CHICAGO (Reuters) - Grey squirrels' faulty memories turn out to be good for forests, but the nut-hoarding habits of their red cousins are not, U.S. scientists say.

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Berkley Breathed (sp) has returned to the comics pages with his new,
Sunday-only comic strip, Opus. Huzzah, huzzah and hairy fish nuts!
Check out these reviews from --
MSNBC and
Deseret News.
(I've gotten these links to work by entering them manually.)

Registration and hotel bookings for CACE 2004 are now available. Registration is similar in price and structure to last year. The $30 pre-registration rate is in effect until May 3, 2004. A sponsorship (which includes a T-shirt, special edition print, and brunch with the Guests of Honour) is available for $90.

Conifur Northwest is proud to announce our Guests of Honor for 2004! Our Artist Guest of Honor is the incredible Chad Krueger. Our Writer/Publisher/Editor Guest of Honor is the fabulous Edd Vick.

SOUTHERN TAILS
The official newsletter of Furry Weekend Atlanta
November 2003

In this issue...
- What can you do with $5?
- Calling all artists and writers!
- Speaketh!
- Hotel Update
- Dealers Den Update
- Events Update
- Banners
- FWA at MFF!

Well hello to all!
Wally World (that great theme park in CA that was featured in the movie Vacation) will be hosting games the Con, MidWest Fur Fest.
This will be the second Year for Wally World to appear there. This year they are offering games for everyone. Those who don a character suit and those who don't want to. The games we are offering will include but the costumed folk in them and those who are Fur-disadvantaged.

POSTED: 18:03 EST

Hi folks

It appears that FurBid's co-lo has fallen off the net, at least temporarily. No call yet on when they'll be back up, but the trace stops dead at their boundry router, so it'll probably be a few hours, at least. I'll post again when it's back up.

I will extend as many auctions as I can.

Thank you for your understanding, and my apologies for the inconvenience.

Aatheus
(who can't remember his password)

In the international news, it's a straight forward story of animal abuse.Tigers Only says its a case of conflict of interest and that the rescue the animals will go to isn't as good as they are.The International Fund for Aninal Welfare (IFAW) says they're saving the animals from gross neglegence and that this is an example of why people should support their anti big cats as pets campaign.
Any way you look at it, there's a lot of sides to this story of 24 tigers.

A QUASI-religious cult is using the Internet to recruit teenagers who are encouraged to act as werewolves, howl at the moon and eat raw meat.

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The BBC has announced that they're going to air the last three books in the five part HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy as radio plays! Further information below.

Talk about having icewater for blood -- here's the account of an Icelandic ship captain who saved his crewmates from death by battling it out with a shark.

And to think, in school they told me all the Vikings were dead.

OSLO, Norway - When Varg the police dog was sent into a candy factory to track down two intruders, his sense of taste got the better of his sense of duty. The German Shepherd nearly ate himself sick.

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In this issue:
- Hotel News
- Travel Assistance Fund
- FC at Midwest FurFest
- Dealers' Room News
- Art Show News
- Call for Artwork & Stories for the Con Book
- Events News
- Note from the Chair-critter

Marine mammal researcher Jennifer Hammock is conducting a test on sea otters' sense of smell in aquariums in three states. Currently in the test's early stages, the otters are being trained to indicate whether they can smell a substance sprayed into a hole on a board. They are learning quickly and have already proven to have much better senses of smell than previously thought, and even express fondness or displeasure towards specific scents. Scientists hope to have a better understanding of the olfactory mechanics and capabilities of sea otters and mustelids in general, and results may lead to "otter repellent" to warn wild animals from dangerous areas. Full articles published in The Californian and the Monterey County Herald.

According to this article, there are many sightings of feral panther-like cats in the area near Sydney. If this is true, it's a real problem for Australian native animals (and plants), already under attack from feral pests such as cane toads, pigs, rabbits, and foxes.