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Burlington Reports
Paws and Claws Society, Inc., Thorofare, NJ
www.pacsnj.org
Issue 25, September 2019
Page 5

Partners in Prevention Not Destruction since 1993

Word Search Puzzle Answers to Quiz:

How many of the popular dog breeds below can you find in this puzzle? (Go to Animal Fact or Myth?
our web site, pacsnj.org, to see the completed version of this puzzle or to solve
the puzzle online.) Surprise! The answer to all 20
quiz questions is:

According to lists on mnn.com and
list25.com (see links on our web
site), the truth is:
1. While captive wolves do seem
to have an alpha in every
pack, this is not true for wild
wolf packs .

2. It isn’t the color that makes
bulls charge; it’s the move-
ment. In fact, bulls (and all
cattle) are color-blind to red
and green.

3. Bears actually go into a state
called “torpor”, which is
similar to, but is not actually,
hibernation. See links on our
web site to learn more about
torpor!
4. A Disney nature documentary
from the 1950's called "White
Wilderness" appears to be the
reason many people still today
Word List: believe that lemmings throw
themselves off of cliffs. In re-
1. ALASKAN HUSKY 11. DALMATIAN 21. PIT BULL ality, the filmmakers were un-
able to capture this behavior
2. BASSET HOUND 12. DOBERMAN 22. POMERANIAN
on camera, so they threw the
3. BEAGLE 13. GERMAN SHEPHERD 23. POODLE lemmings off of the cliff to
make it appear as if the myth
4. BICHON FRISE 14. GREAT DANE 24. PUG
were true. While a lemming
5. BLOOD HOUND 15. GREYHOUND 25. ROTTWEILER may occasionally fall off of a
rock or cliff and drown, they
6. BOXER 16. IRISH SETTER 26. SCHNAUZER
do not do it on purpose or en
7. BULLDOG 17. JACK RUSSELL 27. SHEEPDOG masse.

8. CHIHUAHUA 18. LABRADOR 28. SHIH TZU 5. The belief that a mother bird
will abandon her young if they
9. COLLIE 19. MALTESE 29. WEIMARANER
carry the scent of a human is
10. DACHSHUND 20. PAPILLON 30. WHIPPET (Continued on page 7)