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Page 10 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1978 iliiiiimmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiimmmiimimmiiiriiiiimimmiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiifiiinmiimiiimmiiii^ Don’t Even Think of Buying Boots Until You’ve Compared Our Prices! ilus: HOUSE OF SOOTS 112 NAGLE NORTHGATE (IN THE GREYHOUND BUS STATION) We carry Nocona, Chris Romero, Al Gutierrez (our personal brand) Skins available in mule, elephant, camel, calf, cow, turtle, bullhide, ostrick, elk. MAMA'S PIZZA e DELIVERS '■W 11 A.M.-11 P.M. DAILY I PIZZA, SPAGHETTI, LASAGNA, SALADS, & DRINKS {$5.00 MINIMUM) 846-3380 IM = 807 TEXAS AVE. _ ■?iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiminiiiiininniiiimmiiitniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiminimiiiiiimiiiiniiiiniiiiiniimmiimiirEl ROBERT HALSELL TRAVEL SERVICE AIRLINE SCHEDULE INFORMATION FARES AND TICKETS DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL 4 CALL 822-3737 1016 Texas Avenue — Bryan Move fast, my man, my date awaits n Texas Instruments INCORPORATED CALCULATOR DEMONSTRATION THURSDAY - SEPT. 21 10 A.M.-2 P.M. 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The cyclist, Ed Cunnius, also the photo grapher, caught the scene near the Harringti building Tuesday. Breeding programs help Extinction rate increase By DOUG GRAHAM Battalion Staff The topic was the death of species, but a baby jaguar proved himself both alive and a ham Tuesday night at the Texas A&M College of Veteri nary Medicine. Bill Calfee from Exotic Wildlife Unlimited, a local firm that specializes in raising and breeding exotic wild animals, brought the 4-month-old cub to a meeting of the Humane Society of Brazos County. Calfee, who has been handling animals professionally for eight years, used the cub, Zapata, to ac- For as tu nd th rodu ague aents For pecia ittle i tuder OPEN 11 A.M. Mon.-Sat. 5 p.m. Sunday Happy Hour 4:30-6:30 Mon.-Fri. 913 HARVEY RD. (HWY. 30) COLLEGE STATION cent his talk. He spoke on extinction, llin of extinction has increased Id species per year. The reason is ta nav c [’ effect on ecology, he said. Frew aec jj c j climactic change or comp# \( 0 , among species caused mosteiti )r j ma tions, Calfee said, adding that:i extinction was a natural partofea tion. Today, however, destructioi species is taking place faster tl®6 evolution of new ones. Habitatl struction by urban expansion,li| way construction, mining dustrial pollution is causing the new extinction, he said Even though strip minerssaylli replace the earth and trees, birds like the Ivory-M Woodpecker are dying out, Cat said, because that bird needsmslt forests with dying insect infesli o ne jj So u, po UNI trees for food. Other endangered animaM grizzly, sable antelope,! California Condor, CalfeeW/f fy rm \ are being exterminatedeitteM destruction of their feedinguftj ing spaces, or by being trophies or fur, he said. College of Business Careers Night Mock Interviews Departmental Speakers Monday, September 25 Rudder Theater 7:00-9:00 P.M. To combat this decline, said, zoos and operations life Wildlife Unlimited are breeding programs into of# Thus there are many ani t 1 I LI.') I I ■ V I V t V I v. IIIUUJ' j in captivity that so not eif®* an ou . . 1 . 1 . . ... fUl U/oab « wild. The black-maned one example, he said. Almost sable antelopes live in captMr f J 11 ' wild, too, he said. Zoos are beginning to coopt 1 more on breeding of exotic an® WII IZI - , and they are beginning artifi®' i e( l the music booth 3202 TEXAS AVE., BRYAN 779-3988 TAKAMINE - GIBSON - YAMAHA - HONDO MUSIC MAN - VENTURA - ASPEN - IIDA APPLAUSE - HOHNER - SHURE STRING INSTRUMENT SPECIALIST GUITARS, BANJOS, MANDOLINS, VIOLINS, DRUMS, AMPS, SHEET MUSIC, LESSONS, REPAIRS, ACCESSORIES WM. M. & BILLY BOOTH - OWNERS semination programs, Calfee^- Though there is an overat of some animals in zoos-- lions in particular - Calfee si would not do any good tort ^ em Americ The 'err ct Let; troduce animals to their habitats. He said that unless damage to the environment wasi f la( ] n t rected, “you’ll just place a Hf burden on those animals who I managed to survive.” He said that, in effect, if* caused the animal to becomeei initially was not remedied, animal wotdd just become ed again in that area. week a letter l cord in •mei ment c analys hemii (staterr The among