Sentences with phrase «by aggressive animals»

Take a look at some of the cases we've handled for people who were injured by medical malpractice, in auto accidents, in pedestrian accidents, in slip and fall accidents, by a dangerous product and by aggressive animals by clicking here.

Paul Thomson has represented numerous children and adults who have been harmed by aggressive animals.

Most dogs are friendly and affectionate, but if you are unfortunate enough to be injured by an aggressive animal, under most circumstances you are entitled to collect damages from the dog's owner.

Our Tampa Bay Dog Bite Injury Attorneys at Whittel & Melton can help you pursue damages for many different types of injuries caused by an aggressive animal.

Not exact matches

There are doubts whether pepper spray will really work against a two - ton bull seal, but it's a possible alternative to shooting aggressive animals that are being driven into dangerous encounters by a lack of other food sources.

Aside from the concerns over L'Oreal's record on animal testing and other ethical issues, the cosmetic giant is part - owned by Nestlé, the target of a boycott over its aggressive marketing of baby milks.

A new study by scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) found no evidence of increased aggressive behavior toward strangers in an animal model of the condition.

«The letter, which comes in response to an aggressive campaign by the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), claims that for more than 30 years researchers at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) have been «removing [macaques] from their mothers at birth and subjecting them to distressful and sometimes painful procedures that measure their anxiety and depression.»»

North American killer bees are hybrids, the offspring of relatively placid European bees — the kind favored by honey producers — and an aggressive African species that earned its nickname by reputedly stinging to death small animals.

Since the late 1990s, Huntingdon Life Sciences — a company that conducts testing of substances on animals mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration — has become a proving ground for increasingly aggressive tactics by animal - rights militants.

She needed a farm to host an audacious experiment dreamed up by geneticist Dmitry Belyaev: to create a domestic animal as docile as a dog from aggressive, wily silver foxes.

By analyzing the affected animals, the scientists isolated an aggressive new flavivirus, a class of viruses that includes yellow and dengue fevers — the first flavivirus ever identified in ducks.

The researchers were surprised by the findings because these African apes — our closest relatives in the animal kingdom along with chimpanzees — have been shown to be less aggressive than chimps.

Rhesus macaques could potentially impact the native plant and animal species in the park in several ways; for example, eating plants needed by other animals, changing the plant composition in the park, or pushing other animals out of the habitat by being aggressive, Anderson said.

Four U.S. representatives — prompted by an aggressive ad campaign by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which claimed that baby rhesus macaques at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development lab of Stephen Suomi were being ripped from their mothers at birth and being mentally traumatized — called on NIH to conduct a bioethical review of the lab.

John Cena lends his voice to the bull that is Ferdinand along with a cast of other animals voiced by many stars in which Ferdinand grows up on a bullfighting farm and is heckled for protecting flowers instead of being an aggressive bull.

It is a nocturnal, carnivorous marsupial about the size of a pit bull with an aggressive disposition and a territorial ferocity when protecting food, fighting for a mate or when confronted by another animal.

Aggressive spay / neuter programs could cut the number of animals euthanized by half in less than five years.

They often must do what is difficult but necessary — including euthanasia when that is the most humane option for animals who come to us too ill or too aggressive because they've been abused, abandoned or neglected by irresponsible pet owners.

They predate Pits by almost 2000 years and are more human and animal aggressive while retaining similar jaw strength.

In fact, they have earned a bad rep in the media and among lawmakers as being aggressive animals, even when raised by loving and tolerant owners.

It is possible to make almost any dog of any breed into a snarling, aggressive, and dangerous animal, simply by isolating and abusing it.

Animals mistreated by children often grow up to be aggressive and / or fearful of humans.

Aggression, as defined by the breed Standard, is «Unprovoked aggressive behavior toward people or animals.»

Aggressive behaviors in male companion animals may be avoided by early neutering.

FeLV and FIV testing in shelters, chemical solutions for aggressive animals, shelter enrichment for dogs and cats are just a few of the hot topics featured in our recordings from the 2011 Cornell conference co-hosted by Maddie's ® Shelter Medicine Program at Cornell University.

