As another year comes to a close, it’s a time to reflect on those we’ve lost, including our pets. And with all due respect to Stephen King (author of Pet Sematary), there’s no better tributes to our faithful animal companions than those you’ll find at The Presidio Pet Cemetery in San Francisco, California. (7×7)
Dennis Lehane, the best-selling mystery writer who has many successful film adaptions of his books under his belt — Gone Baby Gone, Mystic River, to name a few — is now caught in his own real life horror story, as he’s lost his pet Beagle, Tessa. But Lehane is determined to solve his own case by offering a substantial reward of naming one of his characters from his next book after whoever helps him find his precious dog. Good luck, Dennis!
The (Ernest) Hemingway Home and Museum in Key West, Florida, is now engaged in a legal battle with the United States Government — as forty-five six-toed cats have overtaken the museum’s grounds, resulting in a protracted Animal Welfare case, and could go all the way to The Supreme Court. Oh, Papa!
In need of some last-minute stocking stuffers for the dog lover in your life? Kitson has got you covered with a whole shelf full of cute, funny dog books…
In light of last week’s horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, The Lutheran Church Charities of Chicago have sent a pack of Golden Retrievers to visit the kids and hopefully lick some wounds. (HuffPo)
Just in time for the holidays, The New Yorker is releasing the aptly-titled, The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs, which includes a bunch of witty ramblings from James Thurber, Roger Angell, and many others from the mag’s esteemed archives, along with a foreword by superstar contributor, Malcolm Gladwell (The Tipping Point).
I Could Pee On This was the original working title for my comic dog novel (haha, not really!) –– but then this cool cat, Francesco Marciuliano, came up with it first!
Not many dog books can handle the subject matter of pet loss so sensitively, yet straight-forwardly, as Jessica Pierce’s The Last Walk: Reflections On Our Pets at the End of Their Lives. Read her compelling Op-Ed here. (NYT)
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