Category Archives: Animals: Zoology, Biology and Pets

Shark Attack

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Julie Deshtor

If you are into swimming, you should know That a great white attacked a man offshore. He dove in from his boat, and to his horror There was a great white waiting down below. ‎ But our diver did not … Continue reading →

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Personal

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Julie Deshtor

I feel the shadows closing in like fire-ants crawling on my skin and so I shudder as I beg – take me instead! Just give them back!

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How do you decide to kill a friend and companion of 14 years?

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Julie Deshtor

When do you come to the decision? When she can no longer hear the barking in the street? When her eyes grow gray? When cancer is snaking up her bones and pain chews at her every waking moment? When there … Continue reading →

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Repost – Megafauna Nightmare

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Julie Deshtor

Mar 12, 2009 I was visiting you – some place cold and mountainous. We spent the day at your friends’ place – an older couple. A nice home, up on a cliff, with a weathered natural-wood terrace overlooking a training … Continue reading →

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Human chauvinism

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Julie Deshtor

Why is it that when humans meet a violent and untimely death – they are considered “murdered,” but when animals do – they are “destroyed”?

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