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get it out there. It should be spread around like candy in India and Mexico," he said.
• GonaCon has worked as long as six years in some of the wild animals tested. Booster shots were given to others to extend sterilization, Steinberger said.
• It was never tested on a large number of dogs because no one stepped up to foot the bill.
• Petco Foundation donated about half the money for the study.
• "Animals are the reason Petco is in business. We are always looking for ways to make their lives better and help with the tragedy of overpopulation," said foundation executive director Paul Jolly.
• Steinberger brought together the tribes, researchers, donors and volunteers.
• GonaCon can't be used on domestic pets, Steinberger emphasized. The Food and Drug Administration would require about a decade of testing and that would cost between $16 million and $20 million, Young said.
• Young, who operates a low-cost clinic in Denver, has performed over 165,000 (mostly spay and neuter) surgeries, more than anyone else on the planet, he said.
• "I would love for something to put me out of that business," he said.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard on Thursday requested federal assistance from President Barack Obama to help the state recover from thunderstorms, flooding and a tornado.
• The request for a Presidential Disaster Declaration stems from a series of storms that hit the state from May 24-31 and covers five counties, including part of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The counties are Lincoln, Union, Lawrence, Corson and Bennett.
• If the disaster declaration is approved, up to 75 percent of eligible costs could be reimbursed by the federal government.
• Preliminary estimates show damage from rainfall and flash flooding caused $1.4 million in damage.
• An EF1 tornado that struck the town of Allen on the Pine Ridge Reservation destroyed three homes and damaged seven others and a church.
• In the letter, Daugaard said Lincoln County was especially hard hit, nothing that more than 10 inches of rain fell over a two-day period in Harrisburg.
• "Streets were flooded, and the elementary school had water inundating the hallways and gymnasium," he said.
• The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has also requested federal assistance due to May storm damage to the reservation, which straddles the North Dakota-South Da

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