Great Pet Net

An Eagle Story
by Jeff Guidry

Freedom and I have been together 10 years this summer.

When Freedom came in she could not stand. Both wings were broken, her left wing in 4 places. She was a baby, emaciated and covered in lice. We made the decision to give her a chance at life, so I took her to the vets office. From then on, I was always around her. We had her in a huge dog carrier with the top off, and it was loaded up with shredded newspaper for her to lay in. I used to sit and talk to her, urging her to live, to fight; and she would lay there looking at me with those big brown eyes. We also had to tube feed her for weeks.
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Arielle understands speech and speaks thoughtfully using English words, phrases, and sentences.

She spontaneously applied the word “wet” to puddles on a sidewalk. Her linguistic abilities and her vocabulary, composed of 4000+ variations of words, phrases, and sentences, challenge listeners.

A book describing Arielle, Another Kind of Mind: A Talking Bird Masters English, transcribes hundreds of cognitive statements from recordings. In one unprompted message, she independently quoted and attributed speech to a child, “‘You’ve got a friend in the bathroom.’ Jackson said that!” Arielle’s volunteered words convey her knowledge of language and that she is conscious.

The hardcover book, wrapped in a 4-color jacket, consists of 288 pages including 11 pictures and reference materials. The price is $24.95 plus $4.95 for shipping and handling in the continental U.S.A.; Florida residents add 7% state sales tax.

Arielle Publishing
P.O. Box 4634
Clearwater, FL 33758
www.ParrotSpeech.com

This is an amazing story about a crow that befriended a stray kitten and actually fed it worms and bugs to help it stay alive. These two are the best of friends. Watch them as they engage in gentle play and even a prank or two. This is one of the best stories I’ve seen. Enjoy!

A Fable by Dave Pollard

Once upon a time, in a condominium in the centre of a big city, there lived a slightly plump cat who was never let out. Every day, she would stare out the screen window of the condominium at the traffic and the people rushing by and the dogs being walked and the bicycles tinkling their bells and, of course, at the birds.

Continue reading The Cat Who Was Never Let Out…

Beautiful budgie Buddy Lee chose Lori Tomlinson and her husband to be his family. Read the cute story of how Buddy got them to notice him here.

Thanks to KarenStock for the beautiful photo she posted on Flickr.

Elderly cancer patient says ‘Mr. Waddles’ offers inspiration to keep going

FERNAN LAKE, Idaho - A northern Idaho man diagnosed with terminal cancer says a usually cantankerous goose that befriended him on his walks has helped him live past doctors’ predictions.

Bill Lytle and a goose that befriended him last winter visit April 26 along the shore of Fernan Lake, near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, during one of Lytle’s daily walks.

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Here’s partial list of some things Mara’s birds do (she has a quaker parakeet, mustache parakeet, and four lovebirds): Bad Bird!

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