Tag Archives: Washington DC
8-Foot Shark Found in Potomac River
A Maryland fisherman has a whopper of a fish tale . . . except this one really was this long and it didn’t get away.
Willy Dean set his nets on Monday at Cornfield Harbor, three miles north of Point Lookout, at the mouth of the Potomac River in Maryland. He was fishing for cow-nosed rays [...]
National Zoo’s Panda Cope with High Temps
Everyone has heard about the mid-Atlantic’s heatwave that has had DC residents scurrying inside for the comfort of air conditioning. What do those affected by the heat do if A/C isn’t an option . . . like this guy?
Or this poor fellow?
Well, if you are one of the pandas at the National Zoo you get [...]
Red Panda Population Explosion!
I thought spring was the time when all the babies were born, but it looks like summer is the preferred birthing season for red pandas. In the last couple of weeks there have been three cubs born in captivity, which is very exciting news for zoo keepers and conservationists.
In Kristiansand, Norway, the zoo keepers at [...]
Dog Tags Pairs Soldiers to Homeless Dogs
There’s an expression “Happiness is a warm puppy,” (thanks Charles Schultz!) and no one needs a does of happiness more than wounded soldiers. Several of our injured service men and women are recovering at DC’s Walter Reed Hospital, which happens to be only a few blocks from the Washington Humane Society. A brilliant idea was struck [...]
Service Dog Denied Service at Fast Food Restaurant
Today’s post is a reposting of a repost. My dear friend Sheryl, otherwise known to the blogsphere as Wrekehavoc, and the woman who wrote this post both belong to the group DC Web Women. Sheryl reposted it on her blog to help raise awareness of what seems to be a wide gap in public knowledge [...]
Yellow Lab Rescued from Icy Pond (video)
Tully, a 4 year old yellow Lab who lives in the Potomac neighborhood outside Washington DC, was pulled from a local pond after slipping on the ice and falling in.
A neighbor saw Tully paddling in the pond and called 911 when it was apparent that he could not get out on his own. Firefighters arrived [...]
After the Storms
Between the two storms this week the total snow fall reported at Dulles Airport was 40 inches (31 over the weekend and 9 from Wednesday) — I think this is accurate. If someone has better information please correct me. We have shoveled so much I think I have carpal tunnel snowshovel syndrome (it doesn’t exist, [...]
Aaaaand We’re Back!
Hello Tigertail Friends! The power is finally back on (a great big thank you to Dominion Power!), we’ve dug out our driveway and I’m able to sit down and check in with everyone.
This last week has been an amazing experience. As most of you know, I’m in the DC metro area and we got two [...]
National Zoo’s Panda Possibly Pregnant
Over the weekend the giant pandas of the DC’s National Zoo attempted to mate. Female giant pandas only have one period of time during the year when it is possible to become pregnant and it only lasts from two to three days. Because, as zoo officials reported, “competent mating did not occur”, Mei Xiang was [...]
Trooper, DC Dumpster Dog Nears Adoption Day
Way back in August of 2009 I told you about the horrendous story of Trooper, a lovely female pit bull who had been severely abused and injured, then taped into a plastic bag and thrown into a dumpster as if she were just another bag of trash. Trooper had chewed her way through the bag [...]