A New York fashion designer – turned – explorer introduces the world to what is now one of the most loved yet endangered animals. This may come as a surprise, but there was a time when pandas were considered violent and mysterious creatures – their captures seen as conquests for only the bravest of hunters. In […]
Feeling the Feng Shui: Designing A Healthy Home For Your Pet
Practiced in China for thousands of years, Feng Shui (pronounced “feng shway”) is the study of how you arrange your environment to balance and, thus, enhance the quality of your life. Translated literally as “wind” and “water”, feng shui symbolizes the invisible and visible energies (chi) that surround us. Through the use of “cures”, it […]
Holiday Celebrations Around The World Honoring Dogs!
In the Mesopotamian religion, there was a group who worshiped a dog deity and a temple referred to as “the dog house.” In the ancient Egyptian religion, Anubis, the god of the afterlife, had the head of a jackal. Zoroastrianism included the proper treatment of dogs in their holy books and required that dogs had […]
Prince William Combats Illegal Ivory Trade In China
Did you know that ONE elephant is KILLED every 15 minutes? If this continues at its current rate, African Elephants are bound to be extinct. We will no longer have these wonderful creatures roaming in the wild by the year 2025! Can you imagine a whole entire species gone, never to be […]
Fun Facts the Feline Way
Cat’s Around The World is a brilliant adventure around the globe from the comforts of home. Spanning the world is no hard task for the cats in Ted Meyer’s Cats Around The World. Starting from the starry skies of space, out to the coast of Vietnam, Meyer’s brightly illustrated felines take you and a […]