http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2065873,00.html?artId=2065873?contType=article?chn=world
It's hard being a dog in most of the Middle East.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Special Teams - Mill Surveylance
There are teams, of weres and people, keeping a close watch on the Missouri puppy mills. Weres have taken a greater recent interest in the Missouri puppy mills, especially after that legislation was passed that struck down the new regulations voted to by popular vote across the state. The mills and their corporate sponsors bought that law, much to the chagrin of many weres and people.
There are weredogs in he SPCA, but it is somewhat frowned upon, and has only been talked about in the past 10 years. Before that it was strictly verbotten for weredogs to get involved in dog shelters or charities.
Caitlyn has been working with these teams. She has turned into a remarkable weredog, leader and tracker. She can track across any ground, even streams, and moves through trees like a chimp, even in weredog form.
Her fighting skills have improved faster than I have ever seen in a new were, with claw, blade and gun. She is passable with rifles but outstanding with pistols, in particular with .40 cals. I still prefer my 9mm and .45 and have not yet got on board the .40 cal bandwagon.
Caitlyn told me the other night, over BBQ and beer, that they are finding a lot less neo scent in and around the mills. She asked me what I thought of that. I said I think it means the neos have shifted their operations elsewhere.
She also has a new boyfriend, a human she has class with in her high school. She will not tell me his name. She will not even tell Warin. But I am not worried and am curious how this will go. Warin and I both reminded her that romance with this boy is fine but that it can never go too far. She says she knows.
Matter of fact, I have to go now to link-up with Caitlyn and Warin to conduct a short patrol. Should only take a few hours. Neos, if you're out there, se you soon.
Her fighting skills have improved faster than I have ever seen in a new were, with claw, blade and gun. She is passable with rifles but outstanding with pistols, in particular with .40 cals. I still prefer my 9mm and .45 and have not yet got on board the .40 cal bandwagon.
Caitlyn told me the other night, over BBQ and beer, that they are finding a lot less neo scent in and around the mills. She asked me what I thought of that. I said I think it means the neos have shifted their operations elsewhere.
She also has a new boyfriend, a human she has class with in her high school. She will not tell me his name. She will not even tell Warin. But I am not worried and am curious how this will go. Warin and I both reminded her that romance with this boy is fine but that it can never go too far. She says she knows.
Matter of fact, I have to go now to link-up with Caitlyn and Warin to conduct a short patrol. Should only take a few hours. Neos, if you're out there, se you soon.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Dogs and Wolves
The thawing of relations between dogs and wolves has propagated a lot of dialogue and discussion about dogs and wolves and their differences.
Big debate: Are dogs categorized as "Canis lupus domsticatus" or are they "Canis domsticatus"? Biologists and "canine experts" have been tearing this issue up in years recent. This has had a bearing also on many of the issues between weredogs and werewolves.
There are now so many werewolves living in civilization. True, most are living in very lupine and predatory capacities, as lawyers, financial advisors and others. But the question that begs to be pondered is this: If a wolf spends enough time in civilization, does not that wolf become a dog, or dog-like? How long would this take? When would that happen? And if a dog lives in the wild, alone or in a pack, when does he or she become wild, and therefore a wolf?
If a collie, let's call her Lassie, goes to and lives in the wildness, away from men and civilization, and breeds, with a dog or wolf, and her pups survive, and their pups survive, at what point are they wolves? Or are they ever?
If a wolf pup is taken to live with people, no matter how long he or she lives with people, or how well he or she adapts and behaves, he is always a domesticated wolf, as are his or her pups. How many generations until they are no longer wolves?
If a werewolf goes to live in the city and over time changes his coat and becomes a priest, and is indeed a very good priest, ad protects his flock with a divinely primal determination, he is still a werewolf. (I know of such a case. Very irregular.)
So the common wisdom is that a dog cannot become a wolf and a wolf cannot become a dog. Ironically, it is not so with people. People seem to be able to switch and flip and go back and forth, becoming more dogish or wolfish, then doggish again, back and forth. This is one of the traits of humans that mystifies and terrifies us weres.
