Teluk, New Guinea singing dog and beloved animal ambassador of the Living Desert, dies
Teluk (Courtesy of the Living Desert)
The Living Desert shared out the sad news that Teluk, a New Guinea singing dog and beloved animal ambassador of the Living Desert, passed away on Thursday. Devastated and heartbroken only begin to express how deeply saddened we are. We have lost a friend, an ambassador, and icon of The Living Desert,” said RoxAnna Breitigan, Director of Animal Care. “Within The Living Desert family, he was known for his love of coffee breath, stealing centerstage, and singing at the top of his lungs at all hours of the day. He was a happy place for so many; everything was better with Teluk.”
Dog found in hot car surrounded by frozen foods
Officials were left stunned when they found a dog inside a hot car parked at the Living Desert in Palm Desert Thursday afternoon. The dog was in a crate that was filled with frozen foods, like burritos, drumsticks and ice cream.
A Palm Desert Police Officer assisted Animal Services Officer Daniel Mora by opening the vehicle to retrieve the dog.
Miraculously, the dog was not overheated, but officials said the items in the crate were lukewarm. The panting dog was placed in Officer Mora s cab so it could receive his truck’s air conditioning at full blast as it was taken to the the Coachella Valley Animal Campus in Thousand Palms for a veterinary examination.
Print
It’s official: The two-month-long Coachella Valley biennial known as Desert X will not include a relocated Judy Chicago piece, the artist has told The Times, and the cancellation of the work is threatening a smoke sculpture planned for San Francisco’s de Young museum in mid-October.
Chicago’s Desert X smoke sculpture and performance, “Living Smoke: A Tribute to the Living Desert,” was supposed to take place in April over 1,200 acres at the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens. The Palm Desert organization, which had approved the work,
canceled it after activist, longtime local resident and former Times staffer Ann Japenga raised concerns about the artwork’s effects on the animals in the region.