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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/04/18/queen-elizabeth-ii-loses-her-last-corgi-willow-a-scrappy-end-of-a-canine-dynasty/?utm_term=.dfadbe045d7e&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

Queen Elizabeth II loses her last corgi, Willow, marking the end of a scrappy canine dynastyThe 91-year-old monarch was hit 'extremely hard' by the death of her 14-year-old pooch, the Daily Mail reports.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/04/18/a-4-year-old-had-been-growling-at-preschool-so-this-naturopath-says-she-gave-him-rabid-dog-saliva/?utm_term=.aa648ebd9d0f&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

A 4-year-old had been growling at preschool — so this naturopath says she gave him rabid dog salivaThe claims have caused concern in the medical community about the alternative treatment and why it has been approved by the Canadian government.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/04/12/falcons-are-as-fast-as-racecars-pity-their-poor-prey/?utm_term=.607fab2006f2&wpisrc=nl_science&wpmm=1

Falcons are as fast as racecars. Pity their poor prey.The element of surprise alone can't explain why the peregrine falcons attack so quickly.

AUSTRALIA
Live-animal exporters are preparing to back a major change in national animal-welfare policy to ensure the survival of their controversial $1.5 billion industry.
The Australian Live Exporters Council met late yesterday to vote on a rescue plan that would back the appointment of an independent inspector-general by the federal government…[Read more]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/usda-says-individuals-and-groups-may-need-license-if-buying-dogs-for-rescue-at-auction/2018/04/18/1ae671aa-427a-11e8-8569-26fda6b404c7_story.html?utm_term=.79ed99cc70f0

USDA says individuals and groups may need license if buying dogs for rescue at auctionRegulators issued new guidance, and rescuers debated the practice of buying dogs from breeders after a Washington Post investigation.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/police-33-abused-chihuahuas-found-in-suv/2018/04/17/a5e84d70-4282-11e8-ad8f-27a8c409298b_story.html?utm_term=.f3c18a453777&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

Police: 33 abused Chihuahuas found in SUVMaryland man, facing animal cruelty charges, calls the case nonsense.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/apr/17/morrissey-denounces-halal-meat-as-evil-attacks-theresa-may-diane-abbott-sadiq-khan-isis-for-britain?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&utm_term=271764&subid=9773987&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/04/17/ingenious-baboons-escape-texas-biomedical-lab-for-brief-taste-of-freedom/?utm_term=.798f081cb655&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

Ingenious baboons escape Texas biomedical lab for brief taste of freedom"One of the baboons said 'I am going to try to make this leap'” and jumped on top of the wall and out, a veterinarian said.

“Dr. Lipkin said it was not clear whether the mice were getting the antibiotic-resistant bacteria from people — say, by eating food contaminated with the feces of someone taking antibiotics — or whether the bacteria developed resistance after mice ate discarded ant…[Read more]

New York Mice Are Crawling With Dangerous Bacteria and VirusesColumbia University researchers analyzed feces from city mice and found bacteria, drug-resistant bugs and viruses never seen before.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/lion-tamer-thomas-chipperfield-refused-licence-big-cats-circus-animal-rights-a8302821.html

Government bans Britain's 'last lion tamer' from using big cats in travelling showThe only remaining lion tamer in the UK has been banned from using big cats in his shows. Thomas Chipperfield, 28, from Winchester in Hampshire, has two lions and a tiger he keeps in Cannock, Staffordshire and comes from a long line of wild animal trainers. But the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said it refused to grant Mr Chipperfield a renewed licence.

https://www.globalmeatnews.com/Article/2018/04/17/Supermarkets-urged-to-end-poor-pig-welfare?utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=17-Apr-2018&c=1Mhw64nyxKnvNcQ9MFU2AmxPZvZ0%2F2W5&p2=

Supermarkets urged to end poor pig welfare in WAP campaignWorld Animal Protection (WAP) has launched a global campaign calling on supermarket chains to source their pork from high-welfare farms.

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2018/hawaii-reef-fish-04-16-2018.php

Hawaii Court Voids All Existing Recreational Aquarium Collection PermitsCenter for Biological Diversity: State Illegally Permitted Capture of 250,000 Fish in One Year

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43786685#

Gay vultures' chick released in ItalyA vulture chick that was raised by gay parents in a zoo in Amsterdam is set free in Sardinia.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/16/belgium-comes-to-terms-with-human-zoos-of-its-colonial-past

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2018/apr/16/how-half-a-million-hens-were-saved-from-battery-farm-hell-video

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/16/dutch-island-encourage-rabbits-to-breed-biodiversity-ferrets-

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/science/sea-turtles-magnetic-field.html?smid=fb-share

Sea Turtles Use Magnetic Fields to Find Their Birthplace BeachUsing loggerhead genetics, researchers traced the routes of turtles that return decades after birth to nest near their original homes.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/15/theater/mlimas-tale-review-lynn-nottage.html?hpw&rref=theater&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well

Review: An Elephant’s Ghost Stalks the World in ‘Mlima’s Tale’Lynn Nottage’s beautiful, reverberating portrait of a murder and its consequences follows the global path of illicitly obtained ivory.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/15/business/egg-recall-salmonella.html?module=WatchingPortal&region=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=11&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2018%2F04%2F15%2Fbusiness%2Fegg-recall-salmo…[Read more]

206 Million Eggs Recalled Over Salmonella FearsAn egg farm in Hyde County, N.C., is the likely source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 22 people. Eggs from the farm may have reached nine states, officials said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/04/13/the-trump-administration-officially-clipped-the-wings-of-the-migratory-bird-treaty-act/?utm_term=.de991b70c2a4&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

The Trump administration has officially clipped the wings of the Migratory Bird Treaty ActA 100-year-old law to protect birds can no longer be used to hold companies accountable for most bird deaths.