Lets take a look at Zoosemiotics...

So some of my friends get irritated by my lil Chihuahua whining....literally. She doesn't bark but some days she is trying to say something so she whimpers/whines...it's very cute but can be annoying if you cant figure out what she is saying...

After some thought about animals desperately trying to communicate with humans i discovered this word - Zoo semiotics -

It means the study of animal communication.

We all hear about dolphins and there lil squeak squeaks and how they cleverly communicate with each other but i have never heard anything about dogs or cats...

I always get frustrated at the fact that animals can't speak because if they could they would really tell the human race where to stick it...i bet humans would be freaked out by that!

I've always thought of blossom whining as a way of her trying to communicate with me, but what we all know is the sounds that animals make...for woman it's way harder to repeat the noise effectively with out making a chop of yourself :)

It really bugs me some of the songs and things they do to mimic animals, i mean imagine if we all had to learn songs about different peoples language...i bet people wouldn't like that, now would they! Lets have a look.

Remember this - we all had to learn it when we were in nursery school...

"Old McDonald had a farm, eh ay eh ay oh, and on the farm he had a cow, eh ay eh ay oh, with a MOO MOO here and a MOO MOO there, here a MOO, there a MOO, everywhere a MOO MOO, old McDonald had a farm eh ay eh ay oh."

"Old McDonald had a farm, eh ay eh ay oh, and on the farm he had a pig, eh ay eh ay oh, with a OINK OINK here and a OINK OINK there, here a OINK, there a OINK, everywhere a OINK OINK, old McDonald had a farm eh ay eh ay oh."

"Old McDonald had a farm, eh ay eh ay oh, and on the farm he had a chicken, eh ay eh ay oh, with a CHEEP CHEEP here and a CHEEP CHEEP there, here a CHEEP, there a CHEEP, everywhere a CHEEP CHEEP, old McDonald had a farm eh ay eh ay oh."

Ok now some one tell me that that's not rude...imitating an animals sound, it's like when a dog barks and an human barks at it too...HELLO WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? Lets have a look at the human version.

"Old McDonald had a house, eh ay eh ay oh, and in that house he had a french dude, eh ay eh ay oh, with a OUI OUI here and a OUI OUI there, here a OUI, there a OUI, everywhere a OUI OUI, old McDonald had a house eh ay eh ay oh."

"Old McDonald had a house, eh ay eh ay oh, and in that house he had a South African, eh ay eh ay oh, with a YEBO here and a YEBO there, here a YEBO, there a YEBO, everywhere a YEBO YEBO, old McDonald had a house eh ay eh ay oh."

"Old McDonald had a house, eh ay eh ay oh, and in that house he had a German, eh ay eh ay oh, with a NEIN NEIN here and a NEIN NEIN there, here a NEIN, there a NEIN, everywhere a NEIN NEIN, old McDonald had a house eh ay eh ay oh."




Yup, so that's definitely what I'm planning to teach my children to sing when they are four...try that on for size. Really isn't the song a bit rude? It's teaching children really bad habits from when they are young...children are like sponges and they absorb every bit of information that passes them by, some bad - some good. It's our responsibility as adults to make sure they learn more of the good stuff than the bad...so use your good animal sense to remind these kids that they must be respectful towards animals.
It's like kids that kick dogs...simple solution - cut off the children's legs, believe me it's full proof, they will never do it again! HEHEHEHE....I'm just joking, but it really does bug me!

Okey Dokey I'm off to study some science...one step closer to my goal...

Keep in mind, when you speak like an animal, it's probably laughing it's bum off at you.

Oh and as a none Zoo semiotic i bet if animals could speak, they would say -

I'M NOT YOURS TO EAT, GO EAT YOUR OWN KIND!
I'M NOT YOURS TO WEAR, IT'S MY SKIN SO BUZZ OFF!
YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO TEST ON ME, SO DEAL WITH SHAMPOO BURNING YOUR SCALP!
IF YOU HUNT ME, KEEP IN MIND ONE DAY YOU'LL BE HUNTED TOO AND I WON'T GIVE YOU A HEAD START!
IF YOU TRY TO HARM ME IN SADISTIC GAMES, I'LL COME BACK AS YOUR EVIL ASS PAWN!

                                                                       BITE ME...

I dunno it's just a guess :)

Kindness and Hope
Kelly-Leigh

Why can i not adopt a cow?

So my frustration is of one problem...I have posted all these adoption ad's of puppy's and kittens and there grown up versions however i cannot find a rescue centre that allows me to adopt a cow...

Now usually when you look at the adoption pages in all these society's you will see what the names of the animals are and a snip bit of what they are like, so i went in search for my cow....

After me searching i managed to find a non profit organisation name FreeMe....they deal with wildlife that has been abandoned, now that's great and all but you cannot adopt these animals which makes sense since they are meant to be in the wild, but where is my damn cow?

