Animals articles from November 2000

Animals archives from November 2000

Horses Helping and Helping Horses.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... When I discuss the animals in our lives, I often talk about the many ways the MSPCA/AHES aids pets. But as much as these animals need and deserve our help, it's worthwhile remembering that pets lend enormous advantages to people, too. ...

Peaceable Kingdom.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... What was that golden bear? This is the question that stayed with mammalogist Gary Galbreath until he returned to Cambodia more than a decade later. Accompanied by contributing editor Sy Montgomery and others ("Land of the Golden Bear"),...

Letters.
November 1, 2000... No Sale Thank you for your article "Puppy Mills: Misery for Sale" (September/October 2000). I was glad that you brought this prominent issue to light. It's truly pathetic what these poor creatures endure--no protection from the summer's...

Hooved Healers.
November 1, 2000... Therapeutic riding works wonders for some disabled kids. On a sunny day in August, the horses at Greenlock Therapeutic Riding Center are splitting shifts: while three or four are conscripted for a few hours of light duty, the others hang...

Cambodia: Land of the Golden Bar.
November 1, 2000... As a nation reveals its wildlife secrets, it faces daunting challenges to conservation. As we pull over at the market--a street fragrant with French bread and roasting swallows, crammed with wedding dresses, live lobsters, chain saws,...

David versus Goliath.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... The gray, beady-eyed little bird in the cage seems an unlikely candidate for a savior. He has just learned to fly and lands hitting the perch with his stomach. His feathers are mixed with chick down that sticks straight out from his head,...

Running Strong New Help for Bum Knees.
November 1, 2000... If you've ever been in a locker room full of athletes, you know that bum knees are almost as common as dirty socks. Some tennis and basketball players have faced the knife more than 10 times to keep their joints in competing shape. But there...

Putting the Breaks on Roadkill.
November 1, 2000... David O'Neill has loved wildlife as far back as he can remember. "As a child, I was always fascinated by birds," he says. O'Neill has made his childhood interest into a career by becoming a wildlife biologist. And even though he spends his...

BRING ON BARINGOES.
November 1, 2000... Visitors to Kenya's Giraffe Centre meet eye-to-eye with earth's tallest mammal. Feeding a giraffe is not a bit like feeding a horse. When I picked up a handful of grain pellets, just like those I fed my horse back home, I suppose I...

To the Rescue.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... "El famoso Steiner," grumbles Francisco Lopez, director of the La Ceiba Airport, as Ricardo Fito Steiner enters his office. "Not so famous, actually--" "Famous because of the article," responds the indignant administrator. Fito knows...

TRADING Post.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Great stuff for animals of every stripe. Santa Paws If your holiday spirit extends to pets, be sure to hang a Paw Stocking for each animal in your life. The bright bold colors and plush material are sure to stand out when old St. Nick...

HEALTH WATCH.
November 1, 2000... Is it true that all cats with white fur and blue eyes are deaf? No, it is not true that all cats with white hair and blue eyes are deaf, informs Jean Duddy, D.V.M., a clinician at Angell Memorial Animal Hospital in Boston, a division of the...

What's in the Tide Pool?(Review)
November 1, 2000... Preschoolers can explore life at the ocean's edge with Anne Hunter's What's in the Tide Pool? ($4.95, Houghton Mifflin), handsomely illusrated, hand-sized book that describes all those tidepool critters that so delight young ocean-goers. The...

Martha and Skits.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... If your young reader has been a fan of author-illustrator Susan Meddaugh's books about Martha the talking dog, then you'll want Martha and Skits ($15, Walter Lorraine), the fifth book in the series inspired by a dog adopted from a Boston...

They Walk The Earth.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Readers aged four to eight will be enchanted by They Walk the Earth ($17, Browndeer Press), Seymour Simon's chronicle of animal land migrations. Illustrated by Elsa Warnick, the book follows the journeys of elephants, caribous, polar bears,...

Elephant Quest.(Review)
November 1, 2000... Elephant Quest, by Ted and Betsy Lewin ($15.95, HarperCollins), brings young readers to Botswana's Okavango Delta during the rainy season. A search for the region's famed elephants leads readers through flooded grasslands and encounters with...

Sea Critters.(Review)
November 1, 2000... Marine explorer Sylvia Earle's Sea Critters ($16.95, National Geographic), is intended for readers up to age 12 but is a delight at any age. Nine-tenths of all the earth's creatures live underwater, and Sea Critters covers several of them, from...