Tag: animal
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How An Animal Rescue Tool Helped Control Rabies In An Indian City
[ad_1] Asian Scientist Magazine (Nov. 01, 2023) — One in every three rabies deaths in the world occur in India, with a majority of them attributed to dog bites. India’s rabies problem is exacerbated by unvaccinated stray dogs and lack of local government systems to control dogs known to attack people on the streets. Further,…
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Here’s how to go as earth’s scariest animal : Goats and Soda : NPR
[ad_1] This former NPR intern shows off our mosquito costume. He’d no doubt rather bite into candy corn than a human arm. Ben de la Cruz/NPR hide caption toggle caption Ben de la Cruz/NPR This former NPR intern shows off our mosquito costume. He’d no doubt rather bite into candy corn than a human arm.…
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Spain Strengthens Animal Rights, But Exempts Bullfights
[ad_1] MADRID (AP) — A new animal welfare law that took effect Friday in Spain outlaws the use of animals for recreational activities that cause them pain and suffering but allows bullfights and hunting with dogs. Spain’s first specific animal rights legislation is intended to crack down on abuses. The law particularly targets the mistreatment…
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‘The worst animal cruelty of all’ – Celebrities back bill to ban elephant tourism ads | Nature | News
[ad_1] Celebrities have backed the banning of adverts for attractions abroad which abuse elephants whose “future is threatened by ruthless commercial exploitation”. The Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Bill will have its third reading in the House of Lords on Monday. Conservationist Chris Packham said: “The brutality to Asian elephants in tourism is often described as…
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Edmonton animal rescues see alarming rise in cat abandonments
[ad_1] Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News “People are under the financial gun to where they no longer have the funds necessary to find a place where they can keep their pets, so they feel they have to surrender them” Published Aug 13, 2023 • Last updated 6 hours ago • 4 minute read Moon Pie,…
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Mums unite against Just Stop Oil: Eco zealots refuse to move for woman trying to get newborn baby to hospital while pram-pushing mother tells them ‘You’re not God!’ as animal rights activists join infuriating slow-marching campaign
[ad_1] Mothers united to give Just Stop Oil a dressing down this morning, clashing with the eco-zealots over their tone-deaf disruption. On Westway in Acton, west London, one parent castigated an expressionless activist as he stared mutely at her. She told him: ‘I have got a baby in my car and we have to get to hospital.’…
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‘Lioness’ on the loose? More experts join police in second-day search for elusive animal
[ad_1] The search for an elusive and potentially dangerous animal sighted on the edge of Berlin and suspected to be a lioness has stretched into a second day BERLIN — Experts on animal tracks joined the hunt Friday for an elusive and potentially dangerous animal — suspected to be a lioness — spotted on the…
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About that emotional support animal at Hutch’s …
[ad_1] When Hutch’s On The Beach general manager Rick Creechan asked the couple about the dog they’d brought into his restaurant, they said it was an emotional support animal. When another employee — who didn’t know he’d already asked — inquired again after some customers mentioned something, some papers were shown. But it didn’t look…
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U.S clears sale of cultivated ‘no kill’ meat, grown from animal cells : Shots
[ad_1] Cultivated Meat is an alternative to traditional meat derived from cells in a lab. In this photo, a chicken breast is prepared at Upside Foods. Brian L. Frank for NPR/Brian L. Frank for NPR hide caption toggle caption Brian L. Frank for NPR/Brian L. Frank for NPR Cultivated Meat is an alternative to traditional…
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Perth’s biggest animal rescue shelters forced to reduce fees to encourage more adoptions
[ad_1] The capacity at some of Perth’s biggest animal rescue shelters is now so beyond breaking point some have decided to drop their adoption prices. In a major first, RSPCA WA, Cat Haven, and SAFE Inc will run an adoption drive on Saturday and Sunday to help unwanted, abandoned and neglected animals go to new…