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The Great Cats team is celebrating a conservation victory. The Zoo's female Sumatran tiger Damai gave birth to two cubs on August 5, 2013. The cubs appear healthy, and keepers have observed Damai grooming them.
Tiger fans may be able to watch the newborn tiger cubs at the National Zoo reach every milestone for the next several weeks via live webcams on the Zoo's website. Damai has the choice of moving her cubs to dens in the indoor tiger enclosure that do not have webcams. If she chooses to move them, they may not be visible on the webcam.
Viewers can toggle between two webcams in the cubbing dens. During the next few weeks the cubs will open their eyes, become more mobile and potentially even start to explore the other dens that Damai can access.
This spring has been quiet at the Great Cats unit, now that the lions have left, though Damai and Kavi continue to get along well. Since all of the lions born to Naba and Shera in 2010 have moved on to other homes, things are relatively quiet.
This gives us the opportunity to catch up on some much needed yard work here. The yard nearest Think Tank gets the least sun of our three yards. Between that and the heavy traffic of seven growing lions, well there wasn't much in the way of grass left. It has now been carpeted with new sod and looks great! We will keep cats off of it for at least two weeks so that the grass can get established.
Both Kavi and Damai are doing well. Damai has continued to regularly go into heat since the last update. We continued to do introductions during Damai's heats and Kavi has responded with enthusiasm. We are not sure why no tiger cubs have resulted, but it is way too early to be concerned that there is something wrong. Damai is four years old, and that may have something to do with it. In the wild female tigers don't have cubs until they have a territory that they are confident that they can keep and are often five years old or more. Soyono our previous breeding female was eight when she had her first cub, Berani.
We have talked with other Zoos who have successfully bred tigers and one suggestion was to keep them together as much as possible. Long-time visitors to the Zoo may remember that Soyono and her mate Rokan would spend their days outside together when we wanted to breed cubs. We would only separate them when they came inside at night to eat. Soyono and Rokan were well matched and we were confident that they could safely spend the day together without constant monitoring. We were not ready to take that chance with Damai when we first started introductions. Her inexperience could be very frustrating to Kavi and we did not want to risk him losing his temper outside where we would not be able to separate them. Now that they have had several estrus cycles to get comfortable with each other (and to practice) we are considering putting Damai and Kavi outside together as well.
But that won't happen just yet. A tiger's gestation period is about 103 days, or just under three-and-a-half months. If and when Damai has cubs, they would have to stay inside until they were at least 16 weeks old. We would want them to have all the vaccinations necessary to keep them safe. So we want to get the timing right. It would be a shame to have cubs who are ready to go outside for the first time in January when it is cold. Right now we are planning on reintroducing Kavi and Damai in August. That way if she gets pregnant right away, the cubs would be ready to meet their adoring public in March when things in Washington start to warm up. If it still takes a few more tries, we will have months of nice warm weather to count on for any possible cubs.
So keep your fingers crossed and please be patient. August isn't so far away!
Well the bad news is that Damai was not pregnant as a result of the single breeding during her last heat. The good news is Kavi and Damai have really improved their skill set when it comes to procreation!
We had been keeping our fingers crossed after their last attempt but were not too disappointed when Damai showed signs of coming back into heat. Tigers, like most cats, are induced ovulators: It is the act of breeding itself that causes the female to release her eggs so that they can be fertilized. With only one breeding, the odds were not in our favor for a pregnancy. It was a different story this time around.
Damai is more outgoing than Kavi so it can be a little difficult to tell if she is in heat by her behavior. She is always happy to see him and "chuffs" (a tiger noise of greeting) at him whenever she sees him. Kavi is more of the strong, silent type. He will give her a short chuff when he comes inside but is generally more interested in eating his dinner and then going over to his sleeping enclosure and curling up in his big fluffy hay pile. So when he started hanging around in front of the mesh door that separates them and forgoing the comforts of his bed, we knew something was up. Then he started calling to her when she was outside and vocalizing to her when she was in sight and we knew it was time for more introductions.
We got everything set up as we had for the last round of introductions. When all the keepers were ready and all the safety equipment was in place we opened the door that separated Damai and Kavi. We had been hoping for fireworks. We were disappointed. Kavi paid absolutely no attention to Damai. Damai eventually approached Kavi and then crouched low on her belly in a provocative position called lordosis. We had no idea he could move so fast! OK we knew he could but we hadn't seen him do so. Instead of approaching her slowly and cautiously as he had in the past, he leapt on top of her and roughly grabbed the scruff of her neck in his teeth. Damai was understandably frightened by this change in tactics and whirled around and as the saying goes, "gave him one upside his head!" That ended the introductions for the day since NO one was feeling romantic any more.
The next day we tried again. This time when opportunityand Damai presented themselves, Kavi found the right balance. He was forceful enough to keep her from scooting away from him but not so much so that she regarded it as a hostile act. They successfully bred twice during the introduction that day. We continued to do at least one intro every day over the next week and most days we did two. Now that Kavi had brought Damai around to his way of thinking, she became quite enthusiastic. Most of the intros lasted about an hour during which time they would breed 8 to 10 times, always at her invitation. This is just the kind of activity you want to see to make sure that ovulation occurs.
