Comments on: Adopt a Dog http://www.dmarkcato.com/2010/02/06/adopt-a-dog/ Dying to Live Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:31:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DMC http://www.dmarkcato.com/2010/02/06/adopt-a-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-279 DMC Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:06:54 +0000 http://www.dmarkcato.com/?p=645#comment-279 Thank you so much, Jane, for telling me about your very busy life- you are obviously a very young 78-year-old.( I am 48 going on 76) It is great to hear someone who loves animals as much as Alice and I do. I lost my dear black lab, Woody, a few years ago and still miss him sorely. I will try to find time to look at your Birdlife Website. Keep reading the blog Best wishes Mark Thank you so much, Jane, for telling me about your very busy life- you are obviously a very young 78-year-old.( I am 48 going on 76) It is great to hear someone who loves animals as much as Alice and I do. I lost my dear black lab, Woody, a few years ago and still miss him sorely. I will try to find time to look at your Birdlife Website.

Keep reading the blog

Best wishes

Mark

]]> By: Jane Fenton http://www.dmarkcato.com/2010/02/06/adopt-a-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-260 Jane Fenton Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:17:07 +0000 http://www.dmarkcato.com/?p=645#comment-260 I have a springer spaniel for whom I can do no wrong and a tortoishelle cat for whom I can do no right! I read about you for the first time today in the Daily Telegraph. What an inspiration for absolutely everyone who reads your diary. I am lucky, single at 78, to be healthy and active. But none of us knows what our end will be. Tragically, you do, and you are being absolutely wonderful about it as is 'your lovely' and your family. Have a great trip to Thailand. I have just returned from 10 days in Cambodia which was fascinating as we were looking for critically endangered birds with members of BirdLife International's Rare Bird Club and saw an enormous amount of the country in the process. The Giant Ibis is down to 50 as it has traditionally been hunted for food, as was the extinct Dodo in Mauritius. Our visit may or may not persuade the government to be proud of 'saving' the bird in their country. They have so many other issues to deal with it won't be easy, but BirdLife is a splendid organisation which believes in working with local people, which is essential. If you have time, and are interested, look up the BirdLife website and, in particular, their 'news alerts'. All the very best, Yours with much respect. Jane Fenton (Cambridge, but NOT a reporter). I have a springer spaniel for whom I can do no wrong and a tortoishelle cat for whom I can do no right! I read about you for the first time today in the Daily Telegraph. What an inspiration for absolutely everyone who reads your diary. I am lucky, single at 78, to be healthy and active. But none of us knows what our end will be. Tragically, you do, and you are being absolutely wonderful about it as is ‘your lovely’ and your family. Have a great trip to Thailand. I have just returned from 10 days in Cambodia which was fascinating as we were looking for critically endangered birds with members of BirdLife International’s Rare Bird Club and saw an enormous amount of the country in the process. The Giant Ibis is down to 50 as it has traditionally been hunted for food, as was the extinct Dodo in Mauritius. Our visit may or may not persuade the government to be proud of ‘saving’ the bird in their country. They have so many other issues to deal with it won’t be easy, but BirdLife is a splendid organisation which believes in working with local people, which is essential. If you have time, and are interested, look up the BirdLife website and, in particular, their ‘news alerts’. All the very best, Yours with much respect. Jane Fenton (Cambridge, but NOT a reporter).

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