Maggie and Sam's Adventures

Maggie and Sam's Adventures

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Tennis Balls as Mice Homes Really?

Maggie and I were watching the U.S. Tennis Open, we love the brightly colored green tennis balls. We didn’t realize they had so many uses! We knew the tennis balls from the U.S. Tournament are donated to community and youth projects.
We didn’t know that the Wimbledon tennis balls are donated to help protect Britain’s smallest mammal the endangered harvest mice. This mouse weighs in at only 6 grams and has a tail that is able to grasp and handle objects with ease. This little guy is endangered because its habitat is being taken away by urban development and farming. Now instead of having homes out of shredded grass halfway up a reed, they have a home in tennis balls on a metal pole! Here they are safe from birds of prey and weasels. Maggie and I feel that the humans are really trying to save this species and we are happy about that.
The other portion of the tennis balls from Wimbledon are donated to schools in Japan, where they are used for sports and art projects. They are also used to quiet tables and chair legs in schools for the deaf!
So Maggie and I have learned that tennis balls are not just pretty on the outside they have a lot to offer everyone.
Don’t forget to Hug your animals!
Maggie & Sammy
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Jill illustrates greeting cards and works at an Animal Medical Hospital in Arizona. Her love for animals can be seen in every drawing she has ever done. It wasn’t until Jill and her husband Paul adopted Maggie & Sam (2 crazy cats) from the Humane Society that Jill created the Maggie & Sam Collection. All of Maggie and Sam’s personalities as well as their friends have been captured in Jill’s work. In every illustration you will see humor, and love through her characters’ eyes. Jill has been selling her cards in local Arizona Stores. However, being passionate Jill wanted to create a website that would bring people together to talk about their pets, share their stories and to interact with other pet lovers. They will be able to learn new and interesting facts about the various animals pictured on the greeting cards, read their pet’s horoscope, and send personal messages to their friends and families at any time via e-mail.