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Oat Milk
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/05/this-amazing-new-milk-is-going-to-change-everything/?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=in-the-mix-2018-05-05

This amazing new milk is going to change everythingIt doesn't hurt cows, guzzle water, or ruin the soil.

“To sell a single animal, traders will collect some species at a factor of 3, 5 or even 10 because some of the animals are expected to perish along the way, she…[Read more]

Federal agents peered into a duffel bag on the Mexico border. They found a tiger cub.The tiger was recovered safely and sent to a zoo in Brownsville, Tex.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2018/05/02/please-stop-feeding-the-kangaroos-or-risk-getting-mauled-australian-officials-warn-tourists/?utm_term=.faf9d8d28d8d&wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1

Please stop feeding the kangaroos — or risk getting mauled, Australian officials warn tourists"One person even got 17 stitches in their face,” a local shuttle operator said.

https://apnews.com/bd2566af56824c43ac7ec3bf35489e58?wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1

Captive-bred lions killed on South African farm for bonesJOHANNESBURG (AP) — The killing of dozens of lions on a South African farm last week has led to increased scrutiny of the country's policy allowing the annual export of 800 skelet

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/03/science/horse-skeleton-utah.html

An Ancient Horse Is Unearthed in a Utah BackyardPaleontologists recently determined that a skeleton discovered during a landscaping project belonged to a horse from the Pleistocene Era.

https://slate.com/technology/2018/05/artificial-intelligence-may-soon-have-more-rights-than-animals-in-the-u-s.html?wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0196284

Attention all shelter workers: “The current findings present a paradox. Desexing may reduce the numbers of unwanted dogs at large. But it may also increase the likelihood of problem behaviours that reduce the appeal of the desexed [MALE] dogs and make them more vulnerable to being…[Read more]

Why decisions to desex male dogs just got more complicatedGiving male dogs the snip is a common practice in Australia and elsewhere to help reduce the number of unwanted dogs. But it can also lead to some unwanted behavioural problems.

https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/pickens-county/2018/05/01/rabid-pickens-county-goat-infects-four-people/570617002/?wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1

Goat exposes four people to rabies in Pickens CountyThey were exposed while "providing general care" to the goat.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/05/north-atlantic-right-whale-extinction-cape-cod-philip-hoare?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=273883&subid=9773987&CMP=GT_US_collection#comment-115490303

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/may/02/plants-talk-to-each-other-through-their-roots?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Lab+notes+2016&utm_term=273777&subid=9773987&CMP=ema-3242

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/01/wild-wolf-shot-and-killed-in-denmark?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Green+Light+2016&utm_term=273765&subid=9773987&CMP=EMCENVEML1631

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2018/05/02/he-bottle-fed-a-lion-a-cub-10-years-later-it-attacked-him-on-video-and-was-shot-dead/?utm_term=.1c3ed999191a&wpisrc=nl_headlines&wpmm=1

He bottle-fed a lion cub. Ten years later, it attacked him on video and was shot dead.Before being shot and killed at Marakele Predator Center, the lion dragged the man across the South African scrubland as if he were a chicken.

https://www.care2.com/causes/tripadviser-updates-its-animal-welfare-policy-but-theres-still-more-to-be-done.html

TripAdvisor Updates its Animal Welfare Policy, But There’s Still More to Be Done | Care2 Causes

https://www.care2.com/causes/do-courthouse-dogs-really-sway-juries.html

Why Dogs Are Getting a Bigger Role in Courtrooms | Care2 CausesMassachusetts may become the next state to allow certified facility dogs in its courtrooms, but the proposed bill is opposed by some defense attorneys.

PALM OIL TAKES LIVES
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5zpjMqtmCtxMBnWjXZvjnGk/orangutans-extinction-is-forever?preview=true&cm_mmc=ExactTarget-_-email-_-BBC_Earth_Newsletter_03052018-_-email&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_campaign=BBC_Earth_Newsletter_03052018

Natural World - Orangutans – Extinction is Forever - BBC TwoHow our choice of toothpaste might save our ginger cousins

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170117-on-the-trail-of-the-orangutan-killers?ocid=nlert&cm_mmc=ExactTarget-_-email-_-BBC_Earth_Newsletter_03052018-_-email&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_campaign=BBC_Earth_Newsletter_03052018

On the trail of the orangutan killersThese great apes are being snatched from their homes to live as "pets", but undercover detectives are on the case

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-03/labor-calls-for-a-complete-ban-on-all-live-sheep-exports/9722786

Labor calls for a complete ban on live sheep exports, wants processing locallyFollowing more revelations of the dangers of live sheep exports, the Federal Opposition now wants a complete ban on the industry.