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http://www.care2.com/causes/rare-footage-helps-explain-what-narwhals-use-their-tusks-for.html

Rare Footage Helps Explain What Narwhals Use Their Tusks For | Care2 CausesScientists are marveling over never-before-seen footage that has brought to light new evidence that narwhals do use their tusks for hunting.

http://www.care2.com/causes/victory-south-carolina-bans-keeping-dangerous-wild-animals-as-pets.html

Victory! South Carolina Bans Keeping Dangerous Wild Animals As Pets | Care2 CausesIn a victory for wildlife, South Carolina has officially passed a law that bans keeping dangerous wild animals as pets.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/magazine/when-the-lab-rat-is-a-snake.html?em_pos=medium&emc=edit_sc_20170522&nl=science-times&nl_art=4&nlid=30337821&ref=headline&te=1

When the Lab Rat Is a SnakeWhy Burmese pythons may be the best way to study diabetes, heart disease and the protective effects of gastric-bypass surgery in humans.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/inside-the-greyhound-export-racket-ringleaders-found-guilty-of-464-charges-20170602-gwiy5s.html

Inside the greyhound export racket: Ringleaders found guilty of 464 chargesThey purchased other people's unwanted greyhounds for $500 each and then doubled their money by making the dogs disappear.

http://www.theage.com.au/national/australian-greyhounds-forced-to-race-cheetahs-at-shanghai-wild-animal-park-20170526-gwe27l.html/

Australian greyhounds forced to race cheetahs at Shanghai Wild Animal ParkUnwanted Australian greyhounds have been exported to a Chinese theme park where they languish in concrete cells and are forced to race cheetahs to earn their keep.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/02/magazine/new-york-stories-missing.html?em_pos=large&emc=edit_ma_20170602&nl=magazine&nlid=30337821&ref=img&te=1

MissingA Brooklyn neighborhood stops to search for a lost dog. As drawn by Bianca Bagnarelli.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/02/magazine/new-york-stories-the-birdmen-of-queens.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_ma_20170602&nl=magazine&nl_art=4&nlid=30337821&ref=headline&te=1&_r=0

The Birdmen of QueensOn Sundays, men gather for a high-stakes battle: the singing competitions of the chestnut-bellied seed finch. As drawn by Andrew Rae.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/31/faceless-fish-missing-for-more-than-a-century-rediscovered-by-australian-scientists?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Green+Light+2016&utm_term=228884&subid=9773987&CMP=EMCENVEML1631

THIS IS A GOOD ARTICLE THAT GETS INTO THE MINDS OF PEOPLE WHO LOVE SOME ANIMALS BUT WANT TO VICIOUSLY EXTERMINATE OTHERS DUE TO A FAILURE TO UNDERSTAND THAT NATURE IS DYNAMIC AND NEVER STATIC – ESPECIALLY IN THIS AGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, IN WHICH SPECIES WIL BE SHUFFLED FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AND EAST TO WEST. “An epoch of human globalisation is mixing…[Read more]

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/02/kill-them-the-volunteer-army-plotting-to-wipe-out-britains-grey-squirrels?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Green+Light+2016&utm_term=228884&subid=9773987&CMP=EMCENVEML1631

http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/5-on-your-side/got-bats-stl-animal-control-cant-help/444968783

Got bats? STL animal control can't helpAs the temperatures continue to rise, bats are becoming a more common sight across the region, and there's already been one confirmed case of rabies in a bat in St Louis County .

http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/06/02/531063674/do-peacocks-have-sex-are-cows-a-better-national-animal-than-tigers

Do Peacocks Have Sex? Are Cows A Better National Animal Than Tigers?These are the questions monopolizing the internet in India these days. It's all because of the unscientific comments of a retiring judge.

http://wdtn.com/2017/06/02/local-animal-shelters-cut-off-from-inexpensive-food/

Local animal shelters cut off from inexpensive foodMost of the shelters are in Ohio and at least one comes from Bluefield, West Virginia, all are in rural economically depressed areas where money is tight.

http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/society/animal-welfare-groups-prepare-for-abandoned-pets-during-summer-1.2037151

Animal welfare groups prepare for abandoned pets during summerGroups say that summer season is the peak time when owners leave their pets on streets

http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/onmyplate/animal-rights-as-implausible-fig-leaf/

Animal rights as implausible fig-leafIf the Kerala Congress workers who killed a calf had wanted to be even more controversial they might have claimed an illustrious predecessor. In August 1928 Mahatma Gandhi had a calf at his ashram in...

http://www.news18.com/news/politics/now-gujarat-youth-congress-demands-to-declare-cow-as-national-animal-1420715.html

Now Gujarat Youth Congress Demands to Declare Cow as National AnimalAmid the row over the Centre's ban on the sale of cattle for slaughter at livestock markets, the Gujarat Congress's youth wing on Friday demanded that the Narendra Modi government declare the cow as the national animal.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/peta-calls-jerry-bruckheimer-end-wild-animal-use-set-1009744

PETA Calls On Jerry Bruckheimer to End Wild Animal Use On-SetThe ask to the Hollywood producer follows a media report that a monkey on the set of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales' repeatedly vomited.

http://ew.com/movies/2017/06/02/peta-pirates-5-jerry-bruckheimer-alleged-monkey-abuse/

PETA Urges 'Pirates 5' Producer to Drop Wild Animal ActorsPrimatologist says primates were in ‘extreme distress’ on set of the film

http://www.hsi.org/world/latin_america/news/releases/2017/06/costa-rica-animal-cruelty-law-060217.html

Costa Rican Congress approves legislation against animal cruelty : Humane Society International | United Kingdom HSI/Latin America applauded the Costa Rican Congress for approving a penal code reform that sanctions animal cruelty with jail time. Lawmakers passed the law unanimously, following five years of deliberation and negotiations.