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BALED up, with lunging ambushes from in front and behind, the pint-sized cubs made it clear I should never underestimate their capacity for mischief. Boskoppie Lion LodgeCoated in the softest of fur with big doe-like eyes, the two-month and three-month-old lion and tiger cubs prance at the sight of new visitors to the Boskoppie Lion Lodge, in South Africa's Free State. But beware, these cubs know how to rumble, unleashing their coiled energy in rollicking attacks using baby teeth and oversized, clawed mitts as big as a human palm. By the time their adoptive mum Ingrid Swart caught up with me in the pen, I had been outmanoeuvred. "Oh, when they get naughty like that, give them a smack on the nose," she says. "It's what a mummy lioness would do." I gingerly reach down to one of the tiger cubs, swinging by his teeth off my safari pants, and tentatively bop his nose.
Al Ain zoo to start night safari
Al Ain: Al Ain Zoo will offer night safaris from next month, with visitors being able to enjoy the facility during the hot summer months. The zoo, which is undergoing rapid developments, has turned into a zoological resort with a plethora of new attractions and facilities, said Mark Craig, director of the zoo. "We have finalised the preparations and planning to start night safaris from the middle of next month," said Craig, promising visitors a unique experience. The idea of a night safari park, he said, has been conceived with the harsh summer conditions in mind. He said the safaris have been developed in natural settings and people will be able to see the animals from a close distance while sitting in vehicles provided by the zoo.
Controlling PDF display in Web browsers (using Preview instead of ...
Less than intuitive are the controls for determining how PDFs accessed through Safari and other Web browsers are displayed. Options are generally hidden within specific applications rather than accessible via universal system controls, and it's sometimes not clear how to invoke given options. There are two basic alternatives for viewing PDFs from the Web, with variations: Display the PDF in the browser window with the aid of either Safari's built-in PDF display, the Adobe PDF Viewer Plug-in, or a shareware utility like PDF Browser Plugin Force your Web browser to download the PDF for viewing in Adobe Reader, Preview, or another PDF reading application. Displaying the PDF in your browser window Controlling which tool displays your PDF within the browser window is relatively easy.
Uganda: For the Love of Art
Eleven seems to be a special number for Kibuuka, who was the eleventh and youngest child of a Kampala businessman called Mr Nakemeya Lumu. At the incredible age of eleven, Kibuuka was already selling his masterpieces to esteemed art galleries in Kampala As far as African art goes in the Diaspora, his name is perhaps one of the most familiar ones. Known in the international arts industry simply as Kibuuka, Ugandan born visual artist David Kibuuka Lumu's art work sits proudly in the home of collectors such as Dionne Warwick-the singer, Her Royal Highness the Queen of Buganda Nnabagereka and Susan L. Taylor, Editorial Director of the African American ESSENCE Magazine. .
Reporting a violation? Easy call
Remember the classic Western movie showdown in which the bad guys are running roughshod over the peace-loving townspeople until Alan Ladd, John Wayne, Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood or Kevin Costner shows up to take a stand? Once the good guy draws a line in the dirt against unbeatable odds, the townspeople put their fears behind them and stand up for what's right. In modern society, it's easier to do what's right, particularly if you witness a game or fish law violation. You don't have to strap on a six-shooter. It's better if you don't. Just use your trigger finger to dial 1-800-792-4263. That's the Operation Game Thief number. OGT has been around since 1981, when the Dallas Safari Club, the Houston Safari Club and the Aransas Rod and Reel Club donated seed money for an OGT fund.
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