conservation 路 education 路 preservation
JUNE 2014
and what is Micah saying today?
in the news... 20,000 African Elephants Wiped Out in 2013 – 68 Elephants Killed In Garamba National Park In Past Two Months It’s all out war against the elephant, one of the most sentient creatures on earth. They are being systematically slaughtered by poachers for their tusks and babies are being indiscriminately killed along with the adults. “One group is shooting the elephants with rifles from a helicopter and then taking off their tusks with a chain saw. They are removing the elephants’ brains and genitals as well. Conservationists say a thriving ivory market in Asia is helping fuel the worst poaching epidemic of African elephants in decades.”… This is an international emergency! Why is the world standing by watching this slaughter and doing nothing? This is a disgrace. The elephant population in the park has gone from 20,000 in the 1960’s to only 2000 counted in a 2012 census. I’m sure the count is much lower now since the park has lost 4% of its elephant population. Soon the only elephants left will be in zoo’s! Where is the UN? - read more at howlingforjustice.wordpress.com
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BLM RECEIVES NEARLY $300,000 IN LEASE SALE The latest quarterly oil and gas lease sale raised $295,688 for 7 parcels, the Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado State Office reported Thursday. The highest per-acre price was for an 884-acre parcel in Rio Blanco County sold to Ursa Operating Co. LLC in Denver for $280 an acre. Colorado receives 49% of the proceeds of each lease sale.
Poached Poodle or Baked Bichon? Wayne Pacelle: A Humane Nation Jun 14 2014, 09:02 AM This week, Peter Li, China specialist with Humane Society International (HSI), arrived in Yulin in China’s Guangxi province – a city that is about to host an infamous annual event where thousands of dogs are slaughtered for meat. He found the town uneasy and alert to growing concerns at home and abroad about this culinary monstrosity. All signs in restaurants advertising dog meat have been removed and dishes featuring dog meat have been taken off the menu. A slaughterhouse Peter visited had no dogs around, although there was evidence of dog slaughter, principally in the form of hair left behind after the clean-up operation. Small cages packed with frightened dogs are arriving in Yulin, China, for the dog meat festival. Sign this petition to express your outrage. “Local authorities,” Peter wrote, “are under tremendous pressure… activists and journalists are converging in Yulin from across the country.” It’s better than it was in 2012, when the killing was all out in the open and the streets of Yulin were painted red with the blood of dogs. Thousands of dogs crammed in cages and transported over great distances arrived at the Yulin dog meat festival that year– traumatized, sick, exhausted, hungry and dying. In the end, they were bludgeoned to death, in front of other dogs. Our partner groups have mobilized thousands of Chinese in a series of public protests held at key venues, sending a strong message to local authorities that brutality brings no tourists or economic profit—only shame and stigma. Our partners met with Yulin’s Food Safety Office and submitted an investigative report on shocking violations by dog meat traders, including fake certificates issued in provinces thousands of miles north of Guangxi that illustrate how far the dogs must travel under terrible conditions. The dog meat festival culminated on June 21 in Yulin, much to the horror of dog lovers in China and the world over. The HSUS and HSI want the dog meat trade ended in China and in any other place where it finds any favor, whether out in the open at a festival or in some dark, dingy corner. You can contribute toward ending the brutal dog meat trade on the Humane Society website: www.hsi.org
Our friends from the SLVAWS had a great time at Wolfstock - and wanted to share a couple photos they took. Volunteer of the Year, Rileigh, with white jacket, her mom Carrie and sister Alana and “Jackson.”
A NOTE FROM FRANK AT THE
SLV ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY
Daisy
This big unwanted Pyrenees girl Daisy is living with her brothers and sisters in our large courtyard during the day and sleeping in our kitchen at night. Just a young puppy she’s already 25 pounds. She is one of the many unwanted puppies being born in the San Luis Valley all the time. She loves to be held and loves to play with sisters and brothers. They are like bales of cotton rolling around. I’m sure she’ll get a great home once she has all her vaccinations. Thank you CWWC so much for your donation - it really helped. We deeply appreciate your continuing help. You are enabling us to keep going, rescuing and finding loving homes for unwanted animals like Daisy. Winter and early Spring were a very bad time for adoptions - economy? So your donation really kept us going. Adoptions are back now and we are
finding many good homes for the rescued. Thank you also for inviting us to the Wolf festival. It was enjoyable for Aileen and her volunteers. May all good things be yours for your kindness towards animals.
