Five Elephants Killed by Lightning

Wow. I thought this was just strange. One, I can maybe see, but five?

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4777113.html

More on Michael Vick and Dog Fighting on His Property

He has a web site about raising dogs commonly used in dog fighting. A kennel listed on the site was on the same street where a raid took place for alleged illegal dog fighting.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/

The site, is now down. Here is the domain info (not very helpful...)

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Here is the info from godaddy.com.

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Article on Tainted Gluten Exporter

Here is an article about the Chinese company responsible for exporting the melamine tainted wheat gluten.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/04/AR2007050400441.html

Picking Small Animals as Pets

Here is a good article about finding the right small animal for a pet.

http://www.nwherald.com/articles

More Food Added to Pet Food Recall

Menu Foods has added more cat and dog food to the recall. Here is a list. It's a Canadian Press release, but it has US products too. And if you think it's just the "fancy" stuff. Think again. They have Western Family on the list too.

http://www.menufoods.com/recall/PressReleaseCanada05022007.htm

Breaking News: Conservatives Don't Like Beating Puppies

Here's an interesting article about conservatives getting involved in animal cruelty issues.

http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/24790.html

I agree with the author that liberals shouldn't have a corner on the compassion issue. I think it's great, that people like Pat Buchanan and G. Gordon Liddy acknowledge these issues. But what are their answers? Tax breaks for treating animals humanely?

Here's Pat's Presidential platform back in 2000:

"We are an overregulated, overtaxed, and overgoverned society. As President, I will begin to roll back this regulation juggernaut by dismantling the Dept. of Education, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of Housing & Urban Development, & the Dept. of Commerce. I will I will also defund the National Endowment of the Arts, National Endowment of the Humanities & Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The Bureau of Land Management will be eliminated, & I will dissolve the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms into the FBI."

I don't think conservatives are necessarily unfeeling and want animals to suffer. I don't think they want to breathe polluted air either. Who does? The question is, what do they have to offer? They spend their time beating the drum to get the Gummint out of everything, but oh yeah, isn't it tragic that animals are being treated inhumanely in labs or slaughterhouses.

The Dog Interview and Renting Apartments in NY

Ah, now apartment boards in NY City may not just interview you, they may want to interview your dog. Here's hoping he doesn't drool on the carpet...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/03/wpets03.xml

More Melamine

Melamine in Chicken Feed.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070502072434.htm

Melamine Update

Here is a post on Animalblawg about the new FDA import alert on vegetable protein imports from China.

http://www.animalblawg.com/wordpress/?p=44

Below is a copy of the actual import alert. Any vegetable protein products from China will be automatically detained. What that means is the importer has to keep the product intact in a warehouse and have it tested at a private lab. FDA won't release it until they submit clean results for the shipment. After the 5th shipment passes the lab test, they can ask that a particular shipper be removed from the detention order.

http://www.fda.gov/ora/fiars/ora_import_ia9929.html

Eradicating Goats in the Galapagos

Here is a good article about efforts to eradicate goats in the Galapagos islands, which pose a threat to native species there.

http://www.nytimes.com

China Supports Sale of Tiger Meat

Seems the Chinese Govt. now supports the sale of Tiger meat and other parts. That's just the flat out dumbest thing I've ever heard. It's bad enough with poachers without having a state officials coming out in favor of this kind of thing.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Sanke Brandishing Woman Gets House Arrest

This is one way to keep people from grabbing you....

http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/05/01/snake.brandishing.ap/index.html

Basking Sharks Disappearing off Canada

Looks like the population is down by 90% (although they don't say from when this was measured). Up until 1970, the Canadian Govt. had a program to eradicate them, as they frequently got caught in fishing nets.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070501.wxendangered01/BNStory/Science/home

Zoo Closes in Cambodia

A zoo close in Cambodia after rare animals die or end up missing.

http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=450171

Abandoned Pets in Korea

Here is an interesting article about a Canadian ex-pat in Korea who works with abandoned animals there. It also talks a little about the dog meat trade there.

http://theseoultimes.com/ST/?url=/ST/db/read.php?idx=5226