COOL CATS FELINES KEPT COMFORTABLE AMID HEAT WAVE{ SOURCE} BY PEGGY HAGER STAFF WRITER.ROSAMOND - As Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley temperatures hit triple digits, the big cats at the Exotic Feline Breeding Compound's Feline Conservation Center are getting extra help to stay cool. The center's cadre of volunteers spray the cats from garden hoses and drape drape v. To cover, dress, or hang with or as if with cloth in loose folds. n. A cloth arranged over a patient's body during an examination or treatment or during surgery, designed to provide a sterile field around the area. tarps over the enclosures to add shade to that provided by the center's trees. Most of the center's tigers, leopards, jaguars and other cats are indigenous to warm climates. ``They're showered down continually,'' said Sandy Masek, general manager and director. ``They don't have too much of a problem. They acclimate to temperatures really well. We just keep them in a cooler environment than we usually do.'' More than 60 of the world's most-endangered felines live at the conservation center. A nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. , it is part of a network of zoos and facilities that breed endangered cats to keep species from extinction. The National Weather Service predicts extremely hot Antelope Valley weather: up to 108 today and Thursday and 106 Friday and Saturday - hotter at Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. and east Kern County. By 3 p.m. Tuesday, temperatures hit 106 in Palmdale, 112 in Lancaster and 116 at Saddleback Butte State Park Saddleback Butte State Park is a state park located in southern California's Antelope Valley. The prominent feature of this park is Saddleback Butte, a butte that measures 3,651 feet (1,113 m) high. The park covers about 2,955 acres (11. near Lake Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , the Weather Service said. High temperatures are usually in the mid- to upper 90s in Palmdale and Lancaster at this time of year, Weather Service records show. Palmdale's record high temperature since 1931 is 113, set July 10 and 11, 1961, and July 14, 1972, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Weather Service records. Lancaster's record high temperature since 1974 had been 110, reached July 2 and 3, 2001; July 6 and 7, 1989; July 25, 1975; and Aug. 8, 1981. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Annie the jaguar is sprayed by Tammy MacInnes at the Exotic Feline Breeding Compound's Feline Conservation Center. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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