Animals articles from July 2000

Animals archives from July 2000

Getting the Message Out.
July 1, 2000... "Publicity has become the keynote in all forms of organized endeavor, and we who are toiling for the helpless and speechless animal cannot afford for one moment to underestimate its worth." This statement, taken from a 1912 address reproduced...

Letters.
July 1, 2000... Wild and Wonderful I read with great interest your recent high-quality coverage of conservation biology issues, including rewilding ("The Megapredators," May/June 2000). As noted by your editor, the health of ecosystems and the wildlife...

THE Heat IS On.(global-warming and polar bears)
July 1, 2000... Hudson Bay polar bears sweat out global warming. In mid-May, Churchill, Manitoba, is carpeted in snow and ice, and the throngs of tourists that flock every year to this polar-bear capital are nowhere to be found. The temperature rests at a...

The Father of Community Conservation.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... At first glance, biologist Robert Horwich looks more like a bald-headed, gray-bearded statesman or religious figure than a pioneer in international wildlife conservation. But perhaps these very same qualities have helped him become a master at...

PREDACEOUS DIVING BEETLES.
July 1, 2000... Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water... At the edge of the pond, where the mud is soft and warm, where tadpoles and newts dart among the flowering pickerelweed and frogs grin up from the shallows, an innocent-looking...

TRADING Post.(pet supplies)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Great stuff for animals of every stripe. Packs for the Path Outfit your canine with the rugged Ridgeline Pack from Planet Dog when the two of you hit the trails. The pack provides two roomy compartments and is made from heavy-duty...

Plumbing Problems.(cats and urinary disease)
July 1, 2000... What to do if lower urinary disease strikes your cat. The first clue that something was amiss was a few drops of watery blood in the bathroom tub. Fred Barkley anxiously checked with his family. But no one had been injured or knew where the...

Flash and Thunder.(frogs of Madagascar)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... In a few small pockets of only a few scattered forests of Madagascar, the ultratiny golden mantella frog likes to climb onto the highest perch around. Sitting regally, in plain view, he is not at all shy about showing off his magnificent colors...

What's Good for the Goose.
July 1, 2000... `What man is so busy that he will not pause and look upward at the serried ranks of our grandest waterfowl.... It is an impressive sight well worth his gaze," wrote ornithologist Arthur Cleveland Bent about Canada geese in 1923. A V-shaped...

HEALTH WATCH.(pet health)(Questions and Answers)
July 1, 2000... I took my dog to the vet after realizing that his limp was caused by a split toenail on his front paw. Is there any way to prevent his nails from splitting again? Douglas Brum, D.V.M., a clinician at Angell Memorial Animal Hospital in...

Hotspots: Earth's Biologically Richest and Most Endangered Terrestrial Ecoregions.(Review)
July 1, 2000... Hotspots: Earth's Biologically Richest and Most Endangered Terrestrial Ecoregions. By Russell A. Mittermeier, Norman Myers, and Cristina Goettsch Mittermeier. 432 pages. Conservation International. $65 hardcover. Find a sturdy coffee...