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MONTH: December 2006

Animal obituaries

 

Flip, 5, a Belgian Malinois police dog who once found 40 pounds of cocaine, was shot on November 18, 2006 in Jackson Township, Ohio by a man "who apparently felt threatened" when Flip wandered into his property on the dog's day off, wrote Findlay Courier staff writer J. Steven Dillon. Flip was partner of Findlay Police Patrolman Bryon Deeter.

Dewey Readmore Books, 19, found as a kitten in the book drop at the Spencer Public Library in Sioux City, Iowa, in January 1988, died on November 29, 2006 in the arms of librarian Vicki Myron, who adopted him, held a contest to name him, and saw him become one of the most famous library cats in the world, featured on postcards and his own section at <www.spencerlibrary.com>.

Lakshmi, 43, resident elephant since 1966 at the Thekutheru Krishnan Temple in Madurai, India, died suddenly on November 9 during one of her frequent visits to the nearby Sourashtra Higher Secondary School. "She had been the centre of attraction at the annual temple festival, and had attended the rejuvenation camp, conducted by the Tamil Nadu state government at Mudumalai for the past three years," recalled The Hindu.

Ginny the donkey, protector of 26 goats kept by George and Patty Coe of Spencer, West Virginia, was fatally wounded on November 20, the first day of firearm buck hunting season.