Conservationists are angry over a Bush administration

Conservationists are angry over a Bush administration proposal that would allow the importation of animals listed on the United States' endangered species list, a move they say will further cripple the species' dwindling populations.
The fate of exotic animals and their treatment at the hands of hunters, animal shows or leather-goods merchants has been raised in recent weeks after Roy Horne of Siegfried and Roy, a wildly popular Las Vegas show featuring live tigers, was critically injured when one of the animals mauled him on stage before a live audience.

This is sort of a followup to my question

This is sort of a followup to my question in the nearby wizard troubles thread. In it, I asked if I was crazy to want to play a Wizard without a pet--something I asked because pets, especially the starting ones, tend to be not much more than a pain in the ass nuisance and constant worry to me (waiting for them to get to stairs, hoping they don't go feral, struggling without success to credit clone, eating all my food, etc). The answer was, more or less, 'yes.'

The pet food recall

I only have rabbit ears so can't watch CNN, can't play video, so I'm grateful CNN provides transcripts and thanks to petconnection for posting the links. Last night they did another segment on the pet food recall. Keep in mind we still don't know if melamine is a marker for some yet undiscovered chemical or if melamine is actually the culprit.