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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months agohttps://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/pu-pbm060718.php?wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1#
Physiological benefits may be experienced by veterans with PTSD who use service dogsA new study shows how veterans with PTSD may benefit physiologically from using service dogs. This study, led by the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, is the first published research to use a physiological marker to define the biobehavioral effects of service dogs on veterans with PTSD.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
The dog ate my pot brownie: Legalization fuels increase in stoned petsVeterinarians warn that pot can be dangerous for pets, but social media is full of photos and videos of animals that have accidentally gotten stoned.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
This is a story about a stoned raccoon at a fire stationThe scenario is unusual. But pets on pot are becoming more common as legalization spreads.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months agoHomeless people on their pets: 'She saved me as much as I saved her'Four people share stories of animal companions as experts say they take better care of pets than those with housing
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/04/russia-killing-stray-dogs-world-cup-fifa
Russia is killing stray dogs. World Cup stars must help stop the slaughter | Chas Newkey-BurdenAs the World Cup approaches, street dogs are being ruthlessly eliminated. Fifa and animal-loving footballers must step up, says author and journalist Chas Newkey-Burden
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
European Parliament calls for a ban on bullfighting subsidies in the next CAP - GUE/NGL - Another Europe is possibleToday the European Parliament voted in favour of a proposal by GUE/NGL MEP Anja Hazekamp (Partij voor de Dieren, Netherlands) to end Common
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
How did the Minnesota raccoon scale that 25-story building? ‘Superpowers’ and ‘insatiable curiosity.’Urban raccoons have stellar climbing skills, no fear of heights and a go-for-it attitude — which doesn't always work as well as it did for #MPRraccoon.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
A photo of a bird in India with its beak shut by an elastic ring went viral. Now it has been rescued.The stork was the latest international symbol of the harm done to wildlife by plastic waste.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
https://www.kqed.org/science/1925619/california-comeback-for-gray-wolf-hits-farthest-point-south
California Comeback for Gray Wolf Hits Farthest Point SouthA female gray wolf has turned up in Nevada County in California's southernmost wolf sighting yet.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months agoBumblebees use perfume patterns to tell flowers apartStudy also suggests they can spot similarities between patterns of scent and those made with colour
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
Spiders can float in the air, and scientists just figured out how they lift offSpiders might even sense the breeze before takeoff, like using a wet finger to test the direction of the wind.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months agoThe week in wildlife – in picturesA colourful sand lizard, a giant baobab tree and a racoon with a head for heights are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months agoChris Packham warns of 'ecological apocalypse' in BritainSpringwatch presenter says Britain is increasingly ‘a green and unpleasant land’
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS A LOT OF WISHFUL THINKING
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/12/universal-basic-income-and-rewilding-can-meet-anthropocene-demands?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Green+Light+2016&utm_term=278208&subid=26212650&CMP=EMCENVEML1631How universal basic income and rewilding could save the planet | Simon Lewis and Mark MaslinSimon Lewis and Mark Maslin: Does the arrival of the Anthropocence mean we’re doomed to societal collapse? Not if we break the mould of ever-greater production and consumption
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months agoThe last bat: the mystery of Britain’s most solitary animalThe long read: In a dank Sussex tunnel, a solitary greater mouse-eared bat roosts each winter. Is he the only one left in Britain?
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months agoCan Scotland save its wildcats from extinction?The secretive mammals are fast disappearing from the Highlands but last-ditch efforts to save them are fraught with challenges
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months agoGiant African baobab trees die suddenly after thousands of yearsDemise of nine out of 13 of the ancient landmarks linked to climate change by researchers
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
Opinion | The Ornithologist the Internet Called a MurdererIt’s a scary thing to be the target of online vigilantes who believe in their own righteousness.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 9 months agoIn dark times, we need heroes – this one is a raccoon | Hannah Jane ParkinsonIn the interests of our collective mental health, we need good, fun news as well as bad – so thank you, MPR raccoon, says Guardian columnist Hannah Jane Parkinson
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