Perhaps the strangest statistic in the current debate is this, from the Oct 27 "Orgenian": An outbreak of bird 'flu' that killed 23 tigers at a Thailand zoo prompted officials to cull 40 other sick tigers at the same facility to prevent the disease from spreading. The initial cat deaths were caused after the animals were fed raw chicken bones... One zoo had 63 tigers?! David Ritchie Portland, Oregon ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html