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Facing financial woes, Dallas County's Humane Society shelter turns away animals
Carrollton :: TX :: USA | about 1 year ago
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The Humane Society of Dallas County's shelter has stopped accepting surrendered animals for the first time in its 30-year history because of financial problems. The no-kill shelter, Dog and Kitty City, is facing a double whammy: Donations have fallen...
Tags: animals
How likely is mammoth cloning?
Kōbe :: Japan | about 1 year ago
Credibility The flurry of excitement follows an announcement from Japanese researchers who created healthy mouse pups by cloning cells from adult mice that had been languishing in the deep freeze for more than a year. It wouldn't be the first time scientists have...
Tags: cloning, scientists, extinct, animals, species
National Geographic: "Social" Sabertooths Hunted in Packs, Study Says
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility Sabertooths were large and muscular, similar in size—but not closely related—to modern-day tigers. An abundance of sabertooth fossils in tar pits in present-day Los Angeles , California, suggests that the cats were pack scavengers, scientists say. Tar...
Tags: extinct, scientists, cat, animals, species, sabertooths cats
Frozen mice cloned; wooly mammoths on horizon
Tōkyō :: Japan | about 1 year ago
Credibility ET Reuters, special to CBC News Japanese scientists have cloned mice whose bodies were frozen for as long 16 years and said on Monday it may be possible to use the technique to resurrect mammoths and other extinct species.
Tags: scientists, species, extinct, animals, frozen mice, extinct species, animal tissue, frozen animal, Teruhiko Wakayama, produced clone
Dozens of dogs found starving
Jay :: ME :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility A Del-aware County breeder is expected to be charged with cruelty to animals. JAY — Delaware County officials are expected to charge a dog breeder with felony cruelty to animals after discovering dead and starving dogs at a farm near the Arkansas border,...
Tags: dogs, dog, puppy mill, animals, puppy
Lightning strikes only once _ but kills 52 cows
Lightning struck only once - but 52 cows are dead at an Uruguayan ranch. The newspaper El Pais reports that the cows had pressed against a wire fence during a storm when the lightning bolt struck in the northern state of San Jose. A photograph released...
Pedigree pulls sponsorship of Crufts
Birmingham :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility In a brief statement, the food group Mars, which owns Pedigree, said: "After careful consideration, Pedigree has decided to withdraw its sponsorship of Crufts." It is the latest, and most financially damaging, blow to the world's biggest dog show and...
Sale of Endangered Animals Rife on Internet
Ebay has been in the news for banning sales of ivory products through their network. Turns out they aren't the only ones who need to be more vigilant about protecting wildlife. The International Fund for Animal Welfare has attempted to quantify the extent...
Tags: sale, online, endangered, animals
EBay to halt ivory sales on websites
Paris :: France | about 1 year ago
Credibility The ban, set to take effect Jan. 1, comes after an animal welfare group's investigation. October 22, 2008 Elephant products, predominantly ivory, were the most common items offered, accounting for 73% of all suspect items listed, the three-month probe...
Elderly woman avoids jail for animal cruelty
Adelaide :: Australia | about 1 year ago
Credibility Margarete Higham, 74, was convicted of 11 charges over dogs found with skin disease, hair loss, fractures and open wounds. A magistrate said the seven weeks Mrs Higham had already spent in custody were sufficient and gave her a two-month suspended sentence.
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