Animal News from Heaven Miriam Bostwick Copyright 2014 by Paws of the Earth Productions All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from the author except in critical articles and reviews. Contact the publisher for information: Paws of the Earth Productions 2980 S Jones Blvd Suite 3373 Las Vegas, NV 89146 Printed in The United States of America. Library of Congress Control Number: 2008921323 ISBN 978-0-9798828-2-1 Paws of the Earth productions Las Vegas, NV 89146 www.Animals are people too.com This book is dedicated to the late Miriam Bostwick, a friend, a fellow lover of animals, who is among her friends in this book: I am grateful to the many spirits who so willingly shared their stories about the work they are doing in spirit and the animals they are caring for. I am also grateful to Carla Gee and Elizabeth Jordan for their invaluable editorial help. I acknowledge information obtained from Wikipedia under the GNU Free Documentation License for the following articles: Slats, the MGM Leo, the Lion Barbaro, the Race Horse Bubba, the Grouper Bubba, the Lobster Harriet, the Tortoise Binky & Nuka, Polar Bears Martha, the Passenger Pigeon Ruby, the Painting Elephant PAWS OF THE EARTH PRODUCTIONS LAS VEGAS, NEVADA Contents Preface Introduction PART ONE Lifting the Veil: Animals in the Afterlife Do all animals survive and where do they go? Love keeps an animal in form The plight of the unloved or mistreated animal Are there barriers in spirit life to divide humans and animals? How do animals in spirit get along with each other? The animal mind Healing through change in attitude Animals trained to do rescue work Separation through evolution Veterinary research in spirit life PART TWO News from Heaven The Caretakers Reggie Gonzales: On Being a Caretaker Roger Parker: On Being a Caretaker St. Francis of Assisi: Working with Abusers Wayne McCaffery: Working with Abusers St. Luke: Working with Abusers President Theodore Roosevelt: Killing for Sport Dr. Greeley: Animal Experimentation The Heroes Chips, World War II Hero Laika (Muttnik), Russian Space Dog Balto, Forerunner of Iditarod Enos and Ham, Space Program Chimpanzees Kenny & Roxie, Guide Dogs Dr. Talbot, Working in Dim Spirit Realms Lambie, Rabbit Working in Dim Spirit Realms Movie Stars Strongheart Rin Tin Tin Slats Satan and Jackie Fritz Nissa Trigger and Bullet Lassie Bart Benji and Arnold Flipper Mr. Chips Morris Boots Famous Animals Jumbo Man O’War and War Admiral Seabiscuit Lotus Elsa Barbaro Animals of Famous People President Grover Cleveland & Mr. Mocker & Tiny President Calvin Coolidge & Smokey President Franklin D. Roosevelt & Fala President Richard M. Nixon & Checkers Ernest Hemingway & Alley Cat John Steinbeck & Charley Special, Interesting and/or Perhaps Extraordinary Dr. Watkins on Animal Therapy for Children Three Little Foxes Sukara, the Tiger Herbie, the Skateboarding Duck Matilda, the Hippo Marlu Milady, the Jersey Cow Jemma, the German Shepherd Rex, the Lion Gomek, the Crocodile Dini, the White Rat Ranger, the Mt. Hood Climbing Dog Raven, the Wolf Rags the Digger, Wolf Rachel, the Wolf Minnie, the Bear Lily, the Rhode Island Red Hen Mr. Parrot Sophie, the Potbellied Pig Newsworthy Bubba, the Grouper Goldie, the Eagle Bubba, the Lobster Harriet, the Tortoise Those that Fly and Those that Crawl Dr. Galveston on Birds Dr. Singh K. on Reptiles Charles & Tayde Bostwick on Snakes Animals Popular with Zoo Visitors Billy Bryan, American Black Bear Binky & Nuka, Polar Bears Bobo, the Gorilla Bruno & Lindi, Lions Clara, the Elephant Franko & Francine, Trumpeter Swans Frieda, Asian Elephant G.I. Joe, Pigeon Jughead, the Grizzly Ling-Ling & Hsing-Hsing, Pandas Martha, Passenger Pigeon Mary Lou, the Chimpanzee Massa, the Gorilla Mira, the Elephant Seal Monarch, the Grizzly Natch, the Black Bear Princess, the Tiger Ruby, the Painting Elephant Sam, the Chimpanzee Willie B., the Gorilla Zarafa, the Giraffe PART THREE The Sanctuary Delta, the Black Doberman & D.E.L.T.A. Rescue Dr, Peterson on Conservation Steve Irwin on Conservation Prince Toby by Ernest Hemingway How I See My Life Now A Man and His Dog Introduction This book grew out of an abiding interest in what happens to our beloved pets when they die. What better way to find out than to communicate with those who are actually on the other side of the veil with the animals. I have been deeply privileged as a trance medium to be the “telephone” to receive much enlightenment directly from the heaven world—from spirit teachers, former animal trainers, caretakers, and friends of companion animals. To share their