Big debate: Are dogs categorized as "Canis lupus domsticatus" or are they "Canis domsticatus"? Biologists and "canine experts" have been tearing this issue up in years recent. This has had a bearing also on many of the issues between weredogs and werewolves.
There are now so many werewolves living in civilization. True, most are living in very lupine and predatory capacities, as lawyers, financial advisors and others. But the question that begs to be pondered is this: If a wolf spends enough time in civilization, does not that wolf become a dog, or dog-like? How long would this take? When would that happen? And if a dog lives in the wild, alone or in a pack, when does he or she become wild, and therefore a wolf?
If a collie, let's call her Lassie, goes to and lives in the wildness, away from men and civilization, and breeds, with a dog or wolf, and her pups survive, and their pups survive, at what point are they wolves? Or are they ever?
If a wolf pup is taken to live with people, no matter how long he or she lives with people, or how well he or she adapts and behaves, he is always a domesticated wolf, as are his or her pups. How many generations until they are no longer wolves?
If a werewolf goes to live in the city and over time changes his coat and becomes a priest, and is indeed a very good priest, ad protects his flock with a divinely primal determination, he is still a werewolf. (I know of such a case. Very irregular.)
So the common wisdom is that a dog cannot become a wolf and a wolf cannot become a dog. Ironically, it is not so with people. People seem to be able to switch and flip and go back and forth, becoming more dogish or wolfish, then doggish again, back and forth. This is one of the traits of humans that mystifies and terrifies us weres.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Flecka Died Today
Flecka is gone, just a few hours ago. Jack called the vet to the house. Sven and Rick were also here.
She couldn't walk on her own anymore. Jack and I have been carrying her outside to poop and pee for weeks, he during the days and evening, me at night when everyone was asleep and she called out to me that she had to go.
Jack had the vet come to the house. I like that, that her final moments were at home surrounded by Jack and Sven and Rick.
She was one of the most perfect black labs I ever knew, and had one of the biggest hearts I ever knew, dog or human. I miss her. I will miss a very long time. Jack and the boys cried. I just whined, and will wait to do my crying tonight.
She couldn't walk on her own anymore. Jack and I have been carrying her outside to poop and pee for weeks, he during the days and evening, me at night when everyone was asleep and she called out to me that she had to go.
Jack had the vet come to the house. I like that, that her final moments were at home surrounded by Jack and Sven and Rick.
She was one of the most perfect black labs I ever knew, and had one of the biggest hearts I ever knew, dog or human. I miss her. I will miss a very long time. Jack and the boys cried. I just whined, and will wait to do my crying tonight.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Puppy Mills
Jason is fully operational. He has gathered a sizable team and there are ready to rock. And he has 2 targets in his sights.
1 is puppy mills. That has not changed. But he has changed his tactics, somewhat. His night-time ops now are more geared toward surveillance and intel gathering. Info is then turned over to whomever he thinks can pull the weight and get the dogs out legally. He has been on numerous ops with the SPCA and Humane Society. He was on one recently that liberated 800 dogs.
And that is the problem. Too many dogs. What do you do with that many dogs, or any dogs that are liberated. A dozen is one thing. But even 20 to 30 is hard to arrange care for, more for a wereforce than for the SPCA.
Jason says seeing the puppy mills in daylight is much more heart-breaking then at night. He says the misery is more glaring. He says most of the dogs in most mills, especially the larger ones, have never had an ounce of warmth of decency shown them. They don't know what to do when they are held for the first time. "They just stare at you with uncertain, terrified eyes," he told me. They are often covered in sore and infections, have rotten teeth and have no social orientation.
His group is working with some other groups to tackle internet sales, which are completely off the USDA radar. (The USDA regulates "pet sales.")
2 are neos. They are in his sights. They are also a consideration for pulling back on night time ops and liberation raids. I wrote about the first I did with Jason last year, that involved weredogs and werewolves, in which we were ambushed by neos and sustained several casualties, but did acquire a neo corpse. That corpse has answered lots of questions.
But Jason says there have been several other night ops where they had to withdraw due to strong neo scent, and could not account for or locate any neos. Fearing more ambushes, they withdraw. Several surveillances have even ended that same.
