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| Mating tests begin on Edinburgh's giant pandas
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 Edinburgh Zoo on Monday started daily tests to pinpoint the best time for its pair of giant pandas, given to Scotland by China, to try to produce a cub.
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| Boston Zoo Takes Politics to the Birds, and Gorillas and Lions Too
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| The dismal approval numbers facing Congress combined with the ups and downs of the 2012 Presidential race lead many Americans to compare politics to a zoo. Now one New England zoo is out to prove that politics really is for the birds, and gorillas and... |
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| Rare tree frog euthanized at Zoo Atlanta
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| Zoo Atlanta officials say a rare tree frog whose species is now believed to be extinct in the wild had to be euthanized after a decline in his health. |
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| Southeastern Wildlife Exposition opens on SC coast
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| The heart of South Carolina's tourism industry is preparing for the annual influx of tourists with a traditional exhibit. |
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| Poachers kill 200 elephants in Cameroon killing spree
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| YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Poachers have killed more than 200 elephants in Cameroon in just six weeks, in a "massacre" fuelled by Asian demand for ivory. A local government official said heavily armed poachers from Chad and Sudan had decimated the elephant population of Bouba Ndjida National Park in Cameroon's far north in a dry season killing spree. ... |
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| Poachers kill 200 elephants in Cameroon killing spree
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| YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Poachers have killed more than 200 elephants in Cameroon in just six weeks, in a "massacre" fuelled by Asian demand for ivory. A local government official said heavily armed poachers from Chad and Sudan had decimated the elephant population of Bouba Ndjida National Park in Cameroon's far north in a dry season killing spree. ... |
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| TV network aims for new viewing audience: dogs
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 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nielsen isn't tracking the network's ratings and broadcasters aren't copying its programs -- not yet, anyway. But a new cable TV station has a fresh audience in its backyard and tails are wagging excitedly. DogTV, a cable network for dogs, launched in San Diego this past Monday aimed at stay-at-home canines and their workaday owners who want to feel better about time apart. Free at launch, people will eventually pay $4.99 a month for the channel, but that may seem a small for sum for fido's peace of mind. ...
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| Atlantic City high-diving horses revival scrapped after protests
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| NEW YORK (Reuters) - What happened in Atlantic City's past should stay in Atlantic City's past - especially if it involves high-diving horses. That was the decision made by Anthony Catanoso, owner of the Steel Pier amusement park, who scrapped plans for a comeback of the legendary Jersey Shore high-diving horses attraction in response to the cries of outraged animal rights advocates. Catanoso said he was reacting to mounting protests over the stunt in which a horse climbs to the top of a 40-foot (12-meter) tall platform which tips, plunging the animal and its rider into a 12-foot (3. ... |
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| PETA campaign director defends controversial vegan ad: ‘The underlying message is a helpful one’
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| On Monday, PETA released a new Web ad promoting veganism that featured a virile young vegan man who so ardently makes love to his girlfriend that she ended up in a neckbrace. An accompanying website--BWVAKTBOOM.com (for "Boyfriend Went Vegan and Knocked the Bottom Out of Me")--launched Monday, too. A number of critics (and viewers) felt [...] |
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| Animal groups target feral cats for sterilization
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 Cat owners have done a good job spaying and neutering their pets. The big issue now when it comes to felines is population control of feral cats, and that's led to a movement by animal welfare groups to trap colonies of these wild cats for sterilization.
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| Wildlife up close in a sea kayak off Cape Town
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 CAPETOWN (Reuters) - A pair of African penguins glide over the water while a pod of dolphins approach in the background. Such an encounter might make the bucket list of many a wildlife enthusiast, but the experience takes on a whole new dimension from the vantage point of a sea kayak bobbing in the swells off Cape Town. "It's the best way to see marine wildlife. A lot of wildlife is scared of motors but not of kayaks," says Marc de Vos, 21, a kayak and diving guide. ...
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| Does this PETA ad featuring a woman in a neckbrace promote veganism or violence?
