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How to Transport Pets
If you follow politics of watch the news, then you have probably already heard about Mitt Romney and the trip he took with his pet dog. It was reported in newspapers nationwide, that in 1983, Mitt Romney took a 12-hour road trip from Massachusetts to Canada with his family and their pet dog Seamus. Since the car was crammed full of luggage, Romney decided to …
5 Tips For Dealing With Car Dealers
Dealers. What were the first words that came into your mind when you read that word? Let me guess. The words that are on the top of my mind are— Go-getter, sleazy, persistent, persuasive, tricky and a liar. It is true that dealers or salesmen will do anything just to close a deal.
However, not all salesmen or dealers are sleazy or tricky but regardless of …
How to Choose the Right Pair of Contacts for Your Make Up
These days, being presentable and looking good is a must for most people. Since trends and fashion change every now and then, people also have this need to reinvent themselves once in a while. Before, self-reinvention may mean a change in hair cut or wardrobe. These days, the beauty industry has taken self-reinvention into a whole new level– a level that most people would really …
February 2012 Transport
26/02/12 1100 The February 2012 transport finally ended at about 6pm last night when Chris and Mick handed Odin the dog over to his very happy adoptant. I am already planning for the next one 16.03!
25/02/12 1400: All the cats are now off the transport and many by now will already be with their adoptants or in their foster homes. Well done to Chris and …
January 2012 Transport
Update 10:15: All Wallau cats unloaded. All fine. Transport is now heading for UK with 2 cats (for Holland) and 2 dogs. My AlStrays cats have all been delivered to Katzenherzen and will now be on their way by car to their foster homes and adopt ants. I await more news.
14/01/12: All the Bruchsal cats are now off the transport, including Algernon and Peter. All …
AlStrays Statement of Account & The Future
Almerimar strays has been helping cats and some dogs for over 2 years now, so I thought it was a good time to reflect on what we have achieved and focus on what is needed for us to continue into the future.
Balanzza Digital Luggage Scale
Oscar Testing Out The Balanzza
Chris has just reviewed a great product that I have found a rather intriguing use for!! While it may look a little uncomfortable it actually doesn’t harm the cats in any way and makes weighing them so much easier!
Almerimar Strays Newsletter
Almerimar Strays now has a weekly newsletter. It arrives as an email, and is a great way to catch up on all the news and photos that I post on my blog, and make sure you don’t miss anything. The newsletter sumarises all the articles for that week, and you can then decide whether to read the full article or look at photos on the …
1000 Twitter Followers
Yippeee! Almerimar Strays now has 1000 Twitter pals, or anipals as most of them are. I tweet as myself, Mori, Saidi and Oscar, and sometimes even as one of the stray cats. It is great fun and has led to more people genuinely following what we do for the animals here, and even some donations to the cause! AND I have enjoyed reading my pals …
Successful Fund-raiser
Well done to Pam for having another very successful book sale to put Almerimar Strays back in the black! Yesterday raised another 180€ to help more cats here in Almerimar.
We now have a great process for re-homing the tamer stray cats, and with great prices from local vets and money coming back from Germany for each cat homed, each cat is costing us less …
By Way Of A Thank You
Mac Sokulski who has won a number of the “FREE ‘Taste of Spain’ Meals In Almerimar has kindly donated four Credit Crunch Specials meals at La Plaza .
Mac asked that these were specifically used to reward and thank the people who had helped Foster the various cats over recent months.
I will leave the logistics and communication to Sands, but thanks very much Mac; it is …
In Praise Of Twitter!
I, like India Knight, the Sunday Times columnist, am now a convert to Twitter! For those who ‘know nothing’ about it, Twitter is an online networking website that allows you to send basically one-line snippets out into the ether about what you are up to, or thinking, at any particular moment.
To begin with I was very skeptical and uninterested in this concept; I didn’t particularly …
Almerimar Strays Book Sale
A reminder that this Saturday, being the last one in the month, is the Almerimar Strays book, DVD and CD sale. Everything is brilliant value, and in support of our work with the stray cats, so please come along and support us. The sale is between 12 and 2pm at the Ankara Bar. Hope to see you there.
Almerimar Strays Now In 3 Languages
Today I’m pleased to be able to say that some of the main pages under ‘How To Help’ of this blog are now in 3 languages: English, Spanish and German. My aim over the next few weeks is to have all the information pages translated, so that our friends in Germany, and local Spanish and German cat lovers can read them and understand, in particular, …
Subsidised Animal Spaying in Roquetas del Mar
Thanks to David Jackson for pointing me in the direction of this information:
The animal pound at Roquetas del Mar is to offer, until the 15th of Feb, subsidised animal spaying for domestic pets, to help keep down the number of unwanted (and then dumped) pets
The details can be found here, in Spanish ……… anyone fancy translating them????
Under The Paw
Tom Cox who runs the Little Cat Diaries blog and wrote Under the Paw: Confessions of a Cat Man sent me a email to let me know that the book will be coming out in Germany early in 2009.
At the moment the book is showing as out of stock on Amazon in the UK but if you do order it then don’t forget …
