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2003-06-09 Home Front

Alert Issued as U.S. Monkeypox Cases Grow to 37

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Posted by Steve White 2003-06-09 07:01 pm|| || Front Page|| [18 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Rodants all. Just a rat with his fur rearranged.

The real worry is if someone let's one or more of the little f*ckers loose in the wild. Then it may be "Katie, bar the door!"

Isn't it illegal in some southern states to swap your prairie dog?

Posted by Chuck 2003-06-09 21:24:05|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-06-09 21:24:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Chuck's right and the media hasn't picked up on this, which is that people will just release their prairie dogs and assorted rodents cos they are afraid of catching the disease. If any are infected and its reasonable to assume that some will be then a new disease that looks very good at jumping the species barrier gets into the wild in America. Who knows what will happen then.

Posted by Phil B 2003-06-09 22:49:17|| 2003-06-09 22:49:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Sure it is illegal to turn the little critters loose, but that never stopped the morons who buy them. The three biggest money makers for smuggling are drugs, plants & animals that are prohibited, and guns. Guess which one gets a slap on the wrist? Hey, who is going to put a guy away for 20 years for trying to bring a cuddly little fur ball into the country? I would, but I tend to not have a lot of tolerance for addle brained animal rights type morons. The absolute worst thing you can do to wildlife is to intoduce a foreign species into a habitat. Ask somone form Australia about the bunny problems there.

Posted by Anonymous Troll 2003-06-10 00:23:03|| 2003-06-10 00:23:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Great..rats from africa...instead of importing giant african rats, couldn't the pet store just go the local sewer and pick up a few rattus norwegius? It would have saved everyone lots of trouble.

Posted by Watcher 2003-06-10 03:24:08|| 2003-06-10 03:24:08|| Front Page Top

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