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25
2007
From Giuliani comes a revealing rant |
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Sunday, 25 February 2007 |
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From Giuliani comes a revealing rant |
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Temper, thin skin may hurt candidate
By Hillary Nelson,
Monitor columnist
Concord Monitor Online
February 25. 2007 10:00AM
Dan Habib / Monitor file photo
Former NY mayor Rudy Giuliani in October. |
The ferret fiasco
Although Giuliani may hope that his progressive social beliefs will win him a big cross-over vote from registered Democrats, revelations about his high-handed, autocratic mayoral style will certainly scare off lovers of free speech, freedom of the press and civil liberties.
Rudy's dislike of the press was notorious, earning him a reputation for "ridiculously thin skin and a mile-wide mean streak." He had a dreadful relationship with the black community, exacerbated by his stubborn support for the NYPD in the wake of police scandals involving the beating and sodomizing of a male prisoner and the shooting deaths of several unarmed men.
And then Giuliani became obsessed with seemingly minor issues in a way that seemed almost pathological. His attempt to cut funding for a Brooklyn art museum after it showed artwork he deemed offensive is perhaps the best known such incident.
But much more telling, I think, was his dust-up with the ferret lovers of New York City. In May 2001, the city council of New York considered doing away with a 1959 ban on owning ferrets. Giuliani was having none of it, calling ferrets wild animals like tigers. The ban remained in place.
When David Guthartz of New York Ferrets' Rights Advocacy called Giuliani's weekly radio program to press again for the rights of pet owners, the mayor went ballistic. Recommend this article... |
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Jan
28
2007
Waiting at 'Rainbow Bridge' |
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Sunday, 28 January 2007 |
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Waiting at 'Rainbow Bridge' |
| It's a story, a poem, a "lovely thought" that spans rivers of tears shed by those who mourn lost pets.
By Natalie Pompilio
Inquirer Staff Writer
The Philadelpha Inquirer
Posted on Sun, Jan. 28, 2007
It's not Shakespeare. In fact, in terms of writing quality, it ranks somewhere near tacky bodice-rippers and teen fan fiction. It's maudlin, simplistic, and not something that I, a quasi-professional critic and cynic, should ever have anything to do with.
But damn if it doesn't make me cry every time I read it.
I'm talking about "The Rainbow Bridge." If you've ever loved and lost a pet, you've probably read it. There are a bunch of versions, but the gist of the piece is this: Your beloved pet dies and goes to a place "just this side of heaven" called the Rainbow Bridge. It's beautiful there. He has plenty of food and water. Sick pets become well and maimed ones are strong again. All the animals play happily together, but they're all sad about one thing - they miss you. Recommend this article... |
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Jan
23
2007
Animals Accused Of Chewing On Baby's Toes To Be Adopted |
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Tuesday, 23 January 2007 |
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Animals Accused Of Chewing On Baby's Toes To Be Adopted |
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Jan 23, 2007 04:29 PM
KSLA TV
KSLA News 12 has an update to the story about the one-month-old baby whose toes were chewed off by one of two family pets.
Homes have now been found for the pit bull puppy and the ferret. Both animals have been at the Bossier City Animal Control Office since the baby was injured back in December.
The pit bull will be adopted by a pit bull rescue group, while a ferret rescue group will take the other animal. Both places are out of state.
It will be a few weeks for before the pit bull will go to its new home. The shelter is waiting for the puppy to get a little older so it can be neutered.
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Dec
26
2006
Outcry from ferret fans changes parents' minds |
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Tuesday, 26 December 2006 |
------------- US News
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Outcry from ferret fans changes parents' minds |
THE ENQUIRER/LEIGH TAYLOR
Shannon Knutson (from left), 14, Maria Rockett, 12, Jessie Rockett, 14, and Devin Knutson, 11, formed the 4 Flavored Lifesavers three years ago. The Enquirer
They may be lifesavers and all, but they didn't have a clue just how much there is to know about ferrets.
The 4 Flavored Lifesavers - two pairs of sisters from Symmes and Miami townships who give their baby-sitting money and other earnings to charity - soon will give their next $100 to the Ferret's Dream House.
The girls are Shannon Knutson and Jessie Rockett, 14, and their sisters, Devin Knutson, 11, and Maria Rockett, 12. They were having a sleepover one night more than two years ago when they came up with the idea to start a group that gives to charities. They chose their name because they're four very different girls all trying to help people and animals. They gave their first $100 in March 2004 to CancerFree Kids, which raises money for pediatric cancer research.
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Dec
20
2006
Mother: Ferret, not pit bull, gnawed off baby's toes |
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Wednesday, 20 December 2006 |
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Mother: Ferret, not pit bull, gnawed off baby's toes |
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KATC-3
BENTON, La. -- The parents of a month-old girl whose toes were gnawed off while her parents slept apparently disagree about whether the culprit was their ferret or their 6-week-old pit bull.
Mary Hansche, 22, told KTBS-TV on Tuesday that she thinks it was the ferret. "The way the bite marks were on her foot. The ferret being out of its cage. I knew it wasn't the dog," she said.
But her husband, Christopher Wayne Hansche, 26, told Bossier City police that the ferret had been in its cage all night, city spokesman Mark Natale said Wednesday.
"We were told that the puppy had blood on its fur. But when the officers arrived there, the animal did not have blood on its mouth," he said.
Regardless of the culprit,
He said which animal did it won't affect charges against the Hansches, who booked were Dec. 10 on charges of child desertion and criminal negligence and remained jailed Wednesday in lieu of $50,000 bond each.
"We know this child was injured by an animal while in the custody of the parents," who should have prevented the injury, Natale said.
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