Saturday, September 30, 2017

Change in command at Davis County shelter worries animal advocates - Deseret News


Deseret News

Change in command at Davis County shelter worries animal advocates
Deseret News
FRUIT HEIGHTS — Over the years, the Davis County Animal Shelter has gone from euthanizing nearly 30 percent of stray and lost pets turned in there to saving almost all the animals' lives. But that higher than 90 percent save rate may be hanging in the ...

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Draft Animals Highlight Alternative Ag Power at Field Days in Cornish - Valley News


Valley News

Draft Animals Highlight Alternative Ag Power at Field Days in Cornish
Valley News
The nationwide community aims to teach people about sustainable land stewardship through the use of draft animals. In addition to offering a host of workshops on the care and keeping of draft animals such as horses, mules and oxen, the Field Days also ...



Animals are blessed, then some burrow away at Webster ceremony - Worcester Telegram


Worcester Telegram

Animals are blessed, then some burrow away at Webster ceremony
Worcester Telegram
WEBSTER - All, or at least several, of God's creatures great and small were on hand Saturday at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish for the annual Blessing of the Animals. “Why not? It certainly can't hurt,” said Bob Mullady, who with his wife, Arline ...



October Adoptable Animals - The Coloradoan


October Adoptable Animals
The Coloradoan
Bugs is a four-year-old black shorthaired rabbit who is just hanging out here at the shelter, waiting for the right person! Rabbits are somewhat cat like and can have many different personalities. While the Bugs we have for adoption may not be quite as ...



More Than a Dozen Exotic Animals Handed Over to Authorities on Long Island - NBC New York


NBC New York

More Than a Dozen Exotic Animals Handed Over to Authorities on Long Island
NBC New York
A number of exotic animals were turned in to authorities in Suffolk County on Saturday as part of an illegal and exotic animal "amnesty day." The Suffolk County SPCA and NYS Department of Environmental Conservation team up for the event, which ...

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Cape May Zoo offering new animals, attractions for its fall season - Press of Atlantic City


Press of Atlantic City

Cape May Zoo offering new animals, attractions for its fall season
Press of Atlantic City
Pete Cyr, hoofstock keeper at the Cape May County Park & Zoo, attends to the zoo's latest addition, Walter, a 6-month-old Bactrian camel, on Thursday. Dale Gerhard / Staff Photographer. Cape May County Zoo. Buy Now. Jennifer Baillie and her 5-year-old ...

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White Plains: Fire Dept. hose donation will be remade into toys for zoo animals - The Journal News | LoHud.com


The Journal News | LoHud.com

White Plains: Fire Dept. hose donation will be remade into toys for zoo animals
The Journal News | LoHud.com
WHITE PLAINS — The White Plains Fire Department's trash is an animal's treasure. The city's bravest donated 6,700 feet, or 1.2 miles, of worn out fire hoses to the Maryland-based nonprofit Hose2Habitat, which will use them to create play things, like ...



Turtle Mountain Animal Rescue aids animals impacted by hurricanes - Valley News Live


Valley News Live

Turtle Mountain Animal Rescue aids animals impacted by hurricanes
Valley News Live
However, a North Dakota animal rescue organization wasn't going let distance or floodwaters from helping them save the lives of animals impacted by this year's hurricanes. "We're in Florida, and it's hot," said Turtle Mountain Animal Rescue founder ...



Blessing Of The Animals And Animal Fair Held At Waquoit Church - CapeNews.net


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Blessing Of The Animals And Animal Fair Held At Waquoit Church
CapeNews.net
Organizations such as Companion Animal Program, Serenity Farm, and Get My Goats Natural Brush Clearing and Poison Ivy Control set up display tables and animals under a tent as animal lovers arrived with pets on leashes or in their arms for the Blessing ...



Reducing antimicrobial use in food animals | Science - Science (subscription)


Reducing antimicrobial use in food animals | Science
Science (subscription)
The large and expanding use of antimicrobials in livestock, a consequence of growing global demand for animal protein, is of considerable concern in light of ...

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Japanese Animals Are Still Washing Up in America After The 2011 Tsunami - The Atlantic


The Atlantic

Japanese Animals Are Still Washing Up in America After The 2011 Tsunami
The Atlantic
Sure, animals can raft across large distances by clinging to natural debris that's been swept to sea by storms—that's how lemurs got to Madagascar, how monkeys and guinea pigs got to South America, and how iguanas got the Galapagos. But none of the ...
Tsunami carried Japanese animals to USDeutsche Welle
How thousands of marine animals got from Japan to the USA after TsunamiHeraldScotland
Tsunami 'mega-rafts' of debris ship hundreds of animal species from Japan to USABC Online
Science -Williams-Mystic - Williams College
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Enough with the fake service animals - The Olympian


Enough with the fake service animals
The Olympian
As a dog lover myself I get the desire to take your dog wherever you go, but rules regarding where animals are allowed are in place for good reasons. In parks and natural areas dogs can disturb native wildlife. There are plenty of places to hike with ...



Hamilton 7-year-old donates hundreds of stuffed animals to local hospitals - Ravalli Republic


Ravalli Republic

Hamilton 7-year-old donates hundreds of stuffed animals to local hospitals
Ravalli Republic
'Baby Stuffies' come with a friendship bracelet,” she said as she opened the box filled with happy-faced stuffed animals. Some had zipper mouths to use as a pocket to keep treasures safe, some had magnetic feet to keep the hug strong and others were ...



For the animals - News Dispatch


For the animals
News Dispatch
“We love to make sure that the animals there are well taken care of. They have the best veterinary care possible and the best food they can have,” she said. “We always say that being a zookeeper is not a job, it's a lifestyle. We're there because we ...



