In 1996, after years of commercial photography left her bored and uninspired, San Francisco-based Amanda Jones began photographing animals. The first dog she ever really got to know was “Ruby”, her best friend’s yellow Labrador Retriever. The young pup made a remarkable model and the images came out so beautfully people began asking […]
Surviving The Summer With Your Pets – Animal Fair Talks To The Experts
Survivor has become a television phenomenon, testing the survival skills of individuals from various walks of life. Millions have faithfully tuned in weekly to see who can “Outwit, Outplay and Outlast” each other for a million dollars. Animal Fair decided to follow up with some former Survivors who have a soft spot for animals. These […]
Alicia Witt And Her Witty Pets
Evers since she was discovered by Twin Peaks director David Lynch in 1984, Alicia Witt has been building an enviable career for herself in Hollywood. The 25 year-old actress has played the precocious teen-age daughter of television’s Cybill, a singing prodigy opposite Richard Dreyfus in Mr. Holland’s Opus, a porn-star in search of Hollywood fame […]
Stay Active, Healthy, Fit And Young
With leaves falling from the trees, the days getting shorter and the weather changing, one can’t help but think about changes that we and our pets go through. Just as with humans, dealing with a dog’s and cat’s aging process calls for some adjustments in lifestyle. However, with good planning, care, and nutrition, there’s no […]
Pets on Wheels — Triumphs & Travails of Traveling With Your Pet
Travel with pets is either rewarding or risky business. Consider Mike Bell. Last June, the quality assurance manager for Network Associates in Santa Clara, boarded United Airlines for his direct flight home to California from Washington, D.C. While Bell’s boarding pass was coded, correctly, for San Jose, his dog’s crate was stamped for Salt […]
Good Medicine: Are Animals Just Our Pets, or Do They Offer Us Healing?
I am a practitioner of holistic health and wellbeing. I am also part Native-American, a descendent of the Lakota and Choctaw Indians. My desire to research and know my Native American roots began with my search for unity in a world that prides itself on creating differences by class, gender, and race. This […]