Re: [VFB] Dyed Polar Bear

[Allan Fish]

<img src="http://www.msnbc.com/c/0/170/131/10x7/twip_2003_0724_06.jpg";>

Polar bear being raised for hair for steelhead patterns...

yup, right...

Actual caption:  A bear of a different color
Pelusa, a 14-year-old female polar bear, sticks her paw through the 
bars of her cage July 21 at the Mendoza Zoo, northwest of Buenos 
Aires. Normally white, Pelusa turned violet after veterinarians 
administered a medicine to treat her for a skin condition. Her 
veterinarians said her coat should turn normal again within a month.


Talk to your friendly old-time large-animal veterinarian.  My dad 
used to use a lot of Gentian Violet in his practice.  Great for 
curing skin conditions.

Worked on humans too, but nobody liked to see purple people!  <g>

Allan
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