So we are fairly optimistic about the chances of Damai having cubs in three months or so. We will ultra sound her in a few weeks and see if we can find out for sure. Keep your fingers crossed!
Good news—Kavi and Damai have bred! While it is only once so far, it shows that Damai has overcome her understandable caution and that she trusts Kavi.
In the last update we talked about how we were doing introductions even though Damai was no longer in heat. We feel that these "soft" intros really helped Damai understand that Kavi had no intention of hurting her. We would wait until both cats had settled down in their respective enclosures and then open the door that separated them. Then we watched what appeared to be a whole lot of nothing. But in fact, over the course of a couple of weeks, there was a gradual easing of tension. By the time Damai started to cycle again she was much more confident and relaxed with Kavi.
Even with her confidence rising along with her hormone levels Damai was not entirely cooperative. There were still a few false starts and just as before when the fur flew, it always seemed to be Kavi's fur, not Damai's. There was never any serious damage done, but still Kavi's patience and self control have been very impressive. We and Damai are very lucky to have him.
We will continue to do closely monitored introductions with them and we hope that there will be more breeding. Tigers are induced ovulaters which means that it is the breeding itself that causes the female's ovaries to release the eggs.
And please remember that when both Kavi and Damai are inside for their intros, there will be no tigers out on exhibit. The tiger yard should be empty for less than an hour at these times (unless things are going REALLY well!) so we ask you to please be patient and to keep your fingers crossed!
Let me start by thanking everyone on behalf the staff here at Great Cats for the outpouring of sympathy and kind wishes we received on the loss of our girl, Soyono. You made a very difficult time much easier to bear and we appreciate it more than we can say. We had the opportunity to spoil her during her last days and she received lots of her favorite treats. The weather cooperated, and she was able to enjoy time outside right up to her last day. The staff at the Department of Nutritional Resources (the "commissary" to their friends) really came through and Soyono spent her last night working a HUGE meat covered beef bone. She loved it! Everything went smoothly and her end was peaceful, surrounded by the people who loved her.
On a happier note, Guntur is doing very well in Japan. The keepers at Zoorasia in Yokohama have been great about keeping us posted on how he is doing. He and his girlfriend Deru have been introduced! After months of gradually getting to know each other through a mesh door called a howdy gate, Deru and Guntur finally got to meet face to face. We've been told that they are getting along well, but she scolds him sometimes. So far they have not successfully bred, but it's early days and neither Deru nor Guntur has bred before. Sometimes these things take a little practice.
Speaking of which, we have introduced Damai and Kavi as well! They have had visual access to each other for months now and have shown great interest and no animosity. The decision was made to put them together during the first estrus cycle she had after Thanksgiving. Damai must have read our minds because she showed signs of cycling the Saturday afterwards. We waited a couple of days to be sure, then gathered all the keepers together for the big introduction. When we first do an introduction we have everyone available there with hoses and carbon dioxide fire extinguishers, as well as people manning the doors so that we can try and separate the cats if things turn ugly. If you have ever heard house cats mating, you know that it can be difficult to tell between things going well and things going badly. This can be true with tigers as well, only much louder.
The big day came and we were all ready. Damai and Kavi were in adjacent enclosures with the howdy door in between. They were looking at each other and chuffing and just generally giving off a friendly vibe. We moved the door a little to give them some warning of what was about to happen and then opened the door. Boy was Damai surprised! Remember when you were a kid and the high diving board at the pool looked like so much fun until you got up there and then it just looked, well, high? This was kind of like that. Apparently Kavi looked like more fun when the door was closed. Kavi approached slowly, and Damai lost her nerve and hid under the bench. Over the next few days they had some interactions, only a couple with snarling and only one that caused us to intervene. Kavi had a couple of small "dings" on him and Damai was unscathed. Since he has about 80 pounds on her, he could really hurt her and it is a testament to his patience and restraint that he is the only one that's the worse for wear after their encounters.
We have been continuing with some very low-key intros for them, even though Damai is no longer in heat. We are hoping that this will help her become more trusting of him in time and that this will lead to successful a breeding in the future. She is still very friendly towards him (when the door is closed!) so we are optimistic that nature and her hormones will win out over her very understandable caution. We'll keep you posted!
Longtime followers of the tigers here at National Zoo are familiar with Soyono. She is our older female Sumatran tiger, and for years she and her mate Rokan formed our breeding pair.
Soyono was born here in Washington in June of 1993 and has spent all of her long life here, becoming the oldest Sumatran tiger here in the United States. Sadly, that long life will soon be drawing to a close.
As with almost all big cats, as she has grown older Soy has developed a disease called spondylosis. This is basically vertebral arthritis, and as it develops the bony growth on the vertebrae can press on the nerves as they leave the vertebral canal, causing discomfort or pain, and often a loss of nerve function. Spondylosis was the reason we had to euthanize Rokan two years ago and soon, sadly, we will have to euthanize Soyono as well.
