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http://www.30millionsdamis.fr/actualites/article/12666-quand-les-chasseurs-pleurnichent-et-se-victimisent-aupres-du-president-de-la-republique/

Quand les chasseurs pleurnichent et se victimisent auprès du président de la République - Fondation 30 Millions d'AmisLe tollé suscité par une chasse à courre dans l’Oise, auquel s’ajoute la vingtaine d’accidents de chasse depuis le début de l’automne, a mobilisé l’opinion qui dénonce massivement ces dérives. Se sentant menacée, la Fédération nat

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/brutal-suffering-faced-up-million-11454995#ICID=sharebar_facebook

Brutal suffering of up to a million dogs that are traded for meat laid bareWARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: Dogs are snatched from the streets or stolen before being crammed into trucks with their legs and mouths bound, a celebrity-backed appeal has claimed

https://www.alternet.org/world/despite-its-celebrity-backers-charity-heifer-international-does-more-harm-good#.Wf7-jb8HmJN.facebook

Despite Its Celebrity Backers, Charity Heifer International Does More Harm Than GoodHeifer International and other live animal charities may not be as beneficial as previously thought. Every year during the holiday season, Americans receive a marketing catalog in the mail from Heifer Internati Read more...

https://www.scoop.it/t/badger-culling/p/4088333155/2017/11/06/thieves-are-breaking-into-zoos-and-stealing-rare-animals?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
Thieves Are Breaking Into Zoos and Stealing Rare Animals | Animal welfare

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-wolf-cull-animals-poison-1.4388721

Using poison to cull wolves in Alberta is inhumane, says animal advocacy groupAn animal advocacy group says the province's use of poison as a way to cull wolves is inhumane and kills too many other animals inadvertently.

http://nypost.com/2017/11/02/animal-lovers-beg-british-dont-roast-hedgehogs-on-guy-fawkes/

Animal lovers beg British: Don’t roast hedgehogs on Guy FawkesHedgehogs, beware: The British are coming! England’s Guy Fawkes Day is sort of like the British version of the Fourth of July. The Nov. 5 holiday commemorates the 1605 arrest of the Gunpowder Plott…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5051139/Australia-Zoo-evacuated-huge-bushfire-takes-hold.html

https://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2017/10/economist-explains-15?ns_mchannel=email&ns_source=newsdaily_newsletter&ns_campaign=NEWS_NLB_Wk45_Mon_6_November&ns_linkname=bbcnews_sharks_newstech_sharks&ns_fee=0

Drones v sharksAustralia’s selachian battlefield goes digital

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/animal-emotions/201711/cows-science-shows-theyre-bright-and-emotional-individuals#_=_

Cows: Science Shows They're Bright and Emotional IndividualsA new essay reviews the detailed science that demonstrates bovine sentience.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/31/science/bats-dialects-vocal-learning.html?module=WatchingPortal&region=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=16&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2017%2F10%2F31%2Fscience%2Fbats-dialec…[Read more]

Teaching Bats to Say ‘Move Out of My Way’ in Many DialectsA study of fruit bats suggests that pups learn the “dialects” of the bats that surround them, even if they differ from those of their mothers.

https://aeon.co/ideas/crabs-and-lobsters-deserve-protection-from-being-cooked-alive

http://www.akhbarelyaom.com/en/40890/egypt-drafts-1st-animal-right-law

Egypt drafts 1st animal right law - Akhbrna today's newsCAIRO – 4 November 2017: For the first time, Egypt might see its first animal rights law in the upco

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/nov/04/national-trust-accused-of-backtracking-over-trail-hunting-on-its-land

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/nov/03/chicken-safety-scandal-2-sisters-factory-to-resume-production?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&utm_term=250837&subid=9773987&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/11/03/new-species-of-orangutan-is-the-rarest-great-ape-on-the-planet/?utm_term=.26edd056bf6c&wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1

New species of orangutan is the rarest great ape on the planetAt fewer than 800 individuals, the Tapanuli orangutans will probably be listed as critically endangered, experts say.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2017/10/28/cats-mutilated-across-britain-for-two-years-may-be-the-work-of-a-pet-serial-killer/?utm_term=.75a286fac9dc&wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1

A serial killer of pets may be mutilating cats across BritainPolice suspect there's at least one person behind more than 370 animal deaths who has eluded capture so far.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2017/10/28/even-this-puppy-wasnt-safe-from-americas-opioid-crisis/?utm_term=.49b73ce9b49c&wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1

Even this puppy wasn’t safe from America’s opioid crisisZoey got into something on the street, then soon was laboring to breathe. A veterinarian saved her with a dose of naloxone.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2017/10/30/two-dozen-octopuses-crawled-to-shore-en-masse-and-no-one-knows-why/?utm_term=.ce589acdccff&wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1

Two dozen octopuses crawled to shore en masse and no one knows whyMore than two dozen curled octopuses were spotted on New Quay beach in Cardigan Bay in West Wales.

https://www.earthtouchnews.com/natural-world/animal-behaviour/nimble-arizona-bobcat-scales-a-tall-saguaro-cactus/?wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1

Nimble Arizona bobcat scales a tall saguaro cactusA bobcat was recently photographed at the very top of a lofty saguaro cactus in Arizona –not the first time one of these wildcats has pulled off the impressive (and spiny) climb.

https://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/remembering-laika-space-dog-and-soviet-hero?wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1

Remembering Laika, Space Dog and Soviet HeroSixty years ago, for the first time in history, an animal was launched into orbit. What is her legacy?