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To: goldworldnet who wrote (52)	8/2/2009 5:01:03 PM
From: average joe	1 Recommendation Respond to of 2758

We had a hybrid wolf that never barked, bit or wagged his tail, he would howl if you clicked your car door opener with the remote - that sound drove him crazy. He loved people and could be trusted with anything except cats. All his siblings had to be put down because they were raised by owners who for the most part wanted a scary wolf/dog. Taz was raised by two Great Pyrenees females that would take him on their nightly patrol which consisted of a 5 mile hike looking for coyotes and dead calves at a couple of different feed lots. They would drag home any rode kill they found or discards from the feed lot. I think the girls knew from the get-go he needed lots of work and discipline to keep on the straight and narrow.

To: goldworldnet who wrote (52)	8/3/2009 12:51:05 AM
From: average joe	4 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2758

Pet cat catches the daily bus for four years A pet cat has caught the same bus regularly for four years. Published: 7:00AM BST 30 Jul 2009 Casper: He has been making the journey for so long that all First Bus drivers have now been told to look out for him to ensure he gets off at the right stop. Photo: see link Casper, which is 12 years old, boards the No3 service at 10.55am from outside his home in Plymouth, Devon, and travels the entire 11-mile route before returning home about an hour later. On the route, the cat passes an historic dockyard and naval base, a city centre, several suburbs and the city's red light district. He has been making the journey for so long that all First Bus drivers have now been told to look out for him to ensure he gets off at the right stop. Susan Finden, 65, a care worker who is Casper's owner, said: "Casper has always disappeared for hours at a time but I never understood where he was going. "I called him Casper because he had a habit of vanishing like a ghost. But then some of the drivers told me he had been catching the bus. "I couldn't believe it at first, but it explains a lot. He loves people and we have a bus stop right outside our house so that must be how he got started - just following everyone on. "I used to catch the odd bus too so maybe he saw me and got curious what I was doing. "Casper is quite quick for his age so he just hops on to the bus before the doors close. He catches the 10.55am service and likes to sit on the back seat." Rob Stonehouse, one of the drivers on the route, said: "He usually just curls up at the back of the bus. Sometimes he nips between people's legs but he never causes any trouble." Casper has travelled an estimated 20,000 miles but Mrs Finden says because he is getting old the drivers often have to shuffle him off at the right stop. A spokeswoman for First Bus said the firm has put a notice up in the office asking them to look after the non-paying passenger. telegraph.co.uk