6-toed cats, nervous birds among the lucky as Ike moves in
Fort Mill Times Sep 8, 08 7:44 PM CDT
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Animal lovers are staying back in the Florida Keys to make sure six-toed cats and frisky dolphins survive a brush from Hurricane Ike, the Fort Mill Times reports. While some residents flee, kennel owners and wild life managers are bunking up with extra food and medicine. "They are very, very nervous," said the director of a 25-acre wild bird center. "They know it's coming so they eat as much as they can."
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Helping girls, rather than treating them as criminals, focus for Children of the Night
Good Magazine Jul 6, 08 5:27 AM CDT
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"I'm their mother," says the founder of a Los Angeles shelter for teen prostitutes. For almost three decades, Children of the Night has focused on helping girls recover from their past rather than treating them like criminals, Good Magazine reports. Shelter founder Lois Lois "isn’t like other social-service types," said one LAPD officer. "Lois sees the big picture."
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