Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Business, Conservation, Endangered Species, Mammals, Science & Tech, Underwater, Wildlife on 05 12th, 2009 | No Comments

Blue Whales Re-establish Former Migration Patterns

Blue Whales Re-establish Former Migration Patterns
photo credit: Amnemona The planet’s largest animal may be returning to pre-whaling feeding grounds. Scientists have documented the first known migration of blue whales from the coast of California to areas off British Columbia and the Gulf of Alaska since the...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Animals & Law, Education, Science & Tech on 04 14th, 2009 | No Comments

UCLA professor stands up to violent animal rights activists

UCLA professor stands up to violent animal rights activists
photo credit: _Gene_ As soon as he heard his car alarm blare and saw the orange glow through his bedroom window, UCLA neuroscientist J. David Jentsch knew that his fears had come true. His 2006 Volvo, parked next to his Westside house, had been set ablaze and destroyed...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Business, Underwater on 03 11th, 2009 | No Comments

Pet shop receives delivery of dead man instead of tropical fish

Pet shop receives delivery of dead man instead of tropical fish
When Mark Arabia, owner of the Pets Plus store, went out to the delivery man's vehicle to collect the $1,000 fish supply he discovered a coffin. "At first when I looked at it, I said, 'Fish never come this way'," he said. He said he eventually learned that the body...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Birds, Conservation, Endangered Species, Science & Tech, Wildlife on 02 19th, 2009 | No Comments

California brown pelican may be removed from state endangered species list

California brown pelican may be removed from state endangered species list
The California Fish and Game commission has voted unanimously to remove the California brown pelican from the state endangered species list. This is the first time the commission has voted to delist an endangered species due to recovery. "Every Californian should...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Conservation, Reptiles & Amphibians, Science & Tech, Wildlife on 02 12th, 2009 | No Comments

Salamander Decline Found In Central America

The decline of amphibian populations worldwide has been documented primarily in frogs, but salamander populations also appear to have plummeted, according to a new study by University of California, Berkeley, biologists. By comparing tropical salamander populations...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Birds, Culture, Pets, Sport on 01 10th, 2009 | No Comments

St. Louis Cardinals manager La Russa is a passionate animal advocate

Image via Wikipedia Inside Tony La Russa's northern California home there are more dogs and cats than positions on the baseball field. In a recent interview, the St. Louis Cardinals manager counted a dozen -- half of them permanent residents and the other...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Conservation, Endangered Species, Food, Mammals, Zoos on 01 5th, 2009 | 4 Comments

How To Lose A Ton Of Weight? Try The Elephant Diet

Elephants at the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park are slimming down. The seven elephants have collectively lost more than five tons of fat since 2000. Never has the big boned excuse been more accurate, but the elephants at the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Mammals, Science & Tech on 01 3rd, 2009 | No Comments

Grazing Animals Help Spread Plant Disease

Researchers have discovered that grazing animals such as deer and rabbits are actually helping to spread plant disease – quadrupling its prevalence in some cases – and encouraging an invasion of annual grasses that threaten more than 20 million acres of native...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Mammals, Science & Tech on 12 31st, 2008 | No Comments

Quiet Bison Sire More Calves Than Louder Rivals

During bison mating season, the quietest bulls score the most mates and sire the most offspring while studs with the loudest bellows see the least action, according to a surprising new study by researchers at University of California, Davis, and Point Loma Nazarene...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Animals & Law, Pets on 12 28th, 2008 | No Comments

California’s New Law Means Realtors Responsible For Pets Left At Foreclosed Homes

In Contra Costa County, thousands of people have lost their homes to foreclosure, and some of them leave behind the family pet. In response to this continuing trend, California Assemblyman Mark Desaulnier,D-Concord, introduced Assembly Bill 2949 this year calling...
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