Save lions and bears from starvation in Armenian zoo
Three lions, two bears and two guinea pigs have been abandoned to a grim fate in a closed Armenian zoo. They are surviving on starvation rations, and are shut up …
Happy Birthday Dusky
Dusky aka Little Pud, Roof Cat, Chatter Cat is five (5) years old today, and if we were ever to forget he would no doubt tell us as he is …
Happy Birthday Moreno
Moreno is ten (10) today which proves one thing: time flies!!! I have said it before but without him we (Sands and I) would not have set up the ALStrays …
Remembering Sophie
It is a month today that we lost Sophie to FIP. In many ways it seems like only yesterday that she lost her courageous fight and took her last breath …
Save Rama the elephant from his abusive handlers
In an illegal head-lifting competition, elephants are forced to strain their necks and trunks back to hold their head up for minutes or even hours. The last elephant to lower …
Instagram’s big bet on video doesn’t stop at 60 seconds
Detailed article over on Engadget regarding the challenges that Instagram faced extending the 15 second video (which they only recently introduced) to the 60 second clip option. Solution lay in …
Google’s calendar reminders are coming to the web
Good news for those of us that use Google Reminders (main thing I like is they just automatically role forward if you don’t get them done so no time spent …
Ban snares to protect hares!
The brown hare, the UK’s fastest land mammal, is under threat and is listed as a conservation priority in the UK’s Biodiversity Action Plan. Hunting, loss of habitat and pesticides …