Max, little husky

Husky is a general name for a type of dog used to pull sleds in northern regions, differentiated from other sled dog types by their fast pulling style. They are "an ever-changing cross-breed of the...fastest dogs". The Alaskan Malamute, by contrast, is "the largest and most powerful" sled dog, and was used for heavier loads. Huskies are used in sled dog racing. In recent years companies have been marketing tourist treks with dog sleds for adventure travelers in snow regions as well. Huskies are also today kept as pets, and groups work to find new pet homes for retired racing and adventure trekking dogs.

World Bosniak Congress in Prizren begins

On the occasion on the establishment of the World Bosniak Congress, leaders of the national umbrella organization of Bosniaks in the world, will visit regional centers where Bosniaks live in the Balkans.

On the occasion establishment World Bosniak Congress, leaders of the national umbrella organization of Bosniaks world, will visit regional centers where Bosniaks living in the Balkans and of public debates with their compatriots, representatives of Bosniak interests and institutional representatives, discuss the Bosniak problems and priorities.

Academics Dr. Mustafa ef Cerić,rector Mevlud-ef Dudić and many others, are held in Prizren first in a series of debate titled "World Bosniak Congress - why and how? ".

Earlier, they met with the Mayor of Prizren. Debates with citizens was held from 13 pm in the crowded House of Culture in Prizren.

Same day held a debate in Restelica, a village that was happened tragedy last year, and then visited the Dragash.

For the coming days are planned discussions in Albania, Macedonia and Kosovo.

Leaders of the World Bosniak Congress then continuing with the meetings in Sandzak, Serbia.

Organizers discussions in Kosovo is Bosniak Cultural Community of Kosovo and Kosovo Bosniak Council, with the support of Bosniak political and NGO representatives from these areas.

The story and photos are posted on
Demotix.com

 

Photo of the day - 13.01.2013.

Cat photo

Maya

My village - Krushevo

My village - Krushevo

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Maya from Southern Kosovo owner and photographs by Admir Idrizi

Admir Idrizi Aljabak lives in a small village in Southern Kosovo where many feral cats live in the surrounding area. Most of these semi-tame cats depend on the local people during the colder winter months for food and shelter.

During the winter, three years ago, Admir noticed that a young kitten had taken up lodgings in his stable. The cattle that also resided in the stable appeared to have accepted their small companion without any concern and so Admir’s natural inclination was to allow the kitten to stay. This kitten, which was just a few weeks old,   was obviously the offspring of one of the local feral cats and, without the support and protection of its mother, was surely in a precarious position. Thus, Admir started feeding the kitten and named her Maya. By the time spring had arrived, Maya had not only grown into a healthy young cat, but had also become so used to people that she was now fully domesticated. Thus, Maya had found herself a loving home. If it was Admir who adopted Maya, or if it was Maya who decided to allow Admir to become her friend, who can tell? As so often with cats, their spirit of independence and aloofness makes it hard to determine who actually makes the decisions. 

Maya is now three years old and very much part of Admir’s family.

In 2011, Maya produced a litter of four healthy kittens. Admir decided to keep a male kitten himself and give away the three other kittens to friends who wanted a cat. 

Then, just recently (toward the end of 2012), Maya produced another litter.

This time there were five kittens. As they are still young and dependent upon their mother, Admir is currently providing a caring home for mother and kittens. However, when they are old enough, all the kittens from the latest litter will be re-homed into loving families

 

Two kittens from Maya’s first litter

The male kitten from Maya’s first litter that still lives with Admir has nice white neck collar markings on his coat and is the right hand kitten shown in the photo above. Maya seems to be a rather broad minded lady when it comes to choosing a tom to mate with as her current litter of five consists of kittens with entirely different markings to those of her first litter. The newly born being predominately black in color.