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There's Clara, the dog who wears vintage dresses and gets all her information from The Daily Show. And Bailey, the gray cat who will bore you with lectures about why he feels Fellini's 8½ is superior to La Dolce Vita. Cosmo regrets hooking up with someone at Bonnaroo, and Daisy is on Day 5 of the "master cleanse...
Nearly all captive zoo and park animals live far better today than they did in the horror-show era of full-grown beasts in small metal cages. But many animal psychologists argue that the landscaping and enriched environments of contemporary zoos are as much for the benefit of human visitors as anything else. The array of dysfunctional behaviors on display at even the best zoos - from swaying giraffes to pacing big cats to the compulsive back-and-forth swimming of Gus, the famously neurotic polar bear in New York's Central Park Zoo - illustrate the psychologists' point. Trying to improve...
...have triggered the attack. That's what an official at the Orlando marine park told reporters the day after the 16-year veteran at SeaWorld was killed by Tilikum, a 12,000-lb. (5,500 kg) killer whale. On Feb. 24, in the middle of an otherwise routine show, the 40-year-old trainer was standing at the edge of a tank when the 29-year-old animal leaped from the water, grabbed her by the ponytail and began thrashing her about. As horrified visitors watched both from around the tank and from the viewing window below, Tilikum then dragged...
...proposed $47.5 billion bond issue the government is asking taxpayers to approve to provide stimulus investment for businesses and infrastructure have fallen afoul of feminists. The posters show Marianne - the Phrygian-bonneted symbol of the French Republic - barefoot, swathed in pure white and very pregnant. That, critics say, sends the chauvinist message of women as chaste, stay-at-home types whose sole function in life is to provide their husbands with children needed for labor and warring. Some detractors say the images also exploit women for political purposes. "The hand of the state shouldn't be in my uterus," wrote...
They're also affordable, at just $10 a pop, and for Canadians they're an easy way to show off national pride. A maple leaf is smartly stitched on the palm of each glove. "They're a good way to show your spirit," says Jennifer Boysen, a McDonald's store manager from Acton, Ont. "When you wave, it's like you're waving the Canadian flag. And they keep you warm during hockey games...