The Compassion Experiment

From S at Ruby Ranch: "Fois gras, lamb and veal are horrible, but you know what "food" offends me the most? Bacon! I'm not exactly sure why, I mean, obviously I love pigs and all pork products are offensive, (as are all meat products) but bacon is way out there. I can't even look at those stupid Wendy's commercials that tout bacon as the greatest superfood ever. I can't look at it, and the smell of it makes me want to resort to violence. I think it might be because there are so many rabid bacon fans. (I wish pigs carried rabies and people could get it from eating bacon)(joke-sort of) When I read about the big fad last year at the ex being chocolate covered bacon, I wanted to go down there, and anyone I spotted eating this abomination, I wanted to take their stick away, throw it on the ground and stomp on it. I don't know why bacon does this to me. I wonder if anyone else feels this way? Need to start an anti-bacon movement!" We feel the same way...

Brooklyn has been at the OHMS for almost 2 years! We were sent this info from B and N , and think it is important to spread the word about FIV. There are cats at the OMHS who have it, and constantly get picked over because people don't really understand the disease at all. Brooklyn, Carbon, Hart, Taters, and Tully are all great cats, and need homes too!! As seen on catchat.org: What is FIV? Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) has been associated with cats for many years, although it was only labelled as such as recently as 1986. The virus depletes the number of white blood cells, which eventually makes the cat less able to fight off infection. However, because it is such a slow acting virus many FIV positive cats can enjoy a normal lifespan with no apparent health problems resulting from the virus. FIV is species specific, so can only be transmitted from cat to cat, and not to humans or other animals. FIV belongs to the same group as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and for this...