Much-Loved Cookie Dough
San Francisco has lost a pillar of the drag queen community. Cookie Dough (aka Eddie Bell) passed away, according to a post on drag queen Pollo Del Mar's Facebook page. Pollo Del Mar had been posting updates since Cooke Dough fell ill in Puerta Vallarta, Mexico, earlier this month. Cookie Dough, Pollo Del Mar, Daft-Knee, Gesundheit, Turleen, and Kim Burly had traveled to Mexico on Jan. 18 to perform The Golden Girls: Live! and soon after their arrival (Jan. 21) Pollo Del Mar posted an update that Cookie Dough was in the hospital due to an illness. Cookie Dough then slipped into a coma, and was later medevaced back to the Bay Area. Sadly, Cookie Dough succumbed to the unknown illness Jan. 29.
Snakes on a Crane
A group of Amazon boas is reportedly relaxing at the Oakland Zoo this week after federal authorities confiscated the reptiles that had had been illegally imported into Miami for reasons unknown. The snakes arrived at the Port of Miami a few months ago after they were smuggled through South America. Authorities made the discovery and contacted the Association of Zoos and Aquariums to help place the reptiles in a safe environment while an investigation was done. The Oakland Zoo offered its services to house the foreign snakes and keep them quarantined for several months for health and safety purposes. In cases like this when exotic animals are taken from the wild, there's a 50 percent chance they won't survive. "Animals illegally imported from the wild and into the pet trade are subjected to horrific conditions during the transport including overcrowding, extreme temperatures, and little to no sanitation, leading to a very low survival rate," said Margaret Rousser, zoological manager at Oakland Zoo. Three of the four snakes that survived are are on display at the Oakland Zoo.
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