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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY AUGUST 29, 2001 Community 6 Critter Corner offers healthy choices for pets know that she is available for Old a Dixie retirement fa- This all comes from my inter- cility for older dogs at Best questions on your pets health, and invites you to come into Crit- est in keeping my own pets Friends Animal Sanctuary. Rando'Moon wants people to ter Comer. healthier, said Jo Anne Rando-Mooowner of Critter Comer, 18 East Center Street. Critter Comer, located in the By Brunner Friends n, back of Wildflower Natural Foods, offers natural pet food, herbal and homeopathic remedies for pet ailments, Best Friends vitamins and books on maintaining healty pets. The Canine Caviar dog food line offered at Critter Comer is Three from the wild side made with human grade, wasnt exactly shopping, U.S.D.A. Ludwig was running around a produce stand in Kanab. He inspected meats. explained the importance of this in maintaining healthier pets. Many pet foods are manufactured using diseased animals. The pet food industry is notorious for using adders, Fillers and unclean inA gredients, said Rando-Moopet cannot maintain health if they are being fed disease or carcinogenic chemicals. But what if your dog is a junk-foo- d said junkie? Rando-Moo- n Critter Comer pet foods get four paws up from her furry friends. We even offer Spots Stew for those dog and cat owners who dont have time to cook. With a background in animal control and wildlife rehabilitacan assist custion, Rando-Moo- n tomers in keeping their pets healthier. After living in Sedona, Arizona for eight years, she Critter Comer offers a moved to Kanab to take a job at Natural Foods. Rando-Moo- n n. wide variety of healthy pet products at Wildflower ' Dr. Jim Kirkland, Utah State Channels When Dinosaurs The schedule for the seasons will be Paleontologist,' present- walked North America, will be remaining talk is: September ing a lecture this Friday, August 3 1 , at the Kanab Public Librarys multipurpose room entitled Utahs Record of Cretaceous Dinosaurs: The Best in the West. Actually its the best in the world, but were not into exploring both the environments and creatures that inhabited this comer of the world between 130 and 65 million years ago. Please join us for this fascinating look at Utahs past. The talk will begin at 7:00 pm and will be informal, and nonhype. feaDr. Kirkland, recently technical in nature. Light retured on The Discovery freshments will be served. wtge6t Selection of Zkawatwe d Dr. Scott Sampson, from paleontologist the Utah Museum of Natural and History; Of Duck-Bill- s Why Do Dinosaurs Look So Bizarre? Dr. Sampson will be exploring some of the reasons dinosaurs looked the way they did. 7 world-renowne- Horn-Head- s: . JEand&caping 3Woduct& in Viah OS V v t ;f. f h V 435-635-55- 22 22 . 1 -- V 'i K v' ' . 4 0 - , , 4 , 4 '"S I (sai r (anycae neeW St. George 435-628-55- ; Types of Sand - Hurricane v Soil Conditioner Top Soil Ground Cover Rock in All Sizes your t , y 20 Colors All a(( f Kf " Bark Boulders Playground Pillow Chips for though he was probably hungry. Ludwig is an iguana. A couple of staffers from the sanctuary were soon on the scene to help rescue Ludwig, who had now climbed a tree, and they caught him right before he fell. George. At the sanctuary clinic, However, because of his early Ludwig was pronounced cold, contact with people, Elfin, the but healthy. He now has plenty smallest and tamest ofthe three, of time to sun himself at our found his way to another house. Wild Friends home for birds and The people there called Best other wildlife, which has federal Friends and Elfin came back and state licenses to rehabili- here. Now the young squirrel tate wildlife - including exotics has a new job - hes been designated an educational squirrel like Ludwig. two-fofellow The is pretty and just loves to play and have young and quite friendly, and his tummy rubbed! Animals deemed educational since hes used to being around people he would do well in a here at the sanctuary are viewed home with people who are fami- by thousands of school children liar with iguanas and their care and adults each year. They are (and who wont let him out into also photographed and filmed the street!). . by the media, which means their While most of the animals that story may reach a wide public come to Best Friends are com- audience. Most animals brought in are panion animals - dogs, cats, and released, such sancturehabilitated horses, and rabbits the ary also serves as a licensed re- as the poor will found by a BLM habilitation facility for many ranger on a mountaintop above Glendale. The little bird was kinds of wildlife. find wild a animal, large emaciated after eating a large Ifyou or small, its always best not to beetle, which he could not digest. He had to be tube fed for ten try to look after it yourself. white-tailed days, since poor wills do not eat Elfin, a young sibin and his captivity. They normally feed antelope squirrel, lings were found in a backyard by flying with their mouths open in St. George after their mom to catch insects. The bird was released after was killed by a lawnmower. The who found the babies people gaining weight and demonstratwell meant when they took them ing that he was still quite wild in, but they fed the squirrels the by hissing and attacking people! Rehabilitate, release, and eduwrong diet, leaving them with cate are the bywords of helping neurological problems. When they finally came to the wild and exotic animals in need. t Nutri-Mulc- Ca(( us al- ot Paleontology lecture at Kanab City Library this Friday 11 sanctuary, the youngsters were put on a special rodent baby formula and other remedies. Slowly they got better, and within a few weeks they were eatingjuniper berries and other natural squirrel food. After a couple of months, the three were released into the wild back near where they were found in St. By Ron Mitchell 9 $ Mesquite t' ; ' 702-346-33- 77 Ludwig the Iguana Elfin the Squirrel. Photos by Jana de Peyer. |