Ukraine halts animal program KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine has suspended a controversial program to settle wild horses, bears, deer and other animals in overgrown forests in the evacuated zone surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear plant. The animals were to be brought into the 19-mile-radius "exclusion zone" to eat dry grasses to reduce the chance of forest fires that could disturb soil containing radiation and send up contaminated smoke. Opponents said the program is not feasible and a waste of money, prompting the government to rethink the idea. The exclusion zone was established after Chernobyl's reactor No. 4 exploded 13 years ago Monday, on April 26, 1986, in the world's worst nuclear accident. Towns and villages inside the zone were evacuated, although more than 600 people have since returned to their homes. See full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559313740-f34>
