Friends of Terpsichore Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all...Aristotle

Friends of Terpsichore



GLOBAL VOICES ADVOCACY - Defending free speech online

CRISIS WATCH (TRACKING CONFLICT WORLDWIDE)
GLOBAL CONFLICT TRACKER
Genocide Watch
Extreme Weather News / Independent, UK

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Missing Animal Response Network
Animal Ethics UK

Actuanimaux - click to give (in French)

"Animals run no risk of going to hell, they are there already" Victor Hugo

I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior. - Hippolyte Taine

JSFM Japanese Society of Feline Medicine (JSFM、ねこ医学会、猫の集会)

Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat. - Notebook, 1894 - Mark Twain


"While the exact reasons for intentional animal cruelty may vary, nine typologies have been identified by Kellert and Felthous (1985, 1122-1124). In the cases within the animal cruelty database, we see these typologies over and over":
  1. to retaliate against an animal
  2. to retaliate against another person
  3. to satisfy a prejudice against a species or breed
  4. to express anger through an animal
  5. to enhance one's own aggressiveness
  6. to shock people for amusement
  7. to displace hostility from a person to an animal
  8. to perform non-specific sadism
(From Pet-Abuse.com)


Kitten Takes Care Of Her Mom's Corpse | Animal in Crisis EP18



The Irreverent Vet Speaks Out on People That Don’t Like or HATE Cats



The FBI is now, at last, taking animal abuse very seriously; it’s the precursor to abuse towards children and women, and finally most of the time leads to serial killers
FBI - Tracking Animal Cruelty (Animal Abuse)


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WORLD VETS - INTERNATIONAL AID FOR
ANIMALS

Cultured meat - slaughter free meat

Animal Rights Quotes, Sayings about Animal Welfare, Cruelty, Compassion
Pets Helping People



The Cat Boat

A Visit to Aoshima, a Japanese 'Cat Island

Kitten Kong (the Goodies 1970) (clip)

THE MESSYBEAST CAT RESOURCE ARCHIVE
A site for cat breeders and fanciers by Susan Little DVM
Cat Wellness News Archive
Cat Writers' Association, Inc. - a professional organization of cat communicators


Animal cafes.com (Japan)

International Society for Animal Rights



Pawfriendly.com (online pet community)


Colony collapse disorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bee Colony Collapse Disorder: New Bait Lures Varroa Mite To Its Doom
Planet Bee Foundations
The Uniqueness of Puerto Rico’s Bees

Pest Control:
B A T S
Are Bats Natural Eco-Friendly Pest Control?
Opossums: These misunderstood marsupials clean up our yards and even help fight Lyme disease


Zunoqua of the Cat Village by Emily Carr

Save the Dolphins jewellery:
http://www.templestclair.com/site/saveTheDolphins/

Thelwell, the official website, British cartoonist best known for his comical young girls and their short fat ponies.

Norman Thelwell Photo Gallery by Christopher Wheeler at pbase.com

Just for Ponies Pony Tack Shop - Thelwell Ponies

Chris Beetles - Norman Thelwell Artwork

Edward Gorey - plenty of bats and cats
Edward Gorey House
The Gorey Store
Goreyography



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Animals just love music:
Mad Bull Singing Opera In Big Sur California
Dog Singing Classical Music
Elephants Dancing to Violin! Adorable!
12 Bar Blues - Piano Duet with Peter the Elephant - Thailand
Donkey Loves Sound of Violin
Concert for the sheep
Cat loves music
Dog Singing Classical Music


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Adolf Hitler loved his dog and was a vegetarian


So much more exciting than bull fighting:
Ancient Life: Bull Jumping | The BAS Library
Spain's amazing bull leapers: They fly through the air with the greatest of ease... and avoid a pair of very sharp horns | Mail Online
Better than bull fighting.wmv - YouTube

Spanish Bull Leapers
BULLFIGHTERS CAN’T DO THIS BECAUSE THEY ARE COWARDS; BULLS ARE COMPROMISED - POSSIBLY INJURED FROM THE BEGINNING, AND THERE’S MORE THAN ONE PERSON INVOLVED IN KILLING A BULL; ALSO BULLFIGHTERS MAY NOT BE AS FIT…

CRUEL TRADITIONS:
Bullfighting in Catalonia
Spanish Court overturns bullfighting ban - TRADITION BE DAMNED
Vietnam’s pig festival, another pathetic tradition said to bring luck and fortune; you would have thought by now they’d see it doesn’t work - societies which follow such centuries old bloody traditions should change, but some humans are utterly stupid

What really angers me is the pleasure these (Danish?) gawkers get in watching the slaughter, then afterwards inspecting, and amusing themselves with the dead whales - look at their smiling faces - If this is a 1000 years old tradition I expect only to see aboriginals following their tradition and not some dumb caucasians with their children enjoying this; these people must lead really boring lives; their taxes are too high:
https://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-commentary/news/graphic-images-of-pilot-whale-slaughter-in-the-faroe-islands.html

More dolphin slaughter in the Faroe Islands; these “ men" must think they’re hot. WHAT A DISGUSTING BUNCH:

http://www.protecttheocean.com/denmark-continues-dolphin-slaughter-warning-graphic-images/
Information about Greenland and the Faroes

IZUMI ISHII - DOLPHIN PROTECTOR with RIC O'BARRY:
Japanese activists fight against the tide to save whales and dolphins


Saved By Dolphins - Misc documentaries on DocuWatch
Save Japan Dolphins - end the annual drive fishery slaughter
YouTube - Dolphin Swim Programs & SLAUGHTER Linked!!!!
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - Taiji
Sea Shepherd


Dolphins Save Swimmers From Shark Attack
http://www.dolphins-world.com/Dolphins_Rescuing_Humans.html
http://www.templestclair.com/site/saveTheDolphins/
Whale and dolphin meat toxic:
http://www.dolphinspirit.org/mercury.html

Izumi Ishii - Dolphin Eco-Tourism (Dolphin Watcher)

Save Taiji Dolphins - end the annual drive fishery slaughter




Some animals watching horror movies:
Cat Watches Psycho
Bulldog watches a horror movie, does something INCREDIBLE during scary scene



WW2 Paratroop Puppy Mascots Make First Jumps 1943