Sentences with phrase «of animals in captivity»

Working to expose and stop experimentation on animals, protecting wildlife, and ending exploitation and abuse of animals in captivity.

A veterinary nutritionist is someone who specializes in animal nutrition, which is primarily focused on the dietary needs of animals in captivity, such as livestock, companion animals, and animals in rehabilitation facilities.

«Captive studies may undercut these animals, may underestimate what they are doing,» because studies of animals in captivity can fail to fully replicate the social groups and relationships that occur in the wild, he told Live Science.

But when placed in a closed environment, Komodo dragons interact with their surroundings much in the same way humans do — at least on the microbial level — and researchers are using this knowledge to help them understand the health of animals in captivity.

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Two questions come immediately to mind: (I) whether real human kindness and sympathy are, or can be, encountered in the slaughterhouse, in the circus and the rodeo, in the forced captivity of wild animals in zoos, and in pain research in biomedical laboratories, and (2) whether our abuse and destruction of members of other sentient species for our benefit alone can be a truly moral goal for mankind.

And they got upset and were trying to figure things out and finally became so frustrated that the Law was so hard to follow and God kept sending them into captivity and there was so much death and eventually the prophets started prophesying about a day that would come where the hearts of the fathers would return to their children and a sacrifice that would be the final sacrifice so that they could all stop killing so many animals (which God also admitted He never wanted in the first place because that was not the point), and also that God would eventually wipe out the old system and write his law on their hearts and minds so that they could finally follow him without making so many mistakes and messing up everything.

Tossing aside the horrific conditions the animal goes through in captivity, the value, for your body, of eating a largely condensed diet of vegetables is inarguable.

Since very little is known about the requirements of keeping A. smallwoodi in captivity and getting them to breed, our «living collections» staff have been working with our animals to develop this knowledge.

The State University of New York at Stony Brook (SUNY Stony Brook) transferred the animals — Hercules and Leo — back to the New Iberia Research Center in Louisiana (NIRC) in early December, but the animal rights group behind the legal effort has vowed to keep fighting to release them from captivity.

Since then, only one instance has been recorded of an animal successfully being bred in captivity, yet, to this day, animals are being traded on a regular basis.

Use [animals in captivity] as education, interaction, breeding researchall of that.

Author of the study Aldrich commented, «Far too often, well - meaning, animal - loving people fail to recognize the suffering of wild primates in captivity.

The State University of New York at Stony Brook transferred the animals — Hercules and Leo — back to the New Iberia Research Center in Louisiana in early December, but the animal rights group behind the legal effort has vowed to keep fighting to release them from captivity.

They favor banning imports of wild - caught amphibians but allowing the sale of animals bred in captivity, even if they come from Asia, as long as they are quarantined and tested.

The move comes after years of pressure by animal rights and animal welfare advocates, including some scientists who have argued that these animals shouldn't be kept in captivity.

Harley says she sees SeaWorld's move as part of a larger trend of reevaluating the ethics of keeping cognitively complex animals in captivity, whether it be cetaceans or chimpanzees.

Animals that live with people or who are habituated to them through captivity may copy elements of human speech in order to strengthen social bonds, Angela Stoeger - Horwath, a bioacoustician at the University of Vienna and co-author of the elephant study, previously told Live Science.

It hadn't been spotted for a decade until 2010, when villagers in the Laotian province of Bolikhamxay caught one alive, only for the animal to die after a few days in captivity.

Many zoos work hard to protect and breed endangered animal species in captivity, and they spend a lot of money doing so.

Studies of sera from animal handlers and zoo workers exposed to chimpanzees in captivity fail to detect antibodies to chimpanzee adenoviruses [13], [14].

In fact, many industries and institutions have regulations concerning the provision of enrichment to animals in captivitIn fact, many industries and institutions have regulations concerning the provision of enrichment to animals in captivitin captivity.

«That way we could assess the genetic impact of more than 100 years of captivity in what used to be a critically endangered animal.»

