Sentences with phrase «impact animals for»

Public misconceptions like the ones above can negatively impact animals for a number of reasons:

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But mosquitoes do have a positive impact on the ecosystem like providing food for animals so inclined to consume them.

The resulting milk is an answer for consumers concerned about the environmental and animal welfare impact of cow's milk.

For more about how solar technology is making a major impact in a wide range of industries, from architecture to animal conservation, check out our slideshow below.

«The injury, loss, or death of any animal transported under an airline's care is not acceptable, and all employees charged with an animal's safekeeping are deeply impacted by the heartache families endure when tragic incidents occur,» said a spokeswoman for Airlines for America.

And if some of the tenets of the foodie cause, like being pro-organic or anti-GMO, are built on shaky evidence, others, like concern for animal welfare in large corporate farms or the impact of eating a diet heavy in processed foods, are not.

For animal people who want to make a difference, Dodo Impact is the advocacy - focused side of The Dodo.

If cultured meat becomes cost - competitive with conventional meat, the impact for animals could be enormous.

Reaching out to influencers provides an avenue for high - impact work, since it can involve convincing a few powerful people to make decisions that influence the lives of millions of animals.

Get advice about volunteering for high - impact charities or choosing effective career paths, and dive into our research reports on the efficacy of different animal advocacy interventions.

Given the speculative nature of GFI's impact on farmed animals, we currently have not completed a cost - effectiveness estimate for donations to GFI.

If cultured meat weren't able to become cost - competitive with conventional meats, then it may have a very limited impact on the demand for conventional meats and so a very limited impact on decreasing the vast number of animals subject to industrial agriculture.

Additionally, GFI is focused on helping animals in the medium and long term, and we have not published estimates of the medium - term or long - term impacts of any other charities, so we worry including this in a cost - effectiveness calculation would be unfair to those other organizations.25 That being said, our lack of a cost - effectiveness estimate doesn't necessarily indicate that this charity has lower overall cost effectiveness than the charities for which we have completed a cost - effectiveness estimate.

«The ASPCA is pleased to be in a position where we can assist animal shelters in Florida by helping move homeless cats and dogs out of impacted communities to free up much - needed space for owned pets displaced by the storm,» said Dick Green, senior director of Disaster Response for ASPCA Field Investigations and Response.

This question might seem especially arcane to the non-theologian, but this disagreement on animal futures impacts our very theological understanding of creation, as Hart demonstrated with his discussion of the necessity of creation for humans to be able to «see» God.

People keep thinking their beloved gun rights (in the way they interpret the Cont * itution) impact society the same way today as they did when people were doing a lot more hunting for food, defending themselves from animals, defending themselves in places where law had not yet been established.

For the potential negative impacts to translocated animals see Dirk Van Vuren and others, «Translocation as a Nonlethal Alternative for Managing California Ground Squirrels,» Journal of Wildlife Management 61, no. 2 (199For the potential negative impacts to translocated animals see Dirk Van Vuren and others, «Translocation as a Nonlethal Alternative for Managing California Ground Squirrels,» Journal of Wildlife Management 61, no. 2 (199for Managing California Ground Squirrels,» Journal of Wildlife Management 61, no. 2 (1997).

Include other financial costs such as feeding and time lost due to care for these animals, and the economic impact of pet ownership reaches into the billions of dollars.

This not only represents a huge impact on what is available for humans, but it is a disproportionate share for only one of 30 million or so species of animals!

The main experiments used to conduct this research are the Farming Systems Trial (FST)- the oldest continuous trial in the US that compares organic and conventional farming systems, the new Vegetable Systems Trial (VST)- comparing the impacts organic and conventional farming practices on nutrient density in vegetables and linkages to soil health, and Integrated Crop - Livestock Systems using annual and perennial crops along with cattle or hogs for soil, plant, and animal health.

She has helped AFSA establish its voice and authority on a range of issues and secured frequent meetings with a number of politicians to lobby for significant reform, as well as leading the process for submissions to government inquiries, including the Productivity Commission's inquiry into the impact of regulation on agriculture, and the Victorian Government's Animal Industries Advisory Committee, which released its report in 2016 that includes recommendations for more scale - appropriate application of the planning scheme around extensive and intensive animal husbAnimal Industries Advisory Committee, which released its report in 2016 that includes recommendations for more scale - appropriate application of the planning scheme around extensive and intensive animal husbanimal husbandry.

The comprehensive report «Less is more: Reducing meat and dairy for a healthier life and planet» advocates decreasing global production and consumption of animal products in order to reduce the negative impacts on health and the environment.

I have met many a vegan whose intentions are pure; they want to spare the environment from the negative impact of meat production and / or they care too much for animals to justify the eating of them.

Many consumers are concerned about animal welfare, health, and the impact dairy has on the environment, which is why the demand for plant - based milk has become so high recently.

