Puppies in need.

Whilst many of us are worrying about money due to the recession, we often forget the poor animals that are left homeless because people can’t afford to keep them.

One rescue centre in north Wales alone has taken in 16 puppies in just five days - a record number. Whether they were Christmas presents that couldn’t be cared for, or bred to sell during the festive period when people weren’t buying them, these puppies were dumped at the side of a road or kept in cupboards.

Breeders are expecting to bring in £500 per puppy, which many people just can’t afford and these poor creatures are left out to die, with the lucky ones being found by members of the public. They desperately need the love they deserve, so if you can provide a loving home for one of these puppies, contact the North Clwyd Animal Rescue centre on 01745560546, or look up your local rescue centre to help other animals.

For the full story, and pictures of the beautiful animals, click here. 

Poor girl.

You should be able to trust doctors, but sometimes even the professionals can go wrong.

A trial date has been set for January 2013 against a doctor who misdiagnosed an ectopic pregnancy in 2005. After Rachel Schoger from Idaho, USA, was given the information that her pregnancy was ectopic, she decided to go through with the abortion. However, a few days after she had her first injection to abort her little girl, doctors discovered that her pregnancy hadn't been ectopic after all and her baby was still alive.

Little Seraphine was born in January 2006 without a rectum, a vagina or a uterus, and with problems with her spine due to the injection given by the doctor.

She is healthier now though after a number of operations, but her parents are worried that her spinal issues will cause her problems in the future, and she will never be able to have children of her own.

This was a seriously stupid mistake for the doctor to make, and although they have been able to improve her quality of life, she will never be 'normal' and will suffer for the rest of her life. The poor little girl deserves more, and I hope the doctor responsible gets a prison sentence for what they've done to this girl's life. Not only does it affect her, it has also changed her family's lives, this could have been avoided with a second opinion at the time.

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Be proud.

Sometimes I lose faith in humanity. Things seem to be moving forward and then something else happens to push them back again.

Five men from Derby are currently in court after handing out leaflets last year claiming that homosexuals should be given the death sentence. They were planning to protest against Derby’s Gay Pride event in July 2010, but hadn’t notified the council early enough, which meant they couldn’t go ahead with it. This didn't stop them trying to influence other people though.

Leaflets being handed out by Ihjaz Ali, Mehboob Hussain, Umar Javed, Razwan Javed and Kabir Ahmen featured disturbing images, including one of a mannequin hanging from a noose, claiming that “gay people are destined to go to hell”. 

This is disgusting. The fact that they are in court for it is a good sign, but we clearly haven’t moved on enough if people are still doing things like this. They were putting these leaflets through people’s letterboxes and handing them out on the street. Their behaviour says a lot more about them than it does about any homosexual.


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