While all tigers are beautiful, our (very biased) opinion is that Soyono is exceptionally lovely. But she is not just a pretty face. When we would work with her to train various behaviors, she was always quick to understand what we wanted. Sometimes she would work with us to determine exactly what it was that we wanted so she could refuse to do it again. There is a reason that an adult female cat is called a queen. And she has always been regal.
She has a sense of humor as well. She is legendary among the craftsmen who work at the Zoo for hiding under her sleeping bench while they repaired some piece of equipment. She would be so quiet that they would forget that she was there. Then, when they had packed up their tools and started to walk out she would launch her almost 200 pounds against the chain link at the front of her enclosure with a deafening roar. Nothing made her happier or prouder than when they jumped about three feet straight up! I swear you could almost hear her chuckle.
Soyono is not a tame tiger. She has caught several wild ducks that have foolishly strayed into her yard. Being the discriminating gourmet that she is, she has only eaten the breast meat and left the rest of the carcass for keepers to clean up.
As a Sumatran tiger, Soyono is one of the rarest animals in the world. She has done her part in preserving her species by producing three litters of cubs. Her seven cubs have gone to zoos all over the country and of course one son, Guntur, went all the way to Japan. We are hoping to hear soon that he has successfully bred. Her daughter Maharani has produced two litters of cubs at Cameron Park Zoo in Texas.
But for me her most endearing moments came when her mate Rokan was near the end. There was only one enclosure that he could have access to because of his physical limitations. Most of the enclosures have an opening to an adjoining enclosure with a mesh door in between so that two animals can have visual access to each other. Rokan's enclosure did not. So Soyono stayed in a drafty, cramped, cement floored runway so she could be near him when her presence comforted him. She had access to a much more comfortable area. She chose to be with him when it mattered.
She will be missed.
Hurricane Sandy has come and gone here and the cats and keepers weathered the storm with no problems. On Sunday, the day before the rain started, we cleaned out gutters and drains, raked leaves, and placed sandbags at the doors. While we certainly got a lot of rain, it did not come all at once as it does during the summer thunderstorms so we got through with out any water coming into the building. There was some damage to the trees, but I don't think any of the big trees in the Zoo came down. All the big cats stayed inside both Monday and Tuesday. Their inside enclosures are underground so you really didn't hear too much, but I think they could hear enough of the wind so that they were happy to be inside.
Kavi and Damai continue to get acquainted. She seems to be more interested in him than he is in her, but looks can be deceiving. He is a very laid-back individual and as long as he knows where she is, he just doesn't worry too much about it. If you are at the Zoo you may well hear her calling to him, with a deep, loud bellow. You may even hear her if you are not at the Zoo. As long as you are in northwest Washington you can probably hear Damai.
Leigh has been working hard with Kavi to train him for voluntary injections, and he has been an excellent student. He will line up at the front of the den and allow himself to be poked with a fork. We use a fork with all the tines but one bent back to simulate the needle when we train. Leigh says that Kavi doesn't mind the fork at all! I have been doing the same training with Damai, but she does mind so things are going a little more slowly with her.
The cats got a present! Port City Brewery in Alexandria, Virginia generously donated some kegs for the cats to use as toys. It's not easy to find things that can stand up to being played with by tigers and lions, but beer kegs are (almost) indestructible. The lions have discovered that if you whack a beer keg against a cement wall hard enough and often enough, it will start to split. But it took them over ten years so we hope to have these around for another decade. Thanks to Bill Butcher and Port City Brewery from all the cats and their keepers!
As the weather's cooling down, things between Damai and Kavi have been warming up. We have started giving them "howdy" access at night. This means that there is a mesh door instead of a solid one separating them when they are inside. Both of them have several room-sized enclosures inside so that they each have the option of being alone or going into the room where they can visit with each other.
The first day went very well. They were both excited at the chance to get a good close look at this other tiger that they had only caught glimpses of. Kavi couldn't hold still, bouncing back and forth in front of the door. Damai was more controlled and kept chuffing (a noise tigers make to greet each other) and trying to get him to head rub through the mesh. Finally she gave up and lay down on her bench in front of the mesh door and waited for him to calm down.
Over the next couple of days everybody was settling down nicely. Then Damai went into heat. As long as they were both inside things weren't too bad. Kavi may not have been able to breed with Damai but he could keep an eye on her and he knew that she wasn't "stepping out" on him. But for Damai to go outside she had to go down a runway behind Kavi's enclosure. She would get as far as his door, flop down on the ground and start rolling around in a flirtatious manner and refuse to go any farther. All the keepers could do was wait until she wandered out in her own sweet time. But then Kavi was irate because he could no longer be sure some other male tiger wasn't around. And Kavi could see who was responsible for this situation. That's right, the keepers and he let us know what he thought of us!
But things quieted back down again when Damai went out of heat. We will continue to let them have plenty of face time so that when the timing is right they will be completely calm and comfortable with each other.