But Jason is adapting his tactics and strategies, often to be more in line with the law. But he is not scaling back, at all. He says he can't. He says once you see a liberated mill dog step on grass for the first time, and see their confusion and eventual euphoria, you can't even think of giving up. And that happens all the time, he says.
1 is puppy mills. That has not changed. But he has changed his tactics, somewhat. His night-time ops now are more geared toward surveillance and intel gathering. Info is then turned over to whomever he thinks can pull the weight and get the dogs out legally. He has been on numerous ops with the SPCA and Humane Society. He was on one recently that liberated 800 dogs.
And that is the problem. Too many dogs. What do you do with that many dogs, or any dogs that are liberated. A dozen is one thing. But even 20 to 30 is hard to arrange care for, more for a wereforce than for the SPCA.
Jason says seeing the puppy mills in daylight is much more heart-breaking then at night. He says the misery is more glaring. He says most of the dogs in most mills, especially the larger ones, have never had an ounce of warmth of decency shown them. They don't know what to do when they are held for the first time. "They just stare at you with uncertain, terrified eyes," he told me. They are often covered in sore and infections, have rotten teeth and have no social orientation.
His group is working with some other groups to tackle internet sales, which are completely off the USDA radar. (The USDA regulates "pet sales.")
2 are neos. They are in his sights. They are also a consideration for pulling back on night time ops and liberation raids. I wrote about the first I did with Jason last year, that involved weredogs and werewolves, in which we were ambushed by neos and sustained several casualties, but did acquire a neo corpse. That corpse has answered lots of questions.
But Jason says there have been several other night ops where they had to withdraw due to strong neo scent, and could not account for or locate any neos. Fearing more ambushes, they withdraw. Several surveillances have even ended that same.
But Jason is adapting his tactics and strategies, often to be more in line with the law. But he is not scaling back, at all. He says he can't. He says once you see a liberated mill dog step on grass for the first time, and see their confusion and eventual euphoria, you can't even think of giving up. And that happens all the time, he says.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Lobo and Blanca
A werewolf friend sent me this link.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-wolf-that-changed-america/introduction/4260/
Good story. It hit me like a brick. It is fairly famous within werelore, even with weredogs. Lobo was a wolf, but is legendary for being a canine archetype of intelligence, toughness, leadership and honor. Yes, honor. Legend tells that he did actually die of a broken heart, for Blanca.
The truth is that Blanca did not die. Seton shot her. But she lived. And I know her. Some of you know her too.
Blanca went to Seton years later with the intent of killing him. She didn't. He was a changed man, a different man from the one who killed Lobo. But that is another, very long story.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-wolf-that-changed-america/introduction/4260/
Good story. It hit me like a brick. It is fairly famous within werelore, even with weredogs. Lobo was a wolf, but is legendary for being a canine archetype of intelligence, toughness, leadership and honor. Yes, honor. Legend tells that he did actually die of a broken heart, for Blanca.
The truth is that Blanca did not die. Seton shot her. But she lived. And I know her. Some of you know her too.
Blanca went to Seton years later with the intent of killing him. She didn't. He was a changed man, a different man from the one who killed Lobo. But that is another, very long story.
Modified foods and Junk Genes
I was able to attend a conference last week, during the day. We held our sessions during the regular, published sessions. That was our cover. It was a conference on autism. Our conference was on new findings in genetics that affect weres and humans. Neos were the central topic.
The modern world is activating certain human junk genes. This is bringing about many unforeseen changes. This is possibly responsible for the increase in autism spectrum disorders, the rise in numbers of sociopaths, obesity, a hundred other abnormalities, and neos.
This is a process of speciation and mutation. The speciation is a result of overpopulation, stress, inactivity, food preservatives, technology, and more. That speciation has given us the neo sapiens, which have evolved from within the global homo sapien population.
Why? Is the earth pissed off at mankind? Wouldn’t blame it. Are neos an antidote to the virus that is humanity? Were homo sapiens an antidote to neanders, a correction?
Werescientists have new findings that suggest that modified foods are one of the triggers that has activated the genome and brought about the mutation that has given us the neo's.