A Note from Center for Biological Diversity
We’ve all felt the squeeze, whether stuck on a crowded subway or watching public parks and family farms get paved over to make room for sprawl. Too many people in too little space -- and the future looks even tighter. More people on Earth is bad news for us but terrible news for wildlife, being edged out of the world by runaway human growth and consumption. We’re trying to capture the urgency of this issue in photos, and we need your help. Join the #CrowdedPlanet campaign to help us show -- via pics taken from your neck of the woods -- why it’s so critical to address this issue today. Here’s how to join the campaign: Snap a photo Use the hashtag #CrowdedPlanet Post it on Instagram and share. Don’t have Instagram? No problem. You can email us photos no larger than 10 MB at crowdedplanet@ biologicaldiversity.org, post them to our Facebook page, or tweet them @ humpsmarter -- whichever’s easiest.
Ask the fox to watch the chickens Do they really care?
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the number of wolves killed by hunters. That does not take into account the wolves that are killed by Federal Wildlife Services, ranchers, and poachers. It is not possible to have an increase in the number of wolves in our state with so many killed and so many packs destroyed. Studies have shown that only 2 wolf pups on average survive in a litter and often pups Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks have developed a new die from disease or attacks by technique of using deer and elk other predators. With wolf killing also going on in hunter observations Canada, Idaho, and coupled with Self-reporting Wyoming, it is very information from of wolves has difficult for wolves to radio collared its downsides. enter Montana safely. wolves as a less There’s concerns If a wolf does make it expensive alternative about bias in there, poachers will to minimum wolf hunters reporting probably kill it as counts performed by wolves when happened recently biologists and wildlife they’re not in the Bitterroot technicians. present. Valley. Reference: Alaska is a large The Bitterroot Star, state with rugged June 11, 2014 mountains and dangerous terrain, but they “Reward increased for tips on manage to keep track of their wolf poached in Burnt Fork”. A wolf packs by taking actual two year old collared wolf from photos of the wolves and the Oregon made it through Idaho packs are numbered and have and the Big Hole Valley only to be shot by poachers in upper names. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Haacke Creek in the Bitterroot. does not want to spend the time If hunters are allowed to present and money to do what they were false information about the number of wolves in Montana, hired to do — protect wildlife. In 2010, there was a reported hunting quotas will greatly 550 wolves in Montana. You increase and there will be few, if have kept track each year of any wolves, left in our state.
Stop the Killing of 2 Million Animals Every Year The federal government calls it a “service.” The Washington Post calls it extermination and execution. By any measure, though, the killing of 2 million bobcats, river otters, black bears, wolves, mountain lions and other native animals by a rogue arm of the Agriculture Department is out of control. And it’s getting worse: The animal death toll increased 30 percent last year. The Center for Biological Diversity has launched a bold, precedent-setting legal action to stop the killing. Please help us win this campaign by donating to our Predator Defense Fund today. All gifts received by June 30 will be matched by the Max and Anna Levinson Foundation. The number of animals killed by the USDA’s “Wildlife Services” is staggering: 5,500 a day, 228 an hour, four every minute. By the time you finish reading this email, eight more animals -- like bobcats, wolves, river otters or foxes -- will have been gunned down, crushed in traps, or poisoned by an exploding cyanide cartridge. The Center’s campaign to stop the slaughter was recently profiled by The Washington Post, which said, “the Center for Biological Diversity [has] filed a petition demanding that the agency explain the exact reasons why it makes each kill of a native animal, for whose benefit and the methods used. The petition called Wildlife Services ‘a rogue agency’ that was ‘out of control’. . . the petition called on the Obama administration to develop a policy based on ecological science, showing how removing animals from the wild affects the natural balance of the habitats.” Well, that rogue killing machine -- and its backers in Congress and the livestock and agribusiness lobbies -- are fighting hard to torpedo our legal petition. They want the same invisible, unaccountable regime that’s slaughtered 40 million animals in the past 15 years to continue. Please help us overcome these powerful forces and end the mass killing of our native species to benefit a small handful of politically connected business interests. Sadly, wild animals aren’t the only victims of the agency’s indiscriminant killing practices. It has peppered our public lands with extremely toxic sodium cyanide and Compound 1080 dispensers, which all too often are found by dogs and cattle -- sometimes even people. Please join our fight to stop this tragic waste of life. Kierán Suckling Executive Director Center for Biological Diversity
