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...Much Per Day is That Doggie? The best use for a rent-a-puppy scheme like those recently launched in California would be to allow children who have been clamoring for a dog to have one temporarily to make sure they are really willing and able to look after it [Aug. 20]. That way, the entire burden of care would not fall on a parent. Barbara Harwood, Auckland
...Times for last week wasn't the plight of the trapped miners in Utah, it wasn't the Hurricane Dean threatening the Yucatan Peninsula, or the hundreds dead in the Peru earthquake; it was searches for "Michael Vick." Sure, the charges the Atlanta Falcons quarterback faces for running a dog-fighting ring and the allegations of animal cruelty are reprehensible, but amongst a field of human tragedy and a potentially catastrophic storm, search term data indicates that the perils of domesticated animals trump...
...that's changing. With the help of some fancy new prosthetics, a cutting-edge subset of veterinary surgeons is learning how to transform lifeless pieces of metal and plastic into working feet, legs, tails, and even (nonworking) dog testicles. The animals regain the ability to live like healthy creatures, something the surgeons find rewarding enough. More important, what the doctors learn as they put the critters back together could help the medical community work similar magic on humans. That's progress that couldn't come at a better time. There are currently about 1.9 million amputees living...
...doubts that animal prosthetics are doing plenty of good, but is it possible to go too far? Well, there's always the matter of the dog testicles. Researcher Gregg Miller mortgaged his home to help fund his invention of an unlikely prosthesis that he calls "neuticles." The goal was not to restore the dogs' breeding abilities--that's clearly impossible--but rather their "self-esteem." No word yet from the patients on whether the surgery worked...
...also declare their sex, age, whereabouts, romantic status and institutional affiliations. Identity is not a performance or a toy on Facebook; it is a fixed and orderly fact. Nobody does anything secretly: a news feed constantly updates your friends on your activities. On Facebook, everybody knows you're a dog...