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| ASPCA pic |
“Poison”: historically a scary, death-laden word. But these days, for those who want to know
more about poison prevention, there’s
a major aid, the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center. Which is timely, because March 17-23 is National Poison Prevention
Week.
But even before that,
for everyone starting to think about spring “clean up, fix up, paint up,” jobs
to do, here’s the ASPCA’s list of the 10 main animal toxins in 2018. They’re worth keeping in mind -- and keeping far
away from pets and all animals.
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| Alley Cat Allies pic |
And here’s the link
to the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center, which includes a “24-hour veterinary diagnostic and treatment hotline
staffed by highly trained veterinarians.” The number is 1-888-426-4435. Suggestion:
add this number to you phone contacts right now so it will be there if you ever
need it.
a Himalayan heroine
A 45-pound Nepalese
mutt “summited” a 23,389-foot mountain near Mount Everest last November. Mera, now re-named Baru for the peak she
reached (Baruntse) was the first dog to do so, and except for “a brief
human-aided zip line down a short section, she made the ascent completely
unsupported.”
Not only that,
but while the mountain-climbers she had decided to join for the adventure were
geared up and experienced -- and dressed for protection from the cold -- Mera
wore only her dog suit, which sufficed for the entire trip, including two
nights alone on the glacier in bitter cold and high winds.
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| Don Wargowski pic |
Adopted by one of
the locals after her gutsy climb, Baru, street dog turned celebrity climber, is
reportedly happy and healthy in her new home.
(Wonder if she’ll find her life now unbearably
tame.)
Action still needed
With no news to
the contrary, the two teens who brutally killed a snared raccoon in Lacey Township,
Ocean County, have still not been
charged with animal cruelty (wording that really doesn’t do justice to their barbarous
act). That means the prosecutor, Bradley
D. Billhimer, has not yet carried out his mandated duties and filed charges
against them.
So, please
contact Attorney General Gubir
Grewal and ask him to demand that Prosecutor Billhimer step up to his lawful
responsibility. Email (citizens.services@NJOAG.gov) or call the
Attorney General’s office (609-984-5828) and ask that these two killers be prosecuted.
In memoriam
Poet W. S. Merwin
died last Friday, March 15, at age 91.
“Mr.
Merwin was one of the most highly decorated poets in the nation, and very
likely the world. He was the United States poet laureate from 2010 to 2011; won
two Pulitzer Prizes, a National Book Award and a spate of other honors; and was
lauded for his volumes of prose and translations of poetry from a Babel of
languages.”
He also wrote,
sometimes heartbreakingly, about animals.
The Name of the Air
It could be like that then the beloved
old dog finding it harder and harder
to breathe and understanding but coming
to ask whether there is something that can
be done about it coming again to
ask and then standing there without asking
--W. S. Merwin
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