Animal cruelty to be punished by up to five years in jail under tough new proposals - Telegraph.co.uk


Telegraph.co.uk

Animal cruelty to be punished by up to five years in jail under tough new proposals
Telegraph.co.uk
People who commit the most heinous acts of cruelty to animals will face up to five years in prison under tough new proposals. The Government is planning to raise the maximum sentence from six months in jail as part of reforms to be announced at the ...
Animal cruelty sentences to rise to five years in prisonBBC News
Fiends who abuse animals will FINALLY face proper jail sentencesThe Sun
Maximum sentence for people who abuse animals being increased to five yearsYorkshire Post
Daily Mail -The Guardian
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Review: Animals appear out for revenge in thriller "Spoor" - CBS News


CBS News

Review: Animals appear out for revenge in thriller "Spoor"
CBS News
When you see eyes glow in the dark, you are probably not among friends. That is one cinema trope that comes to bear in "Spoor," a new Polish thriller in which a forest becomes littered with the bodies of hunters. But while the mysterious eyes at night ...



Cape May Zoo offering new animals, attractions for its fall season ... - Press of Atlantic City


Press of Atlantic City

Cape May Zoo offering new animals, attractions for its fall season ...
Press of Atlantic City
Pete Cyr, hoofstock keeper at the Cape May County Park & Zoo, attends to the zoo's latest addition, Walter, a 6-month-old Bactrian camel, on Thursday.

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Massive projected increase in use of antimicrobials in animals by 2030 - Science Daily


Science Daily

Massive projected increase in use of antimicrobials in animals by 2030
Science Daily
In modern animal farming, large quantities of antimicrobials are used for disease prevention and for growth promotion. "Globally, animals receive almost three times as many antibiotics than people, although much of this use is not medically necessary ...



Reducing antimicrobial use in food animals | Science - Science (subscription)


Reducing antimicrobial use in food animals | Science
Science (subscription)
The large and expanding use of antimicrobials in livestock, a consequence of growing global demand for animal protein, is of considerable concern in light of ...

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Hamilton 7-year-old donates hundreds of stuffed animals to local hospitals - Ravalli Republic


Ravalli Republic

Hamilton 7-year-old donates hundreds of stuffed animals to local hospitals
Ravalli Republic
'Baby Stuffies' come with a friendship bracelet,” she said as she opened the box filled with happy-faced stuffed animals. Some had zipper mouths to use as a pocket to keep treasures safe, some had magnetic feet to keep the hug strong and others were ...



Animals captured laughing and smiling on camera - NEWS.com.au


NEWS.com.au

Animals captured laughing and smiling on camera
NEWS.com.au
While animals don't necessarily express their emotions the same way we do, several species in the animal kingdom are known to emit vocalisation that sound a lot like human laughter. When playing or being tickled, apes, such as chimpanzees, gorillas and ...

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No animals were involved in producing this premium leather - Quartz


Quartz

No animals were involved in producing this premium leather
Quartz
The company has spent five years and $53 million developing a material so new that it's hard to characterize. The common definition of leather in use for thousands of years is that it's made from animal hide. This is an animal-free leather, but it isn ...



Animals, Plants Rafted Across The Pacific After Japan's 2011 Earthquake - NPR


Animals, Plants Rafted Across The Pacific After Japan's 2011 Earthquake
NPR
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Greg Ruiz, a marine ecologist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, about nearly 300 Japanese marine coastal species that traveled across the Pacific Ocean. Facebook; Twitter. Google+. Email ...



Rescuers race to save animals from Bali volcano - Phys.Org


Phys.Org

Rescuers race to save animals from Bali volcano
Phys.Org
As evacuees have streamed into temporary shelters or moved in with relatives, animals—including wild monkeys as well as dogs and farm animals such as pigs, chickens and cows—have been left in the danger zone close to the volcano that is most at risk ...

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Animal cruelty sentences to rise to five years in prison - BBC News


BBC News

Animal cruelty sentences to rise to five years in prison
BBC News
People in England who commit the most serious crimes of animal cruelty could face up to five years in prison, the government has said. The move - an increase on the current six-month maximum sentence - follows a number of cases where English courts ...
Fiends who abuse animals will FINALLY face proper jail sentencesThe Sun
Five-year jail terms for animal cruelty crimes are planned by Gove as offenders continue to get off lightlyDaily Mail
Animal cruelty could result in five-year jail sentence under new lawThe Guardian
The Star
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The science behind why some people love animals and others couldn't care less - Phys.Org


Phys.Org

The science behind why some people love animals and others couldn't care less
Phys.Org
The recent popularity of "designer" dogs, cats, micro-pigs and other pets may seem to suggest that pet keeping is no more than a fad. Indeed, it is often assumed that pets are a Western affectation, a weird relic of the working animals kept by ...

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Wild Missouri: photographer captures elusive animals - STLtoday.com


STLtoday.com

Wild Missouri: photographer captures elusive animals
STLtoday.com
He's only interested in true wildlife, animals that are not acclimated to humans. “It's unique to try to photograph an animal who is 100 percent afraid of humans. I value those so much more. I'm not that interested in taking a photo of a deer standing ...



Galloway cafe shut down after police see 'exotic' animals loose in kitchen - Press of Atlantic City


Galloway cafe shut down after police see 'exotic' animals loose in kitchen
Press of Atlantic City
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP — A Smithville cafe was shut down Friday and its owners cited for operating without a mercantile license after police officers saw several animals running inside the kitchen and prep area, police said. Police officers had been called ...



Animal rights group removed from AT&T Park during Giants game - The Mercury News


Animal rights group removed from AT&T Park during Giants game
The Mercury News
SAN FRANCISCO — More than a dozen people were removed from AT&T Park Friday night after unveiling several banners around the stadium to protest the killing of animals and the consumption of meat, according to the group behind the protests.

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