First of all, here is a Guntur update for all his many fans. He is doing very well in Zoorasia and has made his big debut. It rained for his first public appearance in Yokohama, but since his name means "thunder" this was taken as a good sign. Those of you who have been following Guntur from the beginning may remember that it also poured the day that he and his sisters Maharani and Melati met the public for the first time way back in 2006. He and Deru, the new girl in his life, are still separated but it sounds like they are hitting it off. When they have the opportunity they rub heads at the mesh and "chuff" tiger greetings to each other. Introducing big cats to each other is not for the impatient. If it is rushed the results can be disastrous, and with a species whose numbers are as low as those of Sumatran tigers taking it slow is the right thing to do.
While we are on the subject of tiger courtship, the new talent from Atlanta is here! Kavi is a 10-year-old male, and he arrived here just a few weeks ago. He was transported in the Zoo's new truck, driven by Thomas McCoy and Joseph Taylor who are very experienced equipment operators. Kavi could not have been in better hands. We were lucky that the weather in "Hotlanta" only got up to about 80 degrees Fahrenheit, but they made sure that he had air conditioning and ventilating fans so that he would be comfortable during his ride to Washington. Christina Castiglione, a keeper from the soon-to-be-opened America Trail, and I drove a second vehicle. Our job was to assess Kavi's condition during the trip and we had a list of zoos along our route that we could contact for help if we needed any.
Happily, the drive went smoothly and move was accomplished in a single day. Kavi arrived at the Zoo just after sundown. We moved his traveling crate into the Great Cats building and hooked up the runway leading back to the quarantine area. When the door was opened, Kavi hesitated only a moment before walking calmly back into the enclosures that will be his home for the next 30 days.
A 30-day quarantine is a safety precaution to guard against introducing any medical problems into our other lions and tigers. If after 30 days our vets give Kavi a clean bill of health, we can start letting him have some "yard time" and training him to come back inside when we open the door. You may remember that the first time our young female Damai went outside here she did not come in until midnight! At Zoo Atlanta Kavi was used to a routine that is fairly similar to what we do here, so perhaps he will get the hang of it quickly. If not, we will be ready to spend an evening or two here waiting for him to come inside. And when he does, no matter how long it takes, he will get a big reward such as a rabbit or an ox tail, something he doesn't get every day. Then the next time he is outside and hears the door open hopefully he will remember that inside is where the treats are. At least that is our plan. We will have to wait and see what Kavi's plans are.
Keep an eye on the Zoo's website for the date of Kavi's big debut!
Guntur is officially the newest resident of Zoorasia in Yokohama, Japan! Guntur was sent there last week on a breeding recommendation with a female tiger that they have from Holland. As his keepers, we are all very sad to see him go, but we are excited that he will get the opportunity to increase the genetic diversity of captive Sumatran tigers.
The trip went very smoothly, and Guntur arrived to Japan without a hitch. The flight was a long—14 hours--and no other passengers were aware that a tiger was on board! It was a commercial flight, and Guntur was inside his travel crate positioned in the same place where other pets would be on the plane, below the passenger seating. Upon arrival in Japan, I met with their zoo animal transporter, we picked up Guntur from the cargo area, and then drove two more hours to Zoorasia. We arrived late at night, and there were about eight staff members waiting for us. Guntur's crate was unloaded from the truck, positioned into the tiger building, and safely let out into his new home.
At first, Guntur seemed calm and he walked around the den, inspecting everything. We left him with some food overnight and left to get some much needed sleep. The next day Guntur had eaten, but he seemed very nervous, especially when his new keeper was in sight. Because he seemed afraid of his new keeper, Toshio, I worked with both of them over the next four days to help out with the big adjustment. The new keeper started slowly by offering Guntur some meat, and then stepping back a bit until Guntur would eat it. We progressed with this until Guntur would eat some meat from Toshio via tongs. Success! Guntur is still not completely sure about having a male keeper, but I'm sure after a few weeks he'll settle in just fine.
Guntur's mate, Deru, is a beautiful tiger and the same age as him. She couldn't see Guntur, but she could certainly hear him, and that was enough to make her very nervous about going back into the tiger building! With time to adjust to each other I'm hopeful that they will be a great pair.
I got a chance to explore Zoorasia the week I was there. It is a very nice zoo that is only twelve years old. The zoo is set up geographically and the exhibits are designed well. The tiger exhibit has a lot of trees, grass, and a large pool for Guntur to swim in. I think he will be very happy there! Working with the Japanese keepers was a great experience for me. They do things almost exactly the way we do here, and as we do, they really enjoy their jobs! Overall, the trip to Japan was a success as Guntur arrived safely and new friendships were made with our colleagues at Zoorasia.
Sayonara Guntur!
It's official! Guntur will be leaving soon and going to Zoorasia in Yokohama, Japan. There is a young female there who was recommended as a breeding partner for Guntur. She is not related to any tigers in the USA, and Guntur is not related to any tigers in Japan, so this is really an excellent match. While we will all miss Guntur, we are thrilled that he is going to have the opportunity to father cubs! And Zoorasia is a wonderful facility so we know that he will be well cared for in his new home.
The process of deciding where and when one of our animals will be sent can be long and complicated. When the move involves critically endangered animals and international travel no decisions are "minor." So there was quite a bit of time in between "It's looking like Yokohama" and "It is Yokohama!" But fortunately senior management worked out the details. Keepers are the ones who prepare the animals for the trip, doing all we can to make the move as easy on the animal as possible.
