Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Business, Cats, Culture, Dogs, Mammals, Pets on 04 14th, 2009 | No Comments

How the well-heeled pamper their pets

How the well-heeled pamper their pets
photo credit: Piez The cultured pearl collars are certainly elegant, and the Swarovski crystal and silver mesh puppy necklaces seem a steal at just $225. But for the larger dog who wants to make a statement, it's hard to go past the Masai collars, handcrafted by...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Conservation, Endangered Species, Mammals, Science & Tech, Wildlife on 01 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

Orphaned Elephants Forced To Forge New Bonds Decades After Ivory Ban

An African elephant never forgets – especially when it comes to the loss of its kin, according to researchers at the University of Washington. Their findings, published online in the journal, Molecular Ecology, reveal that the negative effects of poaching persist...
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Posted by Lauren in Mammals on 10 8th, 2008 | No Comments

Goat ‘condoms’ save Kenyan herds

Maasai herdsmen in Kenya have turned to an age-old contraceptive device, the "olor", to protect their precious goat herds from an ongoing drought. The olor is made from cowhide or a square piece of plastic, and is tied around the belly of the male goat. It prevents...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Uncategorized on 04 28th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Endangered zebra life caught on GPS

If you were a zebra, how would you spend your days? Daniel Rubenstein, director of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University, has been pursuing this question for years. He and collaborators spend their summers in Kenya trying...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Uncategorized on 04 17th, 2008 | No Comments

Kenya: Wild Animals Compete With Humans for Scarce Water Resources

Ahmed Diriye had taken his goats to a stream in Mogogashe near the northern Kenyan town of Garissa and was waiting for them to drink when he was attacked by baboons. "I killed a baboon after they tried to force me from the 'lagadera' [stream in Somali]," he said,...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Uncategorized on 04 15th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Game reserve restocked with 150+ animals in bid to attract more tourists.

A game reserve is set to be restocked with at least 150 animals of three different species in a bid to attract more tourists. The animals will be moved to Shimba Hills National Reserve, from where close to 400 elephants were transferred to Tsavo East National Park....
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Posted by kittymowmow in Uncategorized on 03 16th, 2008 | 6 Comments

Lions fall victim to land fight at Hemingway’s treasured reserve

Three lions have been speared to death by Masai tribesmen in a dispute over grazing rights on the edge of the world-famous Amboseli game reserve in Kenya in a further blow to a tourist industry reeling from weeks of bloody post-election chaos. The incident has...
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