Wolf still on the loose in Tyrone Wednesday, 9 September 2009


A wolf from Alaska is on the loose after going missing in the Aughnacloy area of County Tyrone a week ago.

Police have advised the public to stay away from the animal, which is described as being grey and white in colour with blue eyes.

Its owner contacted the police last Wednesday to tell them the wolf was missing. It is not known if the owner had a licence.

There should be no keeping of exotic large animals like this
Professor Ian Montgomery

A spokeswoman for the department said they were currently investigating the matter of the wolf "at large in County Tyrone".

Professor Ian Montgomery of Queen's University's School of Biological Sciences said there were "no circumstances" in which the public should be licensed to keep animals like wolves as pets.

"They should be discouraged from doing that," he said. "There should be no keeping of exotic large animals like this.

A spokeswoman for the DoE said the keeping of wolves "in captivity" was "permitted throughout the UK under licence".

A spokesman for the Police Service of Northern Ireland said: "As with any wild animal, police advise that the wolf, if seen, should not be approached.

"Its location should be reported immediately to police."




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The secret life of American Teengers was on today on the den and I caught a few minutes of it. Now judging by the terrible child actors, woeful story lines and the fact it was shown on the Den I'd have thought this show was aimed at the same age demographic as Sabrina or Lizzie McGuire. But every other sentence they said was about sex. It's just weird. Imagine if every other thing Harvey Kingle and Sabrina Spellman had said was about sex. Or that wonder years kid imagine his every inner thought had been about sex. It's strange just thinking about it. I suppose the male stereotype would suggest it should've been what he was thinking about. But that's not the point. Children's tv, shouldn't it be more childish?

I hate it when I ring someone looking to have a discussion about something and when they can't answer or miss the call they text me back later: "What's up? I was busy earlier." Just ring back when you're free you morons. It's basic phone etiquette. I don't fucking send you a facebook comment when you send a bebo one so don't text me when I ring you.

And the other thing I hate is when you're talking to someone and they start texting people at the same time. Ever heard of manners? Do you really need to reply to every "Hey laaaadd what's the craic?" msg right away? If it is that important then give it a second, wait for a break in the conversation then say "sorry need to just send a quick text." The people in your presence should be more important than those who aren't.

And that's the other thing I hate. Msgs I don't know how to reply to. We've all learned about open and closed questions in communication skills but some questions are just too open. Ever tried starting a history taking with "So what's up?"

I'll admit that I sometimes tag "What's up with you?" at the end of a msg. But that's usually because I've just sent a big long explanation about something that's on my mind and I want to leave an opening for the other person to share what's on their brain too. But left as a msg in itself it seems to me to say "I'm bored as hell so I'm texting you." Just come up with a better excuse people. Even just ask "So are you going out anywhere this week/weekend?" It's a much better question.

"What are you doing?" Is an annoying question too because sometimes you're playing computer games and other times you're sweeping the floor and well most of the time what you're doing at that moment probably doesn't seem that cool in a text msg.

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