In a sense Guntur has been preparing for this trip all of his life. He spent the first couple of months inside with his mother and sisters. The cubbing dens were his whole world. His first day outside involved an unexpected swim, his first glimpse of the sun and sky, and the first time his paws touched dirt and grass. That's quite a change! But his mom and sisters were there for moral support and soon going outside was fun, not scary. Throughout his life he has had new experiences such as going into a new yard, moving to a different indoor enclosure or finding a strange enrichment item in his yard. Every new challenge that he successfully met has made him a more confident cat. So while moving to Japan will be the biggest change he has ever faced, we feel sure that Guntur can handle it.
If you have a cat and have had an exciting time trying to get him or her into a carrier for a trip to the vet's, you are probably wondering how we go about getting a tiger into a box. The answer is: "Slowly, and very carefully." We can't get behind him and push. Guntur will be traveling in a brand-new aluminum crate crate (that weighs 378 pounds when it's empty). It has plenty of ventilation holes on the sides as well as drainage holes on the bottom with a tray to catch any urine—he will be in there for about 24 hours—and a built in water bowl that can be filled from outside. We will feed him early on the day before he leaves, but he won't eat again until he arrives at his new home. Not only do we want to avoid his needing to defecate in the crate, but we don't know whether or not he will be affected by motion. We would hate for him to get airsick! There will be hay inside so he will be comfortable and plenty of room for him to lie down and sleep.
We will not give him anything to help him sleep however. There will be some bumpy moments when the crate is transferred onto the truck that will take him to the airport, and when he is loaded onto the plane itself. We want Guntur to be steady on his paws for that! Experience has shown us that once a cat is loaded into his crate he realizes that he is along for the ride and will just sit quietly and wait to see what comes next. There is no need for any sedative.
The travel crate is attached to one end of the runway that Guntur walks through when he goes from his enclosure outside to the yard. During the day when he is not outside, he has access to it and is rewarded for going inside with chunks of beef. Tigers are as curious as other cats, so Guntur checked out the crate as soon as he had the opportunity. Leigh got some pictures of him, and you can see how relaxed and comfortable he is inside. When it is time for him to go he will be traveling in something with which he is familiar and he will feel secure in there.
Guntur will also be traveling with someone who is familiar. Leigh will be going along as well, and they will be traveling on the same passenger plane, though Guntur will be in a special pressurized and climate-controlled cargo section. Leigh will be in Japan for about a week, helping Guntur adjust. It will help Guntur to transition to his new home if there is a familiar face when he arrives. Leigh will be able to show his new keepers what Guntur has been trained to do and show them what the hand signals are for the various behaviors. We want Zoorasia to know what a smart tiger they are getting!
So our boy is all grown up and moving away. We won't have too much time to miss him however. The new breeding male from Zoo Atlanta will be here soon!
Everything went very smoothly with Guntur's move to Japan. He went right into his crate without any hesitation and seemed quite comfortable there. He did object when people got too close to his crate, but other than that he lay in his hay and waited to see what in the world was going on. As always, the men from Facilities Management did a superb job, and he was loaded into a box van and his traveling crate was secured. He was then driven to the airport like the VIP that he is, with a police escort!
Everybody at the cargo offices of United Airlines had been eagerly awaiting Guntur's arrival and they could not have been more accommodating. Curator Craig Saffoe and I were allowed to stay with him right up until he was loaded on the plane, and the good folks from United brought some bottled water onto the tarmac so we could fill his water bowl. They made sure that there was plenty of space around him for good air circulation on the trip. Leigh was traveling on the same plane as Guntur, but in the passenger cabin. She had to go through pre-flight security and so was not there when he was loaded onto the plane but will be there when he gets off, a welcome familiar face in his new home.
More news as soon as we can!
Having grown up in San Diego, Damai is experiencing her first real winter this year. We are glad that so far the weather has been relatively mild. Visitors often ask if we put the cats out in the winter. While Sumatra doesn't have the cold weather that we have here, our Sumatran tigers do adapt to the colder temperatures. Their coats become much thicker, and we are able to let them have some outside time almost every day. There is a written protocol outlining temperatures, but we also rely heavily on the same system that everyone's mother uses: Namely the "If I'm cold you need to put on a sweater" rule. We factor in the wind, sunshine, age of the animal, and which yard we would use, as well as the number on the thermometer before making a decision. With an older animal like Soyono we are much more conservative than with her five-year-old son Guntur. The dens in the yards have heat panels in them that radiate warmth, and we put a deep bedding of hay in at least two of the dens so that the tigers can snuggle down and stay warm while enjoying a little fresh air.
A couple of weeks ago, Leigh and I put Damai's rabbit up on a tree limb. Each of the various cats in the Zoo get a rabbit for dinner on Mondays, big ones for lions and tigers, small ones for smaller cats such as caracals and fishing cats. The rabbits arrive frozen from a supplier that specializes in prey animals for exotic species. We thought that putting a favorite treat in a difficult to reach place would make it even more exciting.