Weredogs have been leaving companies like Monsanto as they learn what is going on, what the company to is doing, what effects their modified seeds and foods are having on the world and everyone on it.
But it is, possibly, also all the other toxins that we flood into our bodies and minds. There is still a lot unknown about the long term effects of preservatives in food. There is more than modified seeds and preservatives. The list is long.
Corporations are influencing science such that it is getting harder to get true, untainted scientific findings. More and more, scientists are getting their funding from corporations. Those corporations then expect a return on their investment. Often that is friendly findings to their products.
This is causing major challenges for werescientists. It is harder to trust findings, results or even data anymore. But it is harder even to get a hold of the raw source data, which is often corporate property and treated accordingly.
Also, neos hold more top positions in corporations than ever before. We do not have solid figures. But those we do know, that we know of, are frightening.
I also did manage to attend some of the sessions on autism. All the weres there were either presenters or attendees at the autism conference. I learned a lot. Sven is not sick, nor does he require being cured or fixed. He is Sven. He has Asperger's. There are challenges with that, as there are with all humans. There are definite advantages to Sven, like a lack of games that most people play with each other.
It is harder for Sven to filter out all the noise and stimuli that bombards him daily. It is the same for dogs. Some are better than others. But most dogs have to learn to contend with constant over-stimulation. Being a weredog helps. But some days it is still hard.
In one of the our were sessions a geneticist reported that a study in France is trying to connect autism to the recently identified Neanderthal genes in the human genome. "Great," I said out loud. "If that gets out they will start saying that anyone on the autistic spectrum is a neanderthal." A very attractive werewolf, in human form, of curse (we all were) leaned over to me and said, "I knew there was a reason I like them."
The modern world is activating certain human junk genes. This is bringing about many unforeseen changes. This is possibly responsible for the increase in autism spectrum disorders, the rise in numbers of sociopaths, obesity, a hundred other abnormalities, and neos.
This is a process of speciation and mutation. The speciation is a result of overpopulation, stress, inactivity, food preservatives, technology, and more. That speciation has given us the neo sapiens, which have evolved from within the global homo sapien population.
Why? Is the earth pissed off at mankind? Wouldn’t blame it. Are neos an antidote to the virus that is humanity? Were homo sapiens an antidote to neanders, a correction?
Werescientists have new findings that suggest that modified foods are one of the triggers that has activated the genome and brought about the mutation that has given us the neo's.
Weredogs have been leaving companies like Monsanto as they learn what is going on, what the company to is doing, what effects their modified seeds and foods are having on the world and everyone on it.
But it is, possibly, also all the other toxins that we flood into our bodies and minds. There is still a lot unknown about the long term effects of preservatives in food. There is more than modified seeds and preservatives. The list is long.
Corporations are influencing science such that it is getting harder to get true, untainted scientific findings. More and more, scientists are getting their funding from corporations. Those corporations then expect a return on their investment. Often that is friendly findings to their products.
This is causing major challenges for werescientists. It is harder to trust findings, results or even data anymore. But it is harder even to get a hold of the raw source data, which is often corporate property and treated accordingly.
Also, neos hold more top positions in corporations than ever before. We do not have solid figures. But those we do know, that we know of, are frightening.
I also did manage to attend some of the sessions on autism. All the weres there were either presenters or attendees at the autism conference. I learned a lot. Sven is not sick, nor does he require being cured or fixed. He is Sven. He has Asperger's. There are challenges with that, as there are with all humans. There are definite advantages to Sven, like a lack of games that most people play with each other.
It is harder for Sven to filter out all the noise and stimuli that bombards him daily. It is the same for dogs. Some are better than others. But most dogs have to learn to contend with constant over-stimulation. Being a weredog helps. But some days it is still hard.
In one of the our were sessions a geneticist reported that a study in France is trying to connect autism to the recently identified Neanderthal genes in the human genome. "Great," I said out loud. "If that gets out they will start saying that anyone on the autistic spectrum is a neanderthal." A very attractive werewolf, in human form, of curse (we all were) leaned over to me and said, "I knew there was a reason I like them."
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