Gumtree even has a monkey for sale, but no farm, animals and definitely no cow!

It then just clarifies one thing for me, I've always known about the stupid idea that people have about the fact that dogs and cats can't be eaten since they are pets and cows and pigs can... No wonder, i cannot even adopt a cow, how the hell are we as humans supposed to get used to the idea that farm animals can also be pets, when they aren't even available to the public?

So i must apologise but unfortunately i cannot advertise farm animals because society has decided to act like a bunch of fools and not allow an average person to decide if they want a pig or a kitten...in fact us as humans should be up in arms that the sweet lil ad of a cow is not an option.

This is Betty, she loves taking a walk in the meadows and her favourite snack is grass, she's not only very friendly but gets along well with dogs and pigs. She is 10 years old. If you would like to meet Betty, contact us on - 011 2639ooooh.

That's all i want...an ad for farm animals. Do you think i will ever get it? I suppose not will all these meat eaters, they adopt a cow to slaughter it, sickos. Culture or no culture it's still miff....

So this is my story, one day when i own a big piece of land ( because Matthew wants to retire on a farm ). I will adopt the following...

 

1. A dairy cow ( i love their black and white spots they are so beautiful )
2. A miniature piggy ( a miniature cause the big ones, make too much poop )
3. 3 chickens ( they love being together like a family cause they like learning from each other )
4. 4 Dogs ( Matthew wants 2 and i want 2 )
5. 1 cat ( I'm kinda allergic to cats but i have to have one to share the love :)
6. 2 monkeys ( Matthew LOVES monkeys, and though I'm not one to keep animals out of the wild, i know that Matthew will give them so much love that they won't feel left out at all. Plus i will take monkeys that are already unable to care for themselves in the wild )
7. 2 Rabbits ( cause someone needs to love them! )
And that's all i can think of for now, but I'll probably along the way end up with more animals, knowing Matthew and myself! We both have such big hearts!

If you had a chance to retire on a farm and have as many animals as you would like, would you go live their?
Let me know.

Kindness and Hope
Kelly-Leigh

Feel the fur rise...

I received some more info about the fur protest in Hyde park on next week Saturday and decided i should share, this is the email i received from Anneke, the head of Fur Free SA -

Hi everyone,



It is now only 8 days before our HUGE 'Fur Free Friday' demo. We are confident that the event will be well attended by the press, and we really need you to be there in your numbers to tell the world


WE SAY 'NO!!!!!!!!' TO FUR!


When? Saturday 27 November 11:00-13:00
Where? On the islands in front of Hyde Park


We will ask you for final RSVPs early next week, so that we will have a good idea of how many of you we can expect.




Right now however we have the following updates and requests for you.


· We still need the following (please contact Tricia at tricia@furfree.net if you can help):
- Artists/make-up artists to help us with painting faces and bodies beforehand
- Someone with a bakkie/trailer to fetch a cage in Midrand and have it at Hyde Park around 10:00 on the day (It would be great if the sides of the bakkie/trailer could be lowered to reveal the entire cage during the demo.)
- Someone to buy drinks and chips for the media and bring it to Hyde Park at 10:00 in an icebox/cooler bag
- Someone to give a member a lift from Pretoria




· Those of you who are going to be placard-bearers and/or flier distributors, please wear only BLACK or your Fur Free 'logo' T-shirt if possible (not the 'poster' T). If you can paint your face like that of a fur animal OR wear an animal mask, GREAT! (We will send you templates of animal faces next week.) Please bring your own placards and be at the islands in front of Hyde Park at 11:00. See bottom and attached examples for placard ideas, or Google some more.


· Volunteers being painted red or being 'caged': Please be at the 'Fur Free house' at 20 Portland Ave, Craighall Park (see attached map), any time from 08:30 but no later than 09:00. If you're going to be a 'red', please wear red, beige or white underwear only. You could also wear a red vest and red skinny shorts. (Remember to apply sunblock beforehand!) If you're going to be 'caged', wear black clothes only.


· Bring your dog! (See attached pic of demo doggie!)




Some ideas for wording:


- Fur hurts – walk away from it!
- Wear your own skin!
- Fur animals skinned alive!
- Stop the torture – don't wear fur!
- Fur is worn by beautiful animals and ugly people!
- They don't wear us, so don't wear them!
- Fur is dead!
- Fur is cruel and old-fashioned!


COME AND HELP US MAKE THIS AWESOME FOR THE ANIMALS!!!!!


See you there!!!!
anneke


So i hope you all felt filled in a bit...let me know what you are doing, whether you are getting painted red or sitting in a cage or even holding a poster...I'm really interested in what you are going to so.


Any who, this was a short one but I'm a busy bee today, i did think that a good piece of information would make up for it :)

Kindness and Hope
Kelly-Leigh