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THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL MILWAUKEE, WIS. (a) 374.900 (S) 332,600 (CUPPED BY 1 AUG 1 0 1975 [ bacons) !%00 THE @[0) EARTH/VlelEllis A tribute to our animal helpers OUR DEBT to the lem articu late of tha world -- not avon oountinf pip, cowe, ahaap, chickana and auch othar doraeetic creaturaa aa faad and clothe ua -- ia aa monumantal aa it ia varied. Thia ia antiraly aaida from tha pig'a unlikely talent to aniff out trufdaa for tha gourmet and aaida from the lead dop that guide tha thouaanda of biind through their dark worlda. Haro am mgiaBante of who have already given ua turvival chiaa that have added not Juat yearn, but decadee to tha Uvea of men and woman otberwiae doomed prematurely by heart, He ar, kidney, lur and othar organic What'e mom, tha contributkme of theaa allegedly dumb craatuma baa not only prolonged Uvea, hut alao, ia many Inatanoaa, provided tha iaftemalion madfcai man mi tharapiate require to make an oldatai'alaatyaamatimaoffrilflDmant mid reward inataad of aanOa Such eaparimante m can be per formed on the fertile yet abort ttved mourn to eatabHeh baric teneta in the biology of heredity -- genetice -- can provide important facta in, let ua eay, 10 yearn. It might otberwiae take a hundred or a thoueand yaam to aoeumwlata tha data if we had only man himelf to atudy In our aaarch for tha regulating procedural of tranamiaeable mental and phyaical traite -- good or bad. Booka have been flllad with tha heroic daada of dop. But largely becauae of tha protaate of aativiviaactioniita, their major contri bution! in the field of "fmfirint have bean aoft pedaled, even though, in tha majority of caaea, tha dop earmarked for aaparimentation lead happy, comforta ble livea. But, leat we permit viviaaction to aidetrack ua, what batter way to atudy, raatudy and atudy again the program of a letue than fat tha pouch of an oppoaaum wham tha embryoe couldn't cam lem that we M0NS 030903 r;Y is&o chart tMo myotorieoa IIm in tbetr Uvea to foU color. But ptocp, Just cm non wort for tba dog -- who juat might ha man'e bat friend -- faoceuao to a truly dramatic caporiwcat at Ohio Btoto Univanity, Or. flamual A. Canon gave friendly dap to SO eeriouely ill m*Ul patient#. Thaee patlenta had not raapondod to ooomtUonal thanpiaa toehrdinf drag! and electric aback. And, can you bobevt H rtl but two of >ba patient# oaceptod the dap and began to improve, aavaral (todudtog m cniatonki aaUaopbradel improving enough to ba diacharged. What tba primntw chinpa. Maikaja, orvgutam -- hava nverted cheat ur cam peat la to* valuable. What they nay yet add to aw (town aa a hopefully non* warring, uaptedjudtood aoaiaty at ba iundid. Bodotogtcal atudtoe of their waya Juat aright immel haw wo, to (be flrat piaea, became ride* time, too, awb m that aaada by tba aknnk whan laat eight ba vWt* ad ny lawn far a wart of grebe. Or tba bumardo. and their eouainc. Tha UBflR oven drimod that tba U8 wm unog acagulla to loaato ouaniina brought a prompt U8 denial that do anlnah ware baiag Uralnad to bam thomaolvm to any military venture. that tba hat tunad tba tkU to tba try to make gunpowder whan tba Brttlah htachada abut off nurtttan dolivorieo from Trance. Adda flea tba non obrfaua onntributtoM which ertmaie aaaba a tbatr nla aa an early pending meat, tin played by dying to wan iainert ef lethal ooneantrntieaa of oaal gee. The rwordflah lint afcrtad nan indiaerUninato uaa af mercury eonpeunda in agriculture and laduatry. The peregrine lalaoa brought to aun'e attention bow niton urn of metato pomiriOm upoet leprudacilva procaaaaa. The common tom flrat aant cut warn ing aignnla that FCB, hlahh twk ntotiva of DDT, wan cauamg go* baekoountry around the world. Or tba mouaa, who if ba toorta ay wheat, even* the teora by hawhiag cm a hibernating rhlrrirfrir u~/ bowtice Or tba bat. bird, toad, frag, flab, eaaka, liaaid. . .patroltog tba akya, waton and aacnt which prey on am and my home and my garden end the praetoua -mapla 1 piaotod narktod tba birth data of my lint berm. And kudoa to tba dalpbin. abwomaUttoa. But I doul have to go to tba ad- enttot for evidence that aniaala provide ample wamtog of environ* bmuI dogaro. AH 1 hnvo to da la look out a float window and aaa if there era too ram oak hungry eottontalle congregating on my roadway. If aa, I know for aura IH have brawn lawn patebaa baaaum wra thick, mat (bat aoma of H may leach ak tba way down to nqt pood* and riahm and porbap even ka tba flak. Our debt to tba animat worldT Note with unantog aecwacy that la net poaaibte by man'a mam ao* phtottoatad aenar equipment. And if they wore uaad to wae to guard barbon, and aecund of enrrying atptoarvae to make kmaikaaa rrtda on enemy aklpptog, Memo man, notthe dolphin ia monumental and varied -- aa vent M would need votumm to de tail -- and that'* not even count ing aucb aothaClr centributtoon aa make my heart boot faetor whoa a cardinal dip Uko a gtoertog park to aceapt a aunflunai aaod from aty bird Nadar. 0 MONS 030904