by Giacomo Giammatteo | Jan 15, 2021 | animals, Uncategorized
Spiders Before we start, let’s get one fact straight: spiders are not insects; they are arachnids; in fact, many spiders eat harmful insects. Spiders seldom bite. Just like their hated counterparts in the reptile world (snakes), spiders get a bum rap because...
by Giacomo Giammatteo | Feb 9, 2019 | animals, dogs, horse, snakes, Uncategorized
Death by animals of any kind frightens a lot of people. Big predators like sharks and wolves are almost always near the top, but smaller animals such as snakes and spiders meet or exceed their ability to instill fear into humans. Let’s look at some of the...
by Giacomo Giammatteo | Nov 2, 2017 | animals, cats, dogs, horse, pigs, wild boar
Animal Rescue My wife and I have an animal sanctuary (Yes, we rescue animals.) We’ve had it for about twenty-five years. My wife gets asked all the time “What’s life on an animal sanctuary like?” “What led you to start it?”...
by Giacomo Giammatteo | Oct 11, 2017 | animals, horse, Uncategorized
A Horse With Heart As most of you know, my wife and I run an animal sanctuary, and we’re usually suckers for sob stories of almost any kind. Back in 2005, we had about fifteen dogs and twenty-six pigs. Then September rolled around and with it came hurricane Rita...
by Giacomo Giammatteo | Oct 31, 2016 | animals, dogs, Uncategorized
Unlikely Friends For the two or three of you who haven’t heard me preaching for the last few years, my wife and I have an animal sanctuary. At one time, we had 55 animals. It’s down to about 30 now, but that’s still a lot. One of the animals we had...
by Giacomo Giammatteo | Jul 5, 2014 | animals, dogs
Some People Deserve to Die, But This Pit Bull Doesn’t Yes, I know that statement might offend some people, but I don’t care. It’s the truth. Every 11 seconds a dog is put down in this country. Every 11 seconds! That’s sad. The world would be a much better place...
