Animals in Costumes



GUILTY OF BEING A BEAR

Thursday, October 29, 2009

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Next time you’re running down your mental list of Russian stereotypes, feel free to add “bear torturers” to the mix. Case in point: one of Russia’s many showbiz slave-bears finally snapped, killing a circus administrator and mauling a trainer before being shot to death. Why? Because it was fed up with having to fucking figure skate. Read the rest of this entry »


CAT SHOW!

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

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Cat people are fascinating, with their poised way of walking and hilariously off-base projections about what cats, the most amoral and opportunistic of mammals, think and feel about their host species. I humored a bunch of them as they spoke about their hallucinations (but very, very cute hallucinations!) at a show the American Kennel Club and the Cat Fancier’s Association put together last weekend. It was less about animals competing to see who had the firmest rump or the hottest bedroom eyes and more about selling $1,000+ purebreds to already paying show goers. Think an industry trade show only with fewer drugs and way more bedazzled sweaters.

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