We let Damai out in the yard and ran over to the window so see how she would solve the problem of food up a tree above her head. To our surprise her first order of business was a swim! She walked directly out the edge of the moat, turned around and lowered herself into the water. The air temperature was about 40 degrees, and I have no idea what the water temperature was but it certainly was not a day at the beach! She stayed sitting in the water with her front paws on the edge of the moat calmly looking around for several minutes before getting back out. She did eventually get the rabbit down from the tree with no difficulty, but all the keepers could talk about was her unseasonal swim. Perhaps she wants to join the Polar Bear Club, whose members take an icy dip in the ocean on New Year's Day.
Since she didn't find the rabbit in the tree too challenging, we tried something more difficult. There are large logs in the yards that are stuck down into holes so that they remain upright. They are for the cats to use as scratching posts. There is one that is about 11 feet high, so we tried putting her rabbit on top of that. No problem! It took her a while to figure out just where it was—she could smell it but not see it. She was patrolling her yard checking to see if any strange new tiger was in the area, and when she got to the third level she was above the rabbit and could see it on top of the pole. She came charging down and climbed straight to the top of the pole. The bigger the cat the more difficult it is for them to climb straight up, since their weight is supported on their claws. Damai's diminutive size was an advantage here, and luckily FONZ Photo Club member Craig Salvas was there and captured it all. He was kind enough to share his pictures with us. I particularly like the one where she is posing at the bottom of the pole before she climbs up. Enjoy!


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Manuel Quinziato was 13th and Philippe Gilbert finished 17th for the BMC Racing Team in Saturday's individual time trial at the Tour of Belgium.
Flat Course Not Favorable
The results in the 20.5 kilometer race against the clock moved Quinziato and Gilbert into the same positions in the overall standings, which Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) leads after winning the stage. Gilbert said he knew after performing reconnaissance that the course would not favor him. "It was very flat and I'm a rider who always has difficulty on this kind of parcours," he said. "There was a rider in front of me and my motivation was to catch him, so I earned some seconds. But it was not enough. As it was not the kind of course that favors me, I can't say if I rode well or not." BMC Racing Team Directeur Sportif John Lelangue said Quinziato, Gilbert and Amaël Moinard (22nd place) rode respectively on the race's penultimate day. "Tomorrow, it's a hilly stage around Liège where we will try to go on the offensive," Lelangue said.

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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (January 10, 2012)—Lewis Cenicola, a jockey, trainer and best known for being the exercise rider for the legendary John Henry, died Jan. 8 at his Arcadia home after battling liver and pancreatic cancer. He was 66.
During a training career that began in 1982, Cenicola won 279 races from 2,673 starters. One of his stakes victories came at Hollywood Park as he captured the Grade III Silver Screen Handicap with Natural Nine in 1992. His other top horses included Caballo de Oro and 1994 California Cup Sprint winner Uncaged Fury.
A jockey for more than 10 years, Cenicola, who earned his first win as a rider at Caliente, worked with John Henry during his time in California with Hall of Fame trainer Ron McAnally. John Henry was a two-time Horse of the Year, winning titles in 1981 and 1984.
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"He was very instrumental in John Henry's success, let me put it that way. I can't tell you enough about him. He was just good.''
Cenicola is survived by his wife Donna. A rosary for Cenicola will be held Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Douglas Zook Chapel of Remembrance Funeral Home in Monrovia. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Thursday at St. Rita of Cascia in Sierra Madre.
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Every year, I look forward to the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show, held each March, for inspiration and landscape design ideas.
It takes all day to look at everything, inspecting each display garden for new plant introductions and new uses for familiar varieties. Creative pathways and unique solutions for seating, arbors, water features, outdoor kitchens and patios greet you at every turn. Even the marketplace offers plants and garden objects that you simply must have in your own garden.
This year was no exception.
I started attending the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show back when it started in 1986 at Fort Mason in San Francisco. My father, a retired Army colonel, enjoyed it, because he was already familiar with the Army post. He accompanied me many times, even after the show moved to the Cow Palace. I always think of him when I'm at the show, because he nurtured my interest in gardening with those giant pansies in my first garden.
Now the show is at the San Mateo Event Center. It's still a huge and complex production, using 150 dump-truck loads of sawdust and mulch and 280,000 pounds of rock to create the display gardens.
The drive up to San Mateo already starts me thinking about plants. The ceanothus on the hills are covered with cobalt blue flowers at this time of year, and the Western redbud are striking clothed in magenta blossoms.
Another native plant that caught my eye at the show was a yellow flowering currant, Ribes aureum gracillimum. Golden currants are native from the southern Bay Area to Riverside County. Masses of yellow flowers in early spring are enjoyed by Anna hummingbirds, bumblebees and Monarch butterflies. California thrashers and robins love the berries, which are edible and taste like Thompson seedless grapes. It's a beautiful, low-water addition to the garden, along with another flowering currant, Ribes sanguineum "King Edward VII," which has deep pinkish-red blossoms.
