Progress Bulletin from Pomona, California • Page 29

WHO SAYS DUCKS BRAVE? A fearless duck built her home and laid her eggs in the middle ol' a Helsinki railroad yard. The rails are used several times each day. The duck built her nest of feathers. (UPI) Photo) World of Animals Bear or Raccoon? Only a Panda Knows Montclair Plaza Pomona, Downtown Like it Charge it! By DR. FRANK MILLER DEAR DR.

MILLER: I'm not really hoping for a giant panda as a pet. I realize they are a bit scarce for that. But just a word to settle an argument between a friend and myself over whether the panda belongs to the bear family or the raccoon family. Please enlighten. T.D.

Dear T.D.: I'd like to. But those (in the Western world) who know most about pandas (and not much) agree on whether they belong in the bear or raccoon family, so your controversy must continue to rage. The pair from Premier Chou En-lai may throw some light on this mystery eventually. It is known, however, that giant pandas at maturity have attained a height of six feet and a weight of 375 pounds, another good reason why a panda in the parlor is impractical. DEAR DR.

MILLER: I was shocked to learn that my kitten, only six months old, was put to sleep because it was supposed to have had a rapidly growing cancer of the intestine. Could this actually be possible in such a young cat? G.B. Dear G.B.: Unfortunately, it can. Kittens as young as four months of age have been diagnosed as having malignant lymphoid tumors. In cats, these types of tumors in which leukemia is found are all too common.

The average age of cats affected with these forms a cancer is four years in purebreds and six for other domestic cats. Obviously, these maglignant tumors are not primarily related to the aging animal. DEAR DR. MILLER: Having suffered with a bad ear infection for months, our dog finally had to have an operation. Since then the ear is better but it never has healed completely.

During the period of his illness we kept Big Drake fairly quiet and he has been putting on weight. What we would like to know is, would exercise make his ear condition worse or would it be good for him now? D.L. Dear D.L.: Big doctor will have to determine whether or not exercise is indicated. though certainly for the average case it would be. Exercise is of considerable value in maintaining normal weight or in helping the overweight canine from adding even more poundage.

Exercise also tends to improve the resistance to many diseases: it may improve ability of body tissue to normalize where disease is already present and often increase the ability to adapt successfully to a disease condition which is not specifically curable. DEAR DR. MILLER: Tel! me quick! Do they have a after For dogs, 1 mean. K. L.

DEAR K. Whenever you need a answer, and I would presume from your letter you did, a letter is not the way to get one. Had you called your veterinarian with this query, he might have recommended, instead, an injection or two but at this point your bitch is undoubtedly so far along that the consequences of night would be irreversible by a pill or injection. As far as a more specific answer to the question is concerned: No. an effective pill, canine or feline, does not currently exist.

The obvious answer is to keep track of your female the night or day before so there be a to worry about. Soviets Admit U. S. Chessman Has a Chance MOSCOW chess champion Bobby Fischer is capricious, obstinate and but has an chance to defeat Soviet world champion Boris Spassky in their title match next month, Tass said Tuesday. A commentary by the news chess commentator, Yakov Rokhlin, said the match for the world championship that begins in Reykjavik.

July 2. may depend on will be first to seize the Tass called Spassky, 35, universal chess player. rich intuition enables Spassky to effect sharn tactical turns in a fluid involved Rokhlin said. The strategic concepts of Fischer are much different. appraisal and accurate calculation of variations are his strong it said, adding, Achilles heel is the psychological and emotional aspect of the They have equal in the match, he said.

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