Indiegogo Campaign Gray Area: Wolves of the Southwest
There is a brand new campaign on Indiegogo to fund our next upcoming shoot this summer. We cannot go any further without your continued support of this vitally important film. We have a lot of breaking news, such as our new Title for the film, Gray Area: Wolves of the Southwest, and extending the length of our film from 15 minutes to a full feature documentary on the Mexican wolf! We are extremely excited about these new changes! We want to thank everyone who has supported us so far, without your help, we would not have been able to begin filming this spring. We filmed some remarkable footage that we can’t wait to show you, like young wolf pups in a den! You’ll have to wait until we’ve finished the film to see the complete footage, so help us get there! Dean Cannon and I have spent countless hours working on this project mostly as a labor of love, and have maximized the limited funding we have had up to this point. We simply cannot go any further without additional support from you. Our Indiegogo campaign makes it simple and easy for you to donate. This time around however, we have a 501c3 sponsor that allows us to accept tax-deductible donations for those of you who want to receive the tax benefits for donating to this film. It’s exciting to see it coming together! We want to thank the Wolf Education and Research Center for giving us this amazing opportunity. In return, we will be helping them out by uniting in a common goal by using education as a key component to wolf recovery. Since we are increasing the length of our film, our budget has increased as well. For this upcoming shoot, we need to raise a minimum of $35,000 so that we can film Mexican wolves in the wild. We have an exciting opportunity that we can’t miss! To complete this film, we want to go above and beyond the needed funds for this shoot. Lets complete funding for this project! If we can reach our goal of $35,000 quickly, we want to go even further and raise $60,000 so we can finish the film! We want to hire a top-level editor to give this film the best chances possible for a national broadcast! This means we need to raise at least $10,000 each week! Every little bit counts! We have donor levels beginning at as little as $1! Everyone can help! WE HAVE A BRAND NEW PROMO WITH NEW FOOTAGE TO BE RELEASED WITH OUR CAMPAIGN! Thank you for your support of this film, originally titled The Last Pack: A Return to the Wild. Moving forward as Gray Area: Wolves of the Southwest, we are excited about the great opportunities to generate awareness for this critically endangered species! Sincerely, Alan Lacy - Director/Producer indiegogo.com -- search Gray Area: Wolves of the Southwest
Standard Tour
ADULTS $15 · CHILDREN $8 10 am, noon and 2 pm Tuesday-Sunday 1 hour educational tour
FEEDING Tour
ADULTS $20 · CHILDREN $10 Every day except Thursday (and Monday) 1 hour educational tour while your guide feeds the wolves
YOUTH FOX PHOTOS
$100 for up to 4 children (must be 8 or older) Your child will have their picture taken with our red fox
WALK on the WILD SIDE $75 PER PERSON Reservations for Thursdays or Sundays Guided nature walk in the beautiful Rocky Mountains with a wolf
ALPHA PHOTO SESSION
$150 for the first two guests $50 for each additional guest, up to 4 people (must be 18 or older) Get up close and personal with our wolves or foxes. Not only will you be able to interact with our wolves, but a staff photographer will also capture this ‘once in a lifetime’ experience. Each group will receive up to 15 photos on a CD to take home.* *We do our very best to capture the perfect photos with our animals, however, some days may be better than others, as each animal has an individual personality. You will receive up to 15 photos. Some will be natural and it’s possible to get a posed shot, but there are no guarantees. Your time in with the animals can vary, depending on how cooperative they are.
All tours have limited space and have our no-cancellation policy. Reschedules are allowed May-October only!
