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Only Male US Weightlifter in Olympics is VeganVegan athlete Kendrick Yahcob Farris will represent the United States at the Rio games.

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Study finds losing this thing is as hard as losing a family memberIf you think you have a strong emotional connection to your dog, you are not alone according to this report.

http://www.dogster.com/lifestyle/why-i-dont-believe-in-crate-training

Why I Don't Believe in Crate TrainingWho said dogs are den animals, anyway? Den animals include foxes, moles, raccoons, bears, and bobcats. Dogs are not den animals. If they were den animals, why then would we have to teach them to use and like a crate? Simply because they aren’t — period. While dogs do like to find places away from commotion at times, this is not …

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'They’ve done so much for us': Dame's powerful plea to end dog meat festivalONE of the world’s greatest animal champions has added her powerful voice to the calls on South Korea to end its annual summer dog massacre.

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Hawaii has a free range cat sanctuary and yes, you can visit it.Hawaii is already near the top of many people's dream vacation lists, but it's about to climb even higher, because the island of Lanai has the Lanai Cat Sanctuary, a free-range home for over 4

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/you-cant-let-nobody-see-tyson-workers-caught-on-video-mistreating-chickens/2016/08/10/b96979bc-5f2d-11e6-8e45-477372e89d78_story.html

‘You can’t let nobody see’: Tyson workers caught on video mistreating chickensOne worker said standing on a chicken’s head and letting it suffocate would look bad.

A Disturbing Look Inside a British Pig Farm

A Disturbing Look Inside a British Pig Farm | PETA UKFootage from the UK pork industry shows pigs and piglets with dirty open wounds, piles of dead pigs left to rot and other disturbing scenes.

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Crude oil causes heart and skull deformities in haddock: Results suggest oil spills at northern latitudes could impact valuable fisheriesEven brief exposures of the eggs of Atlantic haddock to low concentrations of dispersed crude oil can cause severe and usually deadly deformities in developing fish, an international research team has found.

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Galápagos faces first-ever bird extinction: Study uses scientific collections to elevate the San Cristóbal Island Vermilion Flycatcher to full species status, but no one has seen it since 1987Scientists have discovered a new species of colorful songbird in the Galápagos Islands, with one catch: it's extinct. Researchers used molecular data from samples of museum specimens to determine that a subspecies of Vermilion Flycatch Read more...

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Specialized life forms abound at Arctic methane seepsMethane seeps have strong effects on the community structure at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean.

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Stress bites! Researchers study mosquito/bird interactions: Research shows stressed-out birds more attractive to mosquitoes, raising fears birds exposed to stressors such as road noise, pesticides and light pollution, will be bitten more often and spread more West Nile virusWhen researchers investigated how the stress hormone, corticosterone, affects how birds cope with West Nile virus, they found that birds with higher levels of stress hormone were twice as likely to be bitten by mosquitoes that transmit Read more...

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Tiger sharks opt for scavenging on dead and dying sea turtles as a feeding strategy: Study provides new insight into the behavior of an ocean top predatorResearchers found behavioral evidence that tiger sharks prefer to opportunistically scavenge on dead or weakened green turtles rather than actively hunting healthy individuals despite more opportunities to do so. The study, conducted o Read more...

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Study demonstrates rapid decline in male dog fertility, with potential link to environmental contaminantsThe fertility of dogs may have suffered a sharp decline over the past three decades, a new study has found. The research found that sperm quality in a population of stud dogs studied over a 26-year period had fallen significantly.

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New analysis shows threats to 8,000 Red List species: Guns, nets, and bulldozers: Three-quarters of the world's threatened species are imperiled from agriculture, land conversion, overharvestingLess than a month away from the kick-off the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawaii, a team of scientists reports that three quarters of the world's threatened species are imperiled because people are converting their habitat into agricultural lands and over-harvesting their populations.

“Lee Hughes was sentenced today August 10, 2016, by Judge Angelo A. Delligatti to one year in jail and five years probation on various charges. Lee Hughes pleaded guilty to her part in the in the horrendous act of cruelty to Miss Harper. Miss Harper was found in September 2013, when she was just a puppy, with her back leg and both her ears cut…[Read more]

Miss Harper - Lee Hughes Sentenced

POLL: Should horse-racing be banned in Saratoga?

POLL: Should horse-racing be banned in Saratoga?The racing season at the Saratoga Race Course is in full swing, drawing thousands of people to the Capital Region.

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Captive Beluga Dies In The U.S. Shortly Before His 9th Birthday | Care2 CausesIn another sad loss for captive cetaceans, a young male beluga has become the latest to pass away in string of deaths at U.S. aquariums.

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SCIENTIST: Yes, That Lobster You're Boiling Alive Is Probably In Real PainCrustaceans show behavior "consistent" with pain.

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It's not pawsible, is it? Brown and polar bears on a hunting trip together? So what caused this abearation spotted by tourists in Kamchatka?