Several display gardens showcased a small tree with interesting contorted branches. The Twisty Baby dwarf black locust grows to only 15 feet tall and blooms at this time of year with fragrant, white flower clusters. Robinia species, in the legume or pea family, have nitrogen-fixing bacteria on their root systems. For this reason, they can grow on poor soils and are early colonizers of disturbed areas. They were planted well beyond their native range in Eastern United States by settlers seeking a fast source of homestead shade and hardwood fence posts. Early settlers of our area planted them, too, and they can still be seen along Highway 9 in some areas.
In the marketplace of the show, I couldn't resist buying some metal bird sculptures hand-crafted from castoff 55-gallon steel drums. Artists in Haiti create the garden art, which is sold through Beyond Borders, providing them access to global markets. The fair-trade movement helps build sustainable trading partnerships that honor the value of labor and dignity of people.
Another booth offered pine-needle baskets and trays created in the mountains of Mexico. Weavers collect long pine needles off the forest floor and bundle them together. Many were trimmed with sand-cast polished nickel alloy trim, which has the luster of silver but requires no polishing. These handmade baskets and trays are beautiful and functional.
The Western Horticultural Society offered its Hot Plant Picks for 2013, and several caught my eye. With silver foliage, the Spanish lavender known as Lavandula stoechas "Silver Anouk" would make a great addition to any garden. Ditto for a new lavender-flowering, variegated westringia, "Wynyabbie Highlight," which is said to be deer resistant. I also really liked a newly introduced "Lemon Light" Salvia greggii and a dwarf leucadendron called "Little Bit."
My visit to the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show was fun and educational this year. I'll be using these new plants whenever I can in gardens I design this year.
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More than two years after the announcement of the project at Terra Madre 2010, Slow Food has launched 1,000 food gardens in 25 African countries and has already raised the funds to complete 700. The project has allowed its African network to grow, gain strength and mature.
So who did the work to create the gardens? A small office at Slow Food's international headquarters and a few experts, but, most of all, the 50 African coordinators and over 30,000 other people — women, men, children, teachers, farmers and cooks — who did all the growing, watering and harvesting work.
The project was funded by a vast network of Slow Food convivia all over the world. Slow Food Italy was the most active, raising enough funds to finance 500 gardens and organizing an extraordinary number of events. Slow Food Korea also deserves special mention, as do Slow Food USA and Slow Food France. Their donations have been boosted by a contribution from the Lions Clubs association, which has pledged to support 200 gardens, and the Compagnia di San Paolo bank foundation, which covered the costs of important training seminars in Italy and in a number of African countries.
Some of the donations have interesting stories behind them. One such is that of the family of Angelo Vassallo, the former mayor of Pollica, murdered by the camorra in 2010, who asked people to make donations to Terra Madre in support of the first food gardens in Africa instead of taking flowers to his funeral.
A Thousand Gardens in Ten Points
A garden is just a drop in the ocean compared to the problems facing Africa every day. But if there are a thousand of these gardens, and if all the people involved are communicating with and supporting each other, then their impact grows. Together they can speak as one voice, against land grabbing, against GMOs, against intensive agriculture and in favor of traditional knowledge, sustainability and food sovereignty. They can also represent a hope for thousands of young people.
The thousand food gardens follow the philosophy of good, clean and fair. But what does that actually mean? Here are their ten distinctive features.
1. They are developed by a community
The gardens bring together and develop the capacities of every member of the community. They recover the wisdom of the elders, utilize the energy and creativity of younger people and are based on the skills of experts.
2. They are based on observation
Before planting a garden, it is necessary to learn to observe, to get to know the terrain, local varieties and water sources. The garden has to be adapted to the characteristics of the area and local raw materials should be used to make the fencing, the compost bin and the nursery.
3. They don't need a large amount of space
By looking at the space available creatively, it is possible to plant gardens in the most unlikely places: on a roof, along a footpath and so on.
4. They are gardens of biodiversity
Slow Food gardens are places of local biodiversity, which has adapted to the climate and terrain thanks to human selection. These nutritious and hardy varieties have no need for chemical fertilizers and pesticides. The gardens are also planted with medicinal plants, aromatic herbs and banana, mango, citrus and other trees.
5. They produce their own seeds
Seeds are selected and multiplied by the communities. This means that every year the plants become stronger and better suited to the local soil, and no money has to be spent on buying packets of seeds.
6. They are cultivated using sustainable methods
Natural remedies made with herbs, flowers, ash and so on are used to combat harmful insects or diseases.
7. They save water
Spirit of observation and creativity are again fundamental. Sometimes it only takes a gutter, tank or cistern to collect rainwater to solve seemingly insurmountable problems and avoid more expensive solutions.
8. They are open-air classrooms
Food gardens offer an excellent opportunity for teaching adults and children alike about native plant varieties, promoting a healthy and varied diet and explaining how to avoid using chemicals.
9. They are useful but also good fun
Gardens are a simple and cheap way of providing healthy, nutritious food. But even in the remotest villages and poorest schools, Slow Food gardens are a place for games, celebrations and fun.
10. They network together
Neighboring gardens exchange seeds, while those further away exchange ideas and information. The coordinators meet, write each other and collaborate. School gardens in western countries are raising funds for the African gardens.
But we still have work to do! Help us to finance the remaining 304 gardens!