Intern & Volunteer Positions Now Open for Fall/Winter 2014-2015
Our Mission Statement It is the Mission of the Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center to: Educate the public through tours and programs about the importance of Wolves, Coyotes, and Foxes to our eco-system. Educate the public about the importance of Preservation and Conservation of forests, land, and water that supports wildlife, flora, and fauna for future generations to enjoy. Provide natural habitats and exceptional lives for the animals entrusted to our care since they cannot live in the wild. Our Mission in Action The Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center is one of very few sanctuaries in the United States, which have been certified by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). With this title we are able to go beyond education and into application. CWWC actively participates in the Species Survival Program by providing a home to Mexican Grey Wolves and Swift Foxes. We also practice conservation in the sanctuary’s daily life by using environmentally friendly ink, biodegradable trash bags, participating in recycling programs, and “adopting” Twin Rocks Road to keep it trash free. Expectations: • Any person who is accepted will need to pay $150.00. This deposit will be returned after the internship has been completed. • Must be at least 21 years of age • Must have health insurance and a valid driver’s license • Must be able to lift 50lbs • Be committed to working 3 days a week • Housing is not provided • I nterns may work 40 hours or more a week, including holidays and weekends • Internships may turn into a part-time paid position • Be able to work in extreme weather and environmental conditions • Must be responsible, reliable, professional and have a positive attitude To be considered: • You must provide a resume, two personal references and a 3 minute video of yourself discussing why you want to intern/volunteer at CWWC, some information about yourself and your goals. • Previous animal experience required • Must be committed to a minimum of 90 days or 3 consecutive months • Must maintain a professional appearance • Must be current on your tetanus shots. • Qualifications for internship: working towards a Bachelor’s degree in an animal behavior related field or a pre-vet science
Duties: • Give a 1 hour long educational tour on our facility (you must begin giving tours prior to being eligible for any interaction with the animals) • Cleaning animal enclosures • Diet preparation • Animal enrichment and observation • General Maintenance of facilities • Record Keeping • Drive an ATV • Office Duties- learn to multitask • Work as a team • Shovel snow when needed • Anything to maintain the center Perks: • Learn about conservation in the United States and ethics of animal care • Opportunities to be creative • Periodic Veterinary training classes • Help endangered species • Socialization with animals • Walking wolves on nature trails • Eligible for college credit (AZA certified) • Build Confidence with public speaking • The sky is the limit
If you have questions, inquire by emailing tours@wolfeducation.org attn. Catherine
July 11 · 12 · 13
Full Moon Tour
Meet and greet Keyni our ambassador wolf before the tour. Tour starts immediately after and lasts approximately 1 hour. One Saturday night a month!
Full Moon Feeding TouR
This tour combines our FEEDING TOUR with our FULL MOON TOUR. The Friday before and Sunday after our Full Moon Tours.
ADULTS: $25 (13 years+) CHILDREN: $15 (8-12 years) No kids under 8 Wear warm clothes and good boots Bring a camera and a flashlight
Check wolfeducation.org for dates and check-in times
Page 17A - Commentary
WHO WOULD YOU SAVE FIRST: MAN OR DOG? by Steve Lipsher
On my way into work the other morning, I saw 2 Silverthorne police officers on the side of the highway, standing over what appeared to be a dead coyote. One cop held a shotgun. The image told me the entire story. My heart ached for the beautiful wild animal, as it does whenever I see a dead deer, raccoon, porcupine or other critter on the road. Contrast that with my trip up from Denver just the evening before, as I drove up I-70 near Genessee. The setting sun left me virtually blind to the point that I slowed to about 45 miles per hour and could barely make out the white line on the right shoulder to guide me. Completely invisible in the glare was a hitchhiker on the shoulder. I didn’t see him until it was too late, but fortunately I was safely passing him. I swore loudly at the dummy who would stand in such a dangerous place, particularly at that treacherous time of day. Before I could even stop my cursing, I swooshed past yet another hitchhiker a quarter-mile further up the road, also completely lost in the direct sunlight. This one actually was standing in the right lane for extra attention, prompting me to swerve and push angrily on my horn. “Those (bleeping) idiots deserve to be hit,” I finally sputtered after regaining my composure. Now, I like to think that I’m a compassionate person, and of course I would not actually have wanted to turn one of those hitchhikers into a messy hood ornament, for many reasons -- and because I don’t want to have to fill out the paperwork. But I have to admit that my concern toward other humans in the abstract is so much less than my care for animals. I saw the coyote as