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Squirrels In The Attic? Feed Them! - - Bob Alexander
If you think you have squirrels in the attic? You probably do. Either that or you or you have been providing shelter for a pretty big rat. If that is the case, I'd rather have to deal with getting rid of the squirrel! Squirrels are very active in the morning and afternoon. If you hear noise in... Submitted 1 year 74 days ago.

Father Saves 3-Year Old Daughter From a Bear in a German Zoo - Joel Kontinen
Last week, a Dutch family visiting a small zoo in Lnebach in western Germany lived through a frightening adventure that nonetheless had a happy ending. When the parents were not looking, their three-year old daughter climbed over a 1.05 meter-high fence (just over three feet) into an enclosure... Submitted 1 year 173 days ago.

Let Me Tell You About Frankie and Johnnie - The Old Gray Mare
Some years ago, I had the great fortune to own a most remarkable pair of Fallow Deer. I consider those years an astonishing privilege of animal companionship. My desire to enjoy the company of several deer grew stronger as the years passed. By now I had realized my desire to own Show Horses... Submitted 1 year 210 days ago.

Cards for Dogs and from Dogs - would you buy one? Birthday, Get Well, Thank you and Sympathy - LeahG Artist
Birthday Cards for Dogs The West is known for its love of animals and fondness for their family pets. The pet gift industry is huge with pet pillows, pet beds, bejeweled cat and dog collars and of course designer dog clothes! But what about greeting cards for dogs? There is already a... Submitted 1 year 236 days ago.

My Scariest Spider - Jack H. Schick
It was so traumatic I blacked it outof my menory for eight years. My Mom reminded me of it when I was about twelve. I had a freaked out phobia of spiders through all my later childhood. I couldn't touch pictures of them in books. I couldn't open some books at all because I might accidentally see... Submitted 1 year 243 days ago.

Scariest Bugs - Jack H. Schick
I have been taking a break from writing articles for SearchWarp. I've posted 75 this year, but not many lately. I've been side tracked in writing a history for my Quaker Meeting. It's going great, but it keeps me busy. We celebrate our 300 th year in September. My wife, who writes for SearchWarp... Submitted 1 year 244 days ago.

Animal Planet's "Monsters Inside Me" - - Lorilyn Roberts
Joy, Manisha, and I just finished one of the most exciting and unique (but stressful) events we've shared as a family. A few weeks ago we were contacted by the producers of "Monsters Inside Me" on Animal Planet to film Manisha's story. One of the producers found my article, "Monster Inside My... Submitted 1 year 246 days ago.

How The Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill Will Hurt Wildlife--Latest On Gulf Oil Spill Looks Awful - - Steve Kovacs
We have all seen pictures and videos of wildlife covered in black, sticky oil after an oil spill and we are starting to see it again near Louisiana. Common sense tells us that oil is bad for wildlife but do we really know how it specifically harms them? All forms of marine life suffer from the... Submitted 1 year 285 days ago.

Free Willy—Free Em All—SeaWorld and Killer Whales Should Part Ways - - Steve Kovacs
The recent death of 40-year-old Dawn Brancheau by a killer whale at SeaWorld of Orlando was a tragedy that caught the world's attention. Brancheau was a world-renowned whale trainer and was considered one of the best in the world. Yet, while she was on a platform, the 12,000-pound Orca named... Submitted 1 year 349 days ago.

How to Choose a Family Pet - - Gabriella Gometra
It's been proven that having a pet can improve your health, both mentally and physically. Having a pet in your family can prove to be a lot of fun and a good learning experience. Buying or adopting a pet is an until-death-do-us-part kind of agreement; it is like adding in a new member to the... Submitted 1 year 351 days ago.

The Whaling Wars Are Getting Hotter: Were the Anti-Whalers on Ady Gil Using Lethal Weapons? - Joel Kontinen
While temperatures in the northern hemisphere are getting colder, the whaling wars in the south are definitely getting hotter. The most recent battle involved two vessels, the Japanese Shonan Maru No. 2 and the New Zealand speedboat Ady Gil. The Ady Gil collided with the bigger Japanese ship... Submitted 2 years 32 days ago.

How to Avoid a Bear Attack - - Kathy Tally
The best way to avoid a bear attack is to stay in the city. Unless you're traipsing off to the wilds of Alaska, Canada, or downtown Yosemite, you have a better chance of getting a hangnail than you have of encountering a bear. But if you're reading this article I assume you're either interested... Submitted 2 years 132 days ago.

