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Article: Going Wild for Wildlife.
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- May 1, 2008
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By Peter Suciu
Realistic animal designs lead this year's plush pack
Blame it on Animal Planet, the cable TV channel devoted to all things in the world of wildlife. With real animals as the stars of their own TV shows, this year more exotic creatures than those found down on the farm are leading the plush parade. And overall sales of the furry, often cuddly, critters remain strong even as a bear of another sort is on the loose on Wall Street.
'Plush is recession proof,' says Steve Swickard, owner of the Estes Ark plush store in Estes Park, Colorado. While Swickard says his shop doesn't follow the traditional major trends-and instead, remains ...