The Tiger and the Snow

season under the guidance of head coach Don Lucia. But in December, he would notify his teammates that he would indeed be leaving the program to begin his NHL journey. At that time, general manager Garth Snow would tell the Minneapolis Tribune that they weren’t…

Exotic Animals as Pets Bears, sugar gliders, snakes, black panthers, snow tigers, flying squirrels, bearded dragons, chameleons, pythons, geckos, iguanas, lemurs—these are just a few of the huge list of unusual, or so called exotic, animals that people might own or trade. The availablity of these extoic animals has made it easy to acquire or to sell them. It is harmful to the animals, the environment and even humans. It may be marginally legal to sell and own these animals, however, in many…

Turtles are being used for soup, Pangolin’s bodies are being used for skin treatment and elephants are killed for ivory tusks. Welcome to the world of endangered animals in China. Poaching of endangered animals started happening in the 1900's when the Chinese made a law for animals welfare and animal rights. Chinese people wanted these endangered animals for food, medicine, showing off when guests come over, valuable items, uniqueness and to sell animal products. Some might say there is a lot to…

the ground is covered in a rocky and gravely soil that has good drainage preventing the surface water. On top of this soil is the fine-grained sand that captures the heat of the sun. In the cold desert, there is quite some snowfall in the winter. The snow covers the ground and hides the rocky landscape from view. The lack of water makes living in the desert a challenge. Some keystone species include cacti that hold water, humming birds that pollinate plants, and kangaroo rats that improve the…

“Lions and tigers and bears! Oh my!” This quote from The Wizard of Oz, by Frank L. Baum, is a common phase that comes to mind when people think of a zoo. While zoos are exciting for people from age 1 to 100, they aren't always exciting or healthy for the animals. Circuses are the same way exciting for visitors but hell holes for many animals. Animals in zoos and circuses deserve the same rights and protections as animals living in the wild. All animals, not just domestic animals, should be…

been harmed. In some cases this may be a true fact or statement. However there have been some events where animals have been harmed. To the point of serious injuries and even death. In the 2008 Disney movie “Snow Buddies” many things happen behind the scene that many people do not know about. Snow buddies stars 9 golden retriever puppies. Being young myself when the movie came out i always thought it was the exact same 9 puppies in the series of the film. I was wrong. Disney acquired many…

mental chill; a sort of sudden dread." (Conell). This explains how the island is creepy and sketchy. Secondly, Zaroff is mysterious because he knows more about Rainsford then Rainsford knows about him. In the quote “I've read your book about hunting snow leopards in Tibet, you see, explained the man. I am General Zaroff.”…

2018 A.A.R.P SD Grandparent of Year Essay My grandpa Charlie Long Crow should win the 2018 A.A.R.P SD Grandparent of the Year Award. Why he should win is because he’s very nice and he likes to travel a lot and also fix cars and tires. He likes to visits lots of people. He talks a lot to his sisters and brothers and he’s very unique. He likes to talk about a lot of stuff. My grandpa is very nice to his grandchildren. He like to take us hunting, fishing, and camping which is mostly for powwows.…

plan now if you want; every season is a holiday season here, especially for the months of March, April and May. Most of the animals roam around the river due to the hot temperature and could be easily spotted then. You could even be lucky to spot a tiger cooling up on the river bank. For the most adventurous hearts the resort suggests the options of trekking,…

Mother In The Mountains People probably all know the story, Liangshan (梁山）heroes, dutiful son Li Kui （李逵）, carried his mother up to Liangshan mountain. Unfortunately, when Li Kui went to get water and food, hungry tigers ate his mother. Li Kui was in most of grief, and killed four tigers in one breath. But in today 's world, who knows a story about in a dark snowing night, son carried the corpse on back, buried mother in the mountains? Our city was a Millennium Village ceremonial, a…