February 2002
Ivory still a huge killer of Asian elephants
Posted by MelSkunk on Tue 26 Feb 2002 - 15:03Despite the long ban on the international trade in ivory, an increase in world tourism to places like Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam is also showing a huge increase in people buying illegal ivory trinkets and bribing them out of the country. A Save the Elephants sponsored report on the state of wild elephants found as few as 85 in Vietnam, and says it's mainly the ivory which is causing the wildspread killing of elephants.
Captured at last
Posted by mwalimu on Tue 26 Feb 2002 - 16:17The cow who made national headlines last week by escaping a Cincinatti, OH meat processing facility was finally captured using decoys and tranquilizers.
Realm of the Claw Toys by Stan Winston
Posted by cybercat on Thu 28 Feb 2002 - 09:36For any furry fan that's into action figures you just have to check out the newest line by Stan Winston. These appear to be well made anthropomorphic felines. I've seen them on Furbid and on Furnation advertised. There's a sabertoothed cat, a lynx, cheetah (or leopard), and a few other puma like ones. Two are female and the rest of the series are male. They are for sale on Amazon.com for 14.99 plus shipping or possibly at your local Toys R Us. Definitely get yourself a set because on the www.stanwinstoncreatures.com web page it talks about anothe upcoming series called Blood Wolves. Not sure myself but perhaps it will be a canine series!