What I want for 2012

It's no secret that I'm very happy being alive. I know what it's like to feel the Grim Reaper stand at my shoulder with his scythe about to do the dirty work. Believe me. I appreciate each new day.

What I want is do is nap gently in my patch of shade under the tree dahlias, waking at hourly intervals for a small and tasty meal hand-prepared by the woman who feeds me. I appreciate her humble servitude and I show this by performing those jobs decreed by Nature. We all have to work and, even if you don't like your job you can still undertake your duties in a manner which gives you pride. Pride in yourself is a necessity for a long and fruitful life.

I do my bit. I relentlessly keep down any rodent incursion on the compost bins. I give the kookaburras a laugh by staring at them savagely through slitted eyes. I greet visitors. I keep the woman's blood pressure down. I share the love around.

Keep your eyes on the heavens but remember that as long as you have a roof over your head, enough to eat and the company of a friend, you have no need of physical baubles. You don't have to show off a better cat basket than the Siamese next door.

Count your blessings. Be content. Live longer.

Countless species have become extinct because of habitat destruction and direct killing. Many more are in dire danger like this beautiful young cheetah.

All I want for 2010 is compassion for life on our planet.

It's hard to imagine that in the year of 2010 there are still some people who wear fur coats! I have quite a good one myself (with only a few grey hairs) but I have no desire to be stalked, slaughtered and skinned so some insert word here can drape my epidermis carelessly over a shoulder. Would you want to be flayed?

Compassion means compassion for all species, not just your own.

Respect for other living creatures is the highest form of intelligence.on the evolutionary ladder.

People like to get a small cat or dog. You see a lot of this activity around Christmas, it's beyond me why this is so but it's a well known phenomenon. It's also well known that people are plagued with poor memories.

People forget these cute little bundles of fur grow up.

They forget that all creatures have a right to be respected for what they are.

And people forget that cats and dogs breed.

I wish that very animal companion owner was responsible. I wish they would have their anipals desexed. (I've never looked back since my little op). What happens to all those thousands of unwanted kittens and puppies otherwise? I shudder to think about it. Every little creature has the right to be wanted. Do your bit and desex your pets!

Sitting Dingo Soft Plush Toy (40cm) - $ 25.60
It would be a lot easier if people who don't really have the time to care for an animal companion picked up one of these faux friends instead.

Here we have a large Sitting Plush Toy Dingo - the one and only wild Australian dog!

His name is Ralph and he sits at a huge 40cm in height - a quality gift of a native animal from Australia.

The people who can look after wild animals are few and far between but some can't even cope with a common cur. Ralph is a better idea.

Add it to a dingo Tee-shirt for an extra special idea.