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Animals are a vital part of the lives of human beings. Whether kept as pets or for work, the roles of animals are intertwined with ours.

Pets are animals kept for companionship and enjoyment. Dogs, cats, horses, and birds are some of the most popular pets. 63 percent of all households in the United States own pets. Families who are looking for a new pet might want to steer away from the cute kittens and puppies in the pet shops and consider adopting from an animal shelter.

Some animals are used primarily for work. Draft animals are those with great physical strength, such as elephants, horses, and mules, and they are used in countries all around the world. Other animals that have sharp senses or instincts are used for hunting, herding, and even helping humans (such as seeing-eye dogs).

On the internet, blogs about animals are extremely popular. Everyone loves sharing pictures and stories about their pets, or getting advice from other pet lovers. "I Can Has Cheeseburger" is one of the most popular blogs online, with people submitting pictures of cats and adding funny, misspelled "quotes" from the animals themselves.

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• Phoebe Price Fedora and Animal Print

  
  HairStyleTwist — Authority: 129
  Phoebe is wearing a fancy fedora hat with feathers that match her animal print suit. Phoebe Price Her long auburn waves are held together at the back and then they cascade down over her shoulders. She is dressed and ready for fall/winter. More on Phoebe Price Fedora and Animal Print
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• Etsy Finds Monday?

  
  Lucky Kitty — Authority: 117
  Huh? Monday?  Friday I woke up with the most terrible stomach virus ever - so, there was no blogging going on - there was not much but sipping 7-Up and feeling sorry for myself... But Im back, and Im still alive!  So, lets do some Monday finds, shall we? First up, check out White Rabbit Ring by Vienna Horses ...
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• Animal Collective Releases ‘Fall Be Kind’ EP Details

  
  LimeWire Music Blog — Authority: 564
  Those Animal Collective dudes are such overachievers. Their latest album, Merriweather Post Pavilion , only came out this year, and it’s already ranking high on premature best-of-the-decade lists. But these guys still have one item to add to their discography before the ’00s are out. Info about the band’s ...
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• WOULD YOU DARE PLAY WITH LIONS LIKE THIS GUY?

  
  BATERYA.COM — Authority: 129
  Here is an amazing story which when I first heard it was hard to believe but when I saw this video, it is really unbelievable.  His name is  Kevin Richardson, 32 years old and an Animal behaviouris in a wildlife conservation area near Johannesburg, South Africa.  He makes this frightening animals like ordinary, ...
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• Good morning, Philadelphia!

  
  Oh, the urbanity! — Authority: 134
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• Christmas snowflake and reindeer cupcakes

  
  Cupcakes Take The Cake — Authority: 606
  Sorry for the lack of weekend cupcake updates! Will try to do better with that from now on... These Christmas cupcakes are by Cake by Sugar (via Flickr in Kingston-upon-Thames (andrea at cakebysugar.com, 07854 200750) And here are some cherub cupcakes, also by Cake by Sugar:
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• Pet Insurance Companies

  
  Cool Pet Sites — Authority: 157
  So you’ve decided to do the right thing and cover your pet’s health. How do you choose which insurance company to go with? Before you make any decisions, it’s important to figure out a couple of things. Firstly, you will be able to choose what you want covered for your pet to suit your needs. It all depends on ...
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• Shippin’ Out – Week of November 8, 2009

  
  Endsights: Shedding Light on Video Games — Authority: 514
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• Natalie Portman: Meat’s a Sin, Free Polanski

  
  Big Hollywood — Authority: 815
  Natalie Portman is a vegetarian – a vegan, to be precise – and she thinks you should be one too. At least, that’s the impression I get from her article at the Huffington Post . In fact, she really goes so far as to infer that those of us who eat animals or animal products are inhumane beasts. Apparently, ...
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• Christmas 2009’s Must Have Toy

  
  The Daily Dust | UK News | Good News — Authority: 441
  It seems a battery-powered hamster will be top of Santa wish lists this year. The fluffy toys, known as Go Go Pets, have been flying off the shelves so quickly that Toys R Us has stopped advertising them for fear of disappointing customers. Speaking to the Financial Times, Chief executive of Toys R Us, Jerry ...
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• Leaf beetle protects itself with a mobile home made of faeces

  
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• Daily Cool Pics

  
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• Debate: Modern Pork Production and H1N1

  
  Green Inc. — Authority: 744
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• Not on My Watch: Update on Will. How You Can Help.

  
  Covered in Cat Hair — Authority: 430
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• Baby Red Pandas Bug a Japanese Girl

  
  Bamboo Nation — Authority: 434
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• Evidence of Dinosaurs on New Zealands South Island

  
  Everything Dinosaur — Authority: 127
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• Pet VIP Insurance

  
  Cool Pet Sites — Authority: 157
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• Recent reads: Animal Farm - George Orwell, A Month in the Country - J. L. Carr, Through England on a Side-Saddle - Celia Fiennes

  
  thesvenhunter — Authority: 116
  Animal Farm - George Orwell Ive always admired Orwell but perhaps felt I was too old for this, it being one of a great number of books almost everyone read when they were 12 and I didnt. (See also Catch 22, Brave New World and, erm... Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas?) Something had always put me off it: the concept ...
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• The Hazards of Meat-Eating Hit the Mainstream Media

  
  Humane Connection — Authority: 127
  I’ve been vegan for twenty years. As I learned about the plight of animals in modern agriculture from Peter Singer’s Animal Liberation , John Robbins’ Diet for a New America and numerous undercover films that showed the conditions under which the great majority of animals are raised for food, I knew I ...
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• Enhance Your Teaching (or Parenting) With Our New Childrens Literature Resource Section

  
  Humane Connection — Authority: 127
  Bring a new element to your teaching (or parenting): check out our new Childrens Literature section in our websites Resource Center , highlighting more than 100 suggested titles that you can use in your humane education work (as an educator or parent). Weve divided the titles into broad categories (such as Animal ...
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