Pets Adoptions Top Ten Richest Pets

The number of pets with million dollar trusts and bequests continues to grow. Many of these pets have more money than any one human can spend in a lifetime. From roaming enormous estates and traveling by limousine to twelve member staffs, these pets are living the glamorous life.

Number One is Gunther IV, an alsation worth around £224 million! In 1993, this dog made headlines after he and his sire Gunther III were bequest $124 million when their owner, Countess Karlotta Liebenstein died. It has been recently reported that Gunther's massive estate has grown to over $372 million.

The trend in recent years is to make a pet an heir or sole heir to an entire estate worth millions of dollars. This has resulted in numerous pets being left with more money than twenty people could spend in a lifetime, let alone a dog. Proponents argue that the pets have earned their stake in the estate through years of devotion and loyalty to their rich masters. Additionally, it's the owners wishes that runs paramount.

Jasper is an incredibly wealthy pet. He is a doberman labrador mix that was rescued by Ramsden Brewery heiress Diana Myburgh from UK's most famous dog home. Incredibly, Jasper was to be euthanized shortly after being rescued and the heiress died just after Jasper had become accustomed to his surroundings leaving the pooch a multi-million dollar fortune.

Besides the 1,236 acre estate, chauffered stretch limousine and expensive jewelry, Jasper eats highest grade mussels, sirloin steak and Dover sole all prepared from his personal chef.

Dr William Grier left £415,000 to his cats Hellcat and Brownie.

Thanks to careful investment, their children are minted moggies, worth £2 million each.
Kalu the chimp, at number two on the list, got his cash after owner Patricia removed her husband Frank O'Neill's name from her will.

10. Brownie, cat, $4.1 million9. Hellcat, cat, $4.1 million8. Pepe Le Pew, cat, $6.2 million7. Ani, cat, $6.2 million6. Frankie, dog, $6.2 million5. Gigoo, chicken, $10 million4. Trouble, dog $12 million3. Tobey Rimes, dog, $92 million2. Kalu the chimp, $109 million1. Gunther IV, dog, $372 million

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The Pets Adoptions International’s primary goal is to provide financial support and a referral source to access expertise pet shelters throughout the world with a special focus on developing countries.

Here at Pets Adoptions International we provide an information portal which enables pet lovers to find shelters for distressed pets with the highest standards of care and assistance to animals under their protection.
Pets Adoptions International, which has long been a dream of ours, is intended to benefit needy pet shelters and rescue centres throughout the world with a special focus on developing countries.

We have found that this countries are in most need of assistance with helping to protect and find new homes for needy pets.

Our experience in the adoption of pets of every kind and background has taught us that most animals can make excellent companions, and all that many of them need is the proper care and a second chance. Too often it is the owner who has given up on a pet, or mistreated it in some way that has made it inhospitable.

The centres that we work with are very committed to rehabilitate abandoned pets and find them good homes rather than exterminate them, a resort we think is never acceptable. Some of these shelters are woefully underfunded, though their hearts are in the right place.

We hope to provide assistance to the best of them whenever and wherever we can, so that these great animals will continue to make great companions.

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Learn your dogs langauage

Artificial Intelligence researchers at Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary have been able to identify the similarities in barks in certain situation, and can understand them better than humans can!

These findings suggest computers might significantly help people comprehend animal communication. Scientists tested artificially intelligent software on more than 6,000 barks from 14 Hungarian sheepdogs.

Six different kinds of barks were taped:

Barks for strangers were recorded when a researcher approached a dog's owner's home when the owner was away.

Barks during fights were recorded at dog training schools, when a trainer encouraged dogs to bite the glove on the trainer's arms and bark aggressively.

• Barks for walks were recorded when owners behaved as if they were preparing to go for a walk with their dogs.


• Barks for balls were recorded when owners held balls in front of dogs.


• Barks during playtime were recorded when owners played tug-of-war or similar games with dogs.


• Barks made when alone were recorded when owners tied dogs to trees in a park and then walked out of sight.

After analyzing digital versions of the barks, overall the computer program correctly identified the kinds of barks the dogs made 43 percent of the time — about the same as humans' 40 percent, said researcher Csaba Molnár, an ethologist at Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary.

The software identified 'walk' and 'ball' barks better than people, although people identified 'play' and 'alone' barks better than the software. The program also could identify which dog made each bark 52 percent of the time. Molnár and his colleagues had previously found that people can not reliably distinguish between individual Hungarian sheepdogs by their barks at all.

"I'm pretty sure this could work with any animal vocal signals," Molnár told LiveScience.
Molnár thinks dogs are ideal for study because humans and canines have spent thousands of years living together. "At least you know what the humans intend in any communication between them and dogs," he explained. "When you have communication just between animals, it's much harder to study what they mean."

In future experiments, the researchers will compare barks from different breeds. Since these dogs were bred for different jobs, this could result in differences in their barks, Molnár said. Molnár and his colleagues detailed their findings on January 15 in the journal Animal Cognition.

