Saturday, January 07, 2006

Puppy Boom, Tiger Decline

While India's Tiger number is dwindling, estimated to be as low as 2,000, the US is seeing a surge in puppy birth in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Animal welfare workers on the northern Gulf Coast fear it is only the start of a big boom in dog births, with as many as 75 new animals arriving daily at one animal shelter only.

Here are the links to the original news articles.

India counts its threatened tigers
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/01/05/india.tigers.reut/index.html

A puppy boom rises in Katrina's ruins
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/04/katrina.puppies.ap/index.html

~5-Cat Style

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