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...which not unexpectedly is the epicenter of animalmorphism, boasts a special limousine service for pets, which is patronized by, among others, Redd Foxx's Saint Bernard and Efrem Zimbalist Jr.'s llama. There is even a pet boutique that will have a shaggy dog's excess fur made into a sweater in Scotland. Of all the cemeteries across the country that vie for the Loved One's remains, probably none celebrate death so elaborately or expensively as the Los Angeles Pet Cemetery at Calabasas, which could have been the scene of Evelyn Waugh's novel...
What had doubtless seemed simple generosity to President Ford when he gave his Alaska timberwolf fur coat to an ad miring Leonid Brezhnev seemed to them defiling of an endangered species. Let ters and telegrams of protest greeted Ford on his return to Washington. It turned out that the Chief Executive was saved by the skin of his coat. While wolves in the Lower 48 states are on the endangered list, the 50,000 or so timber wolves that inhabit Alaska are not, so Ford emerged blameless on a technicality. The coat was the gift of an Alaska furrier named...
...Ford. The Secretary had instructions for the President on how to talk and act. At the ramp in Vladivostok when the new President met the Russians it was like a movie scene. They were all there in their fur hats, shaking hands and slap ping backs and grinning as if it were a class reunion. And it was, in a way. These were Henry Kissinger's boys, drawn together in part by his wit and wisdom...
...even there the great reptiles reportedly are gobbling up such valuable fur-bearing animals as muskrat and nutria -not to mention possum, raccoon, frogs, fish and whatever else they can lay their jaws on. A better solution, state officials say, would be to reopen a limited hunting season on the gators. "We never agreed with the Federal Government that the alligator was an endangered species," says Joanen. "We have 1 million to 1.5 million of them here now. And the number is growing...
When Tenor Richard Tucker, 60, set off for Alaska for a concert, he promised his grandchildren that he would have his picture taken driving a dog team. Arriving in Anchorage, however, Tucker found no snow. Gamely he dressed up in a fur-trimmed anorak and posed his wife Sara in the sled, then waved a whip above five puzzled huskies. He was not so happy when the dogs set up a wail reminiscent of / Pagliacci. "Mush!" he cried, and swung the whip in his wife's direction saying, "It's the first time in more than 35 years...