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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months agohttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05515-8
Differences in age-specific mortality between wild-caught and captive-born Asian elephantsWild Asian elephants have been and continue to be captured to supplement captive populations. Here, Lahdenperä et al. use records from Myanmar timber elephants to show that wild-caught elephants have increased mortality compared to captive-born elephants for many years after capture.
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Varda Mehrotra, FIAPO changed their profile picture 7 years, 7 months ago
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Conservation Action Trust wrote a new post, South African cheetah petting programs: exploitative entertainment or conservation? 7 years, 7 months ago
At least 600 cheetahs are kept in captivity in South African tourism facilities, offering interactions and cub petting in the name of conservation and education. Do these facilities truly promote the conservation […]
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
We're all going on a scat hunt: how citizen science can help save echidnasOrdinary Australians are making a difference for teams that rely on raw data such as the University of Adelaide’s recent project on the monotremes
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
http://time.com/5361963/police-alaska-bear-cubs-shooting/
Father and Son Caught Killing Black Bear and Cubs in AlaskaIt's illegal to kill black bear cubs or sows with cubs in most of the state
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
The Humane Society of the United States releases a new poll revealing that Alaskan voters strongly oppose cruel methods of killing iconic wildlife on National Preserves in AlaskaA new statewide poll by Remington Research Group commissioned by the Humane Society of the United States shows that a supermajority of Alaskans strongly oppose the Department of the Interior’s plan to permit the use of cruel and unsporting practices to kill bears, wolves and caribou on the National Park Service’s National Preserve lands in Alaska.
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ibesan became a registered member 7 years, 7 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Marine Mammals Have Lost a Gene That Now They May Desperately NeedDolphins, manatees, sea lions, elephant seals and other animals no longer produce an enzyme that protects land mammals against harmful chemicals, including some pesticides.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45133855#
Killer whale carries dead baby for 16 daysA mother whale is still carrying her baby's body more than two weeks after it died.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Whale sharks feeding in the western Indian Ocean - in picturesWhale sharks in the western Indian Ocean and the Arabian Gulf rarely swim more than a few hundred kilometres from their feeding grounds, making local action vital to their conservation
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
The truth about elephantsHere are three stories about elephants: they're scared of mice, they have amazing memories and they have graveyards. One of these is true
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Seven reasons to love lionsAs the world mourns the loss of Cecil the lion, BBC Earth celebrates the species
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
https://theirturn.net/2018/08/07/Mary-Bassett-Resigns-Health-Commissioner-Harvard/
After Months of Protests, NYC Health Commissioner Mary Bassett Resigns with Over Three Years Left in Her TermTen months after animal rights and public health advocates launched a campaign to hold her accountable for failing to enforce the health codes violated during a ritual animal sacrifice called Kaporos, NYC Health Commissioner Mary Bassett resigned, announcing Read more...
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Welsh river study reveals 'troubling' decline of wildlifeForty-year project shows ‘troubling’ loss of invertebrates, with repercussions for larger animals
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Why two countries want to kill 100,000 beaversThe rodents were supposed to jump-start a South American fur trade. Instead, they’ve mowed down the forest.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/oversight-body-looking-into-lab-rat-treatment-1.4776967
Oversight group to probe treatment of animals at University of Calgary lab | CBC NewsA national group that oversees rules for the use of animals in labs says it's looking into allegations that rats woke up in the middle of surgeries at the University of Calgary due to "mismanagement" of the anesthetic.
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Varda Mehrotra, FIAPO wrote a new post, India's Animal Welfare community displays its strength, stops mass livestock export 7 years, 7 months ago
The natural order suggests that animals are not meant to be in cages, and that they are not meant to be tied down by ropes or human expectations. India is full of animals, from the humble street dog to the […]
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
https://www.thesouthafrican.com/conservation-elephant-poaching-on-the-increase-in-botswana/
Conservation: Elephant poaching on the increase in BotswanaElephant poaching has long been an issue on the African continent, but the numbers of poaching incidents are rising.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
A red tide ravaging Florida may have killed a whale shark for the first known timeScientists cannot be certain about the exact cause of the whale shark's death, but the deadly toxin was present in its tissue. The timing and location also implicate the harmful algal bloom, or “red tide,” as the most likely cause.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
A D.C. library was closed for more than two days after several live snakes were found insideAs many as four snakes were spotted slithering around the Georgetown Library.
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