November 2008

  • Wild Horses Get Help From Billionaires

    By diosmio on 11/20/08 6:49am
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    About 30,000 wild horses and burros that roam the open range in 10 Western states, are causing the federal government a lot of grief.  The Bureau of Land Management announced that it was struggling to manage it's wild horse program and that the horses would either have to be euthanized or sold for slaughter.

    But thanks to the help of billionaire T. Boone Picken's wife, Madeleine, the horses will get the chance to live out there lives free to roam the range.

    Her plan includes buying 1 million acres for the horses, although a site has yet to be announced pending negotiations.

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  • Cutest Monster Ever In Danger of Extinction

    By diosmio on 11/18/08 7:00am
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    Cute monsterThis adorable little guy is called the Axolotl.  It lives in the murky waters of Lake Xochimilco, a Venice-style destination for tourists, near Mexico City.  Underneath the gondolas and brightly-painted boats, this foot-long salamander, with plumage-like gills has survived Mexico's urban sprawl, until now.

    The Axolotl's survival is being threatened by non-native species that

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  • Hens Die After Being Frightened By Hot-Air Balloons

    By diosmio on 11/5/08 9:57am
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    Hot-air balloons, bad for chickensPoor chickens!  At a farm in the Wyre Valley, Herefordshire, approximately 30 chickens have lost their lives from a fatal infection.  But it isn't a virus or disease that is causing the animals to die- the culprit?  Hot-air balloons.

    You maybe wondering what hot-air balloons have to do with the death of these hens, the answer is very simply that

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