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September 29, 2006

Graham Wants Stores to Label Eggs From Caged Hens

The Washington Post reports a D.C. Council member is proposing a District law that would require stores that sell eggs to indicate whether the product was produced by hens that were kept in cages. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/28/AR2006092801688.html

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September 28, 2006

Animal Hoarding Is a Complex Problem

WTOP.com reports animal hoarding, aside from being an issue of animal cruelty, experts are calling for further examination of a disorder they say is widely misunderstood. http://wtop.com/?nid=598&sid=927087

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S.Korean Park Features Talking Pachyderm

Wtop.com reports the Everland amusement park said Friday its 16-year-old male Asian elephant, named Kosik, can make sounds imitating up to eight Korean words, including "sit," "no," "yes," and "lie down." http://wtop.com/?nid=456&sid=906154

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Panda Accidentally Crushes Cub in China

Wtop.com reports a new panda mother who gave birth to twins accidentally crushed one of her newborns in her sleep. http://wtop.com/?nid=105&sid=906152

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Zoos Targets for Exotic Animal Thieves

Wtop.com reports thieves are targeting Europe's zoos and safari parks to supply animal collectors who want to own ever more exotic species.

http://wtop.com/?nid=220&sid=907583

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3rd Rare White Buffalo Born on Wis. Farm

Wtop.com reports a farm in Wisconsin has birth of its third white buffalo.

http://wtop.com/?nid=104&sid=912375

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Mo. Woman Says Monkey a 'Service Animal'

Wtop.com reports a Missouri woman has asked the her County Health Department to allow her to take her pet monkey into local restaurants as a service animal.

http://wtop.com/?nid=106&sid=914087

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Panda Bites Man, Man Bites Him Back

Wtop.com reports a drunken Chinese migrant worker jumped into a panda enclosure at the Beijing Zoo, was bitten by the bear and retaliated by biting the animal's back.

http://wtop.com/?nid=456&sid=918664

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Mystery Disease Killing Lions in India

WTOP.com reports nearly two dozen crossbred lions are slowly dying in northern India from a mysterious disease.

http://wtop.com/?nid=105&sid=918738

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September 06, 2006

Rescuers to Carry Oxygen Masks for Pets

WTOP.com reports Alderman Richard Thompson in Appleton, Wisconsin initiated the program to buy oxygen masks for dogs and cats. The money to pay for each $49 mask came from donations by local animal lovers.

http://wtop.com/?nid=456&sid=901003

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Canadian BSE Case May Indicate Testing Regimes Are Missing Infections

CattleNework.com reports the 50-month-old dairy cow dairy cow found on a farm in Alberta evidently showed prion development months earlier than could have been expected, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency report on its investigation of the case.

http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=64684

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