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https://www.wsj.com/articles/escape-from-new-york-slaughterhouse-refugees-have-a-country-place-1538423513

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/28/science/jellyfish-predators-oceans.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage&section=Science

Who Wants to Eat a Gooey Jellyfish? Pretty Much Everyone in the OceanScientists had long assumed that few creatures dined on these gelatinous animals. But new research suggests that jellyfish may be an important part of the ocean’s food supply.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/02/country-diary-a-close-encounter-with-a-badger

Country diary: a close encounter with a badgerAigas, Highlands: The boulder-like creature snouts for food and carries on with its routine unaware of the watchers nearby

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2166083/15000-pangolins-slaughtered-7-tonnes-scales-seized-china

‘15,000 pangolins slaughtered’ for 7 tonnes of scales seized in ChinaCustoms officials intercept three hauls since July of the endangered mammals, which are protected but are prized for their scales, meat and blood

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/oct/02/matilda-the-echidna-beats-crippling-ant-allergy-with-a-little-help-from-science

Matilda the echidna beats crippling ant allergy – with a little help from scienceVets develop vaccine after first known record of an echidna being allergic to their core food source

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/the-hapless-dusky-gopher-frog-divides-the-supreme-court/2018/10/01/3d63b216-c5a0-11e8-b1ed-1d2d65b86d0c_story.html?utm_term=.5379672a0ff7

The hapless dusky gopher frog divides the Supreme CourtA short-staffed Supreme Court appeared split on a case involving habitat for the endangered animal.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/01/oklahoma-man-killed-mauled-by-bears-alaska-mine

Oklahoma man dies from bear mauling in AlaskaAlaska state troopers say the bear and two cubs have been killed

http://www.bbc.com/travel/gallery/20181001-the-worlds-lightest-warmest-and-most-expensive-down

The world’s lightest, warmest and most expensive downJust south of the Arctic Circle, a few dedicated Norwegians are keeping the tradition of sustainable eiderdown farming alive – and are making some of the world’s most coveted duvets.

“As the human population grows, so does the population of our companion animals, meaning dogs are roaming into territory that used to be a haven for wild animals. The numbers certainly back that up – there are now an estimated one billion domestic dogs around the world….The US Department of Agriculture recently put its own focus on cases of…[Read more]

Man's best friend, wildlife's worst enemyHow our canine companions could pose a threat to endangered species.

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2166492/cramped-living-hong-kong-means-dogs-deserve-extra-care

Adopting dogs in need in Hong Kong is win-win for owners and petsLuisa Tam details humans’ deep bond with the loyal creatures, and urges against abandoning them as if they were disposable

“Many of the questions came back to the original cells that go into the solution. The rabbi said those cells would have to be kosher, from an animal that was properly slaughtered and not scraped off a live animal. (There is a Jewish law against eating live animals.) This was not well received by some of the clean meat companies, which want to…[Read more]

Meat Labs Pursue a Once-Impossible Goal: Kosher BaconA rabbi at the world’s largest kosher certification agency is leading an effort to determine if and how meat grown from animal cells can satisfy Jewish law.

“Since the turn of the millennium, bones of the creatures in the Kinsey archives have been carbon dated in separate studies, and both found to have been from animals alive in the early medieval period. In the lynx’s case, this was about 2,500 years closer to the present than previously dated remains, a find that has given weight to current calls f…[Read more]

Country diary: cave secrets of lost charismatic carnivoresKinsey Cave, Yorkshire Dales: Bones of brown bear and lynx found here have rewritten the histories of both species

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2018/oct/01/ethics-manure-vegans-cruelty-free-compost-royal-horticultural-society-excludes-animal-excrement

The ethics of manure: why vegans are calling for cruelty-free compostIf you’re concerned about the manure you use in your garden, the Royal Horticultural Society has advice for an alternative that excludes animal excrement

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/01/death-rates-surge-female-pigs-us

'We've bred them to their limit': death rates surge for female pigs in the USWith sows producing 23 piglets a year on average, intensive farming is called into question over rise in animals suffering prolapse

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2018/sep/30/california-stages-10th-annual-surf-city-surf-dog-competition

California stages 10th annual Surf City surf dog competition – in picturesSolo surfing, two-dog surfing and human/dog surfing were among the events held at Huntington Beach