In recent years, major news outlets have started taking note of the animal movement, and including coverage of animal rights, welfare, and conservation issues on a daily basis. Check out our curated selection of top stories from around the world, updated every day.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 2 months agoEmergency clause lets European countries beat bee pesticide banAbout half of the European Union’s member states are making use of an emergency clause to allow the use of banned pesticides that are thought to harm bees
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 2 months ago
Dormouse might be first tree-climbing mammal shown to echolocate https://www.newscientist.com/article/2121422-dormouse-might-be-first-tree-climbing-mammal-shown-to-echolocate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_source=Twitter&utm_term=Autofeed&cmpid=SOC%7CNSNS%7C2017-Echobox#link_time=1487177875
Dormouse might be first tree-climbing mammal shown to echolocateIt's not just bats that navigate at night using a form of sonar – so might a dormouse, and if so it could tell us whether bats' echolocation preceded flight
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 2 months ago
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 2 months agoTwo held with camel meat, warehouse sealed - Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: Police have arrested two men for allegedly carrying banned camel meat in a truck near Lawrence Road in north-west Delhi on Tuesday.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 2 months ago
http://gizmodo.com/white-house-blocks-listing-of-bumble-bee-as-endangered-1792271532
White House Blocks Listing of Bumble Bee As Endangered SpeciesThe rusty-patched bumble bee was scheduled to be added to the endangered species list on Friday but The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that process will need to be reviewed due to an executive order from the president. Lobbyists who oppose the Endangered Species Act have celebrated the decision.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 2 months ago
http://www.startribune.com/to-declaw-cats-or-not-new-jersey-could-be-first-with-ban/413165613/
To declaw cats or not? New Jersey could be first with banCats would keep their claws under a bill that would make New Jersey the first state to prohibit declawing.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 2 months ago
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 2 months ago'Extraordinary' levels of pollutants found in 10km deep Mariana trenchPresence of manmade chemicals in most remote place on planet shows nowhere is safe from human impact, say scientists
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 2 months ago
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 2 months agoHoneybees let out a ‘whoop’ when they bump into each otherA vibrational pulse that was thought to be a “stop” signal between bees may actually be a startled response when they collide
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 2 months agoFrench bulldog craze is producing seriously ill puppies, leading vets warn The celebrity craze for French bulldogs is helping fuel the dangerous overbreeding of one of the country’s favourite canines, resulting in agonising deformities and birth defects, Britain’s leading veterinary experts warn.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 2 months ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/13/nyregion/queens-woman-75-dies-after-being-bitten-by-her-dog.html?module=WatchingPortal®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=15&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2017%2F02%2F13%2…[Read more]
Queens Woman, 75, Dies After Being Bitten by Her DogFor as long as her neighbors could recall, Louise Hermida was surrounded by dogs. One of them, a mastiff, attacked her in her home.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 2 months ago
http://gizmodo.com/white-house-blocks-listing-of-bumble-bee-as-endangered-1792271532
White House Blocks Listing of Bumble Bee As Endangered SpeciesThe rusty-patched bumble bee was scheduled to be added to the endangered species list on Friday but The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that process will need to be reviewed due to an executive order from the president. Lobbyists who oppose the Endangered Species Act have celebrated the decision.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 2 months agoCongressman Steps Up To Help End Orca Captivity In The U.S. | Care2 CausesWhile opposition to keeping orcas in captivity was around long before the documentary Blackfish started making waves, the film unquestionably helped bring the
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 2 months ago
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 2 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 2 months agoThe dolphin who loved me: the Nasa-funded project that went wrongIn the 1960s, Margaret Lovatt was part of a Nasa-funded project to communicate with dolphins. Soon she was living with 'Peter' 24 hours a day in a converted house. Christopher Riley reports on an experiment that went tragically wrong
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 2 months ago
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/surajkund-mela-monkeys-langurs/1/875590.html
Animal activists unhappy with the use of langurs to drive away monkeys at Surajkund MelaA group of animal activists approached the ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) complaining against the use of five langurs to drive away monkeys at Surajkund craft fair in Faridabad.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 2 months agoDonkey business: China behind MP’s falling donkey population? - Times of IndiaBHOPAL: Donkeys are disappearing faster than tigers in Madhya Pradesh, going by figures released by the state animal husbandry department.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 2 months agoWildlife dept learnt its lesson after MandawarThe wildlife department, it seems, has learned its lessons on the importance of swift action and being equipped when an incident of man-animal conflict is reported.