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Jallikattu: India lifts ban on bullfighting in Tamil Nadu - BBC NewsIndia lifts the ban on Jallikattu, a version of bull fighting which has been popular for thousands of years in Tamil Nadu state.

Meet the adorably named Sparklemuffin, the colorful dancing spider here to warm even the most arachnophobic of hearts!

Research Article: A voyage to Terra Australis: human-mediated dispersal of cats

http://bmcevolbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12862-015-0542-7

http://www.techinsider.io/the-fbi-is-going-to-start-tracking-animal-abuse-2015-11

The FBI is about to label animal cruelty as a 'crime against society'People who hurt animals are also likely to hurt other people.

http://www.usatoday.com/pages/interactives/groundwater/

Pumped DryPumped Dry: The Global Crisis of Vanishing Groundwater

http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/news/2015/nothing-is-too-good-for-fido-pets-that-have-it-all.html

Keep in mind that livestock production harms many other species besides bison. Everything from the killing of wolves/grizzlies to the destruction of sage grouse habitat to the dewatering of rivers critical to trout and even global climate change is a consequence of trying to raise beef for human consumption. One of the easiest ways you can…[Read more]

http://www.onegreenplanet.org/environment/appetite-for-hamburgers-is-driving-polar-bears-to-eat-dolphins/

How the Human Appetite for Hamburgers is Driving Polar Bears to Eat Dolphins

Wildlife photographers Samuel Blanc and Agnès Brenière, of Horizons Partagés, have made it abundantly clear what the melting of Earth’s polar ice caps mean for the creatures who depend on them in this tragic picture – which shows a polar bear consuming a dolphin.

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14127733.Scientists_look_to_create_yeast_based_alternative_to_palm_oil/

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-research-reveals-bacteria-associated-with-feline-gum-disease-for-the-first-time-553898041.html

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/384/743/772/install-video-cameras-in-slaughterhouses-and-factory-farms/

petition: Install Video Cameras in Slaughterhouses and Factory FarmsPlace video cameras in slaughterhouses and factory farms to watch for improper procedures and inhumane... (140447 signatures on petition)

Kelly says it’s excruciating to witness. “You walk by some shops and see one just sitting in a cage vegetating. People like the idea of this little canary singing. But the reason why it is singing is because it wants a mate. It is depressed.”

“When you think about it like that,” she says, “that is awful … Because you want to hear a canary sing, y…[Read more]

It's Time To Admit Birds Shouldn't Be Kept In CagesFor the love of animals. Pass it on.

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Stop_the_Oil_for_Ape_scandal_in_Borneo/?sAcoLjb

Stop the Oil for Ape scandal in BorneoHi I'm Marie from Save Indonesian Endangered Species and I'm sending out a desperate call for help from Central Kalimantan. Palm Oil companies have already cleared over 2,200 hectares of land alongside the Sekonyer River and Tanjung Puting National Park, killing at least 22 wild Orangutans - and there is a massive expansion underway.Orangutans aren't the only victims. Tanjung Puting is a conservation area of global importance and is home to 9 primate species, over 20 mammals including the endangered Sun bear and Clouded Leopard as well as over 200 bird species. The ...

Powerful scene from the animated film Ratatouille:

Polar bears are not naturally inclined to eat dolphins, but territory shrinkage and food scarcity – combined with the fact that dolphins themselves have had to move farther north as a result of rising temperatures – has recently led them to start doing so for the first time in recorded history. The world’s climate has been altered by human activ…[Read more]

Kurdish fighters take a moment from battling the Daesh to help a puppy injured by an IS landmine.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3379984/Dog-war-Yelping-puppy-saved-Peshmerga-fighters-bandage-legs-steps-ISIS-landmine.html

Puppy is saved by Peshmerga fighters after it steps on ISIS landmineThe distressing footage from Iraq shows the puppy screeching in pain while a group of Peshmerga fighters huddle around it and try to help by attaching a splint and then a bandage.

Awesome story of a tough little girl and her heroic dog.

http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/n0535-statue-unveiled-to-mowgli-girl-and-the-dog-that-saved-her/

Statue unveiled to Mowgli girl and the dog that saved herHonour in Yakutia to Karina Chikitova, who - at the age of 4 - survived 12 days and nights alone in the Siberian wilderness.