It's a sign of the growing impact meat free eating is having on global plates and palates, with more and more of us choosing to eat less meat or none at all, for the sake of the planet, our own welfare or that of animals.

Whether you're interested in plant - based proteins for health, environmental, or animal protection reasons, any change, no matter how small, can make a big impact.

Grants available for the development of new or improved control tools and technologies to help farmers and land managers reduce the harmful impacts of established pest animals and weeds.

There is the persistent allegation that the high - velocity bullet destroys a lot of meat (it does if poorly placed), shatters on impact with twigs (high - speed bullets are not generally good for brush - hunting) and has a muzzle blast that frightens farmers who might otherwise be willing to allow hunters onto their land, even though a disintegrating high - velocity bullet is far safer to farm animals and people than a ricocheting.22 rim fire.

«Conservation is at the core of our mission, so we're grateful for the opportunity to provide a significant impact for these animals.»

Our research advances our knowledge of the impact of management practices on microbial communities and adds to a growing understanding of their importance for animal and environmental health.

So requiring that all export production should at least match the standards of the country for which it is destined is less radical than it sounds but could have a huge impact on culture and attitudes towards animal welfare.

The war over horse - drawn carriages has garnered more media coverage in the past year than is probably warranted for an issue that will impact relatively few people and animals.

Nakanishi is coordinating seven teams to study the impact of the disaster on soil, plants, animals, fisheries and forests for the next decade, measuring contamination levels and assessing the long - term threat.

«Microbial dispersal impacts animal guts: Study with zebrafish finds that transmitted microbes will lead to similar microbiomes and a selection process for some microbes.»

To find out what impact this might have on a flu epidemic, Earn and his colleagues turned to a 1982 study which showed that ferrets, a common animal model for human flu, produced more seasonal flu virus if their fevers were lowered either with painkillers or by having their fur shaved off.

Page and his colleagues, who use animal models to understand how autism risk factors impact the developing brain and to identify potential treatments for the condition, have found that animals with mutations in the autism risk gene phosphatase and tensin homolog (Pten) mimic aspects of autism, including increased brain size, social deficits and increased repetitive behavior.

Heat - not - burn devices may eliminate users» exposure to tobacco smoke, but the vapor they produce has the same negative impact on blood vessel function as smoking, according to a preliminary animal study presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2017, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in cardiovascular science for researchers and clinicians.

Since clinical zinc deficiency reduces the test animals» appetite, «various hypotheses were derived, for example, that zinc deficiency had a direct impact on the vagus nerve.

«This will have positive impacts for the threatened animals, for the welfare of domestic dogs and livestock, and for the health and finance of the human community,» Sillero argues.

The findings are relevant to assessing the possible ecological impacts of seafloor mining — scientists must account for the uniqueness of local geology and chemistry and not assume that a common supply of animal larvae will colonize and restore neighboring habitats.

He has contributed opinions as an expert on vector - borne disease emergence for the European Food Safety Authority and the Global Strategic Alliances for the Coordination of Research on the Major Infectious Diseases of Animals and Zoonoses (STAR - IDAZ), is a member of the MACSUR European network on the impacts of climate change on food production via disease ecology, and is a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society.

Whales and dolphins could provide a useful model for research into such impacts, largely because their sounds are relatively easy to study: They are among the loudest noises any animal has ever made, reaching as much as 188 decibels in the blue whale.

A research team led by Timothy R. Nurkiewicz, Ph.D., associate professor in the WVU School of Medicine Department of Physiology and Pharmacology and researcher in the Center for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences, is finding inhalation of engineered nanomaterials negatively impacts gestational development in animal models.

Climate change can have a different impact on male and female fish, shellfish and other marine animals, with widespread implications for the future of marine life and the production of seafood.

The lifestyle of these giant animals impacted the entire vegetation — trees were kept small and other plants had sufficient room and nutrients for their growth.

Unlike, say, dog poop that can be easily washed off a shoe, people have no way to avoid the smell wafting from a giant hog farm — and animal studies suggest that the impact of stressors, which can cause, for example, feelings of depression and anxiety, can be modulated by a sense of control over that stressor.

It might be that the impact of social stress was somewhat greater for the subordinate animals, but we can't say that strongly.»

In the latest peer - reviewed publication on the potential impacts of a border wall on plants and animals, conservation biologists, led by a pair of scientists from The University of Texas at Austin, say that border walls threaten to harm endangered Texas plants and animals and cause trouble for the region's growing ecotourism industry.

Industrial - scale farms that raise animals for food — called concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), in the parlance of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — have a number of documented impacts on the environment, mostly from the massive quantities of manure they produce.

«Negative impacts could be lessened by limiting the extent of physical barriers and associated roads, designing barriers to permit animal passage and substituting less biologically harmful methods, such as electronic sensors, for physical barriers,» the letter states.