Animals articles from June 2001

Animals archives from June 2001

Double Trouble.(cloning research)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... Emerging technologies bring hopes for a better life and chances to solve old problems in exciting new ways. Certainly, many view cloning in this light. The science may be harnessed to increase world food supplies, help find cures and treat...

Navy's Sonar Program Turns Deaf Ear to Whales' Welfare.(endangered species)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... The U.S. Navy and animal activists are squaring off over a new sonar system that could have deadly consequences for whales. The military has asked for an exemption from the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act so that it can use its $350...

Monarch Butterflies Flutter toward an Uncertain Future.(endangered species)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... Despite a swirl of allegations that loggers were behind the deaths of 300,000 Monarch butterflies in the mountains of Mexico this winter, authorities have concluded that climate and habitat destruction were the actual culprits. In a region...

Cell Phones and Gorillas: A Bad Connection.(endangered species)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... Unrestricted mining for colombo-tantalite, a mineral used in the capacitors of cell phones and other products, is exacerbating the dangerous decline in the eastern-lowland gorilla population of Kahuzi-Biega National Park in the Democratic...

Calf Beats Foot-and-Mouth Crisis.(United Kingdom)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... Phoenix, a calf that survived the culling of animals on her farm, has skyrocketed to British celebrity, helping to change policy in the battle against foot-and-mouth disease and winning a starring role at London's Wimbledon Theatre. ...

smalltooth sawfish.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... The smalltooth sawfish is being considered for protection under the Endangered Species Act. A near relation of the shark, it is the first marine fish found in U.S. waters to be proposed for federal protection. Once prevalent in southern waters,...

California condor.(reproduction seems to be underway)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... The first egg produced by a California condor that was reintroduced to the wild has been found in the Grand Canyon. Although the egg is cracked, researchers are optimistic that more eggs will follow. Fewer than 50 California condors survive in...

animals in the Caribbean.(Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife Treaty)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... The U.S. Senate is approaching a September deadline to ratify the Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) Treaty, which would protect highly endangered animals in the Caribbean. If no action is taken, the United States would not be...

hog farming.(case against Smithfield Foods, pork products processing company)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... In a setback for factory farming reform, a superior court judge in Raleigh, North Carolina, has refused to allow environmentalists to go forward with a lawsuit over pollution caused by hog farming. Saying the plaintiffs failed to prove they...

whale, dolphin, and porpoise.(animal advocates pressuring for protection of sea mammals)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... What does Talbots have to do with Japanese whaling? JUSCO, the multinational that has majority ownership of the retail clothing chain, sells whale, dolphin, and porpoise meat in most of its Japanese supermarkets. Meat from minke and sei whales,...

The Road to Nowhere.(White house policy in ecology worries environmentalists)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... Fighting for federal policies that significantly affect the lives of wildlife has always been part of the mission of animal advocates. Given the direction that the Bush administration has taken, conservationists can expect many uphill battles....

LETTERS.
June 22, 2001... Hip to Hippos Thank you for "Saving the Turgwe Hippos" (Spring 2001) and for telling the world about the incredible work of Karen Paolillo. Our group, the Hippolotofus, has raised over $1,100 from our members around the world for Karen and...

BURROWERS OF THE CARRIZO PLAIN.(San Joaquin Valley, California)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... On a lonely dirt road, a truck crawls along through the dark. The driver holds a powerful spotlight in his hand and scans the grassland on his side of the road. A woman in the passenger seat similarly scans her side. They have made a wager on...

The Cat of La Mancha.(lynx loosing space to humans in Spain)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... The rugged Sierra Morena, a mountain range in southern Spain, has long been romanticized in literature, in particular by Miguel de Cervantes as the site of one of Don Quixote's many misadventures. The southbound pass from Madrid to Seville...

Rest Assured.(pet care)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... How to provide for your pet in case anything happens to you. Robin Prouty remembers the day quite clearly. She was boarding a dog for a customer who was in her eighties when the woman's son telephoned to pass along some bad news. His mother...

Jurassic Ark.
June 22, 2001... Can biologists clone our way out of the extinction crisis. As you read this, scientists in Worcester, Massachusetts, are preparing to resurrect an extinct animal. No, this is not a Hollywood sequel to Jurassic Park: this is reality, brought...

A Gnawing Problem.(instinctual behavior of dogs)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... My year-old Lab, Sparky, is an out-of-control chewing machine. He has chew toys scattered all over the floor, yet he gnaws on household items, especially the legs of the dining-room table. Why? Shouldn't puppy teething be over by now? Why don't...

Trumpeting Alarm.
June 22, 2001... The Plight of Asia's Elephants Earlier this year, 250 police and armed forest officials set forth into northern India's Corbett National Park, traversing its 500 square miles for days on end. There, in the foothills of the Himalayas, they...

Of Maps and Politics.
June 22, 2001... In recent years, cartographer Ian Thomas has been a busy man, working on more than 20,000 maps for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Maryland. There he led a quiet and diligent work life, arriving in...

HEALTH WATCH.
June 22, 2001... Our two-month-old Scottie suffers frequently from hiccups. As soon as she wakes up, she gets them. Could it have anything to do with what she's eating? Is there a way to prevent them? Hiccups in dogs, just as in people, are caused when a...

The Ape and the Sushi Master: Cultural Reflections of a Primatologist.(Review)
June 22, 2001... The Ape and the Sushi Master: Cultural Reflections of a Primatologist. By Frans de Waal. 433 pages. Basic Books. $26 hardcover. How has Buddhism improved the study of animal behavior? What does Shintoism have to say about the scientific...

Eye of the Whale: Epic Passage from Baja to Siberia.(Review)
June 22, 2001... Eye of the Whale: Epic Passage from Baja to Siberia. By Dick Russell. 622 pages. Simon & Schuster. $35 hardcover. Off the coast of Vancouver, a policeman phoned a marine biologist. A gray whale was "crashing" into boats. Although this whale...