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| PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is known for its provocative ads--many of them featuring women in various states of undress--that aim to draw attention (however indirectly) to animal rights. But their latest ad, a Valentine's Day video that warns women about the "dangers" of their boyfriends' burgeoning veganism, may have crossed a [...] |
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| Wildlife up close in a sea kayak off Cape Town
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| CAPETOWN (Reuters) - A pair of African penguins glide over the water while a pod of dolphins approach in the background. Such an encounter might make the bucket list of many a wildlife enthusiast, but the experience takes on a whole new dimension from the vantage point of a sea kayak bobbing in the swells off Cape Town. "It's the best way to see marine wildlife. A lot of wildlife is scared of motors but not of kayaks," says Marc de Vos, 21, a kayak and diving guide. ... |
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| Wildlife up close in a sea kayak off Cape Town
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| CAPETOWN (Reuters) - A pair of African penguins glide over the water while a pod of dolphins approach in the background. Such an encounter might make the bucket list of many a wildlife enthusiast, but the experience takes on a whole new dimension from the vantage point of a sea kayak bobbing in the swells off Cape Town. "It's the best way to see marine wildlife. A lot of wildlife is scared of motors but not of kayaks," says Marc de Vos, 21, a kayak and diving guide. ... |
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| Carnival goes to the dogs with Rio pet parade
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 Most pre-Carnival street parties in Brazil are all about samba, but the moves on display at Sunday's Blocao parade were focused more on wagging and strategic sniffing than on fancy footwork.
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| Europe's cold close zoo outside Paris
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 A count who operates a zoological park on the grounds of his chateau outside Paris says some of his animals just can't take the cold this winter.
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| Move over partners, 14 percent of Australians prefer to spend Valentine’s Day with their pets
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 A new survey claims that 1.6 million Australians -- 14 percent of the country’s population -- would rather spend Valentine’s Day with their pet than their partner.
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| WWF urges banks to block Sakhalin oil plan and save whales
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| Environment group WWF on Thursday urged three European banks to block Russian giant Sakhalin Energy's plan to build an oil drilling platform that the group claims could harm the endangered grey whale. |
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| First Tiger Photos Snapped in India Corridor
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| Conservationists snapped the first known images of a Bengal tiger in an area of northern India that is important habitat for the endangered species. |
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| VIDEO: Teen Surfs With Dolphins
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 (Photo Credit: VisitStPeteClearwater.com) Aquaman look out, you’ve got some competition. And if you don’t watch your back, you might be eating his wake. Mitchell Overton, 15, was wake-skating behind a boat when he received some unexpected visitors, a pair of dolphins who proceeded to swim...
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| Judge dismisses suit accusing SeaWorld of enslaving whales
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| (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday threw out an animal rights group's lawsuit accusing SeaWorld of enslaving captive killer whales, ruling that orcas had no standing to seek the same constitutional rights as people. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, had accused the chain of aquatic theme parks of violating the rights of whales under the 13th Amendent of the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery in the United States. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. ... |
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| Hear This: Ship Noise Stresses Whales
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| Quiet oceans make for calmer right whales, new research suggests. When fewer ships sail the Bay of Fundy, the big baleen whales are less stressed — as evidenced by hormone levels in their poop. |
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| Ship noise boosts stress in whales, 9/11 reveals: study
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 The steady drone of motors along busy commercial shipping lanes not only alters whale behaviour but can affect the giant sea mammals physically by causing chronic stress, a study published Wednesday has reported for the first time.
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| Find puppy love (cats too) through Meet Your Match
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 Have you been looking for love in all the wrong places?
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| Consumers pamper pets with healthier products
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 Like many pet owners, customers at April Lawrence's pet bakery and boutique in central Iowa want the best for their four-legged family members.
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| With a few rules, dogs and offices can mix well
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 No one at the Ohio chapter of The Nature Conservancy enjoys going to meetings more than Annie. Once, she was even disciplined for attending a meeting to which she was not invited.
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| Moving in together? Take your time combining pets
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 Kelly Lucas blissfully wed three years ago. For her cats, it was more like hell.
