If the Pittsburgh Zoo truly cares about elephants, Bessey said, it would not waste money on breeding elephants in captivity, rather it would use the same money to preserve thousands of elephants in the wild. In addition, the elephants would not be subject to breeding attempts, which in many cases in captivity has resulted in harm or even death to the mother, particularly for elephants bred for the first time at age 25 or over like Kallie and Bette. The elephants bred at this facility are...

Boost to 2008 purses returns them to '06 levels Dennis Feser, Vancouver Sun Published:Monday, November 05, 2007 horse racing I As another thoroughbred racing season concluded on the weekend at Hastings Racecourse, they weren't exactly breaking out the bubbly. Boost to 2008 purses returns them to '06 levels Dennis Feser, Vancouver Sun Published:Monday, November 05, 2007 horse racing I As another thoroughbred racing season concluded on the weekend at Hastings Racecourse, they weren't exactly...

There are only twenty breeding pair in all of England and no one wanted the incident to turn the prince gay. With oil at ninety-four dollars a barrel you've got us all living like the Amish. Every week they pick up their lithium at the same pharmacy and act like they don't know each other. It was a blatant display of hogging the spotlight to satisfy his ego. He revealed, in remarks he wanted published posthumously, that he thought Bill Clinton was a sex addict. The reception was a message...

The suit against Cunningham and Gallion by their former clients involved accusations of being defrauded in a class-action suit over the drug fen-phen. According to a report by ESPN, before Alex Rodriguez opted out of his contract with the Yankees earlier this week, the team was told it would not be able to meet with the third baseman unless it presented an offer of at least $350 million, sources told ESPN. That's good news for 418 people awarded the rights to a 20 percent stake in Curlin...

Pitts, a semi-retired thoroughbred horseracing consultant with Deal Island roots, agreed to take over the lease and the crab house was spared for one year. For the other, there is cautious optimism after a tiny isolated community rallied in support of a business that is more than just employment -- it is a way of life. A combination of environmental degradation, a changing labor force and competition from imports has brought the traditional local industry from its high point of some...