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Pray of the Stray

The prayer of a stray
Dear God, please send me somebody who'll care!I'm tired of running, I'm sick with despair,My body is aching, it's so racked with pain,And dear God I pray as I run in the rain

That someone will love me and give me a home,A warm cosy bed I can call my own.My last owner neglected me and chased me awayTo rummage in garbage and live as a stray

But now, God, I'm tired and hungry and coldAnd I'm so afraid that I might never grow oldThey've chased me with sticks and hit me with stonesWhile I run in the streets just looking for bones!I'm not really bad, God, please help if you can

For I have just become another "Victim of Man"I'm wormy, Dear God, and I'm ridden with fleasAnd all that I want is an owner to pleaseIf you find one for me, God, I'll try to be goodI won't run away and I'll do as I shouldI don't think I'll make it too long on my own'Cause I'm getting so weak and I'm so all aloneEach night as I sleep in the bushes I cry'Cause I'm so afraid, God, that I'm going to die

And I've got so much love and devotion to giveThat I should be given a new chance to liveSo dear God, please, please answer my prayerAnd send me somebody who will really care.

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Exotic Pets

An exotic pet is a rare or unusual animal kept as a pet, or an animal kept as a pet which is not commonly thought of as a pet.

Many major pet stores and service providers (such as veterinary insurance carriers or online retailers) tend to classify any animal besides cats, dogs, small birds or fish as "exotic".

It has been estimated that as many as 15,000 non-human primates are kept by private individuals as pets just in the United States alone. Nine states ban the keeping of non-human primates, but no federal law regulates ownership.

Many professionals, including veterinarians, zoologists, humane societies and others, strongly discourage the keeping of non-human primates as pets, as their complex emotional and social needs and other highly specialized requirements may be difficult to meet by the average owner.

Health
Veterinary costs for treatment of exotic animals may be significantly higher than for a more conventional pet due to the increased specialization.

Husbandry
Providing appropriate environmental conditions, housing and diet for an exotic animal may be difficult for several reasons:

insufficient information may be available on caring for such animals in captivity
adequate housing may be difficult and/or expensive to procure or build
it may be difficult to provide the correct environment (such as temperature or amount of sunlight) feeding the correct diet may be difficult or impossible
providing the right social environment for highly social species may be impossible in a home setting

Domestication
Unlike cats and dogs, exotic animals have not been domesticated and remain wild. Even if they are bred for the pet trade and raised by humans, they may be unpredictable, largely untrainable, and in some cases, dangerous, especially as full-grown adults.

About Pet Adoptions International

If you’ve felt powerless to help distressed animals in a country you’ve visited, if you’re interested in helping animals beyond your borders, or if you’re just curious about the status of animals and animal welfare in other countries.

Pet Adoptions International can be a source of information and can also help you to help animals in far-away places.

Needs range from financial to veterinary supplies to educational supplies. Sometimes just words of encouragement go a long way. Some organizations may even need helping hands if you are ever planning to visit their country.

Since animal welfare organizations in most developing countries compete for resources with so many other causes, internal appeals—to government, individuals, and business—are unlikely to fulfill resource needs. For animal welfare groups in developing countries, crisis management becomes the norm, and unable to plan for the future, they miss opportunities to have broad impacts in the animal welfare arena.

Western countries have the resources to help overcome the challenges. The key is to identify and match resources to needs and provide targeted and secure delivery of services, supplies and equipment.

Pet Adoptions International is getting the message out about animal welfare issues in developing countries and what can be done to address them. We want to build partnerships that can improve the lives of animals. We have a network of animal welfare organizations and individuals and we know that they are dedicated to improving animal welfare in their countries.

Consult our list of friends and organizations to find a welfare specialist closest to you.

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Pets Good for your Health

It’s a fact; pet ownership is good for your health, your children’s health and can help you live longer! Sounds wildly optimistic, but chances are, you'll feel better if you own a pet!

Medical studies on the human-animal bond reveal that pet owners are more likely to have reduced stress levels, cholesterol levels and blood pressure. They also experience fewer heart attacks than people without pets.

Researchers have found that the mere presence of an animal has a beneficial effect on heart function, and stroking and talking to a pet reduces blood pressure and stress.

For years, switched-on parents have known that pets and children are a good combination. Now, research is demonstrating that children can positively benefit from animal companionship. Children with pet animals are more likely to have higher self-esteem.

A US study of university students revealed that those who had owned dogs or cats as childhood pets were more self-confident than those who did not. Pets are a wonderful stress buster for adults and kids. Children raised with family pets suffer from fewer incidences of asthma and allergic reactions than kids in pet-free households.

Pets also stimulate communication skills in children. An International study of school children between the ages of 11 and 16 revealed that children with pets had a better ability to understand non-verbal communications. Pet ownership is an excellent way to teach children about responsibility. However, don’t forget that any pet requires attention, guidance and care. In return for feeding, grooming and exercising their pets, children obtain companionship and unconditional love.

Please don’t forget, the needs of the pet should be considered as you make your choice. Out at work all day? Don’t take on a puppy or a dog unless you have live-in help. You must also be prepared to provide the socialisation and training all dogs require. If you can’t allow a pet to live as part of your family inside your home please reconsider dog ownership.

Think about what you will do when you go on holidaybefore committing to a pet. Consider your lifestyle before deciding on a pet. All pets deserve our time, love and daily care.

Experienced PAI volunteers can help you find the best pet match for your family. It’s a win-win situation. You gain all the benefits of adoration and love and our shelter pets find a loving forever family!