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MOOSE MOVE OVER DIVIDE After Their Successful Introduction In North Park In 1979, The Big Browsers Are Migrating East To The Front Range
MOOSE: "SUCCESSFUL COLONIZERS" Don't Need Human Help
by Bruce Finley
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Photo and Inset): Moose are thriving in Colorado despite more people and rapid development. (
Tyler Baskfield, Colorado DOW)
Population boom: Since moose were introduced in North Park in 1979, their population and range have grown dramatically.
Year Population Estimate
1991 570
1995 680
2000 1,070
2005 1,445
2010 1,690
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BIG CAT CAUGHT ON ABU DHABI STREETS Dubai, United Arab Emirates - A city of gleaming skyscrapers along the Persian gulf hardly seems a fitting habitat for a cheetah, but there it was prowling among residential villas in Abu Dhabi. An animal-welfare activist who helped rescue the urban cheetah on Sunday said it might have been kept as a pet and had an injured front left paw -- perhaps from leaping off a roof, where some owners of exotic pets keep their animals. Raghad Auttabashi of the Al Rahma Animal Welfare and Rescue Society said the big cat appeared to be 7 or 8 months old and was found with a broken metal chain around its neck. It is not clear how the cheetah got free in Abu Dhabi's Karama district, a short drive from the Emirati capital's waterfront. Animal-control authorities caught the cheetah, which was later handed over to a wildlife conservation center, Auttabashi said. It's not the first time an exotic animal has been found roaming streets in the UAE. In December, a cheetah was captured near a mosque in Sharjah, the emirate north of Dubai. Thai authorities arrested an Emirati citizen at Bangkok's international airport earlier this month after they found drugged baby leopard panthers, a bear and monkeys in his suitcases.
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"HEALTHY" FAST FOOD MAY NOT BE SO HEALTHY Innocent-Looking Choices, Salads Pack Sodium And Fat
by Andrea Walker, The Baltimore Sun
.......The five worst "healthy" fast food items are:
Wendy's Baja Salad -- contains 1,990 milligrams of sodium -- more than would be consumed in an entire day
McDonald's Fruit and Maple Oatmeal -- contains more sugar than a Snickers Bar
Subway Fresh Fit 6-Inch Turkey Breast Sub -- with standards such as cheese and mayo, this "low-fat" sandwich jumps to 24 grams of fat. Contains processed meat, which is linked to increased cancer risk.
Sonic Strawberry Smoothie -- contains more sugar than five Twinkies
KFC Kentucky Grilled Chicken -- contains PhIP, a chemical classified as a carcinogen by the federal government
