Puffy’s Day
Ever wonder what your pet gets up to while you're at work? Well I recently bought security software that turns your webcam into a motion detecting surveillance system. I turned it on before I left for work today. Here's a time-lapsed video of what my cat got up to:
Slow Food, Real Food
I just finished reading "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan (thanks to Jennifer Vuillemot for lending it to me!). Before finishing this book, I also read his other book "In Defense of Food" and watched a documentary that he's featured in called "Food Inc.".
If you're concerned about the food you're eating, how its produced, how the animals are treated and how the land is used, these three are must read/views. If you're a farmer, an animal rights activist, vegetarian, an environmentalist, a worker for a factory farm or slaughterhouse, or just a regular person, these books and documentary will speak to you.
None of these are extremist propaganda in case you're worried. You'll come away with the tools you need to make informed choices about the food you eat...and to support the producers you trust and respect.
Puffy’s Weekend
Well, I've had Puffy for a while now, and she just keeps getting cuter and cuter. Here are pics from yesterday. You can see one of her favourite pastimes: destroying Tim Horton's wrappers. She also loves to be wrapped up in anything. She stayed in this cloth long enough for a nap.
New Pictures
Check out my pictures from my visit with my folks in June. If you're a nature lover, there's lots of animals, trees, birds and flowers. www.chowntown.com/photographs/
City Cat and Country Cat
Here's my cat, Puffy, and the bottom picture is a barn cat in New Brunswick named Tom. Separated at birth, don't you think?
Eye Opener on the Pet Food Industry
I was watching a documentary on the pet food industry and I was horrified to learn of the practices employed by the various companies. CRUEL animal testing including killing of the test animals, and much, much more. Almost all of them employ extremely deceptive marketing practices and your cat is eating a majority of grains even if meat is listed first on their ingredient labels.
If you want to know what companies use animal testing check out this website: http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/hummingbird/198/id2.htm
If you'd like to find out more about the CBC documentary check it out here: http://www.cbc.ca/doczone/dogsbreakfast.html
...and here's an organization working to improve the situation for all pet owners: http://www.defendourpets.org/
Puffy
Here Puffy! I adopted her from Toronto Cat Rescue this week and I am in love already:
