1) The primary reason that most people say they don't alter their animals now is because of the cost.
Director Diana McGuire says too many people «do
not alter their animals.»
Not exact matches
A large area of historic Christian theology would have been completely
altered if ideas of atonement, especially as related to the blood of Christ, had
not been carried over from primitive concepts associated with
animal sacrifice.
Whitehead notes that the upward thrust of evolution has produced
animals increasingly able to adapt the environment to themselves (FR 4 - 5), and this suggests that «adaptation» concerns
not only an occasion's mode of responding to a given world but also its mode of
altering the world beyond itself.
Scientists are forced either to experiment on whole
animals, which is expensive, raises ethical issues and may
not predict effects in humans, or to perform tests on microscopic human cells found in tissue cultures, which have been
altered to live forever and bear little relation to actual living, breathing people.
Global loss of vagility
alters a key ecological trait of
animals that affects
not only population persistence but also ecosystem processes such as predator - prey interactions, nutrient cycling, and disease transmission.
And the outcomes «may
alter the view of hybridization in
animals as some form of mistake,» comments Loeske Kruuk of the University of Edinburgh, «because it is now clear that we can
not take the consequences for fitness at face value.»
Because Zika typically has trouble establishing infections in mice, the researchers used
animals that were genetically
altered so that they could
not produce interferon, a key immune system signaling molecule, thus dampening the
animals» immune response to the virus.
The result was striking: T cells from mice given virus containing native UL6 protein caused disease, while T cells of
animals given the
altered virus did
not.
Numerous experiments with genetically
altered mice and rats have shown that when natural brain compounds, called endocannabinoids, are missing or their receptors are blocked, the
animals are more susceptible to pain, can
not control their appetites, have trouble handling anxiety and are less able to cope with stress.
One theory for the spread of the deadly fungus is that «pollutants
alter immune function of the
animals, and then they're
not able to fend off disease pathogens properly,» Cary said.
Although the substance did
not provoke the symptoms seen in the previous experiment, Hsiao says that the
animals»
altered response suggests that the substance could play a role in the disorder.
From a conservation and management perspective, this means that when studying
animals that may
not live in obvious groups, we need to still consider traits within things like social neighbourhoods because these traits can
alter how an
animal responds to selection pressure.»
Examples of funding areas include but are
not limited to molecular genetic analysis of relevant neural circuit assembly and function; genetic and epigenetic research;
animal models created by genetically
altering neural circuits; and testing of new chemical entities that might be used in
animal models as exploratory treatments.
This distinction is crucial: If the brain can
not learn to
alter its computations based on new or unexpected information, the
animal is unlikely to survive.
Humans have been
altering animals and plants through selective breeding for millennia; but, because these changes typically reduce the capacity for survival and reproduction in the wild, they do
not spread to wild populations.
«We have found that the same genes responsible for tamoxifen resistance in our
animals are also turned off in human breast cancer cells that do
not respond to the drug,» she says «Because these genes were epigenetically silenced — meaning they were
not irreversibly
altered, just switched off — it was possible to turn them back on.
42.4 % of
animals were genetically
altered, compared with 63.6 % which were
not.
Since most CAFOs feed
animals genetically engineered (GE) grains (primarily corn and soy), there's also the issue of whether or
not such feed might
alter such meats in ways we still don't fully understand.
I am
not a self - proclaimed authority by any means on this topic but I can say from the personal experience of drastically
altering my diet from very
animal based to plant based I have seen incredible results.
Not that this this would
alter your recommendations about how to eat in order to minimize the risk and / or abate the effects, but I was just wondering if you knew of any evidence to support this idea, or if it might have just been junk science aimed at promoting
animal - based foods.
No specific group of protein sources was accountable for the positive association between
animal protein and type 2 diabetes; excluding protein from dairy, fish, or meat from total
animal protein did
not alter the association.
The word «natural» is a food package term, also regulated by the FDA, but mostly refers to foods that are
not altered chemically or synthesized in any way as well as derived from plants and
animals.
During Dōbutsu no Mori +'s localization process overseas as
Animal Crossing, there were many changes that
not only involved immense translation from Japanese to English, but also replacements of many cultural references as well as brand new content, including new holidays, new items and new or
altered events.
