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Thus, when Maine sanctioned an official moose season last month for the first time in 47 years, it triggered an angry controversy. State fish and wildlife authorities said that the six days of hunting, during which 880 animals were killed, would not damage a herd that has increased more than tenfold since 1935 to a current population of more than 20,000. But many Down Easters found the slaughter distasteful. Said Outdoorsman John N. Cole, contributing editor of the weekly Maine Times: "The moose is Maine's state animal. If we are going to change that status and hunt...
Parts of the farm economy are doing well. Pig producers are thriving: demand is strong because herd size was cut last year and feed is cheap because of the grain glut. Dairy farmers stay fat at Government expense. The USDA will buy dairy products for 13.10 per Ib. no matter how low the market price drops. Such purchases this year will amount to $2 billion, or about $10,000 for every U.S. dairy farmer. The result is heaps of cheese and butter, paid for by taxpayers, 270 million lbs. of which the Government will give away this year...
When Prince Turki and Princess Hend moved to wealthy Indian Creek, neighbors were soon taken aback. The prince's small herd of goats began to roam onto adjacent lawns. Last spring the royal couple threw a party for their three-year-old son that featured circus performers, an orchestra, fireworks, kosher hot dogs and a birthday cake on which live flamingos perched. The final straw came when the prince and princess renovated their house-once the staid Woolworth mansion-in dissonant contemporary style, including a discothèque and a device that simulates thunder. "It looks," a local arbiter...
...gray-eyed mutt that is fearless and faithful. As the owner of an Australian cattle dog, I know that these animals are indeed fearless and faithful, but definitely not mutts. They are the latest breed to be recognized by the American Kennel Club and were bred to herd and drive the cattle that range over thousands of square miles of the Australian bush...
...Detroit's Frederick and Herrud pork-processing plant, hauling off 33 workers. There, the bad feelings that greeted the agents everywhere across the U.S. took a comic twist when two gun-toting INS men rushed through a door into a holding area only to be charged by a herd of angry hogs. The terrified officers escaped by swinging across the rafters, Tarzan-style. None of the 33 arrested were illegal aliens...