Fried News Day

Word for the day: Triptych: a picture or carving in three panels side by side; something composed or presented in three parts or sections
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Associated Press SAN DIEGO - Officials in San Diego who want to prevent seals from taking over a popular beach plan to seek court approval next week to use recordings of barking dogs scare the seals away. Critics of the scheme say the seals will simply get used to the noise and come right back.

Hey - anyone need some good, used cds of barking dogs?
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Associated Press RANKIN INLET, Nunavut - Canada's governor general ate a slaughtered seal's raw heart in a show of support to Canada's seal hunters. Governor General Michaelle Jean, the representative of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as Canada's head of state, gutted the seal and swallowed a slice of the mammal's organ late Monday after an EU vote earlier this month to impose a ban on seal products on grounds that the seal hunt is cruel.

Maybe when the seals in San Diego get used to the barking noise, officials can play movies of Ms. Jean eating a seal's heart. That should scare them off.
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Associated Press HOLDEN, Maine - A project involving conservationists and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists is looking for a few dozen people willing to howl like wolves in Maine's North Woods. The Wolf Inquiry Project plans to conduct "howling surveys" in several areas this summer in hopes of discovering whether wolves are resettling in Maine. The Bangor Daily News said coordinators are seeking individuals willing to spend a night howling in the woods and who won't be scared off if they get a response.

You know, if the people don't work out, there may be some dog-barking recordings available from San Diego pretty soon...
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