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LIKE many longtime couples, Carlie and Bob, independent animal rescue workers in upstate New York who have been together 21 years, have a difference of opinion about one big issue in their relationship. In their case, it is about a 7-year-old Hamadryas baboon named Higgins, who spends a good part of most evenings watching HDTV in his heated monkey house, often holding hands with Bob. Carlie thinks that it is time to ship Higgins to a baboon preserve, and Bob wants to keep him at home. “Here’s the bottom line,” Carlie says. “I only believe people should have pets that...

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole! Though we pass them by today... First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit holeSecond thread: The New Hobbit HoleThird thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!) Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say... Seventh Thread: The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet... Eighth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VIII - Still round the corner we...

Study: Purebred dogs look like owners By LEE BOWMAN, Scripps Howard News Service March 30, 2004 It might not be a traditional family resemblance, but purebred dogs really look like their owners, according to a new study. "We were concerned some of the owners might be insulted, but most of them found it flattering that our assessments found they and their dogs looked alike," said Nicholas Christenfeld, a social psychologist at the University of California-San Diego. Working with fellow psychologist Michael Roy, Christenfeld set up a photo-matching experiment to see if a group of college psych students could pick out...