Posted: September 10, 2008 3 a.m. EDT
MIT Students Take on Some Furry Roommates
Like most college freshmen, Arielle Lubin had a litany of tasks to check off before classes began at Massachusetts Institute of technology last week, including assembling her course schedule, picking up her textbooks — and buying a scratching post. The 18-year-old from New York’s Long Island is starting school with an unusual roommate: a 3-month-old orange tabby named Amadeus, The Boston Globe reports.
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Thief Takes Valuable Pelts From Fair
Comanche County authorities are looking for a thief who stole several valuable pelts from a display at the county fair in Lawton, Okla. The fur pelts, skins and hides were taken from a Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge exhibit and include a 7-foot-long jaguar pelt worth $20,000, The Associated Press reports.
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L.A.’s No-kill Shelter Policy Allegedly Harms Animals
Animal shelter workers are unhappy with their bosses. Union representatives for Los Angeles shelter workers claim city Animal Services chief Ed Boks and assistant general manager Linda Barth are leaving the facilities overcrowded and animals in danger in an effort to cut euthanasia rates, The Associated Press reports.
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