Animals articles from September 2002

Animals archives from September 2002

Glancing back, striding forward. (View Point).(retiring head of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)
September 22, 2002... As some readers already know, 2002 will be my last year with the MSPCA. After 45 years with the Society, the thought of retiring as president fills me with a swell of emotions. I remember when I first stepped foot in Angell Memorial Animal...

Cat. (Updates ...).(secondhand smoke doubles cats' risk of feline lymphoma)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2002... Smoking is not only bad for you; it's bad for your cat. Researchers from Tufts University and the University of Massachusetts found that secondhand smoke more than doubled a cat's risk of acquiring feline lymphoma. The disease kills...

Fish. (Updates ...).(Environmental Protection Agency report suggests sludge good for Potomac River fish)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2002... From the "Yeah, right" department, a recent internal Environmental Protection Agency report suggests that toxic sludge may benefit fish in the Potomac River. The document, ridiculed by environmentalists, came to light in the Washington Times...

Meerkats. (Updates ...).(meerkats in Africa dying of tuberculosis )(Brief Article)
September 22, 2002... Tuberculosis, most likely spread by infected ecotourism workers, has struck populations of African meerkats and another mongoose species. It is uncertain how a group of Kalahari Desert meerkats, which were wiped out, contracted the disease, but...

Songbirds. (Updates ...).(University of Georgia encourages clover planting to create habitat )(Brief Article)
September 22, 2002... University of Georgia scientists are urging cotton farmers to plant rows of clover amid their crops. Deadly chemicals and frequent plowing can ravage bird populations, particularly songbirds such as the eastern meadowlark, bobwhite quail, and...

Mixed-breed dogs. (Updates ...).(cognition studies)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2002... Smarty pups: Cognition studies on mixed-breed dogs indicate that your canine can count. Researchers either added to, subtracted from, or left the same number of treats in a bowl. After making the change behind a screen, the dogs looked at the...

The haves and have-nots. (Animals Talk).(shelter cares for stray dogs in Thailand)(Editorial)
September 22, 2002... As Americans, we enjoy advantages and privileges that many others can only dream about. But have you ever thought that the same is true for many of our pets? For those of us who enjoy sharing our lives with animal companions, Marty Becker...

Fashion statement: boycott gold. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)
September 22, 2002... Joni Praded's "Dim Prospects" (Summer 2002) rightly points out the high costs of mining to the environment and wildlife. Mining companies should be directly responsible for the pollution and other harm they cause. Government bailouts mask the...

Touching memories. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)
September 22, 2002... I started getting Animals about one year ago and love it. Thank you for "Can Your Pet Get Alzheimer's?" (Summer 2002); it was so touching and interesting. I used to have a dog like one that was described in the article. Thank you very much. ...

The intimate pet owner: surefire ways to get closer to your pet.
September 22, 2002... Just as few parents would admit that they have a poor relationship with their children, most people think that their relationship with their pets is good, even exemplary. To tell the truth, I thought so too until I stopped to take a look. I saw...

Echoes of loon song. .(Cover Story)
September 22, 2002... A pair of common loons floats past the sheltered cove on Molly's Falls Reservoir in northeastern Vermont, where Eric Hanson has just "revegetated" and anchored a human-made nesting platform. Loons have been successful nesters here in the past,...

The dogs of Banglamung.(Banglamung Wildlife Breeding Center in Thailand also provides shelter for stray dogs)
September 22, 2002... Standing on his hind legs, Stripe, a 250-pound moon bear with yellowish eyes, is looking Gary Galbreath in the face through the partially closed window of the Jeep's passenger seat--a window that, he discovers with some dismay, is not easily...

Living with deer: we've moved into their neighborhood. Now guess who's coming to dinner.
September 22, 2002... When Pat Bjorgaard and her husband, Wayne, moved into their new home in a wooded subdivision outside Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she knew that she was going to have some wild neighbors. "Sometimes we'll drive home, and all of a sudden, two little...

The naturalist. (Profile).(Kent Bonar)
September 22, 2002... Those who know him refer to Kent Bonar simply as the naturalist, sometimes almost with awe, in a tone suggesting that this strange man of the woods possesses a special gift. With his eye patch, battered straw hat, and worn clothing, Bonar...

The learning weeks. (Case Notes).(training puppies)
September 22, 2002... After a history of adopting adult dogs, we just acquired an eight-week-old German shepherd puppy. Help! Housetraining is going OK--we know that takes time--but how do we get this little beast to stop biting us? A lot of people are telling us to...

Health watch.(pet health care questions and answers )
September 22, 2002... I have an elderly cat named Snickers whose teeth are turning brown and whose gums are inflamed. My vet thinks he should undergo treatment for his dental disease, but since Snickers also has heart disease, I am concerned about him being put...

Living with dogs, chosen by cats.('A Dog Year: Twelve Months, Four Dogs, and Me' and 'The Character of Cats: The Origins, Intelligence, Behavior, and Stratagems of Felis silvestris catus')(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... A Dog Year: Twelve Months, Four Dogs, and Me. By Jon Katz. 200 pages. Villard. $21.95 hardcover. Jon Katz is the kind of guy whom you might find (as a local cop did at 6:30 one morning) lying on a sewer grate in the street in the pouring...