I have posted nothing in the way
of animal news this week, so I give you the gift of the weekly roundup: Your dog wants in on the social networking scene (LA Unleashed) Vote for the Cutest Snow Day pet photo (Unleashed, Baltimore Sun) Capt. Phil Harris of the show Deadliest Catch died.
The following is reprinted, in part, from an article by Kelley Weir from the current issue
of Animal News, a publication of the Morris Animal Foundation.
Not exact matches
Good
news for party
animals, Patel says the biggest value
of a conference is the after parties.
The bad
news is that Interpol researchers found adverts selling parts
of some
of the most critically endangered species on earth on one
of the most difficult to regulate Internet platforms,» Tania McCrea - Steele, the International Fund for
Animal Welfare (IFAW) Global Wildlife Cybercrime Project Lead said in an Interpol press release.
In March, United began a comprehensive review
of its transportation
of animals,» United said in a statement to PEOPLE in response to
news of Kokito's necropsy.
Unless my biology is faulty, the good
news of the incarnation is that God became an
animal — a mammal, homo sapiens.
For years, advocates for radical
animal - rights agendas have sought to undermine the view
of man as a species set apart.This isn't really
news.
In this program I reflect on a number
of issues in the
news regarding Chick - fil - A, Hazing in the military and
Animal Testing.
The survey follows hot on the heels
of news that the influential American Academy
of Nutrition and Dietetics has given its resounding support to meat free eating, saying diets containing zero
animal products could be «nutritionally adequate [and] appropriate for all stages
of the life cycle».
By Coach Mark Smallwood
News that Chipotle pulled pork from many of its menus, due to an issue with one of their supplier's animal welfare practices, has been blowing up all over the news and social me
News that Chipotle pulled pork from many
of its menus, due to an issue with one
of their supplier's
animal welfare practices, has been blowing up all over the
news and social me
news and social media.
However, concerns for
animal welfare and meat quality are leading the industry in a new direction
of gas stunning in lieu
of the traditional method
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News a la Carte Tradeshow Preview Food for Thought FAD Exclusive Fresh From the Start Brands Railex Orchard View Farms Inc..
Explore our Guide to Meat - Free Meals and get recipes, cooking tips, and
news of interest to people who are voting with their forks to support humane treatment
of farm
animals.
In big
news for laying hens, as part
of the Open Wing Alliance,
Animals Australia helps convince General Mills — one
of the world's largest food companies — to go cage - egg - free by 2025!
The good
news is that unlike many other
animal welfare problems (like live export), the solution to ending factory farming is not in the hands
of government, it's in ours.
I don't believe Wenger when it comes to transfer
news and injury come - back dates... Alexis is the heart
of Arsenal right now, I hope we can survive without him in the next games as we did against City last night... Southampton are a wounded
animal nowadays, we shouldn't underestimate them... Wenger, you should keep an eye on Mane, bring him with you to the Emirates in 1st
of Jan...
The bad
news is that I'm coughing regularly and probably starting the chest cold that has had my wife in bed all weekend (and, no, in her current condition she is NOT hot...) Airborne zinc lozenges, and vitamin C are already on board and will alternate with the brewskis for at least the next several couple
of days (then back to work on Wednesday, I hope...) My favorite line from
Animal House is definitely in order...
The good
news is that new
animal research is providing us insights into the possible effects
of thyroid dysfunction.
Actually, the
news is even worse when you start to consider how nutritiously void most
of the stuff we give our kids really is: Goldfish Crackers, Graham Crackers,
Animal Crackers.
What should you make
of a
news story about a disease or medical treatment if the scientists looked at
animals, not people?
«It's hard to read a newspaper or watch the
news and not learn
of yet another disturbing case
of animal cruelty and neglect.
«Today's
news of the New York State Police finding over 100 cats at a home in decrepit conditions in Schaghticoke is why New York needs to stop the insanity
of animal hoarding and pass a statewide registry
of convicted
animal abusers as I have sponsored (A. 8443).»
The members
of the public were spurred on by an op - ed piece published on an internet
news source that implied town officials had already made a back - door deal with another entity to run the shelter, and by a letter sent to other
animal service organizations soliciting proposals by a woman who has long been an opponent
of the League's presence at the shelter, ostensibly at the urging
of a member
of the Town Board.
«If children start to believe it is OK to be gay, they will think it's OK to be a pedophile or have sex with
animals,» said Dr. Ronald Ferguson, senior pastor at Antioch Church
of God on West 124th Street, according to the Daily
News.
Insights from experiments on
animals are often difficult to apply to humans, Hartung,
of Johns Hopkins University, said in a
news briefing February 12.
A number
of recent
news stories have had a similar kind
of message:
animals viscerally understand certain mathematical operations better than humans do.
Kelsey Dallas, a Deseret
News national reporter, urged journalists to consider how Pepperberg's research, and studies like it, enhance understanding
of the capacities
of animals.
David Grimm — online
news editor for Science — talks with Sarah Crespi about the potential
of treating lab
animals more like us and making them more useful for science at the same time.
