Entries Tagged as 'Animal Articles'

From Horse Lover to Filmmaker

Mr. Ron Hevener has been our guest here on Animal Talk Naturally several times. We love having Ron as our guest to share his love of animals with us and our audience. As many of you already know, Ron is a published author of several books and numerous articles, not to mention an accomplished artist and sculptor of animal figures. To top that all off he is also a singer. And let’s not forget a breeder of champion dogs and horses. He now brings all his talents together in a new documentary film about his book, Fate of the Stallion featuring his beautiful horse, Selket Louchiano! Here is Mr. Hevener to tell you all about it. Look for him on a Special Edition presentation of Animal Talk Naturally in May to share his journey to film and as always with the animals….

Selket Louchiano
Selket Louchiano, Star of TV Documentary “Fate of the Stallion … From The Pages of a Novel”
Photo by Maxine Bochnia

Horse Breeder Ron Hevener Makes Documentary ….

Like many horse lovers, I grew up fascinated by movies and television. To me, a kid from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, whose family roots were in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia, television was something many people didn’t have and movies were a special treat. I guess that sounds like a long time ago, and almost as if I came from another land to some of my readers. Maybe so. But, it was a good land. [Read more →]

The Love of Animals

This is an article by our friend and repeat guest here on Animal Talk Naturally, Ron Hevener. Look for Ron to be a guest on our other show, ATN Gone Wild on January 15, 2008 at 2:30 PM Eastern.

Ron Hevener and Nahgua

Over the years, I’ve been lucky enough to know lots of interesting animals. Horses, Dogs, Cats, Wildlife . . . If they liked people, I had a knack of getting to know them pretty well. When I started my career as an artist, animals were a natural subject for me to explore, and, growing up in Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County farm country, animals — and people who love them — were all around me. [Read more →]

The Christmas Lamb

Sheep at Christmas

by Kent Humphreys

During the holidays our thoughts are often drawn to animals. Kids are fascinated by the reindeer, the nativities portray the shepherds and animals gathered around the manger of the baby Jesus, and the TV sports fans enjoy the commercial with the Anheuser Busch Clydesdales pulling the sled through the snow. [Read more →]

Let the Music Play

Let the Music Play by Ron Hevener

Written & Illustrated by Ron Hevener

Funny, how we never seem to know what’s just around the corner. We go about our lives: working, laughing, loving . . . and we never know how our life is going to turn out. I know this doesn’t sound like the goal-oriented thinkers that I encourage people to be. I encourage animal lovers to be their best and to reach as high as they possibly can. After all, if we don’t reach for the stars, how can we ever touch them? Yes, I know . . . Childish words…. [Read more →]

“The Three T’s”

The Three T's

Written by James A. Andreson

Illustrated by Ron Hevener

TRANQUILITY is what all of us were feeling, here in Michigan, on a sunny spring day. It was the type of day when the grass was a bright, new, fresh green. The trees were bursting with buds ready to break into blossom, absorbing all the sun’s rays that they could. The mares were also welcoming the Spring after a hard Winter.

Winter months seemed to really take their toll on the older mares. The old girls (the “geriatrics group”) bonded together. To help each other through difficult Winter days and nights, they formed very close feelings for each other. Now, with the onset of Spring, they were the first to soak in the sun’s warmth. Fresh grass was appearing almost overnight, in a green carpet of nourishment that the older mares knew was a great source of food to revitalize old joints and bodies, repairing what Winter had ravaged. [Read more →]

Christian the Lion

Even after being rehabbed into the wild, Christian still remembers and loves his humans as is evident in this video. Read the entire article so you can learn of the bond between this lion and the humans who raised him:

Christian the Lion

A FINAL GREETING and FAREWELL

Brought to you by Animal Talk Naturally!

From our friends at REXANO

More news on exotic animal restrictions from our friends at REXANO - and rats are being considered as EXOTIC in NM:

Zuzana with Pebbles

Pets III Feature Package
Exotic Animal Owners Organization Response to Attempts to Curb Private Ownership of Exotic Animals
REXANO joins other pro animal groups in opposing AB 1634, so called ‘California Healthy Pets Act’

Brought to you by Animal Talk Naturally!

California Healthy PetS Act Assures unintended consequences: Elimination of California ’s Healthy pets!

For Immediate Release: June 4, 2007
For more information contact:National Animal Interest Alliance

Patti Strand, National Director 503-761-8962
naia@naiaonline.org http://www.naiaonline.org/

SACRAMENTO , CA — The anti-pet movement has found a sponsor in the California legislature for a bill that strips pet owners of their traditional rights and, in the process, sharply reduces both the quantity and quality of purpose-bred dogs and cats — including those bred for assistance to the disabled, and for search & rescue operations.

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The National Animal Interest Alliance (NAIA)

Article by NAIA:

A humane and rational voice for animals and the people who care for them

What is NAIA?

The National Animal Interest Alliance (NAIA) is rapidly becoming the nation’s leading advocacy organization for animals and the people who care for them. We support the responsible and humane use of animals in agriculture, biomedical research, education, leisure and recreation, entertainment and companionship. Our philosophy is based on these basic principles: [Read more →]

Ode to Our Companion Animals

With gratitude and indebtousness to our active duty soldiers and all our veterans…

Veteran and dog

by Margaret Loris

Have you ever felt afraid, hurt, anxious, or lonely?
Did you ever feel you were alone in the world?
That no one could understand you.
There was no one to help you.
And even if there was, you were so badly hurt that your voice could not even ask for help.
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