
Dear Sugar,
My boyfriend and I have been dating for about six months, and he's been sharing custody of his cat with his ex-girlfriend throughout our entire relationship. I am all for loving your animal like part of the family, but this is just driving me crazy. The cat travels back and forth between the two of them, which means they are constantly connected.

I just came across these
Animal Prints ($25) by photographer Sharon Montrose, and I'm totally smitten. The LA-based shutterbug snapped these real live animals, who mostly "live happily at a small California Zoo," perched in front of a white backdrop on hardwood floors. The details are truly amazing, and I applaud her for getting these zoo dwellers to stand so still!

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Not all seven-year-olds spend their time hanging out in the school yard. A while back,
lil Latarian Milton stole his grandmother's SUV and it took it for a joyride plowing through things in his path, but now an Australian boy of the same age has done something even more frightening. The child broke into the Outback zoo and killed 13 reptiles in a rampage some of which he fed to a crocodile.

A Zimbabwe school is telling parents that if they can't scrape up enough money, they
should pay tuition with livestock or fuel coupons. Thanks to insane inflation, parents are short on cash. School fees are about 100,000 Zimbabwe dollars, but banks only let people withdraw 1,000 Zimbabwe dollars a day.

Growing up in the country, deer and other creatures were daily visitors to my garden, nibbling and trampling upon everything in sight, and they often caused car accidents in the area. Needless to say, they're not my favorite forest creature. But that doesn't necessarily mean you have to wait for deer season to keep them away from your casa; there are plenty of ways to keep them out of your garden without increasing your daily venison intake.
Off the Table? House Considers Ban on Killing Horses For Food One menu item could soon disappear from foreign dinner tables: meat from slaughtered American horses. Animal rights advocates are urging lawmakers to pass a bill banning the slaughter of US horses for consumption abroad, arguing the practice is inhumane.

A New York farm is offering horseback riding as a form of therapy to veterans
suffering from mental and emotional wounds like post-traumatic stress disorder. The farm offers veterans free horseback-riding lessons, as a way for them to relax and take their minds off their memories of war. Participants say the calm helps
reduce anxiety.

Metropolitan Home has spotted
a trend of animal-inspired home designs, evidenced by everything from a kangaroo-footed silver bowl to bird-feet candlesticks. While I don't think finding inspiration in wildlife is anything new — Hello,
antlers! — I have been noticing a lot of furniture
shaped like animals and creatures themselves.

Coats, sweaters, and hats always seem to find their way to the floor. Teach your tot to be orderly by having him hang his treasures on these barn hooks from
Wisteria. The four farm animals are made of sturdy wood; a plus for kids who may be a little rough during the learning process.