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This is my first vanity post. I just had to share this: We're thinking of calling her Mariah because she came in on the wind. LOL We've had her for about an hour now ... Neighbors found her in their backyard beneath the trampoline in the weeds and stickers and all filthy and starved with one eye all half closed with dirt and her nose all filled with dirt. We cleaned her up, fed her warm milk from an eye dropper and made her a crib in the nursery where they all begin their lives in Wonderland. LOL She's adorable...

Cali, Columbia Lion was found malnourished six years ago and she rescued him. They were together every day until the African lion was put into this animal sanctuary.

LONDON - It may be obvious that most Britons are overweight. What isn't so obvious is that at least 2 million of them are likely malnourished — and that includes some of the people who are too fat. Experts say the poor state of the average British diet — often high in fat, salt and calories, but low on nutrition — means malnutrition is a problem even though food is plentiful. "You can't always tell if a person is malnourished with your eyes," said Dr. Marinos Elia, a professor of clinical nutrition and metabolism at Southampton University. "People may be...

GENEVA (AP) - The U.S. human rights delegation Thursday rejected a U.N. monitor's claim that child malnutrition had risen in Iraq and said, if anything, health conditions have improved since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. Jean Ziegler, the U.N. Human Right Commission's expert on the right to food, cited U.S. and European studies Wednesday in telling the commission that acute malnutrition rates among Iraqi children under 5 rose late last year to 7.7 percent from 4 percent after Saddam's ouster in April 2003. Ziegler blamed the war for the situation. "First, he has not been to Iraq, and second, he...

A 15-year-old’s weight dwindled to only 49 pounds while he was allegedly kept chained to a bed – often wearing only a diaper – as punishment for being a “troublemaker,” resulting in charges against his father and stepmother.Lebanon police made the shocking discovery of the badly malnourished teenager while responding to a request from the state Department of Children Services about a possible case of abuse and neglect, authorities said.“It’s the worst case of child abuse or neglect that most of us have seen,” Lebanon Police Chief Scott Bowen remarked.Abuse and neglect charges have been filed against stepmother Christie H....

Posted on Thu, May. 01, 2003 Abuse alleged in home Six children, apparently malnourished, found in Kenmore Three boys say they were kept in closet for months By John Higgins and Andale Gross Beacon Journal staff writers More photos The Akron Police Department is investing an alleged case of child abuse that took place at this home at 1082 Florida Avenue in Kenmore. Karen Schiely, ABJ photo. Three Kenmore boys told authorities their mother locked them in a closet since Valentine's Day until they escaped this week through a second- floor window. Allegations of the boys' abuse were detailed Wednesday...