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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
London Zoo should close because it is 'sign of our failure as aLondon Zoo should be shut down because it is not looking after animals properly or releasing enough back into the wild, campaigner Damian Aspinall has claimed.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
Reviving woolly mammoths will take more than two yearsA project to bring back the extinct woolly mammoth is underway, but it will take many years - and it will not be a mammoth, exactly
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
The tusks of narwhals are actually teeth that are inside-outThere's a popular idea that narwhals use their long tusks to spear food, like a nautical kebab. The reality is even stranger
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
Sneaky beetles evolved disguise to look like ants, then eat themAt least a dozen species of rove beetles have independently evolved almost identical disguises to dupe their army ant prey into accepting them as one of their own
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
Ebola vaccine promising in chimps but may never be usedA promising oral vaccine could help protect Africa’s big apes from the deadly Ebola virus, but a ban on captive ape research means it may never see the light of day
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
Getting Over Rover: Why Our Grief Over a Dog Is So IntenseWhat is it about dogs, exactly, that make them so precious to us?
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
To save their beloved red squirrels, Brits will monitor and kill invasive American onesRed squirrels, which became a national emblem after the publication of Beatrix Potter's book about Squirrel Nutkin, are being displaced by North American gray squirrels.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
A rhino at a French zoo was killed for his horn. Could that happen here?It's not easy to totally secure zoos, and international trafficking networks operate in the United States.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39229625#
Ebola vaccine shows promise for gorillas and chimps - BBC NewsA trial suggests that an Ebola vaccine could protect gorillas and chimps from the deadly disease.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/world/asia/radioactive-boars-in-fukushima-thwart-residents-plans-to-return-home.html?module=WatchingPortal®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=17&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.co…[Read more]
Radioactive Boars in Fukushima Thwart Residents’ Plans to Return HomeOfficials are struggling to clear towns of toxic animals so that people displaced after the 2011 nuclear meltdown can come back.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
http://www.care2.com/causes/lead-is-back-on-the-menu-for-those-who-hunt-and-fish.html
Lead Is Back On The Menu For Those Who Hunt And Fish | Care2 CausesInterior Secretary Ryan Zinke has rescinded the ban on lead ammunition on federal lands.
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Varda Mehrotra, FIAPO wrote a new post, On Dog Killings, and a Kinder Solution to India's Human-Dog Conflicts 9 years, 1 month ago
As I write this, my communications are abuzz with more cities resorting to an SOS human-dog conflict situation. Cases of possible dog bites, and resulting dog deaths or displacement, have arisen in Barielly, […]
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
Animal rights activists in Tunisia decry crocodile stoningTunisia's Belvedere Zoo is unsafe for the animals it is supposed to protect.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
Brussels to ‘improve’ welfare of animals exported to non-EU countriesThe European Commission will pursue actions within its remit to improve the welfare of livestock shipped to non-EU countries, after an undercover investigation allegedly showed member state animals subjected to brutal treatment.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
Plant-based protein ‘here to stay’ – Tyson bossThe head of one of the US’ largest meat processors has said that plant-based protein products are a “big part” of the food industry’s future.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
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Varda Mehrotra, FIAPO wrote a new post, Tails Wagging as Tides Change for Street Dogs in Kerala! 9 years, 1 month ago
It is immensely gratifying to see the promising change in the tides of the Rabies Free Kerala Movement. This is in line with the launch of the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organizations’ recent s […]
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
Our prehistoric relatives may actually have been vegetariansDespite their popular reputation as meat-eating simpletons, some Neanderthals ate a vegetarian diet and appear to have used natural forms of penicillin and aspirin to treat infections and pain. Dental plaque was found on the fossilised teeth of Neanderthals who lived in what is now Asturias, Spain, and in Belgium up to 50,000 years ago.
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