Liz Raven's Vacation to Aruba - May 2008

Liz Raven hosts the mid-day show on WATD, 9:15 until 2:00 weekdays. She loves to play your favorite songs, and you can email your equest to Lizraven@959watd.com.

I have to tell everyone about my 2 cats Bandit, and Kit Kat. Bandit is 12 years old, and I adopted her at the age of 5 weeks old from the MSPCA in Brockton. She was the smallest of the litter of kittens that her mom had. Someone had found mom & babies and brought them there. When I saw this tiny black fur ball, I fell in love with her! She's got very long black fur, and green/yellow eyes- she's gorgeous, and very smart! She opens drawers, turns on light switches, and thinks she's a human. She's a mama's girl! Her favorite toy is a "mouse" that Christine James bought her about 10 years ago! She insists on sleeping on the bed every night. She's great! My other cat is Kit Kat. She came around my old place as a stray, so I decided she was mine. At the time she came around, she was kind of small for a cat, but! I knew she was an adult. The vet said she was about 3 years old then, so she's about 10 now. Another long haired girl, she is a beautiful mix of gray, brown, tan and black. She has grey eyes and the cutest pink nose! She's SO affectionate! Whenever I talk on the phone she gets mad because I am not paying attention to her! She's adapted to becoming an indoor cat very well, although the 2 girls stay on seperate floors of the house, as they both think they are the queens of the castle. My 2 girls are the best, and I couldn't love them more!
~Cheri









A PARROT'S PRAYER


LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................


For all the wild caught parrots so savagely netted and swept
away from their families while their babies dumped into burlap
sacks cried out in terror.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For all the exotic birds that witnessed the destruction of all the blessed
trees and fled fires in fear from man's thirst to dominate, stripping the
land of all its inhabitants, leaving nothing but bare ground behind.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For all the parrots that struggled through the capture, but died merciless
in transport from the stress of overcrowded, barbaric, confinements and
inconceivable horror.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For all the survivors that made it into captivity but exist in a nightmare
of confinement unable to use their God given wings of flight as they
once remembered.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For all the baby birds bred in captivity whose crop's burned or have
died needlessly from harshness of human hands.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For all captive birds that have been erased from their owner's
consciousness and are abandoned to a lifeless existence with only a
distant memory of what is was like to hear a gentle voice from someone
that used to care.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For all those helpless creatures who don't know what it's like to live
life as a bird or even to feel the breeze or sunlight but are doomed to
darkness in closets or garages, trapped inside covered cages or shackled.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For all the macaws, cockatoos, amazons, and conures that are
stripped of their vocal cords for screaming; their sensitive beaks cut
back to prevent biting.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For all birds that end up for sale in pet shops or breeders like used
merchandise, unwanted and frightened in strange surroundings with
nothing more than the familiar sight of bars on a cage.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For all the neglected birds that are sick with infections from
filthy conditions and malnourishment that may never recover and
know what it is like to feel healthy and be playful.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For all the misconceived parrots who were beaten, stabbed,
blinded and burned for just being a parrot.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For every african grey, cockatoo and macaw that punishes itself
from confinement and boredom by maiming their bodies and
plucking their feathers and for those who have lost all spirit of life
and sway their head low from side to side slowly into insanity.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

WE ASK HUMBLY OF YOU, DEAR LORD TO LOOK
UPON ALL OF YOUR MAGNIFICENT FEATHERED
CREATIONS PROTECT THEM FROM EVIL AND HARM
CAUSED BY MAN AND TO BRING FORTH AN AWAKENING
IN THE HUMAN HEART AND MAKE IT A KINDER,
GENTLER WORLD FOR ALL CAPTIVE BIRDS............AMEN

-- Sally Brooks, July 3, 20000

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Why did you get into DJing?
Because I hate money

What are some of your favorite foods?
Spicy Mexican, sushi, and Chee-tos

If I walked into your home, what would be on your TV?
HGTV, the Fox News Network, or Frasier. Niles Crane is the funniest character on TV since Archie Bunker

Who are some of your favorite authors?
Laura Ingraham, Joyce Meyer, and Jack Handey

What kinds of things do you do in your spare time?
Antiquing, karaoke, making chew toys out of cardboard for my parrots, and extreme snowboarding

Favorite bands/singers?
Fleetwood Mac, Paul Simon, Foreigner, the Beatles, Elton John, Linda Ronstadt, Billy Squire, Jimi Hendrix, Aerosmith, Rainbow, Fleetwood Mac, Bread, the Cars, Jefferson Starship, Carly Simon, Heart, Chicago, and Fleetwood Mac (well, you asked!!)

Pet peeves?
Litterbugs, banks that close at 3:00, and Michael Bolton

Favorite charities?
HomesForOurTroops.org
Homes for Our Troops is a non-partisan, non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization that provides specially adapted homes for our severely wounded service members of our military.  Founder John Gonsalves is an amazing human.

MarshfieldCommunityChristmas.com
The volunteers put their hearts and souls into making Christmas brighter for our neighbors in need.

FosterParrots.com
There are millions of parrots languishing in cages across the country. Many are lonely and neglected. Most are denied their God-given right to fly. Foster Parrots cares for hundreds of birds that have been abused or surrendered. Many well-intentioned people have purchased parrots, believing they make great pets, only to be faced with the sad reality that they are wild animals, not "feathered hamsters", and providing for their complex needs is difficult, expensive and time-consuming at best. Often times people are unprepared to deal with how loud, messy, needy, and aggressive parrots can be.

Would you keep a dog or a cat in a cage most of its life?
Of course not, and parrots deserve better, too.

"Don't buy, don't breed, please adopt a bird in need"

Liz's birds - JJ and Dudley at the Raven's Nest.