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http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/what-is-and-isnt-vermin/article8742606.ece

What is and isn’t verminSince 2015, the Union Environment Ministry has acceded to requests from Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Bihar to declare wild boar, rhesus macaque, and nilgai as vermin within specified territorie

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-culling-fields/article8737765.ece

The culling fieldsThe difference of views on the killing of wild animals between a former and a sitting Environment Minister of the ruling party — one in favour, the other against — has hit the front pages. The Minist

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2016/06/pets_arent_just_property_orego.html

Pets not 'mere' property: Oregon Supreme Court upholds dog-starvation convictionThe Oregon Supreme Court ruled that authorities didn't need a warrant to draw blood from a dog whose owner was suspected of starving it.

http://www.care2.com/causes/oregon-zoo-lion-loses-part-of-his-tail-during-public-show.html

Oregon Zoo Lion Loses Part Of His Tail During Public Show | Care2 CausesAnimal advocates are calling for action following an incident this week at the Oregon Zoo that cost a lion named Zawadi part of his tail after a hydraulic door

http://www.takepart.com/article/2016/06/14/these-maps-could-help-predict-next-big-animal-human-disease-outbreak?cmpid=tpanimals-eml-2016-06-18

These Maps Could Help Predict the Next Big Animal-to-Human Disease OutbreakA first-ever geographic analysis shows where people are most likely to catch viruses from foxes, rats, monkeys, and other mammals.

http://www.takepart.com/photos/cute-captive-marine-mammals?cmpid=tpnews-eml-2016-06-18-weekly

Cute but Captive Marine MammalsThese 15 marine mammal species are being held in marine parks around the world.

http://www.takepart.com/feature/2016/06/14/manatees-are-wild-not-free?cmpid=tpnews-eml-2016-06-18-weekly

The New Captivity: Wild but Not FreeWildlife tourism threatens manatees and dolphins as people get too close to marine mammals.

http://www.takepart.com/feature/2016/06/14/big-business-marine-mammal-captivity?cmpid=tpnews-eml-2016-06-18-weekly

China's Marine Park Boom Is Driving the Capture of Whales and DolphinsFor the first time in decades, orcas are being hunted to supply the rapidly expanding industry's marine mammal shows.

http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=7947&catId=1

Egg Industry to End Chick Culling by 2020United Egg Producers will now use in-ovo technology instead of shredding male chicks alive.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/50-stray-dogs-burnt-alive-at-village-near-Chennai/articleshow/52755110.cms

http://www.ecouterre.com/renewable-eco-leather-made-from-plant-oils-is-a-fashion-game-changer/

“Eco-Leather” Made From Plant Oils is a Fashion Game-ChangerTanning leather is a toxic endeavor and also quite fatal for animals, but a new alternative bio-based leather promises to be more environmentally friendly. Richard Wool, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Delaware has been working on an eco-leather alternat ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/chinese-embassy-refuses-to-accept-petition-signed-by-11-million-to-end-yulin?CID=examiner_alerts_article

Chinese embassy refuses to accept petition signed by 11 million to end YulinA petition, with 11 million signatures from all over the world protesting the dog meat festival in Yulin, was rejected on Friday by the Chinese Embassy in Londo

http://www.scoopla.com/movies/blog/2016/6/the-heartbreaking-thing-everyone-needs-to-know-before-watching-finding-dory/

The Heartbreaking Fact EVERYONE Needs To Know Before Watching Finding DoryIt’s the moment we have all been waiting for… Finding Dory has finally been released, but before you go watch it, there’s something you should know!

http://www.mfablog.org/why-is-this-senator-so-scared-of-meatless-4

Why Is This Senator So Scared of Meatless Monday?She wants to block vegetarian options for soldiers.

Draft animals – including donkeys, mules, camels, oxen and elephants as well as horses – suffer everywhere they are used. No one ethnic or religious group is to blame, but rather pervasive attitudes that allow people to treat animals as things and not as fellow sentient beings. Activists who are attempting to improve conditions for working animals…[Read more]

Activists seek to rein in horse mistreatment on unique Turkish islandMounting criticism over mistreatment of horses could end the carriage trade on Buyukada, a picturesque island near Istanbul that remains off limits to motor vehicles.

FARMED FISH GET DEPRESSED
“Under aquaculture conditions, it is common to find a proportion of farmed salmon, which are easily catchable at the surface and exhibit a small size, anorexia and a behaviourally inhibited profile. Such moribund fish, known as ‘drop outs’ or ‘loser fish’, are well known to farmers but very little is known about the aet…[Read more]

Brain serotonergic activation in growth-stunted farmed salmon: adaption versus pathologySignalling systems activated under stress are highly conserved, suggesting adaptive effects of their function. Pathologies arising from continued activation of such systems may represent a mismatch between evolutionary programming and current environments. Here, we use Atlantic salmo Read more...