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https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/2151975/asias-booming-dog-meat-business-and-activists-seeking-end

The activists taking on Asia’s cruel, and booming, trade in dog meatThey are flayed and cooked alive, bludgeoned to death, or poisoned – 30 million dogs a year. Demand in Vietnam is growing so fast, smugglers are snatching pets for slaughter. One group is determined to put a stop to the trade

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2160983/its-war-mans-best-friend-spate-dog-poisonings-hit-china

Chinese poisoners declare war on man’s best friendA series of attacks in recent weeks have left dog owners increasingly worried that strangers will take out their frustrations on their pets

https://www.scmp.com/culture/arts-entertainment/article/2161278/giant-panda-conservation-success-china-and-worlds-zoos

China celebrates giant panda success story in Beijing exhibitionWorld’s fascination with giant pandas goes back to French missionary Père David’s first account of them in 1869, and multimedia show in Beijing charts the measures taken since to conserve the iconic animals and their habitat

https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/2161307/snake-alert-issued-indias-flood-hit-kerala

‘Snake alert’ issued in India's flood-hit KeralaSnakes may be hiding in cupboards or under carpets, among clothes or inside washing machines in homes previously submerged by floods, local media warns

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2147778/saving-rhinos-africas-fight-against-chinese

Chinese demand for rhino horn pushing species to extinctionFrom surveillance planes to witch doctors, conservationists and park rangers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, are exploring every option in a desperate fight to save its rhinos, whose horns are worth more than their weight in gold

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2149918/sustainable-tourism-key-malaysian-marine-parks

Sustainable tourism key to Malaysian marine park’s ambitious plansAlternative livelihoods for fishermen essential to survival of threatened turtles, dugongs and whale sharks off Sabah

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/2150510/east-african-elephants-highlight-tourists-livelihood

East African elephants a highlight for tourists, a livelihood for localsClouds of red dust rise up through the distant under­growth followed by a growing crescendo of rustling and shuffling before the first attempt at a fearsome trump. It sounds more like a…

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2161134/war-sharks-chinese-demand-fins-driving-rogue

Rogue shark-fishing fleets plunder oceans to supply fins to ChinaDespite the capture of a Chinese freighter off the Galapagos islands last year, its hold packed tight with 150 tonnes of dead sharks, the Pacific Ocean off Central America remains a blood-soaked environmental crime scene

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-44227586

Annual sheep 'grand national' to returnOver 50,000 had signed a petition calling for a 'cruel' sheep racing event in Shropshire to be axed.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bbn719

A Freedom of Information request has released in error the names of farms involved in a badger cull in Wales, Farming Today - BBC Radio 4An animal rights group has published details of farmers taking part in a badger cull.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45309050#_=_

Ten-year old boy survives bear attackThe bear is thought to have been protecting its cub but the boy escaped with minor injuries.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/24/bake-off-vegan-week-rest-of-tv-cookery-shows

Bake Off is having a vegan week, but what about the rest of TV? | Jessica BrownMost cookery shows are missing a trick – or maybe the realities of going meat-free are a bit too much for them

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/24/kelp-dredging-proposal-criticised-by-conservationists-scotland

Kelp dredging proposal criticised by Scottish conservationistsUse of mechanical device to pull kelp plants from beds would destroy local ecosystem, say campaigners

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2018/08/13/listen-to-music-composed-to-calm-stressed-out-shelter-dogs/?utm_term=.a12d4bf4d472&wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1

Listen to music composed to calm stressed-out shelter dogsA big-time songwriter and music producer once worked with the Supremes and the Temptations. Now he makes music played at shelters nationwide.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2018/08/17/hundreds-of-animals-are-dying-in-red-tide-these-people-are-trying-to-save-them/?utm_term=.ad03315d8adf&wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1

Hundreds of animals are dying in red tide. These people are trying to save them.Veterinarians use life jackets and pool noodles to keep manatees afloat so they can breathe at the surface of the rehab pools.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/08/24/how-do-you-save-fish-that-cant-swim-this-vet-made-them-tiny-floaties/?utm_term=.eda65fd012a3&wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1

How do you save fish that can’t swim? This vet made them tiny floaties.Leafy seadragons usually float effortlessly through the ocean, but three at a Florida aquarium needed help.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/20/us/furternity-leave-pet-owners.html?wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1

Company Is Offering ‘Fur-ternity Leave’ for New Pet OwnersAfter a handful of employees at Nina Hale, a marketing company, had asked to work from home with their new dogs and cats, it became an official benefit.

“‘Our ecology evolved with large herbivores – with free-roaming herds of aurochs (the ancestral cow), tarpan (the original horse), elk, bear, bison, red deer, roe deer, wild boar and millions of beavers. They are species whose interactions with the environment sustain and promote life. Using herbivores as part of the farming cycle can go a long w…[Read more]

If you want to save the world, veganism isn’t the answer | Isabella TreeIntensively farmed meat and dairy are a blight, but so are fields of soya and maize. There is another way, says the farmer Isabella Tree

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/25/snakes-florida-hybrid-pythons-super-breed-threat-danger?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Guardian+Today+-+Collection&utm_term=284224&subid=26212650&CMP=GT_collection

Super-snake: hybrid pythons could pose new threat to Florida EvergladesA genetic study has found that some specimens of the invasive reptile that has decimated local wildlife are a mixture of two Asian species which could make it an even more formidable predator

https://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/08/murphy_moves_to_ban_bear_hunts_in_nj.html

Murphy bans bear hunts in N.J. on state landThe order bans hunting on in all state forests, state parks and recreation areas, and state Wildlife Management Areas.