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Pets left in freezing temps troubling Alaska trend

FAIRBANKS - The adoption Saturday of 21 hamsters and guinea pigs reflects a troubling trend of animal abandonment at...The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the hamsters and guinea pigs were dropped off by an unnamed good Samaritan who said...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-06-09/pets-left-freezing-temps-troubling-alas
State
Pets of the week for March 31, 2013

AliA sweet guinea pig looking for gentle friends to share my life with, I can be a bit shy when meeting new people so I may seem startled at first...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2013-03-31/pets-week-march-31-2013
Neighbors
Group warns against computer exams in Alaska, other states

...assessment technology that does not appear to be ready for prime time," Schaeffer said, adding, "We're using our kids as guinea pigs to test this out."The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development announced last month that Alaska had become...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-07/group-warns-against-computer-exams-alas
State
On the Trails: Where to put freshly laid eggs

...a nest, of course! But it is a tad more complicated than that. For instance, there are some mammals in Australia and New Guinea that produce milk to nourish their young, but they lay eggs and care for them until they hatch. The duck-billed platypus...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-01-25/trails-where-put-freshly-laid-eggs
Outdoors
Pets of the week: July 22, 2012

...and be petted. Did you know you can clicker train guinea pigs? Guinea pigs need a clean cage, healthy food and daily play...favorite humans enter a room. NikoNiko is a sweet young guinea pig who loves a covered dome to sleep in. Niko enjoys...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2012-07-22/pets-week-july-22-2012
Neighbors
Pets of the week for Sept. 2, 2012

ElvisElvis is a handsome guinea pig with long luxurious locks. This handsome fellow is going to...of all ages and loves to be petted and groomed. Elvis loves his guinea pig pellets, timothy hay, kale and other dark leafy greens. ButtonsButtons...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2012-09-01/pets-week-sept-2-2012
Neighbors
On the Trails: Parasites: bad news and good news

...eventually get to your liver, where they produce thousands more like themselves, causing trouble and pain. Or the tropical guinea worms, which have to be slowly cranked out of your legs by winding them on a stick, day after day. Or the little one-celled...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-02-08/trails-parasites-bad-news-and-good-n
Outdoors
Pets of the week for March 3, 2013

...blankets and small spaces is my favorite game. If I sound like your kind of guy, then we should definitely meet.AliA sweet guinea pig looking for gentle friends to share my life with, I can be a bit shy when meeting new people so I may seem startled at...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2013-03-03/pets-week-march-3-2013
Neighbors
In the Stacks: new nonfiction for adults

...turns his attention to the ways traditional cultures work. He's spent a significant amount of time doing fieldwork in New Guinea and is familiar with numerous other traditional societies (which he defines as small groups living in low densities practicing...

http://juneauempire.com/art/2013-01-10/stacks-new-nonfiction-adults
Art
Refinery apologizes for contamination

FAIRBANKS - The prospect of being a guinea pig is unsettling to Richard Tallant. The father of two is one of dozens of North Pole residents with a well contaminated by sulfolane...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/022310/reg_566536982.shtml
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