many heart-warming stories in a book was the inspiration of my spirit teacher, Dr. Cranston. Great effort has been made to gather authentic information on the nature of life on the animal plane, and this is presented to the reader in the first section of the book. The second part contains actual unedited transcripts of trance sessions with those in Spirit who have a deep interest in animals. Some are stories about animals famous for their heroic acts or service; some for their movie roles; some for belonging to famous people; some for being popular with zoo visitors; and some for just being special in their own way. All spirit communicants were enthusiastic about relating their special tales (tails) of interest. Part Three highlights the work going on in the world’s largest care for life sanctuary. Dedication & Everlasting Love To Animals (D.E.L.T.A. Rescue) rescues dogs, cats and horses primarily and has an out-reach program to instruct others on rescue techniques. In Part Four we are treated to two entries by spirit conservationists, one of whom is the well-known Steve Irwin, dubbed the “Crocodile Hunter.” The last part of the book contains several literary contributions. Ernest Hemingway wrote a story about Toby, the cat. On earth he never wrote children’s stories or anything on cats, though he had some thirty cats over the years. Hopefully, by giving an understanding of the continuity of life of all God’s creatures, this will ease a broken heart when separation from the beloved one inevitably takes place. Truly, there is only a thin veil between us, and one day this veil will be drawn aside, and there will be a happy reunion with our beloved friends in coats of fur, leather, fins, scales, and feathers. Miriam Bostwick . Preface I am so pleased to have been invited to write a preface to this wonderful book. I sort of picked up that something was in the wind for a little time and that I possibly would be asked. I am very happy to be able to come in and talk to you about the animals. If you can use what I have to say I will be very, very honored. Yes, as a child, I was very, very interested in the welfare of the animals. We had pets and we took good care of them, and we loved them dearly. And so the story goes that I was walking along the streets of New York when I saw a man severely beating his horse, and the poor animal was very emaciated. You could tell that it was sick and trying to do its best. And so I talked to the man and I explained to him that that was not the way to treat an animal— especially an animal upon which his livelihood depended. He was not caring for it properly. He was not feeding it well. He certainly was beating it which was an awful thing—the poor helpless soul. It is a wonder that the animal just didn’t run away from him. It was probably so used to being beaten that it didn’t realize it had any other choice. And you know, I have met that man over on this side, and I have worked with him to help him see how wrong he was in hurting that poor soul. I went to spirit before the man came over, and that animal was waiting for him. Those who take care of animals made sure that this particular horse was kept alive for the man to see what he had done. There are people here who felt that this horse marked a milestone because it was that incident that really motivated me to do something about animal welfare by getting laws passed to protect poor, innocent animals. And so, it was important to give love to this animal who never received it on earth. And, oh, he responded so to kindness! He is still in form. It was interesting when the abuser came over. We got him to the point where it did get to his conscience and he had remorse for his ill treatment. So we took him down to the animal realms to see his horse whom we had renamed Bellstone because it was a family name. And the horse remembered him very clearly and shied away, but we were there and we talked to Bellstone and assured him there would be no more beatings, and Bellstone reluctantly allowed this man to get close to him. We were present on many subsequent visits, or at least someone was, until the two could be comfortable. You know, in time Bellstone looked forward to his owner’s visits, and they have become great pals. If only those on earth could understand the importance of being kind to animals, of not mistreating them in any way, it would bring such joy to both person and animal. We are here to give love to each other, and when that love is shown an animal, the animal stays in form and is here in the spirit realms waiting to resume the relationship.