by alan | Sep 27, 2013 | CLARION AUTUMN ISSUE 2013
WAR VETS HEAL WITH THE HELP OF DOGS Summary 1 in 4 war veterans will come home with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Over four million healthy, adoptable animals will be euthanized in shelters this year. Dogs provide healing and comfort to vets. What is the issue,...
by alan | Sep 27, 2013 | CLARION AUTUMN ISSUE 2013
Amazonian Butterflies Drink Turtle Tears The sight of butterflies flocking onto the heads of yellow-spotted river turtles in the western Amazon rain forest is not uncommon, at least if one is able to sneak up on the skittish reptiles. But the reason why butterflies...
by alan | Sep 27, 2013 | CLARION AUTUMN ISSUE 2013
A newborn calf reportedly cried for five hours, inconsolably, after being separated for a second time from his mother, who tried to kill him, twice. Keepers at a wildlife park in eastern China, the Shendiaoshan Wild Animal Nature Reserve, in Rongcheng,...
by alan | Sep 27, 2013 | CLARION AUTUMN ISSUE 2013
by alan | Sep 27, 2013 | CLARION AUTUMN ISSUE 2013
“It’s bad luck to open an umbrella indoors.” Though some historians tentatively trace this belief back to ancient Egyptian times, the superstitions that surrounded pharaohs’ sunshades were actually quite different and probably unrelated...
by alan | Sep 27, 2013 | CLARION AUTUMN ISSUE 2013