Make a sharp exit: House cat gets stuck 20ft up a giant cactus for THREE days ...
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Most cat owners will know how much a cat likes to explore. But this brave feline probably took it a step too far and was stuck on top of a giant cactus for at least three days without food or water. ... the black and brown house cat managed to climb 20ft up. Some experts claimed it would be far too dangerous to try and attempt to rescue the cat and firefighters said it would eventually come down on its own. It seems they were right, because the moggy suddenly had a change of heart and decided to make its...
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 07:53:34 AM
Bobcat climbs up cactus to escape cougar
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I got the photos in an e-mail, but tracked it down to this original source: http://www.kpho.com/news/27463717/detail.html Pretty amazing pics of a bobcat perched on top of what has got to be 15-foot tall saguro. Do view the source and check out the slideshow.
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 07:53:34 AM
Refugees fill jobs in Cactus, TX after immigration sweep (BARF ALERT)
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Sixteen months ago, federal agents swept into the Panhandle town of Cactus, Texas, in Moore County as part of a massive raid of Swift & Co. beef processing plants across the country. They arrested 297 workers on immigration violations and sent hundreds more fleeing the community for fear of more raids.
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 07:53:34 AM
Wildlife officials: Bakersfield development threatens cactus
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State wildlife officials have told city planners that an approved development slated to be built on Bakersfield's northeast bluffs threatens an endangered cactus. The California Department of Fish and Game says a planned housing subdivision known as The Canyons would wipe out about 100 Bakersfield cactus plants, a species found only around the city. The agency said the cactus could not recover from the loss. If the project goes forward, the agency has threatened to void a 1994 agreement with the city allowing developers to destroy some endangered species in exchange for fees to conserve habitat elsewhere.
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 07:53:34 AM
[Texas:] Six more plead guilty in aftermath of immigration raid
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AMARILLO, Texas — Six more former workers arrested during a raid of the Swift & Co. meatpacking plant in Cactus pleaded guilty to federal charges this week and could go to prison. The six entered pleas in federal court in Amarillo on Tuesday, the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a news release issued Wednesday. Charges against them stem from a December immigration raid at the Swift plant in the Panhandle conducted as part of an investigation into the use of Social Security numbers by illegal immigrants to gain employment. Four of the defendants — Jesus Gutierrez-Ramos, Domingo Velasquez-Gutierrez, Manuel Castro-Pablo...
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 07:53:34 AM
Meat plant arrests near Amarillo leave families of 100 children separated
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First it was the chaos. Then it was the confusion as to who was arrested and where they would be taken. Now, the Spanish-speaking residents of Cactus, Dumas and other neighboring communities who escaped Tuesday's raid because they either are here legally or do not work at the Swift meat plant, face an even bigger problem: what is going to happen to the more than 100 children whose parents were rounded up and arrested? "Right now the children are being taken care of by relatives or friends of those who were deported," said Orlando Gajardo, spokesman for the St. Peter...
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 07:53:34 AM
Hangover is spiked by cactus extract
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Forget about the hair of the dog. The skin of a prickly pear cactus has been shown to reduce the suffering caused by a hangover. Volunteers who took an extract of the desert cactus Opuntia ficus indica, before a binge had fewer hangover symptoms than those who took a placebo, according to a study published yesterday by American researchers. The cactus, used in some folk medicines, could help cut the impact of hangovers, which affect the economy through low productivity and absenteeism, according to the study in The Archives of Internal Medicine. The suffering may be related to inflammation caused...
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 07:53:34 AM
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