, and cats felines. I enjoy being vulpine. Some weird and wild styles, however, have been showcased at creative grooming shows, a subset of dog grooming and dog shows that largely feature poodles cut and styled to resemble almost anything, including giraffes and horses. It takes about two hours for the “transformation” to be completed.
Some view this kind of thing as cute and fun, while others regard it as humiliating, degrading, and abusive to animals. If I were the canine in question, I’d be profoundly embarrassed, and probably need years of therapy…
Giving the Devil His Due…
May 6, 2010
– – Stories of the Jersey Devil have been in oral circulation since 1735, making it possibly the oldest reported “monster” in America. Two schools of thought exist about the creature, one holding that it is truly supernatural…the “son of the devil,” as suggested by the original Mother Leeds account. A second explanation for the creature holds that it is some sort of mutated animal that has not yet been identified by science. Supporting this latter contention is the fact that the Pine Barrens location reported as the Devil’s stomping grounds has been known to have produced genetic malformations in reptiles and mammals, including humans, possibly due to heavy metal or other mineral deposits. Some abnormalities afflicting animals in this location have included odd colorations, extra appendages, and even extra heads.
Native Americans in petroglyphs, some dating back thousands of years, depicted an entity that has reptilian features. In spite of this and the extensive oral history, the Jersey Devil has been treated satirically, making many reluctant to step forward with their beliefs due to fear of ridicule. More serious study and treatment of the Jersey Devil may be fostered by a recently opened exhibit at the Paranormal Museum in Asbury Park, N.J. that features a variety of artifacts, including reproductions of a supposed Jersey Devil skull, drawings, and other artifacts.
Despite the lack of hard evidence, the Pinelands area of New Jersey covers more than a million acres…a perfect environment for an unknown animal to hide in!
When It Comes…
April 28, 2010
– –When the Revolution Comes,
I’ll go on a different kind of fox hunt,
And roam through the woods with automatic weapons,
Their chatter echoing in the still morning air.
I’ll track down a human hunter,
And tell him I need his skin for my jacket.
I’ll drag him along the forest bed, terrified.
And when he thinks that his doom is certain,
I’ll let him go…
Because I only want to make a point,
And turnabout is fair play… 😉
Mainstreaming Furry…
April 26, 2010
– – New York’s Parks Department has their first official furry mascot, the very alluring Pearl the Squirrel! A furry also known as a “Parkie,” Pearl even has her own bio…she’s an urban park ranger by day, and enjoys riding her bike through the city parks. Acorns are a food fave, and she enjoys making them into whistles as well…not surprisingly, green is her favorite color…this is an ecologically-minded squirrel, furolks.
Although developed for New York City Parks, Pearl was created by a cartoonist who works for Disney and hails from Salt Lake City. Appearing in both fursuited and cartoon images, Pearl may help introduce New Yorkers to the wide wonderful world of furry! 
Animal Cruelty Videos Protected by Court…
April 23, 2010
– – I wish I could report otherwise, but the Supreme Court has struck down a federal law designed to stop the sale and marketing of videos showing dogfights and other often graphic acts of cruelty to animals, saying that it the law was too broad and is an unconstitutional violation of free speech. The court’s ruling here was largely as anticipated.
The 8-1 decision was a defeat for animal rights groups and congressional sponsors of the original legislation, which was intended to stop the legal sale of “crush” videos and videos depicting pit bulls attacking other animals and one another in staged confrontations. Only Justice Alito dissented in the case, predicting that “crush” videos will soon flood the underground market and saying that the harm animals suffer in dogfights is enough to sustain the law…at least we have one furry spirit on the Supreme Court!
The Horror, the Horror!
April 21, 2010
– – Something wicked this way comes…or at least, something terribly bad is coming. I’m talking, of course, about the upcoming Yogi Bear movie, which promises to give new meaning to the name, Boo Boo.
One questions why a Yogi Bear movie has to be made in the first place; perhaps it has something to do with the nature of evil, or perhaps the Guild of Malevolent Intent is somehow involved. Perhaps those of us who are furry haven’t suffered enough in this life, and our pain must be taken to a new dimension. I will leave such musings to the philosophers, being but a timid woodland creature myself- -.And what possible good can come out of a Yogi Bear movie, you might ask? The moans and sarcastic commentary to be heard out there just anticipating this movie are absolutely delicious!
“The misery that will be ‘Yogi Bear,'” as remarks one commentator, features none less than Dan Aykroyd slumming as the voice of Yogi Bear…and get this, Justin Timberlake will play sidekick Boo-Boo! Tom Cavanagh will play Ranger Smith, a part rumored at one time to be going to Brendan Fraser. The movie will be done in the live action/CGI hybrid style of Alvin and the Chipmunks.
Now Yogi Bear was a one-dimensional character from almost 50 years ago who had no memorable narratives and was at best annoying as he stole countless picnic baskets from human campers in the fictional Jellystone National Park further impoverished by Hanna-Barbera’s econo-animation. Now if Yogi would maul someone for that picnic basket, I might consider it redemptive, but having seen Robert De Niro play Fearless Leader in Rocky and Bullwinkle, I figure I’ve suffered enough…and as another commentator put it, perhaps this movie was inevitable, but it’s still painful to see… 😮
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