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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/oct/02/matilda-the-echidna-beats-crippling-ant-allergy-with-a-little-help-from-science

Matilda the echidna beats crippling ant allergy – with a little help from scienceVets develop vaccine after first known record of an echidna being allergic to their core food source

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/the-hapless-dusky-gopher-frog-divides-the-supreme-court/2018/10/01/3d63b216-c5a0-11e8-b1ed-1d2d65b86d0c_story.html?utm_term=.5379672a0ff7

The hapless dusky gopher frog divides the Supreme CourtA short-staffed Supreme Court appeared split on a case involving habitat for the endangered animal.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/01/oklahoma-man-killed-mauled-by-bears-alaska-mine

Oklahoma man dies from bear mauling in AlaskaAlaska state troopers say the bear and two cubs have been killed

http://www.bbc.com/travel/gallery/20181001-the-worlds-lightest-warmest-and-most-expensive-down

The world’s lightest, warmest and most expensive downJust south of the Arctic Circle, a few dedicated Norwegians are keeping the tradition of sustainable eiderdown farming alive – and are making some of the world’s most coveted duvets.

“As the human population grows, so does the population of our companion animals, meaning dogs are roaming into territory that used to be a haven for wild animals. The numbers certainly back that up – there are now an estimated one billion domestic dogs around the world….The US Department of Agriculture recently put its own focus on cases of…[Read more]

Man's best friend, wildlife's worst enemyHow our canine companions could pose a threat to endangered species.

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2166492/cramped-living-hong-kong-means-dogs-deserve-extra-care

Adopting dogs in need in Hong Kong is win-win for owners and petsLuisa Tam details humans’ deep bond with the loyal creatures, and urges against abandoning them as if they were disposable

“Many of the questions came back to the original cells that go into the solution. The rabbi said those cells would have to be kosher, from an animal that was properly slaughtered and not scraped off a live animal. (There is a Jewish law against eating live animals.) This was not well received by some of the clean meat companies, which want to…[Read more]

Meat Labs Pursue a Once-Impossible Goal: Kosher BaconA rabbi at the world’s largest kosher certification agency is leading an effort to determine if and how meat grown from animal cells can satisfy Jewish law.

“Since the turn of the millennium, bones of the creatures in the Kinsey archives have been carbon dated in separate studies, and both found to have been from animals alive in the early medieval period. In the lynx’s case, this was about 2,500 years closer to the present than previously dated remains, a find that has given weight to current calls f…[Read more]

Country diary: cave secrets of lost charismatic carnivoresKinsey Cave, Yorkshire Dales: Bones of brown bear and lynx found here have rewritten the histories of both species

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2018/oct/01/ethics-manure-vegans-cruelty-free-compost-royal-horticultural-society-excludes-animal-excrement

The ethics of manure: why vegans are calling for cruelty-free compostIf you’re concerned about the manure you use in your garden, the Royal Horticultural Society has advice for an alternative that excludes animal excrement

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/01/death-rates-surge-female-pigs-us

'We've bred them to their limit': death rates surge for female pigs in the USWith sows producing 23 piglets a year on average, intensive farming is called into question over rise in animals suffering prolapse

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2018/sep/30/california-stages-10th-annual-surf-city-surf-dog-competition

California stages 10th annual Surf City surf dog competition – in picturesSolo surfing, two-dog surfing and human/dog surfing were among the events held at Huntington Beach

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jaguar-bones-chinese-medicine-poaching-south-america-suriname-a8549451.html

Secret gangs boil down forest jaguars for lucrative market in unproven Chinese medicinesBig cat - already threatened - is being further endangered by black market in body parts, claws, teeth and bones, investigators find

https://art19.com/shows/bite/episodes/5f55abb7-5eaa-4986-9328-753741edb4ad

67 – The Shocking Reason Why Millions of Animals Drowned in North CarolinaThis episode takes listeners to eastern North Carolina to see how Hurricane Florence has walloped massive chicken and hog farms. Millions of animals have died, and waste from hog farms is seeping into local waterways. Tom talks to local water advocate Matthew Starr, Read more...

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2166391/hong-kong-health-chief-sophia-chan-vows-step-fight

Health chief vows to step up fight against rats with latest technologySophia Chan’s remarks came after it emerged city’s rodent problem could be much worse than thought

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2166352/chinese-farmer-dies-after-being-attacked-pig

Killer pig leaves Chinese farmer dead in marketMan was found covered in blood at market in southwestern province of Guizhou

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/25/us-national-parks-climate-change-impacts

Vanishing Joshua trees: climate change will ravage US national parks, study saysPark lands have warmed twice as fast as the rest of the country

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/29/california-shark-attack-teen-lobster-diver

California shark attack: teen lobster diver injuredLifeguard says injuries traumatic but not fatal after teenager bitten on first day of spiny lobster season in Encinitas

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/30/covert-footage-reveals-cruelty-of-badger-culls

Secret filming reveals hidden cruelty of licensed badger culls‘Brutal slaughter’ will cost £1,000 per animal, claim campaigners, as government defends battle to beat bovine TB

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/theyre-great-little-animals-the-dusky-gopher-frog-goes-before-the-supreme-court/2018/09/29/b928b9b4-bc4f-11e8-8792-78719177250f_story.html?utm_term=.1c6c9b8d0f46

‘They’re great little animals’: The dusky gopher frog goes before the Supreme CourtAs D.C. flails over the imperiled nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh, the high court begins its term trained on a diminutive, delicate creature.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/09/24/she-gave-medicine-pets-she-rescued-hurricane-florence-she-was-arrested-it/?utm_term=.d2f7b730b682&wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1

She gave medicine to pets she rescued from Hurricane Florence. She was arrested for it.Tammie Hedges, who took in 27 cats and dogs during the storm, is facing a dozen misdemeanor charges.