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The English/Welsh RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) was founded by a group of twenty-two reformers led by Richard Martin MP (who would thereby earn the nickname Humanity Dick), William Wilberforce MP and the Reverend Arthur Broome originally as a society to support the working of Richard Martin's Act. This Act had been passed in Parliament on 22 July 1822 and was against cruelty to farm animals, particularly cattle. The group assembled at the "Old Slaughters" Coffee House in London to create a society with the will and authority to enforce the new law. The SPCA, the first animal welfare society in any country was thus born and was granted its royal status by Queen Victoria in 1840.
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Calvin Coolidge was probably the American president who kept the most pets: white collies named Rob Roy and Prudence Prim, an Airedale terrier called Paul Pry, a Shetland sheepdog named Calamity Jane, a bulldog called Boston Beans, a birddog named Palo Alto, two raccoons called Rebecca and Horace, a donkey named Ebeneezer, a goose called Enoch, a bobcat named Smoky, a stray cat called Tiger, as well as a wallaby, two lion cubs, an antelope and a pygmy hippo.
Other unusual pets kept by Presidents of the USA include a jackass named Royal Gift (George Washington), a mockingbird called Dick (Thomas Jefferson), an alligator (John Quincy Adams), two tiger cubs (Martin Van Buren), a turkey named Jack (Abraham Lincoln), opossums called Mr. Reciprocity and Mr. Protection (Benjamin Harrison), a one-legged rooster and a garter snake named Emily Spinach (Theodore Roosevelt).
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Cats & dogs (2001): directed by Lawrence Guterman and starring (the voices of) Tobey Maguire, Alec Baldwin, Sean Hayes and Susan Sarandon. Tagline: Things Are Gonna Get Hairy! Plot Outline: A look at the top-secret, high-tech espionage war going on between cats and dogs, which their human owners are blissfully unaware of.
Source: IMDb
Between 1 June 2004 and 31 May 2005 RSPCA inspectors in the UK saw 1,043,114 animals. Of these:
• 68,732 animals’ basic needs not being met - a 78% increase
• 19,352 animals not having access to water - a 96% increase
• 2,924 animals suffering because advice given is being ignored - a 90% increase
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Pet Rocks were a 1970s fad conceived by Los Gatos, California advertising executive Gary Dahl. The first Pet Rocks were ordinary gray pebbles bought at a builder's supply store and marketed as if they were live pets. The fad lasted only about six months, ending with the Christmas season in December 1975; but in its short run, the Pet Rock made Dahl a millionaire.[citation needed]
In 1975, Dahl established "Rock Bottom Productions", a company that sold the rocks for US$3.95 each. The pebbles, imported from Rosarito Beach in Baja California, Mexico, were swaddled in excelsior and nestled in a small cardboard box, similar to a pet carrier. A "Pet Rock Training Manual," with instructions on how to properly raise and care for one's newfound pet (notably lacking instructions for feeding), was included. The instruction manual contained several commands that could be taught to the new pet. While "sit" and "stay" were fairly easy to accomplish, "roll over" usually required extra effort on the part of the trainer. "Come" was found to be impossible to teach reliably. People who purchased these unusual "pets" often gave them names, talked to them, petted them, and taught them to perform simple "tricks".
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Am I Cool or What? is a 1991 compact disc featuring songs about Garfield, the fictitious cartoon cat. It was released by GRP Records.
1."Shake Your Paw" - The Temptations
2."I Love it When I'm Naughty" - Patti LaBelle
3."Fat is Where It's At" - Carl Anderson
4."Long 'Bout Midnight" - Natalie Cole
5."Nine Lives" - The Pointer Sisters
6."Here Comes Garfield"- Lou Rawls
7."Next to you I'm Even Better" - Diane Schuur
8."Spare Time" - Valerie Pinkston
9."Up on a Fence" - Desirée Goyette
10."Monday Morning Blues (Blues for Mr.G)" - B.B. King
The album is primarily R&B and contemporary Jazz and features appearances by important genre luminaries.
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Snoopy is the name of Charlie Brown's pet beagle in the long-running comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. Snoopy began his life in the strip as a fairly ordinary dog, but eventually evolved into perhaps the strip's most dynamic character—and among the most recognizable comic characters in the world.
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The following are all pet-related puns (a word or phrase which has several meanings or which sounds like another word):
At a pet store: 'buy one, get one flea'.
Pets that want a walk can be very dog-matic.
To purchase a cat, find a pet store with a fee line.
My karma ran over my dogma.
If you want a metal dog leash go to a chain store.
Food for bad dogs is bought by the pound.
A dog attending university would want a pe-digree.
A cross between a puppy and a bunny is a rabid dog.
Pure-bred dogs are bona-fido.
In the winter my dog wears his coat, but in the summer he wears his coat and pants.
It was raining cats and dogs. There were poodles all over the road.
Our cat sleeps on a down pillow. We've always had a soft spot for her.
A cat found a mysterious sweater, but the mystery was soon unravelled.
Source: http://punoftheday.com/
I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves. (August Strindberg)
If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail. (Fran Lebowitz)
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. (George Eliot)
Cats regard people as warmblooded furniture. (Jacquelyn Mitchard)
Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow. (Jeff Valdez)
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man. (Mark Twain)
I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. (Winston Churchill)
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com
Disgraced like a man whose own pet bites him. (Malagasy)
A dog does not mind being called a dog. (African)
A dog never forgets his master. (African)
A dog returns to where he has been fed. (African)
A grateful dog has more worth than an ungrateful man. (Arabian)
Every dog is a great barker at the door of his own house. (Arabian)
A dog that barks all the time gets little attention. (Argentine)
Dogs don't love people, they love the place where they are fed. (Burundi)
Women and cats in the house, men and dogs in the street. (Catalonian)
Source: Creative Proverbs
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