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Chat ~ Tuesday, August 31, 2010; Welcome to IWS Eagle Chat ~~~
Topic Started: Aug 31 2010, 06:11 AM (642 Views)
Topa Topa Hikers
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Artsy,
Posted on FB..

Stacy commented on your photo.

Stacy wrote:
"yummy!!!!"
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Gee, if I had known you were going to do that, I would have made a better looking muffin presentation Topa rofl
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Wow! Topa 7.6 miles :**: :**:
Kris and Ed prayers for a real miracle! :candle: (wish they had a butterfly Emoticon)
Penny those muffins do look good :Yum: Poor Decker at least he has co.
Carole I'm sure your "doggie gate" is coming in handy, and you're relieved Maya's check
up went well
May you all have a pleasant evening. It's time for dinner :Yum:
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G'day Peeps!
Today is the first day of Spring Downunder, warm and maybe a spring shower tonight.

Kris, sounds like poor Ed has to keep going through tests to find out what is wrong.. I cant imagine. :unsure: :Hugs:

Maya sounds a handful, good thing you're there all day to watch her! <3

Wish I could go to the Fledge party.... oh well.

Here is Karen's Dr. Sharpe's Catalina tour photos, enjoy


http://s89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/KLJinUSA/CATALINA%202010/?albumview=slideshow&track=share_email_album_view_click
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Ozzie, Thanks for posting Karens IWS tour. Going to check it out now. :ok:

Jiller's I just noticed you're going to try to make the fledge party dinner.
:X: I hope you can make it.
We've had parties at the Crab Shack before and they are casual and fun.

Found this and I thought I'd post it.

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OGosh, That was a great slideshow.
What a beautiful perspective Karen & Rusty shot :clk: of Catalina Island.
Very beautiful! :><:
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Aug 31 2010, 01:52 PM
Great photos! Thanks for sharing Karen's trip with us! :D
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Ozzie - Karen's slideshow brought back such wonderful memories of Catalina, I'm ready to go back. Loved the photos of Darwin being Peter's right hand man, or should I say dog. Karen looks beautiful and so happy with Rusty <3 . The scenery is breathtaking on Catalina and they captured it so well.

Yes Maya is a handful but she is a really good puppie, the easiest one I've had and Alan has been a big help sharing the responsibility with me. He now comes home early from the office and leaves late in the morning, actually he is retired but thank goodness he has a place to go during the day and still maintains a few clients to keep him busy.

Topa - You said it all "Puppy Love" <3

Carol
- The doggie gate is my security blanket, even I can go potty rofl and not worry about Maya getting into trouble or falling down the stairs.

Penny - Loved the Decker update as well as all your other updates on Lily and Hope, thanks for always keeping us up-to-date. :Hugs:
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No, no no No NO :'(

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/little-tiger-found-trapped-in-suitcase-20100828-13x2p.html?autostart=1

I hope she gets the "4 years jail"
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Ozzie, What is wrong with people?
So glad they found the baby tiger and it's at least safe.
I wonder what the whole story is, where did she get the tiger kitten?
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Lily the Black Bear - Update August 31, 2010 - 9:56 PM CDT

Special Thanks to Lily & Hope Fans


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Jo with ribbons - August 31, 2010

This morning, Jo (RC's 2-year-old daughter) and Jewel (June's yearling daughter) finally got their ribbons thanks in part to the nuts you sent.

Tomorrow, hunting starts a half hour before sunrise and we're anticipating cooperation from hunters in not shooting radio-collared bears.


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Jewel with ribbons - August 31, 2010

To alert them and help avoid embarrassment, we've posted signs throughout the study area about the radio-collared bears and we've tied ribbons on the collars to make them more visible. The Department of Natural Resources website asks hunters not to shoot them and has a picture of June with her ribbons. The Minnesota Bear Guides Association is also asking hunters not to shoot radio-collared bears.

Lily and Hope and their fans have made this year different - and we believe that difference will help protect the research bears.

Thanks to all you've done and the interest you've shown in Lily and Hope, the radio-collared bears have received unprecedented media coverage about their values to science, education, and the region. They've been the subject of TV news programs, radio programs, and newspaper articles around the world. Around Ely, nearly everyone knows about them. Yesterday, the Duluth News Tribune helped spread the word by running a front page story and picture about the economic good that Lily's fans do for the region. The story ended by asking people not to shoot radio-collared bears.

The support we hear for the research is stronger than ever. A quick story. We worried about Cal because he is the one radio-collared bear without ribbons. We checked the plat map for Cal's area down by Duluth and called the owner of the nearest hunter's cabin to alert him. The hunter was a Lily and Hope fan. He expressed solid support for the research, likes bears, and said Cal would be safe on his land.

It was a joy to hear his encouragement.

Actually, we are repeatedly struck by what this year has brought. Each time we meet one of you, it's like seeing an old friend who knows us and the bears. Who else but Lily fans knows which bear is related to which and the emotional ups and downs of this year? And each time we meet one of you, we discover another ally of the bears. Your sheer numbers make you a force, an "army" as the Duluth paper said. Your donations, your voting power, and the shopping power of the Lilypad Picnickers have not gone unnoticed by business owners and the public.

We always worry about hunting season. Every year, each bear has a longer research history and becomes more valuable to science. The thought that one quick bullet could destroy a bear that is irreplaceable in our lifetimes is chilling.

We can only trust the cooperation of hunters to spare them.

Meanwhile, your work in voting for Bear Head Lake State Park will make June and Lily's park the winner of $100,000 in about an hour - by a whopping 644,000 votes. Incredible. At the same time, you are voting in the face of impossible odds to help the schools of Lily's town.

As I write this, I'm watching a relaxed bear that has no idea that tomorrow the bear hunt begins. He doesn't wear a radio-collar, and there's no way to protect him. One thought is comforting. For some reason that we don't completely understand, the research bears (radio-collared or not) show higher survival in hunting season than other bears. We can't explain it. We're just glad it's true.

~Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield, Biologists, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center[
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Jackie Evancho was spectacular again tonight on AGT :><: :><: :><:

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She looked like an angel and sang like one too :)^

Jackie Evancho sings 'Time To Say Goodbye'
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That is just a horrible story about the drugged tiger cub Ozzie :8O: Thank goodness somebody noticed on the Xray because he probably would not have survived the trip.

I wonder how many other animals are smuggled like this :'( The fine is ridiculously low and really no deterrent at all.

Jail in Thailand...now that would be a good way to treat the smuggler...confine her in wretched conditions...maybe she will provide some info on the others involved :angry:
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KLJinOz
Aug 31 2010, 01:52 PM

Great to see Karen and Rusty again and all those really wonderful :clk: :clk: of their trip to Catalina especially Heidi and Pimu and Tashi and the bisons, fish et all. Loved the architecture. Now I feel like I've been there too :)^ Thanks for sharing :D

You should add the slideshow to the Cruzer's Tours thread too.
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