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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/de-extinction-in-action-scientists-consider-a-plan-to-reinject-long-gone-dna-into-the-black-footed-ferret-population/?WT.mc_id=SA_EVO_20160725

De-Extinction in Action: Scientists Consider a Plan to Reinject Long-Gone DNA into the Black-Footed Ferret PopulationThe DNA, found in museum and frozen specimens, would boost the species’s diversity

Languishing in a Chinese mall, meet the ‘world’s saddest’ polar bear

Languishing in a Chinese mall, meet the ‘world’s saddest’ polar bearGrandview Aquarium, described as the ‘world’s saddest zoo,’ continues to draw attention as hundreds of thousands of activists petition its operator to release the animals and close up shop for good…

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http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/africa/82045234/Liberias-lab-chimps-have-hope-one-year-on-from-New-York-Blood-Center-abandonment

Salvation for Liberia's ex-lab chimpsA Kiwi journalist encounters former laboratory chimps, left on an island to die.

http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/opinion/4522891-151/my-voice-the-failure-of-wild-horse-policy?referrer=fpblob

MY VOICE: The failure of wild horse policyThe headline for a June 28 editorial by the Bend Bulletin was absolutely right and deserves some all-caps emphasis: “Wild horse policy is NOT working.” This statement is true and has been for many years. The reasons for this are many but can be boiled down to a single underlying

Do Crows Hold Funerals for Their Dead?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/10/151003-animals-science-crows-birds-culture-brains/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_fb20160724news-crows&utm_campaign=Content&sf31567789=1

Fatal Tiger Mauling Shows What’s Wrong With Animal Parks:
A woman’s death in China could have been prevented, and it highlights some of the problems with captive animal…[Read more]

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One in 10 New Products in Germany Is VeganNew report finds that Germany is launching more vegan products than any other European country.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2605183/Chinese-dog-thieves-comeuppance-duo-caught-savagely-beaten-drugging-stealing-pets-FOR-FOOD.html

Chinese men savagely beaten for drugging and stealing dogs FOR FOODThe two men was caught red-handed by a dog owner in Sanjiang Village, Guangxi, after which a crowd attacked them with bricks, beating them bloody.

This pogram will most definitely result in unimaginable animal suffering and it is unlikely to be successful. What conservationists need to consider is that with climate change, it’s anyone’s guess which creatures will be able to adapt to any particular changing ecosystem. Species migration has always been an important driver of evolution.…[Read more]

http://www.skynews.com.au/news/world/asiapacific/2016/07/25/tiger-mauls-woman-to-death-at-beijing-park.html?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=579536dd04d3014a7f149d57&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

Tiger mauls woman to death at Beijing parkA woman has been killed and another seriously injured after a tiger attack at a wildlife park in China.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/21/african-nile-crocodiles-captured-florida

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/02/russian-tourist-killed-by-a-crocodile-in-indonesia

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/23/us-surfer-survives-crocodile-attack-after-friend-fights-off-reptile

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/24/tigers-maul-woman-to-death-and-wound-another-at-chinese-wildlife-park

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/210716/hyderabad-8-boys-arrested-produced-in-court-for-burning-3-puppies-alive.html

Hyderabad: 8 boys arrested, produced in court for burning 3 puppies aliveVideo of the boys setting the helpless puppies on fire went viral on social media, triggering massive outrage.

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2009/07/how-to-kill-a-lobster-humanely/21339/

How To Kill a Lobster HumanelyNew laws around the world protect crustaceans' rights--and make it illegal to boil them alive.

We do not condone the killing of any species of animal, and we cannot vouch for the ability claimed in this article to anesthetize crustaceans with “Aqui-S, whose active component is isoeugenol , a constituent of clove oil” or clove oil “added to a carrier such as high proof ethanol,” but we are committed to making available any and all…[Read more]

How to become a Seafood Anesthesiologist and Kill your 4th of July Lobster

Do Crabs Feel Pain? Maybe — and Maybe We Should Rethink Eating Them

Do Crabs Feel Pain? Maybe—and Maybe We Should Rethink Eating ThemWe boil crabs and lobsters alive because it tastes better, but also because we assume that they can't feel pain. But a new study sheds doubt on that idea—and should make us pause before our next meaty meal