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adoption 1. of alien young. Individual dams of all species may adopt strange neonates, and some ewes will even attempt to poach from others, but special measures have to be taken in most cases to foster alien young. Sows are probably the easiest to deceive. Queens will accept foster kittens if they are within about 2 weeks of the age of their own kittens. Reluctant ewes may accept strange lambs only if they are rubbed with secretions from their own. 2. also used in reference to the placing of stray or otherwise unwanted dogs and cats into ownership, as stray animals obtained from an animal shelter. |
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| OTTAWA -- As an election looms the fate of the Child Adoption Expenses Bill, C-246, a private member's bill from Alliance M. Through additional research in the voluminous child adoption manuscript records of the U. In Bangkok (10-14 April), representatives of 48 countries in the Asian and Pacific region endorsed the elaboration of a manual to help combat corruption, proposed measures to ease prison-overcrowding, and discussed ways to fight terrorism and organized crime activities, ranging from "white slavery" rings in Thailand to arms smuggling gangs in India and illegal human organ and child adoption rackets in Bangladesh. |
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