Animals articles from September 2000

Animals archives from September 2000

Puppies Before Profits.(most of the puppies sold in pet stores come from inhumane puppy mills)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Somewhere, at a mall near you, cruelty to dogs persists and is aided with every ka-chink of the cash register. That's because the vast majority of puppies for sale at pet stores--an estimated 90 percent--come from puppy mills, large commercial...

Woodchucks A-Go-Go.(suggestions for humane control of woodchucks)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Growing up in New York City, I have much opportunity to see woodchucks. The closest I came was a thumping sound coming from underneath the bungalow my family rented one summer along a lake in New Hampshire. My sister and I were told the sound...

Letters.
September 1, 2000... Bearish on SUVs Reading how global warming is harming polar bears and other wildlife ("The Heat Is On," July/August 2000) made me both sad and angry. Sad for the animals, and angry at how many people just don't care about how much energy...

THE Cyber--Trackers.(computerized recording of Bushmen's knowledge about animals helps protect African wildlife)
September 1, 2000... Stone-age skills team with space-age technology to help conservationists learn more about--and protect--Africa's wild animals. The first reports came in 1995. In the seemingly impenetrable rainforests tucked in the northeast corner of the...

Puppy Mills: Misery FOR Sale.(inhumane treatment of dogs and puppies in so-called 'puppy mills')
September 1, 2000... The sad faces peered from plastic crates stacked four high and crammed into the back of the broken-down truck in Tennessee. The air conditioner was not working, and the temperature inside was 100 degrees. A mechanic heard whimpering and...

The Real-Estate CRUNCH.(habitat protection may actually harm certain species)
September 1, 2000... Why the land trade-offs known as habitat conservation plans may be mortgaging the future of at-risk species. On a cool California morning, all is quiet at Crystal Cove State Park. Hillsides flanked with rare coastal sage scrub lead down to...

Hanging by a Thread.(Rodrigues fruit bat)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Ask a scientist what he or she likes best about science, and the answer is often the thrill of unexpected discovery. Go looking for one thing, and you sometimes stumble upon another. It was through such serendipity that the rare Rodrigues fruit...

Claws for Concern.(clawing is natural behavior for all cats)
September 1, 2000... Scratching-post training declawing, and other hard-as-nails issues. Coquina, an orange tabby, awakens shortly after dawn. She jumps down from her perch, fully extends her front legs, and stretches, digging her claws into the carpet....

The Truth about WOODCHUCKS.
September 1, 2000... IT is said that for every creature on this Earth there is a purpose," began the lead article of the newsletter of the New England Pumpkin Growers Association. But editor Hugh Wiberg clearly doesn't believe it. "Someday, maybe," he writes,...

TRADING Post.(pet supplies and animal products)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Great stuff for animals of every stripe. Unfolding Scene When Mother Nature decides to drain her skies, protect yourself with an umbrella designed by California artist Bruce Harman. Marbled landscape, majestic mountains, and mighty...

HEALTH WATCH.(pet care questions and answers)(Column)
September 1, 2000... My 10-year-old budgie favors her left leg and foot, keeping it curled up when she's sitting on her perch. She continues to eat well and sings and doesn't seem to be in any pain. Is this common in older budgies? Leg lameness does occur in...

A Voice for Animals in Kenya.(Kenya Society for the Protection and Care of Animals)
September 1, 2000... Jean Gilchrist leaned her tall, lanky frame over the newborn donkey and spoke soothingly to the worried mother. "Don't worry, old thing," she told the nervously pacing and swaybacked animal. "We're just checking your baby, not harming it."...

The Social Lives of Dogs: The Grace of Canine Company.(Review)
September 1, 2000... The Social Lives of Dogs: The Grace of Canine Company. By Elizabeth Marshall Thomas. 256 pages. Simon & Schuster. $24 hardcover. "How was it that in New Hampshire, dogs, cats, birds and people could gather together in a kitchen preparing to...