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Wednesday, October 19, 2016

When Anthropologist and Animal Lover Gordon Krantz Died in 2002, He Made Plans to Have His Body Donated to the Smithsonian


When anthropologist and animal lover Gordon S. “Grover” Krantz died in 2002, he made plans to have his body donated to the Smithsonian.  But he had one stipulation:  the remains of his beloved Irish Wolfhounds must remain with him.  So when his body went on display in 2009, his dog Clyde appeared alongside him.“I’ve been a teacher all my life and I think I might as well be a teacher after I’m dead, so why don’t I just give you my body,” Krantz told Smithsonian anthropologist David Hunt.  “But there’s one catch: You have to keep my dogs with me.”

Though the Washington resident was recognized as a Sasquatch researcher, everyone who knew him understood the great fondness he had for his dogs.  He did not have a funeral following his death from cancer at age 70, rather, his remains were sent to a body farm to have tissue removed, and then onto the museum. His and Clyde’s bones were arranged to replicate a photo that had been taken many years earlier in an exhibit called “Written in Bone.”“Wow… you had really [an] impossible last wish,” said his wife, Diane Horton.  “And it’s been granted.”Though Krantz and Clyde’s bones were only on display for two years, they were marveled over by thousands of visitors.





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Monday, November 3, 2014

Meet Roomba, An Orphaned Kitten Thinks She's a Dog After Being Brought Up by an Irish Wolfhound


An orphaned kitten thinks she is a dog after being brought up by an Irish Wolfhound.
Roomba, a tiny 13 week-old stray, was found abandoned in a ditch when she was just three days old after her mother was run over and killed by a car.

She was taken in by Annie Georgeson, of Dibden, near Southampton, Hampshire, and the first thing she saw when she opened her eyes was Aoife the wolfhound.

Roomba, named after a brand of automatic vacuum cleaner which changes direction when it hits a wall, now follows Aoife everywhere and loves snuggling up to her surrogate mother.

Retired, Ms. Georgeson says little Roomba, who has sight problems, quickly became firm friends with her two wolfhounds, six-year-old Aiofe, and male Ohno, three.

She said: "She does all sorts of funny things like crawl in between the wolfhounds and you will just see a bit of cat poking out.

Roomba also rolls over with the dogs when they do and loves being with them."

Sarah Mills, manager at All Animal Rescue, which first took Roomba in when she was found, said: "It's a very, very unusual situation. Annie fosters animals for us and Aiofe usually wants to eat cats, but she's taken an extraordinary liking to Roomba.

Even Ohno will put up with anything from Roomba.

It seems like her vulnerability has brought out an amazing maternal instinct in the dogs and they treat her like own of their own.

Aiofe grooms Roomba and cleans her and Roomba does the same back to Aiofe.

Now Roomba is becoming more and more dog like. She runs to the door to greet people with the dogs, she eats the same food at the same time out of the same bowl and she follows the same routine.

The first thing she saw when she opened her eyes was this Irish wolfhound so I guess she thinks she's a dog. She loves being around them."

Ms. Milles, 31, added: "By rights she should have died but she's a fighter and obviously thought "I will beat this.

She's a little trooper and has fought tooth and nail to survive.

She's a superstar and just loves the dogs."

Roomba is looking for a permanent home and, although she loves dogs, is scared of children, probably due to her vision problems. She would need a quiet and calm home to live in.

The other two cats from the same litter as her have already been homed.











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Friday, October 17, 2014

Top 10 Dog Breeds with the Shortest Lifespan


Some dog breeds are known for short lifespans — especially those who grow to be large size. Here are the dog breeds who live the fewest number of years, according to the Life Span data in the DogTime Breed Center.

To read more on this story, click here: Top 10 Dog Breeds with the Shortest Lifespan








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