tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137995022574691057.post1415494174675415868..comments2023-08-26T14:31:44.845+01:00Comments on Charles Lambert: Knut goes nutsCharles Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074227813367594283noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137995022574691057.post-21514595068835443992008-01-31T11:39:00.000+01:002008-01-31T11:39:00.000+01:00Damn, you'd have done it so well! Perhaps I should...Damn, you'd have done it so well! <BR/><BR/>Perhaps I shouldn't, but I love the idea of a bear enjoying a smoke.Charles Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18074227813367594283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137995022574691057.post-78249259048962839102008-01-30T18:08:00.000+01:002008-01-30T18:08:00.000+01:00Have you heard about Voytek? Now THAT was a bear! ...Have you heard about Voytek? Now THAT was a bear! He fought with his Polish comrades at Monte Cassino (carrying ammo, not ripping of German heads with his paws, apparently) and ended his days in Edinburgh Zoo, where ex-squaddies would throw him lighted cigarettes because he loved a smoke ... there's a campaign to get him a memorial - and why not?<BR/><BR/>Somebody's already written the book about him, btw.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726893943264815950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137995022574691057.post-60008832436064616022008-01-30T15:10:00.000+01:002008-01-30T15:10:00.000+01:00Kay, sorry to hear there's still no action. But do...Kay, sorry to hear there's still no action. But don't give up. I'm certainly not happy that it isn't available...<BR/><BR/>J., thanks.Charles Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18074227813367594283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137995022574691057.post-70968294911722509972008-01-30T15:03:00.000+01:002008-01-30T15:03:00.000+01:00J, I'm really sorry to hear about your difficult s...J, I'm really sorry to hear about your difficult situation, and I'm impressed by your honesty in facing a difficult dilemma and a discovery about your own beliefs that it must have been really painful to confront.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726893943264815950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137995022574691057.post-68440937363389917902008-01-29T17:53:00.000+01:002008-01-29T17:53:00.000+01:00Am actually replying to your blog about Knuts, Sat...Am actually replying to your blog about Knuts, Saturday 26th January.<BR/><BR/>Very recently I had one of my dogs put down (I had three). Like Knuts, she had changed from an endearing puppy into a “hulking … monster”, which (I wanted of course to say “who”) was both unpredictable and dangerous.<BR/><BR/>You talked about our responsibility, and also the need to look reality squarely in the face as regards the place of animals in our lives. So, I just wanted to add a personal rider.<BR/><BR/>What has left me shaken and awestruck is the enormity of the power we have. Beforehand I had considered the three of them in some way as being “equal” to me, that we “shared” our life together. Yet within hours of killing one, I was saying to a friend’s dog that was being annoying, “You just watch out!” The power – or the will to power - was there.<BR/><BR/>I am still trying to work out my feelings about the two that are left – certainly “equal” and “sharing” cannot now describe our relationship.<BR/><BR/>All the best,<BR/>JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137995022574691057.post-52416800523295505592008-01-28T19:47:00.000+01:002008-01-28T19:47:00.000+01:00Nada, nuthin' and zilch. Still with the agent who...Nada, nuthin' and zilch. Still with the agent who wanted it for four months (five months ago) and said she'd almost certainly say no.<BR/><BR/>Well, no is what I'm expecting, so we're all happy, aren't we?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726893943264815950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137995022574691057.post-19020967618232049352008-01-28T09:37:00.000+01:002008-01-28T09:37:00.000+01:00Thanks, Kay. And talking about animal issues, any ...Thanks, Kay. <BR/><BR/>And talking about animal issues, any news of the novel?Charles Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18074227813367594283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137995022574691057.post-85784721028231694342008-01-27T14:15:00.000+01:002008-01-27T14:15:00.000+01:00Charles - I love you! The whole Knut issue deals ...Charles - I love you! The whole Knut issue deals with people's belief that animals live in a pre-lapsarian world where their behaviours are pure and free of human interference. But there is almost nowhere in the world that we haven't distorted the environment, the ecology or animal behaviour, to meet our own needs.<BR/><BR/>I couldn't agree with you more ...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726893943264815950noreply@blogger.com