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https://www.globalmeatnews.com/Headlines/Analysis/Retail-trends-Sexy-bacon-prices-up-in-US?utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12-Oct-2017&c=1Mhw64nyxKmV07EuidWpcXU4FsoTPxZV&p2=

Retail trends: ‘Sexy’ bacon prices up in USAverage bacon prices are nearly a fifth more expensive than a year ago in US supermarkets, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF).

https://noticias.caracoltv.com/entretenimiento/triunfo-para-animalistas-gucci-anuncio-que-prohibira-las-pieles-en-sus-colecciones

Triunfo para animalistas: Gucci anunció que prohibirá las pieles en sus colecciones | Noticias CaracolLa famosa casa de modas aseguró además que subastará las prendas de este tipo que le queden, y los recursos serán donados a fundaciones que luchan por los animales.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/11/elephants-animal-welfare-why-do-we-deny-ignore-feelings-other-species

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/06/health/chinese-medicine-illness.html?em_pos=medium&emc=edit_sc_20171010&nl=science-times&nl_art=15&nlid=30337821&ref=img&te=1

In Hong Kong, Folk Remedies Are Sickening PatientsPathologists at Princess Margaret Hospital discovered more than 1,200 adulterants in supposedly natural supplements, including drugs and animal tissue.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/06/science/rabbits-road-kill.html?emc=edit_sc_20171010&nl=science-times&nl_art=&nlid=30337821&ref=headline&te=1

Can Rabbits Escape Roadkill?While they are speedy and can look in both directions, rabbits are not immune to highway death.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/10/07/climate/everglades-pythons-mosquitoes.html?em_pos=medium&emc=edit_sc_20171010&nl=science-times&nl_art=8&nlid=30337821&ref=headline&te=1&_r=0

How Pet Snakes Set off an Unlikely Chain of Events That Could Make You SickOpossums, raccoons and deer all but disappeared from Everglades National Park in Florida after the Burmese python invaded. When they vanished, mosquitos turned to feeding on rats that can carry encephalitis. That could put humans at risk.

https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/ne7ynx/the-twisted-and-terrible-history-of-men-fighting-bears?ns_campaign=NEWS_NLB_Wk41_Monday_9_Oct_2017&ns_fee=0&ns_linkname=bbcnews_bears_newsworld_bears&ns_mchannel=email&ns_source=newsdaily_newsletter

The Twisted and Terrible History of Men Fighting BearsKangaroos aren't the only animals who have been forced to face human beings in combat. We take a look at the centuries-old history of men stepping into the ring – or cage – to fight bears.

http://www.care2.com/causes/usda-now-has-to-defend-renewing-shady-roadside-zoos-license-to-operate.html

USDA Now Has To Defend Renewing Shady Roadside Zoo's License To Operate | Care2 CausesThe Cricket Hollow Animal Park has a long history of animal welfare violations, and now the USDA is going to have to defend continuing to renew its license.

https://www.globalmeatnews.com/Article/2017/10/09/Indian-state-outlaws-new-meat-shops?utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=09-Oct-2017&c=1Mhw64nyxKld8BHsGgRZYN8DcB2U4opD&p2=

Indian state outlaws new meat shopsIndia’s meat crackdown has gathered potency after the state of Haryana banned meat shops from applying for a licence to open shops in Gurugram.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2017/10/07/the-strange-and-deadly-saga-of-15-circus-cats-final-week-in-america/?undefined=&utm_term=.4533a5970568&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

The strange and deadly saga of 15 circus cats' final week in AmericaA former Ringling Bros. tiger escaped near Atlanta in September. But that was only the beginning of a saga that drew attention from officials in three states.

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/WATCH-Israeli-Delphin-mourns-friend-506909

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2017/10/06/worried-about-the-dog-in-the-mountain-between-us-weve-got-good-news/?utm_term=.fd276e1bbc35&wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1

Worried about the dog in 'The Mountain Between Us'? We've got good news.The original trailer left unclear whether a yellow Lab makes it through the new survival tale starring Winslet and Idris Elba — so the studio moved to assuage potential viewers' concerns.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2017/10/06/hurricane-irma-wiped-out-thousands-of-sea-turtle-nests/?utm_term=.8865befdb7de&wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1

Hurricane Irma wiped out thousands of sea turtle nestsBut the storm's broad impact on the turtle population won't be clear for 25 years or so.

How Syrian Zoo Animals Escaped a War-Ravaged City
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/10/wildlife-watch-rescuing-animals-aleppo-syria-zoo/?wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1

“What will future generations, looking back on our age, see as its monstrosities? We think of slavery, the subjugation of women, judicial torture, the murder of heretics, imperial conquest and genocide, the first world war and the rise of fascism, and ask ourselves how people could have failed to see the horror of what they did. What madness of…[Read more]

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/04/the-day-we-witnessed-wildlife-rangers-being-gunned-down-in-congo

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/06/leopard-captured-indian-car-plant

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/28/brazil-forest-fires-deforestation-september-record-amazon

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/04/walrus-endangered-species-trump-administration

Another side effect of palm oil
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/10/04/giant-pythons-keep-attacking-indonesian-people-and-people-might-be-to-blame/?utm_term=.35c8fa695ee2&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

Giant pythons keep attacking people in Indonesia — and humans might be to blameRobert Nababan was one of a group of people who tried to move the python from the middle of the road. Then it latched on.