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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months agohttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/04/science/northern-white-rhino-embryo.html?module=WatchingPortal®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=2&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2018%2F07%2F04%2Fscience%2Fnorthern-whit…[Read more]
Rhino Embryos Made in Lab to Save Nearly Extinct SubspeciesThe development is an early step toward the much more distant goal of resurrecting the northern white rhinoceros, whose last male died this year.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/70-animals-dead-in-spca-fire-1.4566057
More than 70 animals dead in Quebec SPCA fire | CBC NewsThe SPCA of Western Quebec says over 70 animals died when its shelter in the Aylmer sector of Gatineau was destroyed by fire Monday night.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/fat-urban-raccoons-diet-obesity-1.4731574
Raccoons are eating our garbage — and it's giving them high blood sugar: Sudbury researcher | CBC NewsThe cheeseburgers, fries and other fast food you don't finish is having dietary consequences for some familiar urban scavengers.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months agoChicken mega-farms are how we'll feed the UK, says poultry industry headBritish consumers eat chicken twice a week. Are large farms the only way forward?
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
RSPCA urges retailers to follow Nestlé’s chicken welfare moveUK charity the RSPCA has called on supermarkets to emulate Nestlé’s commitment to raise animal welfare standards across its chicken supplies.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
https://www.dw.com/en/the-true-cost-of-germanys-cheap-food/a-38976477
The true cost of Germany's cheap food | DW | 13.06.2017German researchers say food prices must rise substantially to take account of the environmental cost of industrial agriculture. Although discount supermarkets take the blame, they cater to consumers' cheap tastes.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
https://www.dw.com/en/new-zealand-to-slaughter-150000-cows-to-wipe-out-painful-disease/a-43956703
New Zealand to slaughter 150,000 cows to wipe out painful disease | DW | 28.05.2018The country is trying to eradicate Mycoplasma bovis, a disease that causes mastitis, pneumonia, and arthritis in cows. Authorities insist the decision is to stop future production losses and is unrelated to food safety.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months agoRevealed: industrial-scale beef farming comes to the UKInvestigation uncovers about a dozen intensive beef units, despite assurances that US-style practices would not happen here
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/03/new-koala-gene-map-could-help-prevent-extinction
New koala gene map could help prevent extinctionThe research could be used to cure chlamydia in the marsupial, which can cause infertility
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months agoFrydenberg tells Western Australia to pay for baited shark drumlinesConservationists criticise environment minister for pushing strategy that affects threatened species
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
“In fact, the U.S. Postal Service has strict guidelines on mail-order animals — from songbirds to snakes. Kittens, for example, are ‘not mailable’ under USPS Publication 52, Section 525. Neither are ‘poisonous insects and all spiders, except scorpions under limited circumstances.’ Day-old chickens, on the other hand, can be mailed. If e…[Read more]
A woman ordered canaries to brighten her home. The USPS delivered a box of ‘bird carnage.’Days later, the Alabama woman received a special delivery from the Postal Service: Seven replacement canaries. An eighth will arrive after breeding season.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
“Scientists have found that a session of electrical brain stimulation can reduce people’s intentions to commit assaults, and raise their moral a…[Read more]
Electrical brain stimulation may help reduce violent crime in future – studyResearchers found that applying an electric current to a part of the brain linked to violent acts reduced people’s intentions to commit assault
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months agoAustralia needs tighter ivory sale laws to protect elephants, parliamentary committee hearsParliament looking at whether Australia’s regulations allow poached ivory and horns to be passed off as antiques
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months agoWhy school trips to abattoirs are essentialCountryfile presenter Tom Heap is right to call for school visits to slaughterhouses. It is time children learned the truth about food production
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months agoOutrage after American woman hunts and kills rare giraffe in South AfricaTess Thompson posted Facebook photos of her next to the giraffe’s carcass
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
He was trying to rescue a sick baby goat, he said. NC cops charged him with felonies.Animal activist and lawyer Wayne Hsiung was arrested and faces felony charges and potential jail time for stealing a goat from a meat farm. He says he was trying to rescue the sick baby goat.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months agoCar collisions with wildlife are getting worse in OntarioCollisions spike in the fall − mating season for deer and moose. But they happen all year.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
Banff ditches big-bang Canada Day fireworks to protect wildlifeTown praised for switching to much quieter pyrotechnics display to avoid terrifying animals in the area.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/02/country-diary-swans-river-bank-otley-wharfedale
Country diary: swanning around the river bankOtley, Wharfedale: A pair of mute swans build their riverside nest in an exposed spot, untroubled by their urban neighbours
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