helpless, a victim of a careless or maybe even vengeful motorist, or perhaps of its own bad decision. I felt that it didn’t deserve to die in agony on the highway, its last vision a cop standing over it with a gun to put it out of its misery. Humans, on the other hand, I believe are fully capable of sentient actions, even if all to often we fail to use our “superior” intelligence. (Just watch a television program -- pretty much any TV program -- for evidence of this on display.) I found myself thinking that if one of those hitchhikers had been clobbered by a passing vehicle, I would have chalked it up to natural selection and likely felt not even a pang or sympathy. I’m not alone in this feeling: A study released by the American Sociological Assn. last year indicated that most people feel greater empathy toward dogs than other humans. Northeastern University sociology professors Jack Levin and Arnold Arluke reported that we are far more disturbed by accounts of abused dogs and babies -- due to their vulnerability and dependency -- than we are about abused adults. So the news last week that a man who ditched his dog not once but twice at the Denver Animal Shelter -- driving away while his loyal dog chased after him -- only reinforced my view that animals are far more worthy beings than some humans. (Daniel Sohn is scheduled to appear in Denver court on July 2 on allegations of animal cruelty and neglect. The dog, named Bronson, apparently was abandoned for good in Los Angeles after jumping out of Sohn’s car, according to the account that Sohn have to 7News.) Of course, if given the dilemma of having to choose between saving either a human or an animal in equal peril, undoubtedly I would try to save the human first. But I definitely would think twice about it.
Help! A dog is in a hot car. What do I do?
Dogs with short noses, such as pugs, are more easily prone to heat illness; as are dogs with thick coats, such as Siberian huskies and Pomeranians. At least 14 states and many municipalities have laws that specifically address the problem of animals left in cars in extreme temperatures. These laws often authorize law enforcement officials to enter a vehicle and remove the animal. Even states without these provisions may consider leaving an animal in an enclosed car to be animal cruelty. We recommend that aggressive action including entering a vehicle without an owner’s permission be taken by authorities. Please keep in mind charges can be serious. A dog in distress from hyperthermia is a medical emergency. Dogs rescued from hyperthermia should be taken to a veterinary clinic as soon as possible. In the meantime, remove the dog from the hot conditions and move the dog into a cooler, preferably air-conditioned, area. Wet the dog’s coat with room temperature water. Aim a fan at the dog, or fan the dog manually with a paper. Do not force drinking.
Some dogs seem relatively easy to house train, while others defy all efforts. Then, there are dogs who have house training problems that crop up even after the dog was supposed to be house trained. Here are a few tips to help keep you from excessive cleaning of your carpet. The first tip is to use the right approach. Shoving a dog’s nose in the mess or rolling up newspapers for punishment actually delays success. What helps is to figure out when the dog needs to do his or her business, and escort the dog outside. With puppies, they will need to go very soon after they eat, after playing, when they wake from a nap, as well as every few hours. By taking the dog outside right after these events, you can teach the dog where to do his business. To motivate the dog even more, use a leash and walk the dog in the yard. When the dog has success, award a treat as well as praise. Be sure to wait until the dog is completely done before you reward, or you will interrupt the process. Use a similar technique if you have just adopted a dog, until the dog learns your routine. Reliable house training of a puppy can take a while when it comes to bladder control, especially for smaller breeds. Be sure to use an enzymatic cleaner to get rid of the odor rather than just covering it up. If the pup is a few months old and still can’t hold his pee, then have a vet check for other issues such as an infection. Some people have almost had success house training only to have the dog regress when the dog enters adolescence. The first thing to do is to use a crate when the dog is unattended. The second is to repeat your house training as if this were a puppy, and the third is to enroll the dog into a class for basic training. Structured training can help house training regression. Also, make sure you are not using punishment oriented training, because punishment often causes house training issues in more sensitive dogs. Sometimes changes in your household, such as new family members, or stressful times, can also cause regression. Even after you resolve the trigger, you many need to repeat the initial house training efforts. Other issues which often take root that first year include submissive peeing (dog pees when you loom over the dog), greeting peeing (dog loses bladder control when excited), and male marking (dog hikes a leg in the house). These problems are more than house training issues, they are behavior problems. The good news is that with the right training, all these issues can be resolved.
Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper warning people about the dangers of leaving dogs in hot cars. You can use our sample letter to the editor (Acrobat PDF) as a guide when writing to your local paper. Don’t forget to check your paper’s guidelines for restrictions on word length and other submission requirements.
Peggy Swager is a behaviorist and dog trainer. In her book, Training the Hard to Train Dog, she has an entire chapter on solving house training issues. She also produced the award nominated DVD: “Separation Anxiety, a Weekend Technique.” More information is at her website www.peggyswager.com.
isyourdogcool@gmail.com 1. Note the make/model of the vehicle, license plate number and its specific location. Note a description of the dog(s), and the condition of the dog(s), especially if any signs of distress are observed (see below). Also note the time. 2. Call the local animal control agency, police or 911. 3. Some locations, such as malls, amusement parks or casinos, will have on-site security that may be able to take action. 4. Ask clerks at nearby stores/venues to make announcements using the vehicle’s make/model to locate the dog’s owner. 5. If possible, return to the vehicle to monitor the dog’s condition and help responding authorities locate the vehicle. Signs an animal is in distress include: · Excessive panting and drooling · Increased heart rate · Trouble breathing · Disorientation, stumbling or poor coordination · Diarrhea or vomiting · Collapse or loss of consciousness · Seizure · Respiratory arrest
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House Training Problems
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TCRAS Oreo and Ashes
Hello. Our names are Ashes and Oreo. We came to TCRAS recently to find our forever home. We are both front and back declawed, so we can not roam free outside, as we have no way to protect ourselves. We are really hoping to find a home together, but if we can’t that is ok too. We are a bit shy at first, but will come ask for lap time or a good head rubbing when we are comfortable in our new surroundings. Come by and meet us, you never know, we may become fast best friends!
CWWC will pay you $200 towards the shipping to a qualified home from the Vieques Humane Society
We call her Courage... She is a small Aussie who is emaciated after having lived in the wild with no food for quite some time. She is now living in our kitchen - warm and secure with lots of pets and soft words. She wags her tail when we pet her and deeply appreciates having been saved from sure death. She is very thin and hardly able to walk. She had been attacked and wounded on the neck by another dog while living at a reservoir nearby where a caring soul found her and brought her to us. Though in feeble condition she had to under go surgery to suture her neck and is now on antibiotics and pain killers. She is drinking water but so far hasn’t taken food. She has a bowl of cream and a bowl of soft dog food next to her but hasn’t had the strength to eat. We haven’t cut off the large mats you can see on her hind quarters yet she is too feeble. Once she is fully recovered we will find her the best of homes. She has a soft dog bed available but chooses to lay on the hard though warm wood floor. We have rescued 4 injured dogs this spring - some badly injured. Our vet bill is through the roof. Our adoption bus broke down again last night on the way back from Springs.
TCRAS the no-kill shelter in Divide, CO 719.686.7707 tcrascolorado.com
working together to find loving forever homes
DONATIONS ARE VERY MUCH NEEDED AT THIS TIME!
Vieques Humane Society - Vieques, Puerto Rico, a small island located off the mainland’s east coast, for many years offered no veterinary or animal rescue services. During the early 1980’s, a handful of concerned immigrants from the states and a few local residents took a serious interest in improving the welfare of the animals. They began by feeding the island’s multitudinous strays and soliciting the help of veterinarians from Puerto Rico to sterilize them. By 1987, the Vieques Humane Society and Animal Rescue, Inc. was officially established as a non-profit organization. Today they still offer the only veterinary services on the island and have developed strong community based programs. www.viequeshumanesociety.org
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working together to make a difference “We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.” ~ Immanual Kant
Natural Resources Defense Council www.nrdc.org
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~ Martin Buber
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