Knitted sweater for penguins

Sushiesque reports on these knitted sweater for penguins:

This project is part of the The Penguin Jumpers Project :
Over 15,000 jumpers were collected, which will be stored in Oil Spill Response Kits around Tasmania. In the case of a major oil spill, these jumpers will be used to help rehabilitate Little penguins (Eudyptula minor) that have been oil affected. Oil clogs the feathers of these tiny seagoing birds, and reduces their insulating and waterproofing qualities. Even worse, the penguins attempt to clean themselves by preening, and rapidly become poisoned.

The pet love motel

Code blog recently put some picture of the "Pet Love Motel", a love motel exclusively for pets in in Sao Paulo, Brazil. According to Ananova, it offers decorated rooms for pets to mate (satin sheets, ceiling mirrors and lots of cushions).

A wonderful dog bumper

This dog bumper might be useful in very dense area (US Patent issued in 1977:):


Here is an excerpt of the patent description:
Made of dense foam and strapped on via Velcro, the Dog Bumper will help your canine companion keep his ribs and chest injury free the next time that tree jumps out in front of you. Look out!

A gang of thieves escaped on a donkey-pulled cart pulled

Ananova reports:
Four cop cars took over an hour to catch a gang of teenage thieves who had escaped on a cart pulled by a donkey. Officers from the Greek town of Patras said they were unable to keep up with the donkey which the boys steered down the old town's winding streets and narrow alleyways. The chase, which one eyewitness described as "unbelievable", only came to an end an hour later when the young thieves, aged between 13 and 15 turned into a dead end. Police caught the trio with a safe stolen from the local hospital on the back of their cart.

Bullet-proof vest for dogs

Vest-A-Dog is a powerful bullet proof vest for dogs. The tagline says "Protect the dogs who protect us". And as the website says: The Vest-A-Dog program has vested more than 1,000 dogs in the United States and Canada since it began in 1999.

Hello World Petistic!

Welcome in this impressive new blog about intriguing things, stories and artefacts about animals. There will be a peculiar emphasis on pets.

Why do we do this? Simply because pet-driven design and related issues deserve to be mentioned, especially through blogposts!

Why starting it today? Because Ugly Dog Sam just passed away...: