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		<title>Pet for a day. This smiley rough-skinned newt stole my heart</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On my walk, I rescued a torpid rough-skinned newt from the road, warmed  him up in my hands and carried him home to identify. I named him Newton,  rigged up a temporary terrarium with moist paper, pureed cat food and a  water dish for drinking and dunking. Despite his ever-present smile, he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Confessions of a Cat Chef</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have never, ever wanted to cook for our three cats. My husband, Doug, is the self-appointed chef in our household. But after our jet-black feline, LuciFur, was temporarily paralyzed from the &#8220;waist&#8221; down by the mercury in cat tuna, I decided to take action. It was time to abandon processed cat food for homemade.
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		<title>Under Surveillance &#8230; by the Animal Kingdom</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was not yet dawn. Our business line was ringing, so I automatically jumped out of bed and ran to answer the phone. Big mistake. Within seconds, Kali-gee, our geriatric outdoor cat, was howling at the door, demanding to be let in and fed. How did she know I was up? Months ago, when she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Even Deer Get the Blues</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Summer is coming to an end, the nights are chilly, and even bucks get down in the dumps when contemplating what&#8217;s to come: the fall rut and the cold, snowy months of winter when food is hard to find. Bucky barely budged when we went out to cheer him up. Just gave as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wild Animals? Hardly.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morri</dc:creator>
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Janet Schwartz of Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, is about to have her pet doe seized by misguided local wildlife authorities. This is a very sad tale indeed.Â  Ms. Schwartz rescued it as a fawn after it was orphaned five years. The black-tailed (mule) deer is entirely domesticated: it sleeps on a bed and eats at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wild animals are smart. They know where to turn to for help.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
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This week, the crew of our local ferry found an injured and weakened juvenile osprey waiting patiently outside the entrance to the crew stairwell, as an eagle circled hungrily overhead. Clever move on the part of the osprey. The crew went into action, protecting it with a blanket and calling a wildlife rescue organization, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One of the Reasons I Left Winnipeg</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s November 8. When theÂ electricity returnedÂ early this morning (power failures areÂ fairly common on our Gulf island, especially in the rainy fall and winter seasons), I turned on the TV to see my former hometown, Winnipeg, Manitoba, blanketed in 20 cm of wet, heavy snow. TheÂ temperature there:Â Â a frosty -6 degrees (Celsius).Â  On Gabriola Island this morning, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Day I Stopped Traffic on Harrison Hill</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I stopped traffic. It was a somewhat nostalgic moment. As a high school student in Winnipeg, I couldnâ€™t walk along Grant AvenueÂ Â without being accosted every few blocks by young men proffering rides in their automobiles. I would huffily decline and push on, annoyed but secretly flattered.Half a century later, the attraction is no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bye-bye Ginger</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 22:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[He was a beat-up, feral tomcat, teeth worn to stubs, with testosterone-inflated jowls andÂ scrawny, caved-in sides. 
Our first encounter was not promising. A week after our arrival at our new island home, my husband finally let Pussicle and GoldiPuss out to explore our property. Within minutes, we heard the furious howls of a cat fight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Head &amp; Shoulders to the Rescue</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 21:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Itchy scalp? Dandruff? If youâ€™re Canadian, you inevitably turn to Head &#38; Shoulders shampoo, touted in its ads as the cure for both, and for soft, shiny hair.

Thatâ€™s why LuciFur, our coal black female cat, is now a satisfied Head &#38; Shoulders customer. She smells great, her coat has never been shinier and the four-inch [...]]]></description>
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