Strange, new, and incredibly threatened creature alert

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7791989.stm

This story with pictures and video is of a rat-like creature - more shrew-like anyway - with a long nose and a “dental delivery system” for venom. They have only ever caught one.

Where is it? The Dominican Republic and Haiti.

2 Guinea Pigs in Montreal need a home!

A reader writes:

I am trying to find someone to take my two guinea pigs Penny (female) & Ling Ling (male).

I am a huge animal lover and had had guinea pigs when I was younger and was not aware when i rescued my two ( a co-worker had said that he was going to leave them on the side of the higway the begining of last November at the age of 4 weeks) that I am now horribly allergic to them (as is my husband)

Penny is the bed headed piggie and Ling Ling is the neater looking one - I have attached their photos as well as a pic of the big cage - i also have two smaller travel type cages - they come full equipped.

I appreciate any help I can get at this point - I would love to get them in a home.

Please write to Cat at theoneandonlyangrycat @ gmail.com (copy and remove spaces).

About poisons and wildlife…

…This coyote survived and miraculously was able to be released back into the wild. Most victims of secondary poisoning are not as lucky. The poisoning of any animal is cruel, and although these poisons are legal and readily available in lawn and garden shops across the country, they wreak havoc on native wildlife.
People who use these products to eliminate rodent problems are causing sustained suffering and can inadvertently kill the very animals that would help control their rodent population. If predators such as coyotes were allowed to do their jobs, rodent populations everywhere would be dramatically reduced.

Read the full story at the link above.

Many changes…

I have moved to Denmark, so I'm no longer available by phone. However you can still e-mail me. Hopefully I will respond faster than I did before, but I cannot guarantee speed. I have many projects on the go, notably I am working on the whole Mooshika site rebuild, where I am moving it to WordPress and then moving it back to http://mooshika.org.

I hope that everyone has had a happy and healthy 2008 and looking forward to more in 2009!