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https://conservationaction.co.za/media-articles/digging-for-the-truth-about-skye/

Digging for the truth about Skye - Conservation Action TrustThe hunting of a lion in Umbabat Reserve alongside the Kruger National Park has been cloaked in secrecy ever since it was discovered. With the worldwide outcry at the killing of Cecil several years back, that’s hardly surprising. Here’s what we know so far.  The message arrived as a WhatsApp. It said: “I can giveRead More

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2018/07/03/she-said-she-killed-this-giraffe-to-save-more-giraffes/?utm_term=.cfc0d51a3f2b&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

She said she killed this giraffe to save more giraffes"Disgusting. Vile.” This is how some people described Tess Thompson Talley. But she said she was practicing conservation when she killed a giraffe.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2018/07/03/an-alligator-trapped-a-teenage-girl-in-a-tree-then-a-deputy-arrived-with-an-ar-15/?utm_term=.be89b6c7d091&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

An alligator trapped a teenage girl in a tree. Then a deputy arrived with an AR-15.“Oh my God. Please hurry! Please hurry!” a mother pleaded with a 911 dispatcher, as she helplessly watched an alligator wait for her daughter to fall.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/07/02/koala-genome-shows-how-the-adorable-marsupial-lives-on-eucalyptus-leaves/?utm_term=.e822d2749f46&wpisrc=nl_science&wpmm=1

Koala genome shows how the adorable marsupial lives on eucalyptus leavesEat, rest, sleep: Genes provide clues to the koala's life in the trees.

https://www.care2.com/causes/this-clean-meat-company-plans-to-get-lab-grown-chicken-on-your-plate-by-2019.html

This ‘Clean Meat’ Company Plans to Get Lab-Grown Chicken on Your Plate by 2019 | Care2 CausesAre you ready to eat meat that doesn't involve a slaughterhouse? JUST, Inc. could have a cruelty-free chicken on shelves by the end of 2018.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/04/style/dogs-pay-to-pet-biscuits-bath.html?hpw&rref=fashion&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well

Committing to a Dog Is Hard. This Place Lets You Just Flirt.There’s only one catch. You have to fill out an application, get interviewed and pay a fee.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/03/science/owls-vision-brain.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=Moth-Visible&moduleDetail=inside-nyt-region-5&module=inside-nyt-region&region=inside-nyt-region&WT.nav=inside-nyt-region

Owls See the World Much Like We DoBarn owls have simpler brains than primates, but they can process information about things moving in their environment in a similarly complex way.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/03/nyregion/snowy-owl-rikers-island-lorax.html?module=WatchingPortal&region=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=none&state=standard&contentPlacement=9&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2018%2F07%2F03%2Fnyregion%2Fsnowy-owl-rikers-…[Read more]

An Unusual Jailbird Is Found at Rikers Island: A Snowy OwlSnowy owls are not often seen in New York City, and the sightings are even rarer in the summer.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/03/world/africa/woman-kills-giraffe.html

Killing of African Giraffe Sets Off Anger at ‘White American Savage’ Who Shot ItPhotographs of an American woman with the giraffe she shot in South Africa last year have fueled an online debate about big-game trophy hunting.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/04/science/northern-white-rhino-embryo.html?module=WatchingPortal&region=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=2&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2018%2F07%2F04%2Fscience%2Fnorthern-whit…[Read more]

Rhino Embryos Made in Lab to Save Nearly Extinct SubspeciesThe development is an early step toward the much more distant goal of resurrecting the northern white rhinoceros, whose last male died this year.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/70-animals-dead-in-spca-fire-1.4566057

More than 70 animals dead in Quebec SPCA fire | CBC NewsThe SPCA of Western Quebec says over 70 animals died when its shelter in the Aylmer sector of Gatineau was destroyed by fire Monday night.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/fat-urban-raccoons-diet-obesity-1.4731574

Raccoons are eating our garbage — and it's giving them high blood sugar: Sudbury researcher | CBC NewsThe cheeseburgers, fries and other fast food you don't finish is having dietary consequences for some familiar urban scavengers.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/03/intensive-chicken-mega-farms-feed-uk-poultry-industry-head-richard-griffiths

https://www.globalmeatnews.com/Headlines/Industry-Markets/RSPCA-urges-retailers-to-raise-chicken-welfare-standards?utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=04-Jul-2018&c=1Mhw64nyxKl89LbaYf7CAdWEZGC%2FNwgu&p2=

RSPCA urges retailers to follow Nestlé’s chicken welfare moveUK charity the RSPCA has called on supermarkets to emulate Nestlé’s commitment to raise animal welfare standards across its chicken supplies.

https://www.dw.com/en/the-true-cost-of-germanys-cheap-food/a-38976477

The true cost of Germany's cheap food | DW | 13.06.2017German researchers say food prices must rise substantially to take account of the environmental cost of industrial agriculture. Although discount supermarkets take the blame, they cater to consumers' cheap tastes.

https://www.dw.com/en/new-zealand-to-slaughter-150000-cows-to-wipe-out-painful-disease/a-43956703

New Zealand to slaughter 150,000 cows to wipe out painful disease | DW | 28.05.2018The country is trying to eradicate Mycoplasma bovis, a disease that causes mastitis, pneumonia, and arthritis in cows. Authorities insist the decision is to stop future production losses and is unrelated to food safety.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/29/revealed-industrial-scale-beef-farming-comes-to-the-uk?CMP=share_btn_tw

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/03/new-koala-gene-map-could-help-prevent-extinction

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/04/frydenberg-tells-western-australia-to-pay-for-baited-shark-drumlines

“In fact, the U.S. Postal Service has strict guidelines on mail-order animals — from songbirds to snakes. Kittens, for example, are ‘not mailable’ under USPS Publication 52, Section 525. Neither are ‘poisonous insects and all spiders, except scorpions under limited circumstances.’ Day-old chickens, on the other hand, can be mailed. If e…[Read more]

A woman ordered canaries to brighten her home. The USPS delivered a box of ‘bird carnage.’Days later, the Alabama woman received a special delivery from the Postal Service: Seven replacement canaries. An eighth will arrive after breeding season.