Birds

Dear Claudia,
You win, I can’t take it any longer, I know you have been waiting for this to happen. I hope it makes you very happy, this is not an easy thing to do, but I’ve got to the point where there is nothing to live for, a little bit of kindness from you would of made everything so different, but all that ever interested you was the dollar.
It is pretty hard for me to do anything when you are so greedy even with this house you couldn’t even be fair with that, well it’s all yours now and you won’t have to see the Lawyer anymore.
I wish you would you give my personal things to Danny, you couldn’t get much from selling them anyway, you still have my insurance, it isn’t much but it will be enough to take care of my debts and still have a few bucks left.
You always told me that I was the one that made Sharon take her life, in fact you said I killed her, but you know down deep in your heart it was you that made her do what she did, and now you have two deaths to your credit, it should make you feel very proud.
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Good By Kid
P.S. Disregard all the mean things I’ve said in this letter, I have said a lot of things to you I didn’t really mean and I hope you get well and wish you the best of everything.
Cathy — don’t come in.
Call your mother, she will know what to do.
Love
Daddy
Cathy don’t go in the bedroom.
Grizzly Bear - Shift
Grizzly Bear - Knife
Grizzly Bear - Deep Blue Sea (Odessa cover)
Grizzly Bear - He Hit Me, It Felt Like A Kiss (The Crystals cover)

White Tiger (Kenny), Selective Inbreeding
Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge and Foundation
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
In the United States, all living white tigers are the result of
selective inbreeding to artificially create the genetic conditions that
lead to white fur, ice-blue eyes and a pink nose. Kenny was born to a
breeder in Bentonville, Arkansas on February 3, 1999. As a result of
inbreeding, Kenny is mentally retarded and has significant physical
limitations. Due to his deep-set nose, he has difficulty breathing and
closing his jaw, his teeth are severely malformed and he limps from
abnormal bone structure in his forearms. The three other tigers in
Kenny’s litter are not considered to be quality white tigers as
they are yellow coated, cross-eyed, and knock-kneed.

Avian Quarantine Facility
The New York Animal Import Center
Newburgh, New York
European Finches seized upon illegal importation into the U.S. and African Gray Parrots in quarantine.
All imported birds that are not of U.S. or Canadian origin must undergo a 30 day quarantine in a U.S. Department of Agriculture animal import quarantine facility. The quarantine is mandatory and at the owner’s expense. Birds are immediately placed in incubators called isolettes that control the spread of disease and prevent cross-contamination by strategically placed High Efficiency Particulate Air Filters.Before each quarantined bird is cleared for release, it is tested for Avian Influenza and Exotic Newcastle Disease.