Plaguemines Parish ??!? I am not sure that I would want to live near a plaguemine. Philip Hart wrote: > Are poodle furcuts functional? http://slate.msn.com/id/2095247/ > > Also... > > Feb. 10, 2004 | PORT SULPHUR, La. (AP) -- A woman who had raised her pet > leopard from a cub was mauled by the animal, but survived after a deputy > shot the 100-pound cat as its jaws were clamped on its owner's head, > authorities said. > > Julie Miles, 33, of Port Sulphur, was in fair condition Tuesday at West > Jefferson Medical Center in Gretna, spokeswoman Benola Cooper said. > > The leopard, named Jovani, let Miles go Monday after a Plaquemines Parish > sheriff's deputy shot it twice, sheriff's spokesman Maj. Charles Guey > said. > > The deputy shot the cat a third time after it crouched to attack again, > but the animal was not killed until Miles' brother-in-law, Jimmy Saunier, > arrived and killed it with a shotgun blast, Guey said. > > Miles had been petting Jovani on Monday and was just about to leave when > the cat "got hold of her," her mother, Shirley Alesich, told The (New > Orleans) Times-Picayune. > > The family said Jovani had always been gentle in the past and that Miles > had all the permits she needed for the animal.