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What makes the problem hard to police is the sheer number of exotic animals for sale. There are about 2,500 licensed animal exhibitors in the U.S., and only 200 of them belong to the American Zoo and Aquarium Association, which condemns the sale of exotics to hunting ranches. Even unaffiliated zoos might be reluctant to wade into the canned-hunt market, but many do so unknowingly, selling overflow animals--often products of too successful captive-breeding programs--to middlemen, who pass them into less legitimate hands. The crowding that can result on the ranches leads to animals' being killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hunting Made Easy | 3/11/2002 | See Source »

FISHNET A clever new screen saver adds a twist to the old virtual aquarium. Download DALiworld, available free at www.daliworld.net and gorgeously realistic angelfish, parrot fish and other sea dwellers will swim around your desktop. But don't get too attached: after a while the fish will swim away over the Internet, off your desktop and onto someone else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Nov. 19, 2001 | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

...dual-time watch from him before she leaves for Paris. Hsiao-kang is disturbed that his mother (Lu Yi-ching) has responded to her husband's death by praying for his return, leaving food out for him just in case. She concludes that a large white fish in their aquarium is his reincarnation. Hsiao-kang retreats into fantasies about his fleeting meeting with Shiang-chyi and, hoping somehow to connect with her, sets all his watches to Paris time. He also starts drinking red wine and watching FranCois Truffaut films. Meanwhile, Shiang-chyi, hanging out in Paris, has a tantalizing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stop Watch | 11/11/2001 | See Source »

Puppeteer Basil Twist In his Symphonie Fantastique, he dunked pieces of cloth in a giant aquarium and made them dance to Berlioz. Were it not for mimes, he would get beaten up daily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Odd Jobs | 7/9/2001 | See Source »

...attack on a nightclub in Tel Aviv's Dolphinarium, a former aquarium turned entertainment complex, sparked a frenzy of diplomatic action and angry demonstrations. Under international pressure to curb the killers, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat promised to do all he could to secure an "immediate and unconditional cease-fire." Israel's Cabinet didn't buy it. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon declared his own cease-fire two weeks ago and watched the toll continue to mount. But as observers waited for Sharon's tactical decision on whether to hit back, Sharon was, in fact, rethinking his strategy. His emergency Cabinet meeting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Last Dance, Last Chance? | 6/11/2001 | See Source »

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