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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2018/06/07/military-members-stationed-overseas-fret-as-flying-pets-home-gets-harder/?utm_term=.04a9705470bc&wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1

Military members stationed overseas fret as flying pets home gets harderAirline policy changes have made it more difficult — and expensive — to transport large dogs or short-faced animals such as pugs, which tend to have breathing problems that make flying risky.

https://www.care2.com/causes/new-dot-regulation-could-crack-down-on-flying-with-emotional-support-animals.html

New DOT Regulation Could Crack Down on Flying With Emotional Support Animals | Care2 CausesThe Department of Transportation is considering changes to the Air Carrier Access Act to address consumer complaints about animals on aircraft.

https://www.care2.com/causes/male-dolphins-use-names-to-keep-track-of-their-friends.html

Male Dolphins Use Names to Keep Track of Their Friends | Care2 CausesNew research has highlighted just how important individual names are for males when it comes to keeping track of their social networks.

“Last year, US farmers dumped almost 100m gallons of surplus milk. Recently, a surge in dairy-farmer suicides has caused national alarm, drawing attention to what the New York Times called “the widespread hopelessness afflicting the industry”….Meanwhile, just across the St Lawrence river in what free-trading Americans like to call Soviet Can…[Read more]

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/09/miami-woman-bitten-and-likely-killed-by-alligator-officials-confirm

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/09/us/florida-alligator-woman.html?module=WatchingPortal&region=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=1&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2018%2F06%2F09%2Fus%2Fflorida-alligator-woman.htm…[Read more]

Body of Woman Attacked by an Alligator Is Found in FloridaShizuka Matsuki was last seen taking her dogs for a walk at a park in Davie, Fla., on Friday morning. Then, a witness said, she disappeared.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/31/science/warblers-canada-migration.html

A River of Warblers: ‘The Greatest Birding Day of My Life’At an observatory in Quebec, they were hoping for a 50,000-bird day. They saw more than half a million.

https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-44412745#

Family of swallows halt house demolitionFeathered residents have given an old Chinese house a stay of execution.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/09/josh-frydenberg-urged-to-step-in-to-save-national-park-from-nsw-brumby-plan?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+AUS+v1+-+AUS+morning+mail+callout&utm_term=277618&subid=26212650&CMP=ema_632

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/08/save-planet-meat-dairy-livestock-food-free-range-steak?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=277563&subid=26212650&CMP=GT_US_collection

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https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ryan-zinke-wildlife-conservation-montana-david-spady_us_5b153d81e4b010565aadf457

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2018/06/06/prevent-dogs-killed-by-police/

New Training Hopes To Prevent Family Pets Killed By PoliceIt's not always easy to know if a dog is friendly, but a new training program by the National Sheriff's Association is designed to help with that.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44404246#_=_

Oldest 'footprints' found in ChinaThe oldest known "footprints" left by an animal have been uncovered in China.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/07/science/seals-mammals-sleep-brain.html?hpw&rref=science&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well

Hot Heads: Why Mammals Need R.E.M. SleepSleeping fur seals toggle between two brain patterns: one while at sea, the other on land. Researchers suggest that R.E.M. sleep serves to warm the brain.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/07/science/bees-intelligence-zero.html

Do Bees Know Nothing?Researchers say bees understand the concept of nothing, or zero. But do we understand what that means?

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/animal-emotions/201806/the-animal-lovers-guide-changing-the-world

The Animal Lover's Guide to Changing the WorldAn interview with Stephanie Feldstein on her inspirational and practical book.

“Sean Bush, a snake expert at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University told NBC News in 2014 that it’s ‘very common’ for snake heads to still bite because it’s ‘a last-ditch effort to survive.’ In 2014, a Chinese chef was reportedly killed by the head of a spitting cobra as he prepared to serve its body for soup, according to the…[Read more]

A Texas man decapitated a rattlesnake. It bit him anyway and he nearly died, his wife says.Jeremy Sutcliffe needed 26 doses of antivenin and was on a ventilator for five days, his wife said.

Example of conservation in opposition to animal protection.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/07/brumby-law-turns-australia-into-global-laughing-stock?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+AUS+v1+-+AUS+morning+mail+callout&utm_term=277347&subid=26212650&CMP=ema_632

“Leslie Boyer, an anti-venom doctor at the University of Arizona VIPER Institute, warned against attempting to kill snakes, particularly by cutting them. ‘It’s cruel to the animal and it leaves you with a smaller piece that’s venomous to pick up,’ she told the Gizmodo news…[Read more]

Texas man bitten by severed snake headA man requires 26 doses of anti-venom and nearly dies after the rattlesnake he decapitated bit him.