A Case of To Believe or Not To Believe Ones Eyes---Mountain Lions - Sandra E. Graham
Living in the 'outback' as we do (Arkansas , not Australia) one shouldn't find it hard to believe that we sometimes see strange animals wandering up out of the woods off and on. About two years ago I saw a huge forty or fifty pound rat swimming across our pond-it turned out to be a beaver. Oh... Submitted 2 years 265 days ago.

Jessica Simpson is being Sued for Fitness Video...the TRUTH - Frankie Lassut
I don't know who Jessica Simpson is, but I'm pretty sure that she isn't a drawing by Matt Groening (Graining). Matt's parent's went to one of those schools that teaches parents to pick names which are difficult to spell, but totally fool the person who reads it. This means that the person will... Submitted 2 years 316 days ago.

Travis The Chimpanzee - Gary W. Halsey Sr.
I was listening to the news about the story of Travis the Chimp that went berserk on his owner's friend yesterday, and had brutally beat her to within an inch of her life and I quote "Ripping her face off". I'm not to sure about what everybody else thinks, but number one, let me say, that I feel... Submitted 2 years 358 days ago.

The Giraffe's Neck: A Failed Icon of Evolution - Joel Kontinen
The giraffe ( Giraffa camelopardalis ) has probably got its name from the Arabic word zerafa or ziraafa , which means charming'. There is indeed something enchanting in these brown-eyed beauties of the African Savannah. Charles Darwin did not use the giraffe's neck as an icon of evolution in... Submitted 3 years 3 days ago.

The Day I Met A Unicorn - Joel Kontinen
Many people would think that we can only see unicorns in illustrated fairy tales. The word comes from the Latin unicornis , one-horned'. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, which in spite of its name is not exactly short but has half a million entries in two thick volumes, defines it as "a... Submitted 3 years 17 days ago.

Animals Should Be Not Be Used For Scientific Experiments! - - Aaratrika
Animals have the right to be treated as beings of value in themselves, not as the means to human ends; this principle must be applies in order to guarantee the end of cruelty to animals. The application of this principle means that animals should never be experimented upon whatever the potential... Submitted 3 years 127 days ago.

How Long Will It Be Before Only The Wealthy Can Have Pets? - Camille Strate
I don't know about you, but it seems to me that everything...and I mean EVERYTHING, here in the good ol' US of A is a bit out of control. More and more, those of us who are not "well-to-do" find ourselves searching for ever more ways to cut expenses and stay 'afloat'. People are losing homes... Submitted 3 years 189 days ago.

My Cat And The 'Possum! - - Bob Alexander
A 'possum with his back to the wall is a fearsome thing when he's decided that you're going to harm him. After all, we're a lot bigger than him and he's probably going out of his mind with fear, but he won't show it. He'll snarl and hiss and spit until you back off and leave him alone. If that... Submitted 3 years 217 days ago.

Bear Season in Virginia - Kim Bryant
It's true that when you get up in the morning, you really have no idea how your day is going to end up. And yesterday was no exception. When I went to bed last night, I heard the dogs barking and figured that it must have been the oppossum or the raccoon that likes our cat food. I listened for... Submitted 3 years 279 days ago.

A Saga Of Death And Love Of Animals From The Hills - - Joel Hendon
Guns and game hunting was a part of life in the rolling hills of eastern Alabama in the 1940's and 1950's. Actually it still is except it is more sophisticated now and much of the hunting is done by the city folk and flatland touristers. There was a strange phenomena concerning wild life in... Submitted 3 years 345 days ago.

The Taming Of The Shre…Er, Uh, Calves - Joel Hendon
If any boy could have grown up on a family farm during the 30's and yet failed to love most animals, I do not understand them. I loved them from the time I was big enough to recognize them. Each type of farm animal is unique in appearance, demeanor and attitude. And each animal within the same... Submitted 4 years 94 days ago.

Raccoons and My Sanity! - - Bob Alexander
"If you let one of those critters in the house again, you'll sleep out there with them," my wife exclaimed as she slammed the door to the garage. She was yelling at me about the pair of young raccoons that visit our garage each night and eat our cat's food out of his dish. Last year, with a... Submitted 4 years 130 days ago.

Raccoon Summer: Raising and Releasing Orphans - Laura Obiso
My peaceful, imaginative moment of daydreaming next to the swamp was shattered as needle teeth sank into my flannel shirt (and my skin), accompanied by much ferocious growling. It was early December several years ago, in that special time of morning just after sunrise, when the air is clean and... Submitted 4 years 184 days ago.