cool websites

If you're looking to find a place to stay with your pets in the United Kingdom, try Maps4Pets.  This website offers free interactive maps for researching pet friendly accomodations in the UK, including hotels, bed and breakfasts and more.  This could be a great resource if you're looking to get away for a while, or need a place for you and your pets to rest after a long flight!

A new Austin, Texas company has let sushi go to the dogs -- literally!  SAD Dog Sushi is marketing a new "Species Appropriate Diet" for dogs in the form of raw, grain-free foods made into sushi plates for pooches.

As a recent convert to eating only grass-fed meats, this seems ideal to me if you're concerned about the long-term ill-effects of feeding your pet "over-the-counter" pet food.  Many dietary problems like kidney and liver infections are often the results of feeding poor quality foods. 

There's been a lot of chatter this week about pet travel, as airlines rolled out new options for pet flights and pets traveling in cabin.  Here's a round up of some of the other fun pet travel site's I've stumbled across.

There's a new social networking site that may not tell you which one of your friends are getting married next week, but instead helps conservationists save gorrillas.

From the New York Times writeup:

Curious about what that creepy crawly creature on your deck is?  A website called What's That Bug? answers all your bug-related questions.  Search the database for a matching specimin, or snap a photo and send it in. You just might learn something!  For example, did you know only female horse flies eat blood from mammals?