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| What If All the Cats in the World Suddenly Died?
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| Perhaps you're a cat lover. Perhaps you abhor the lazy critters. Either way, when you see a cat lounging on an armchair, napping all day but for the occasional stretch or window gaze, "useless" is by no means the last word that comes to mind. Cats, beloved or otherwise, don't radiate the message that they're indispensable, hard-working members of the household, or the world. |
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| OK Go Cheerfully Shills for Chevy; A Long, Cold Winter at the Belgrade Zoo
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| We realize there's only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cell phone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the videos that truly earn your fiveminutes (or less) of attention. Today: Will Ferrell's latest Old Milwaukee Super Bowl ad was for Nebraska eyes only, the animals at Belgrade's zoo struggle with Europe's latest cold snap, and a reasonable response to winning a $7,500 bet.. |
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| Thai police arrest rare wildlife 'butchers'
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| Thai police busted a grisly exotic wildlife slaughterhouse in Bangkok when officers caught four men in the act of chopping up a tiger in a residential home, officials said Monday. |
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| Pocket Pets: Early Explorers Brought Guinea Pigs to Europe
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| It may seem a prestigious post for a rodent, but the guinea pigs that are fixtures in elementary school classrooms today were once ambassadors from a new land. |
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| Dragons & Elephants May Solve Australia's Environmental Problems, Scientist Says
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| Between out-of-control fires and destructive invasive species, Australia is facing major environmental problems. Now, an Australian scientist says he has a radical solution to these issues: Import large animals, such as elephants, to consume flammable grasses and combat the feral animals that are reconstructing the ecosystem. |
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| Zoo wants company to stop using chimps in TV ads
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 A Chicago zoo is mounting a campaign to stop a company from airing a Super Bowl Sunday commercial featuring mischievous suit-and-tie wearing chimpanzees playing tricks on their human co-worker, saying all that monkey business proves deadly for the endangered species.
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| A Wildlife Vet, a Pigeon, a Groundbreaking Discovery
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| A Wildlife Vet, a Pigeon, a Groundbreaking Discovery |
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| Fukushima pets in no-go zone face harsh winter
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 FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Dogs and cats that were abandoned in the Fukushima exclusion zone after last year's nuclear crisis have had to survive high radiation and a lack of food, and they are now struggling with the region's freezing winter weather. "If left alone, tens of them will die everyday. Unlike well-fed animals that can keep themselves warm with their own body fat, starving ones will just shrivel up and die," said Yasunori Hoso, who runs a shelter for about 350 dogs and cats rescued from the 20-km evacuation zone around the crippled nuclear plant. ...
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| Pythons apparently wiping out Everglades mammals
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 A burgeoning population of huge pythons — many of them pets that were turned loose by their owners when they got too big — appears to be wiping out large numbers of raccoons, opossums, bobcats and other mammals in the Everglades, a study says.
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| Evolution Shrinks Mammals Quickly, But They're Slow to Grow
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| Within as little as 24 million generations, mammals can evolve from the size of a mouse to the size of an elephant, a new study estimates. |
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| 'Dumped' Pythons Put Squeeze on Everglades Wildlife
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| Sixteen-foot-long pythons aren't just frightening movie concepts, they are a real-life threat in the Everglades where they are annihilating the park's mammal populations to unrecoverable numbers, researchers now say. |
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| Mammals Shrink Faster Than They Get Big
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| Within as little as 24 million generations, mammals can evolve from the size of a mouse to the size of an elephant, a new study estimates. |
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| Fukushima pets in no-go zone face harsh winter
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 FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Dogs and cats that were abandoned in the Fukushima exclusion zone after last year's nuclear crisis have had to survive high radiation and a lack of food, and they are now struggling with the region's freezing winter weather. "If left alone, tens of them will die everyday. Unlike well-fed animals that can keep themselves warm with their own body fat, starving ones will just shrivel up and die," said Yasunori Hoso, who runs a shelter for about 350 dogs and cats rescued from the 20-km evacuation zone around the crippled nuclear plant. ...
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