South Africa has announced it will reverse its 1995 ban on killing elephants and resume culling of elephants in May. Elephant family groups could be rounded up by helicopters and shot from the air by marksmen ( Read more... )

http://zenren.livejournal.com/

My sister's kitty is sick and vet bills are enormous. I just thought I'd post this in case anybody wanted to check out her journal and see about Omar, and maybe say a prayer for him (and her too, as this is really hard on her) and just send good vibes their way.

just a friendly reminder for those of you who live in a state that is part of super duper Tuesday, please VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!

thank you, and have a great day :-)

A local newspaper article on the tragic bridge collapse

http://www.startribune.com/462/story/1338294.html

Wow. Thankfully everybody I know is safe, but I have driven on this bridge so many times. This is just unbelievable....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070802/ap_on_re_us/minnesota_bridge_collapse

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