If they don't succeed, they will be «
altered» and turned into
animals.
Noting that Spencer compared the role of Parliament to that of the «cerebral masses in a vertebrate
animal,» Huxley applauded Spencer for the biological analogy, but criticized his conclusion that just as the brain «averages the interests of life, physical, intellectual, moral, social,» the appropriate sphere of government is to average the interests of various classes in society,
not to do anything to improve or
alter their relations.
Similarly, regulations from the HDB require higher fees for licensing
animals that are
not «fixed» as compared to those that are
altered to prevent unnecessary breeding that leads to overpopulation.
They show less aggression than
animals that have
not been
altered.
I know SO many people who do
nt have their pets (mostly males)
altered because they want them to have a litter, or they think it's wrong to take a dog's manhood, or, and this one really shocked me, «How can you say you believe in
animal rights and then deny them the most basic right of procreation?»
Minimizing intake includes things like low - cost spay / neuter clinics, targeted spay / neuter outreach in poor communities and minimizing laws that cause
animals to be removed from homes unnecessarily because they are certain breeds of dogs,
not altered, or over the pet limit.
Until feral cat caretakers can live without fear... until we quit killing
animals just because they're
not altered... until we quit ripping dogs out of their homes for having a blocky heads... until we end the killing IN OUR ENTIRE METRO we have
not reached our goal.
This bill doesn't take into consideration the health of an
animal by requiring at 4 months to be
altered.
We at KCDA keep hearing stories of
animals getting confiscated from owners due to inadequate housing (even though Spay / Neuter Kansas City's outreach program has free dog houses available to needy families),
animals confiscated from owners because they are
not altered under the mandatory spay / neuter ordinance for pit bulls, and others that are confiscated because they can
not afford the fine associated with having
not licensed their dog.
The fact that
altering an immature
animal is
not good in the long run for the
animal is being suggested, theorized and being further reaserched... you may wish to research this yourself if you are a breeder and have your pets sold
altered once they are sexually mature.
No You can and should mandate
altering of unowned cats and dogs in the custody of the county / state, you can't mandate it for priviatly owned
animals.
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This is inconsistent with the assumption that pit bull owners simply do
not want their
animals altered, and more consistent with a humane community outreach approach to encouraging spay and neuter in underserved areas — for all pets.
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Animals not required to be
altered for grooming services.
People who agreed to be questioned were asked whether or
not they owned dogs or cats, fed stray dogs or cats, whether or
not the
animals had been
altered, if they had reproduced, if cats had been declawed, how they obtained their pets, whether or
not cats were allowed outside, purebred status, city of residence, and residence type.
They need to be able to tell if an
animal has already been
altered, so that they don't trap cats and take them for unnecessary surgeries.
Neutering an
animal does
not change or
alter his instinct to defend his turf.
A responsible breeder will health and temperament test their
animals, and those that don't make the cut will be
altered before placement.
How to determine a shelter's current capacity to provide S /
N, plus strategies to increase the number of
animals altered
Companion
Animal Diagnostics receives samples from all over the world for FCoV antibody testing — the sample being in the post for several days does
not alter a kitten's antibody titre.
The ear is tipped to help easily identify those
altered feral
animals at a distance, so that they do
not need to be anesthetized again in the future in order to determine if spay / neuter has been performed.
For a significant proportion of these
animals, neutering does
not alter the symptoms and in some cases the behaviors intensify.
«Don't Shoot the Dog: The New Art of Teaching and Training» is concerned with
altering animal behavior without being coercive.
The ear is tipped to help easily identify those
altered feral
animals at a distance, so that they do
not need to be anesthetized again in the future in order to determine if a spay / neuter has been performed.
Whether it is because we don't have enough volunteers, enough foster homes, a lack of willingness to educate the community, too many
animals coming in to have time to target and educate the owners - whatever the excuse;
not having those dogs and cats
altered b4 placing them is 100 % fatal for far too many others every day of the week.
As part of their clever messaging, Outer Banks SPCA is reminding folks that all their
animals are
altered — so when females are adopted, they get to be the baby and
not the mama.