University Daily Kansan / Friday, February 3, 1989
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Wandering bull moose reportedly ill
The Associated Press
SUBLETTE — A mouse that wandered into Kansas in late 1887 has been captured by a veterinarian who has intestinal parasites and malnutrition.
Shor Eisele, who has a wildlife rehabilitation center 10 miles outside Sublette, captured the moose late Wednesday afternoon after obtaining a permit from the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Department.
"He should weigh 1.600 to 1.800 pounds. He weighs maybe 900," she said.
A laboratory test. Thursday confirmed that the moose has a severe infestation of intestinal parasites. Eisele said that the moose was being treated with worming medication and megavitamin injections in an enclosed barn.
She wants to return him to a northern woods habitat as soon as possible.
"He needs to be back out in the open where he can forage for himself." Eisele said. "He's suffering from a basic lack of nutrition. Moose eat pond and marsh grasses. There's not much of that here."
There had been speculation that a different parasite, sometimes present in the brains of moose, caused it to wander from its home territory. Eisele said that was possible but the intestinal parasites and poor nutrition also could have caused disorientation.
Since October 1987, the big bull moose has wandered from Avon, S.D., through Nebraska, Kansas, the Oklahoma Panhandle, Texas and back into Kansas. It grabbed newspaper headlines several times the past year when it was sighted far from its natural habitat.
It stayed at the Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge during the summer, then headed southwest, apparently in a wilderness setting, and an impressive set of new antlers.
"Obviously, he survived the summer there. I don't think he would survive another one," Eisele said.
Traveling as much as 30 miles a day, the moon was sighted near Rush Center, Kinsley, and Ashland before traveling into Oklahoma in late September.
When it returned to Kansas in November, the moose appeared fine, but its health has since deteriorated.
K-State greek houses found guilty of hazing
The Associated Press
MANHATTAN — Officials at Kansas State University have issued sanctions against a sorority and an existing inciting incidents, authorities said.
Alpha Delta Pi, a sorority, and Beta Theta Pi, a fraternity, were found guilty of hazing this week during closed hearings of the Panhellenic and Interfraternity councils.
Hazing is defined by the university's Greek Affairs Office as "any mental or physical requirement, request or obligation placed upon any person which may be reasonably foreseen to cause discomfort, pain, fright, disgrace, injury or which is personally degrading."
Alpha Delta Pi was suspended from intramural and social activities through the fall 1989 semester.
Haley urges interaction sharing among families
WICHITA - Slaves in this country could never have dreamed of the access to education and employment opportunities black Americans have today, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alex Haley said Wednesday.
The Associated Press
"We are the answer to the prayer," Haley said to a standing-room-only audience at Wichita
State University, where he was a Forum Board speaker as part of Black History Month. "We are what was suffered by the people who went before us, our elders who made this possible."
Gas company fined for safety violation
Haley, author of "Roots," also told the audience that different generations within families should share and interact more.
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — The Kansas Corporation Commission decided Wednesday to fine KPL Gas Service $2,000 for alleged violations of pipeline safety regulations in a natural gas explosion that destroyed a Union Pacific Railroad storage building in Kansas City, Kan., in January 1988.
The commission's staff had recommended that the Topeka-based utility company be fined only $2,000.
A formal order imposing the fine will be issued later this month, a KCC statement said.
The KCC statement announcing the decision said the commission increased the fine "because of the seriousness of one of the violations and to send a signal to Kansas operators that the commission will vigorously enforce pipeline safety regulations."
Hal Hudson issued a statement on behalf of the company, saying, "We are surprised at the amount of the fines, especially in light of the KCC staff's report and recommendations.
handled the emergency situation. The report also did not cite failure of KPL Gas Service to take any action should have prevented that accident."
"The KCC staff report . . . did not find fault with the way our people
Apparently, the fines were imposed because of operations and training procedures, not the accident itself. Hudson said.
KPL Gas Service was fined, the KCC statement said, for two violations:
of the procedures in the company's plan for investigating and handling natural gas in an emergency situation. Staff recommended a $1,000 fine, which the commission increased to $25,000.
■ "While making repairs in a ditch the day after the explosion, a KPL welded igniter a quantity of gas. The company violated a pipeline safety regulation by not ensuring that the area was safe for welding. The commission accepted staff's recommendation for a $1,000 fine."
- "All of KPL's operating personnel had not been fully trained to know all
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