Plus, you won't need to worry about spending money on injuries incurred by intact animals who get into fights because they're more aggressive or who run out of the house in an effort to roam and end up getting hurt in the process.

Dogs and cats seeking a female in heat can become aggressive and may injure themselves, other animals or people by engaging in fights.

In addition to the current requirement of a letter prepared and signed by a doctor or licensed mental health professional, those with psychiatric service animals and emotional support animals will also need to provide a signed document confirming that their animal can behave to prevent untrained, sometimes aggressive household pets from traveling without a kennel in the cabin.

The absence of a domestic environment can lead stray dogs, which are by nature gregarious, to form packs that can become aggressive and endanger other animals and even humans.

If you are aggressive, your dog will be too: A study done by the University of Pennsylvania, found that animals who were trained using aversive methods were 25 % more likely to react aggressively to their owners.

Furthermore, after raising the money, HSUS recommended that the 53 Vick dogs be euthanized, but canine behavior experts recommended by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at the request of the US Department of Agriculture determined that all but one of the dogs could be rehabilitated because they were not aggressive to humans.

The numbers include dogs that were ill, injured, or aggressive upon arrival and are euthanized by their respective animal control facilities when their owners did not turn up to reclaim them.

While part of the dog warden's job is to protect the people from aggressive animals, the other part of their job is to protect animals from people — by enforcing cruelty and neglect laws.

Recognizing that the stray and abandoned pet problem is often perpetuated by the purchase of unsterilized, and sometimes unhealthy or aggressive animals, several municipalities have considered or are considering restrictions on the retail sale of animals.

The restriction is based on the assumption that certain breeds of dogs are inherently dangerous or aggressive, and in response to a number of highly publicized dog bites and attacks made by animals identified as pit bull - type dogs.

Background The ASPCA recognizes that there are dogs who by virtue either of training or lack of training and socialization — especially in combination with a genetic predisposition to be wary of strangers, aggressive toward other dogs and / or predatory toward other animals — may pose serious threats if inadequately supervised and controlled by their guardians.

Additionally, trends in animal control enforcement have moved from differentiating an animal's propensity to aggressive behavior based on breed alone, to establishing a consistent response to all aggressive acts by any animal.»

Pit Bulls are regularly marched around with spike collars as the ultimate in macho, and also regularly killed by animal shelters worried that the dogs may become aggressive at some later date.

They neglect to note that a large number of these animals are either surrendered by their owners for euthanasia because they are old and sick, seriously injured, or dangerously aggressive; that many of the dogs euthanized are unidentified, unclaimed strays that are too old, sick, injured or aggressive to be placed in new homes; and many of the cats euthanized are feral animals that were never owned but were trapped and impounded because they have become nuisances.

A recent (January 2012) poll by the Associated Press found that almost three - fourths of Americans believe shelters should be «allowed to euthanize animals only when they are too sick to be treated or too aggressive to be adopted.»

This reflects both a sterilization rate among pit bulls running at 20 % or less of the pit bull population, and increasingly aggressive adoption promotion of pit bulls by animal shelters.

Even the friendly dog next door may be aggressive due to trauma, injury, a change in territorial boundaries, etc. • If you encounter a dead companion animal, help the owner by taking pictures, documenting ID and / or collar and noting any marks or tattoos.

Normally no, however the practices employed by some owners who have the dogs as status symbols can produce an aggressive animal purely due to the dog's willingness to please their owner.

Protecting pet owners and their animals by tracking dangerous and aggressive dogs and habitual offenders of animal laws.

Redirected Aggression Redirected aggression occurs when a cat is aroused into an aggressive response by one person or animal, but then redirects this aggression onto another person or animal.

PAWS saves lives and prevents suffering by implementing the no - kill philosophy through aggressive spay / neuter programs for owned and unowned animals; by rescuing, fostering, and seeking permanent homes for endangered dogs and cats; and by raising awareness of the plight of homeless animals.

Bobcats attacks are rare with humans but like any animal, they will become aggressive when cornered by either humans or animals.

Long - distance extraterritorial movement by terrestrial mammalian predators is energetically expensive and physiologically stressful10, 11, and exposes journeying animals to the risk of aggressive encounters with conspecifics12.

However, a dog and cat fight can occur if either animal is aggressive by nature.