Power-generating wind turbines have long been recognized as a potentially life-threatening hazard for birds. But at most wind facilities, bats actually die in much greater numbers. Now, researchers reporting in Current Biology, a Cell Press journal, on August 26th think they know why.
Ninety percent of the bats they examined after death showed signs of internal [...]
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Christian Bale grew up a vegetarian and was instilled with a strong appreciation for animal welfare. That childhood education has carried over to adulthood as all of the actor’s pets were at one time stray cats and dogs.
But the Batman star credits his greatest influence on acting to horses. “I love horses. I’ve learned from [...]
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Furry friends aren’t always the best for college students.
While pet adoption may seem like a good idea at first, students may want to take a step back before adopting that adorable mutt or big-eyed feline, because pet ownership can quickly get out of hand. If and when students adopt or buy pets, local experts and [...]
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There’s a cloud over the big top as the circus rolls into the Rose Garden this week.
A consortium of animal-rights and environmental groups are suing Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey in U.S. District Court, alleging that the circus illegally abuses animals protected under the endangered species act.
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An aerial survey by government scientists in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea has recently found at least nine polar bears swimming in open water – with one at least 60 miles from shore – raising concern among wildlife experts about their survival.
Geoff York, the polar bear coordinator for WWF’s Arctic Programme, said that when polar bears swim [...]
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Orangina’s current TV advert, which depicts animals dancing and flirting in a suggestive manner, is on the receiving end of consumer and equal rights groups complaints in the UK.
The 60-second advert, which was originally aired in France late last year, centres around a love story between an alluring doe and masculine bear before erupting into [...]
He was a pig in a poke but now he’s in hog heaven.
A 400 pound pig was found wandering a neighborhood in Adams Run.
Now he’s the newest guest at the Charleston Animal Society - a new guest that needs a big room.
“It’s about 400 pounds now, it can easily reach 800 to 1000 [...]
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It’s the little cow with a big future. Rising supermarket prices are persuading hundreds of families to turn their back gardens into mini-ranches stocked with miniature cattle.
Registrations of the most popular breed, the Dexter, have doubled since the millennium and websites are sprouting up offering “the world’s most efficient, cutest and tastiest cows”.
For between £200 [...]
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The Scottish government has declared war on increasingly aggressive urban seagulls.
The initial battle will be joined in the southwestern town of Dumfries during next spring’s breeding season when a special anti-gull “task force” will seek to destroy nests and drive out the birds.
“Seagulls are a menace to Scottish towns and cities,” said [...]
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An animal rights group is calling for a New York state investigation into kapporos in Brooklyn.
For the second year, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has complained about the High Holidays ritual of swinging a chicken over one’s head, a sin transference ceremony.
In a letter sent Monday to the state agriculture department’s Kosher Law [...]