Information and updates about the Thousand Gardens in Africa project, including a film featuring the local coordinators and some of the children involved, can be found on the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity website www.slowfoodfoundation.org.
Article first published in the Slow Food Almanac 2012.
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For Cartersville Home Depot Manager Matt Sellers, being able to help provide smoke alarms for the community means a lot more than most corporate donations.
"This is huge. This is probably one of the biggest donations I've ever been a part of and I'm thankful to work for a company that values giving back to communities," Sellers said. "We're donating them to the fire department and, in turn, they will be giving them to local residents that do not have smoke detectors, and this is just a great opportunity to make homes safer.
"It's really unfortunate how many home fires there are and how many people are affected by those. To just be a part of possibly saving a life or helping a family get out of their home without injury — that's priceless."
Sellers' remarks about smoke alarms and their ability to save lives are supported by data from the National Fire Protection Association. As of 2008, NFPA found that smoke alarms reduced the risk of dying in a fire by half.
In the same study, it was found that no alarms were present in 40 percent of reported home fire deaths in the U.S. Of all reported home fires where an alarm was present, another 23 percent of deaths occurred when the alarm did not sound.
Each year, the Cartersville Fire Department hands out smoke alarms to families in need. Due to budgetary restraints, this program has existed as only a small outreach. Cartersville Fire Marshal Mark Hathaway described how the current program will expand due to the recent donation.
"It's fantastic. I'd say we give out about 100 a year and we were buying them ourselves," Hathaway said. "So this is going to give us the opportunity to really help a much larger number of people.
"With this large of a donation, we'll be looking at expanding our program. We may have a day where we host an event to reach people that need smoke alarms."
The Cartersville Home Depot store donated the smoke alarms during a ceremony Saturday after winning a corporate contest within their region. The local Home Depot was in competition with 122 stores throughout the Southeast, including stores in parts of Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi.
"As a company, Home Depot is donating 50,000 smoke alarms throughout the country," Sellers said. "So through an internal competition, we sold the most smoke alarms and won 2,500 smoke alarms to donate to our local fire department."
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With a sealed battery, the donated alarms will also provide safety measures against a dangerous mistake made too often by home owners. The 2008 NFPA study also found that in more than half of home fires where an alarm was present but did not operate, batteries had either been removed or disconnected. The leading reason given for batteries being removed or disconnected was nuisance.


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The Bartow County Sheriff's Office is searching for a fugitive by the name of Derrick Ramone Walker after he eluded police following a high-speed chase down Interstate 75.
At approximately 3:30 a.m. Thursday, 911 received a call for service from Whitfield County 911, according to a BCSO statement. Whitfield County said they had taken a phone call from Walker who was at the 290 exit. During the phone call, Walker said he was having suicidal thoughts.
Whitfield County also told BCSO that Walker was wanted by Tunnel Hill police for numerous offenses including carjacking, aggravated assault and theft by taking.
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Walker took exit 285 to Red Top Mountain and then drove toward the lake with both deputies still following him. Walker then drove into the Waterside subdivision, stopped the vehicle and fled on foot.
The deputies lost sight of him in a wooded area and were unable to find him after searching the area.
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The victim said a man he knew only as "Tree" came to his residence asking about money he was owed because the victim had borrowed his lawnmower. The victim said he did not have the money and told the suspect, later identified as Timothy Thurman, that he could have his lawnmower back.
Thurman said the victim could give him some of the rims he had in his garage as payment for the lawnmower, but the victim refused.
Thurman took the mower and pushed it into the victim's front yard. He then told the victim that he wanted money for the victim using the mower. When the victim said, again, that he did not have any money, Thurman reportedly said, "Then let's go at it."
According to the incident report, Thurman allegedly pushed the victim against the front of his residence and grabbed him in a headlock before they both fell to the ground. The victim's mother then ran outside and started hitting Thurman on the head with a broom to get him off her son. Thurman did and then left the scene after the victim's mother said she was calling the police.
The victim said he did not want to press charges.
After relocating to Thurman's residence and finding Thurman was not there, the deputy spoke with the suspect's wife and asked her to call him. She called her husband and told Thurman an officer wanted to speak with him. According to the report, she also said, "Don't worry, if you go to jail I will get you out."
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DEARBORN / Oct. 23, 2009---Professor Eliezer D. Jaffe, co-chairman of the Center for the Study of Philanthropy in Israel at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, gave a guest lecture about The Israel Free Loan Association: A Micro-Lending Model for Low Income People and Small Businesses in Israel at the University of Michigan-Dearborn on Oct. 21 as part of the Chancellors Lecture Series.
Prior to his presentation, Jaffe spoke with members of the campus community, including Lee Redding, associate dean in UM-Dearborns College of Business, UM-Dearborn Chancellor Daniel Little and Kathryn Anderson-Levitt, dean of the College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters at UM-Dearborn.
Jaffes research focuses primarily on social services to children and families, the nonprofit sector and philanthropy in Israel. He is an expert in nonprofit organization management, fundraising and private philanthropy. Jaffe has pioneered in research on culturally sensitive practice, ethnic stereotypes among Israelis and public access to information regarding nonprofit organizations in Israel.
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