SPECIAL TO THE COLORADO SUN: Commuters, Blue-State Republicans, and other endangered species that need rescuing

When an aquarium in Denver went belly-up, the city zoo took in 130 homeless animals. But these threatened critters need help, too! WRITTEN & ILLUSTRATED by PETER MOORE, for the COLORADO SUN

In addition to my efforts to amuse all of my 3,515 subscribers here—I love you all!—I also have a paying (ahem) gig for The Colorado Sun, my state’s supercool alternative to the hedge-fund owned Denver Post. And I’m happy to help the Sun by running in the opposite direction from their editorial mission, which is to improve the Centennial State through stalwart reporting in the public interest. My editorial mission is to point and laugh at Colorado, like when the SeaQuest Aquarium in Denver closed its doors and dozens of animals began to wonder where their next bite of seaweed might come from. The Denver Zoo and Downtown Aquarium answered the call! Which made me think: What about the other endangered species in Colorado? Cartoonist to the rescue!