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...Goodall says the ideal habitats are animal sanctuaries - nature reserves that take in abandoned, orphaned or freed animals that cannot be reintroduced into the wild. And she's impressed by the love and care they're given at the two sanctuaries operated by Bolivian nonprofit Inti Wara Yassi, where hundreds of monkeys and birds and more than two dozen pumas, jaguars and ocelots live in large cages set in lush jungle. They are played with or taken out for walks every day. "Before [this reserve was created] these animals were as good as dead. Now they have the option...
...Bolivian government - and many parents across the globe - is worried that instead of being looked after by professional caretakers, Inti Wara Yassi's animals are cared for by young backpackers, mainly from the U.S. and Europe, who have no prior experience or training. The reserves have become a hot spot on the South American backpacking circuit, offering any animal lover the prospect of being put in charge of a 200-lb. jaguar (including taking it for daily walks on a leash) within 72 hours of arrival. Goodall says it would have been her dream to work there when...
...United States. The Colombian government ordered an investigation into Judge Luz Amanda Moncada's conduct because ministers suspected corruption. MEANWHILE Dragon their feet Work on a New Zealand highway was stopped because of Karutahi, a legendary one-eyed dragon said to live in a swamp on the route. Sonny Wara of the Ngati Naho tribe said the dragon was "a feared thing in Maoridom" and sought talks with the road authorities. Officials, choosing not to mess with the myth, agreed...
...umbilical blood. She rushed it to Childrens Hospital in Los Angeles, where a team led by Drs. Donald Kohn and Kenneth Weinberg separated the stem cells and endowed them with normal ADA genes. Then the newly equipped stem cells were injected into the baby's bloodstream. Two days later, Wara went through the procedure on Zachary Riggins in San Francisco, after his stem cells had been shuttled to Kohn and Weinberg in Los Angeles for genetic engineering...
...guard against the possibility that the gene therapy will not work, doctors will initially treat both infants with weekly injections of PEG-ADA. "We have no intention of letting these children get sick while we're waiting to see if the stem cells ((become functional))," says Wara. "When we see that this has happened, then we will start withdrawing the enzyme replacement." But will it happen? "My personal hunch is that this is going to benefit these two children," says Kohn. "If it does, then we can go on to more common diseases...