CRITTERS

The Critters' Garden : Newsletter October 2006 Hello to everyone out there from all of us here in Critters’ Garden! Once again we have had comings and goings, and I would like to welcome this month’s new members Jackie, Shari and Catwoman (who I suspect is a new persona for a rejoining and much missed member!) Glad to have you with us, ladies!

We change our Yahoo Home Page image every month to add a bit of variety and the new image is chosen by a poll amongst our members from images submitted throughout the month: this month’s Home Page image competition was won by one of my own pictures, which you can see on http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wosib_critters/ Thank you everyone who voted, and especially those who voted for my picture.

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Another of our regular competitions is for our Pet Of The Month : each month our members are invited to submit their pet for voting by the members of Critters’ to choose our POTM. This month the winner is Hercules, owned and loved by our Assistant Head Sweetness : you can see him and read his story on http://www.wosib.org/critters/POTM/currentwinner.html

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Our Critter Keeper of the Month (KOTM) is Isabella : you can read her nomination on the special member Of The Month pages in the newsletter.

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We no longer have compulsory assignments in Critters, but it is now mandatory for our members to sign condolence guestbooks for the Pet Loss Sympathy pages which are such an important part of the work of Critters’ Garden. Happily, last month was a lot less busy in our Rainbow Bridge section and we are happy to see most of your pets fit and well, whilst sending love and sympathy to those of you who have sadly lost a beloved companion recently.

Rainbow Bridge Pet Loss Sympathy pages are a service not just for members of Critters but for all of WOSIB, so if you know of a member who has recently suffered the loss of a dearly loved pet and would appreciate a sympathy page or a memorial graphic, please visit our Rainbow Bridge section http://www.wosib.org/critters/Rainbow-Bridge/ where you will find request forms.

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Critters’ Garden’s web pages and Rainbow Bridge section are on http://www.wosib.org/critters/ and are there for all of you to visit. Membership is open to all members of WOSIB who love animals so do come and see us and consider joining our group. Our Garden’s membership continues to grow steadily and we take great pleasure in welcoming new members : it's a lovely Garden and we have a lot of fun, so why not come and join us.

Love
Dianne - Head of Critters' Garden
Sweetness– Assistant Head & Keeper of the Rainbow Bridge

Helen – Garden Assistant