In science
news around the world, the National Institutes
of Health expands the definition
of clinical trials, the U.S. Department
of Agriculture restores previously public
animal welfare records, seismologists fear the loss
of a key research vessel, Brazil's indigenous tribes win land rights, and China's — and the world's — largest radio telescope gets a no - fly zone.
In 1950, American farmers rejoiced at
news from a New York laboratory: A team
of scientists had discovered that adding antibiotics to livestock feed accelerated
animals» growth and cost less than conventional feed supplements.
But while a decade - long slump in tourism has resulted in scant state support for conservation programs, not all the
news from the front lines is bad: For instance, managers are making inroads against a particularly nasty invasive plant called miconia, and fences erected around preserves have helped reduce populations
of pigs, goats, and other unwanted
animals.
Changes in bloom timing might not be good
news for migratory
animals, such as gray whales traveling from the Gulf
of California to feed in the nutrient - rich waters
of the Arctic shelf.
On this week's show: Tracking aquatic
animals, cochlear implants and emotion recognition, and a roundup
of daily
news stories.
On this week's show: Measuring the effects
of animal personality on ecology and evolution and a roundup
of daily
news stories.
«While urbanization has caused cities to lose large numbers
of plants and
animals, the good
news is that cities still retain endemic native species, which opens the door for new policies on regional and global biodiversity conservation,» said lead author and NCEAS working group member Myla F. J. Aronson, a research scientist in the Department
of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources at Rutgers, The State University
of New Jersey.
In this episode, Scientific American
news editor Phil Yam discusses how veterinarians, physicians and multinational food companies need to work together in the global fight against
animal - borne infectious diseases; and University
of Wisconsin evolutionary biologist Sean Carroll talks about recent research tracking the evolution
of yeast genes with specific functions descended from a single, duplicated gene with multiple functions.
Also in the
news today: After a century
of confusion and errors, Johns Hopkins University is accepting the inevitable and dropping the «s» from its name; New York University president John Sexton — aka «J - Sex» — announced that he will play Lady Gaga's Latin lover in the singer's upcoming music video; CERN is studying a plan to build a hadron collider in the 23 - kilometer tunnel
of London's Circle Line; and Google launched the beta version
of Translate for
Animals.
«If there are 60 cell lines, that's
news to me — and good
news,» says cell biologist Douglas Melton
of Harvard University, who has been working with both
animal and human ES cells.
The bad
news beyond the impacts on people, plants and
animals of that kind
of deforestation: There isn't that much land available.
Mild oxygen levels in shallow seas but oxygen - poor deep oceans lasted for some 1.3 billion years during a time that has been dubbed the «Boring Billion» but eventually led to the development
of mitochondria that now power multicellular planet and
animal life (Nick Lane, New Scientist, February 10, 2010; Rachel Ehrenberg, Science
News, September 29, 2009; Johnston et al, 2009; and H.D. Holland, 2006).
Including sponge - like
animals (850 to 635 million years ago, which pre-date the end
of the hypothesized Snowball - Earth - type Marinoan glaciation — 2010 discussion at: Maloof et al, 2010; NSF press release; Hillary Parker,
News at Princeton, 2010; and James O'Donoghue, New Scientist, August 17, 2010), worms, molluscs, and arthropods (joint - footed
animals), invertebrates are among the most successful
animals today.
«We thought that Lythron, or gore in Greek, exemplified its presumed lifestyle as a predator with its head covered in the blood
of a dead
animal,» lead author Mark Loewen, a research associate at the Natural History Museum
of Utah, told Discovery
News.
International Journal
of Obesity Journal
of Nutrition Obesity Journal
of Lipid Research Endocrinology Journal
of Bone and Mineral Research Diabetes Cancer Research
Animal Lab
News - ALN Lab
Animal Journal
of the American Society
of Nephrology - JASN
Diet - Induced Metabolic Syndrome in Rodent Models - An article from the March 2007 issue
of Animal Lab
News on how diets made from purified ingredients influence the phenotypes
of the MS in commonly used rodent models, authored by our scientists.
Several reports in the
news over the past week have highlighted yet again the importance
of animal research to medical advances.
Including clear mention
of the
animal (and species) in your website's latest
news stories and press releases.
Georgia Tech College
of Sciences: Study shows large variability in abundance
of viruses that infect ocean microorganisms Science Daily: Strolling salamanders provide clues on how
animals evolved to move from water to land NSF
News From the Field: Strolling salamanders provide clues on how
animals evolved to move from water to land
Latest R&D
news We developed non-genetically mutated
animal model forming necrotic granuloma for study
of tuberculosis.
Reactions to the
news that a building firm are pulling out
of a new
animal research centre contract in Oxford.
And with such technologies as Skype and Instagram at these new shamans» command,
news of a cheetah spirit
animal or angry spirit guides can zip instantly to us from across the country or the world — a development that would certainly blow their ancient predecessors» minds.
The other bad
news was that many
of the bacteria were resistant to antibiotics, raising fears that the practice
of giving antibiotics to turkeys (as well as other
animals) is contributing to the growth
of drug - resistant superbugs, which can be hazardous to human health.