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http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/petra-ingram/life-is-changing-for-anim_b_18222298.html?

Life Is Changing For Animals In Africa | HuffPost UK

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/16/opinion/vegan-diet.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share

Opinion | A Healthful Vegan DietResearchers from Yale and Stanford write that the concept of combining is obsolete.

Arkansas Online Editorial Opposes Turkey Drop
http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2017/oct/17/find-a-better-way-20171017/?f=opinion

Find a better wayWe've always done it this way.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/science/animals-birds-hurricanes.html?emc=edit_sc_20171016&nl=science-times&nl_art=&nlid=30337821&ref=headline&te=1

During Storms, Most Animals Take Shelter. But Some Birds Take Flight.Some birds and animals found shelter during recent hurricanes, but many will struggle to live in a changed environment.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/16/science/quietest-place-north-america-bears.html?emc=edit_sc_20171016&nl=science-times&nl_art=&nlid=30337821&ref=headline&te=1

It’s One of North America’s Quietest Places. Along Came a Bear.When scientists salvaged recordings from a remote spot in a national park in Alaska, they heard footsteps, sniffs, huffs, a series of crunches, then silence.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/12/science/jeremy-lefty-snail.html?emc=edit_sc_20171016&nl=science-times&nl_art=&nlid=30337821&ref=img&te=1

Jeremy the Lefty Snail Is Dead. His Offspring Are All Right.The brown garden snail won international fame for a mutation that caused his shell to coil left instead of right, making it difficult to mate with other snails.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/12/science/rats-escape-rattlesnakes.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_sc_20171016&nl=science-times&nl_art=8&nlid=30337821&ref=img&te=1

How Kangaroo Rats Escape RattlesnakesKangaroo rats are so good at leaping away from rattlesnake strikes that they sometimes show off in front of their predators.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/16/science/depressed-fish.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_sc_20171016&nl=science-times&nl_art=5&nlid=30337821&ref=img&te=1&_r=0

Fish Depression Is Not a JokeFish can get depressed, just like you, and that could make them a good model organism for studying depression in people.

http://www.care2.com/causes/iditarod-changes-rules-after-dogs-test-positive-for-prohibited-substance.html

Iditarod Changes Rules After Dogs Test Positive For 'Prohibited Substance' | Care2 CausesAfter this year's Iditarod, several dogs tested positive for what race officials would only refer to as a "prohibited substance."

http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/caught-on-camera-stunning-picture-of-one-of-only-80-of-the-rarest-big-cats-living-in-wild/

Caught on camera! Stunning picture of one of only 80 of the rarest big cats living in wildAmur leopards are the most endangered cat on the planet, but this shot is seen as 'the best ever taken' of the species by a photo trap.

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15597082.Revealed__inside_the_secret_world_of_Scotland___s__illegal__bloody_fox_hunts/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interior-looks-at-behind-the-scenes-land-swap-to-allow-road-through-wilderness-refuge/2017/10/15/c6458380-aeb7-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html?utm_term=.8f21736111c0&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

Interior looks at behind-the-scenes land swap to allow road through wildlife refugeThe deal with Alaska, to benefit a remote town, would ignore a decades-old ban on development in protected wilderness.

http://therevelator.org/snails-extinction-matters/

Snails Are Going Extinct: Here's Why That Matters • The RevelatorThey may not be the most charismatic group of species, but we can learn a lot from the lowly snail.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2017/oct/15/california-wildfires-moment-familys-dog-izzy-found-alive-ruins-home-video

https://www.vogue.com/article/gucci-will-go-fur-free

Gucci Pledges to Go Fur-Free Beginning With Spring 2018Gucci CEO Marco Bizzarri announced the brand’s pledge to go fur-free beginning with the Spring 2018 collection. According to a statement, Gucci will no longer “use, promote, or publicize animal fur” in its collections.

https://www.thepetitionsite.com/396/867/641/congress-take-action-to-end-the-dogcat-meat-trade/?src=ca_facebook_ads&campaign=sign_396867641-23842595624030466

Sign the Petition: End the Dog Meat Trade: It's time for Congress to act!Urge Congress to come out strongly against the cruel and inhumane dog/cat meat trade and pass H.Res. 401 immediately. (227539 signatures on petition)

http://theconversation.com/friday-essay-the-cultural-meanings-of-wild-horses-84198

Friday essay: the cultural meanings of wild horsesFrom 30,000-year-old cave paintings to The Man From Snowy River, wild horses have always been part of human culture. As Australia debates what to do with 'brumbies' in mountain environments, it's time to reconsider their place.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/pets/bs-fe-adv-barcs-working-cats-20171009-story.html

http://www.care2.com/causes/ballot-measure-launched-to-protect-arizonas-wild-cats-from-trophy-hunters.html

Ballot Measure Launched To Protect Arizona's Wild Cats From Trophy Hunters | Care2 CausesVoters in Arizona could soon have the chance to protect wild cats in the state from being senselessly killed for sport thanks to a ballot measure that was just

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/14/meat-kitchen-chickens-cheap-food?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&utm_term=247901&subid=9773987&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2