“Animals Nobody Loves” by Seymour Simon, 2001, Chronicle Books, $7.95, softbound, 48 pages:
Before you even get to the Table of Contents in this book, you are confronted with the large, face-to-face image of some pretty alarming creatures: a spider, a piranha and a cobra first, then a vulture on the introduction page.
These are, indeed, [...]
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You have to feel sorry for vultures. For animal campaigners they are a difficult case. Other, more photogenic, slightly less sinister creatures may gain the world’s sympathy at the drop of a hat, but raising money to save the world’s most proficient scavenger is a different matter.
As far as the Asian vulture is [...]
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From the days of Melampus, the soothsayer of Greek mythology who conspired with termites and vultures, right up to Mr. Ed, the idea of talking animals is one that won’t go away.
A quick look around shows that time has hardly changed things. For years, researchers have studied the songs of birds and whales, hoping to [...]
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When an escaped tiger killed a San Francisco zoo visitor on Christmas, it was the biggest blow yet to an industry that has been working hard to improve its reputation.
The problem: Some animals aren’t cooperating.
In 2007, at least 10 animal escapes from U.S. zoos generated press coverage. Fugitives include a cheetah that scaled a fence [...]
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