Animal cruelty (OK Title 21 § 1685), a felony in Oklahoma, includes «any person who shall willfully or maliciously torture, destroy or kill, or cruelly beat or injure, maim or mutilate any animal in subjugation or captivity, whether wild or tame, and whether belonging to the person or to another, or deprived of necessary food, drink, shelter, or veterinary care to prevent suffering...» When an officer arrives on the scene, if the animals are found to be at risk, but the situation is not critical enough to warrant felony charges, any Oklahoma peace officer or animal control officer may describe the problems and give the owner or caregiver a certain number of days to correct the situAnimal cruelty (OK Title 21 § 1685), a felony in Oklahoma, includes «any person who shall willfully or maliciously torture, destroy or kill, or cruelly beat or injure, maim or mutilate any animal in subjugation or captivity, whether wild or tame, and whether belonging to the person or to another, or deprived of necessary food, drink, shelter, or veterinary care to prevent suffering...» When an officer arrives on the scene, if the animals are found to be at risk, but the situation is not critical enough to warrant felony charges, any Oklahoma peace officer or animal control officer may describe the problems and give the owner or caregiver a certain number of days to correct the situanimal in subjugation or captivity, whether wild or tame, and whether belonging to the person or to another, or deprived of necessary food, drink, shelter, or veterinary care to prevent suffering...» When an officer arrives on the scene, if the animals are found to be at risk, but the situation is not critical enough to warrant felony charges, any Oklahoma peace officer or animal control officer may describe the problems and give the owner or caregiver a certain number of days to correct the situanimal control officer may describe the problems and give the owner or caregiver a certain number of days to correct the situation.

ACRES's efforts are backed by a detailed report that outlines the errors and pitfalls of keeping wide - ranging wild animals in captivity, including the dangers associated with transmitting diseases to humans.

Animal cruelty (OK Title 21 § 1685), a felony in Oklahoma, includes «any person who shall willfully or maliciously torture, destroy or kill, or cruelly beat or injure, maim or mutilate any animal in subjugation or captivity, whether wild or tame, and whether belonging to the person or to another, or deprived of necessary food, drink, shelter, or veterinary care to prevent suffering...&Animal cruelty (OK Title 21 § 1685), a felony in Oklahoma, includes «any person who shall willfully or maliciously torture, destroy or kill, or cruelly beat or injure, maim or mutilate any animal in subjugation or captivity, whether wild or tame, and whether belonging to the person or to another, or deprived of necessary food, drink, shelter, or veterinary care to prevent suffering...&animal in subjugation or captivity, whether wild or tame, and whether belonging to the person or to another, or deprived of necessary food, drink, shelter, or veterinary care to prevent suffering...»

We do not hear about the fun loving side of some of our wild animals, thus «wild animals», but isn't it nice when we get to see (while in captivity) them «appear» to have some fun?

I usually tell people that fresh is good, but raw is even better, says Dr. Ly, who observed that undomesticated animals on a diet of raw prey «look better» than their counterparts in captivity.

Sorry but thanks to this many more sugar gliders (and the other animals legalized as «pets») will end up living out lives of loneliness in cages or in homes that ultimately decide they can't care for them or deal with the behavioral / health issues they develop due to the stress of living in captivity.

There are also some medical conditions, which, in domestic animals are not life - threatening, but in raptors can be reasons for euthanasia or for keeping a bird in captivity for the rest of its life.

HLS SALDF also addressed the popular issue of wild animals in captivity through talks by Chris Green, former ALDF legislative director (and current executive director of the Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard Law School), who spoke about legal developments in this area, and Death at SeaWorld author David Kirby, who spoke on the plight of captive orcas.

The results of these programs have added variety and enrichment for zoo animals, and have helped decrease depression, pacing, and boredom common to animals in captivity.

Very few laws protect the millions of wild animals who live in captivity in aquariums, circuses, theme parks, and zoos in the United States.

Indeed, most of the work that animal trainers do with non-human non-pet animals in captivity throughout the world (zoos, research centers, marine parks, aquariums, etc) revolves around helping them learn to comply with husbandry, grooming and veterinary needs.

He's known for posting poignant messages on Facebook about trophy hunting, the atrocities of the fur industry, and the absurdity of keeping animals in captivity.

The primate study, undertaken by Dr. Jonathan Clayton, a Morris Animal Foundation Veterinary Student Scholar, and colleagues at the University of Minnesota, looked at the changes that occur in the gut microbiome of primates in captivity.

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Marc regularly visits local schools to teach pupils about looking after animals, and often appears on radio, online, and social media raising awareness of important UK and global animal welfare issues, from pet obesity and fireworks night, to tick awareness and keeping wild animals in captivity.

Other cats include Servals, Bobcats, Lynx and so on through the years we have had the honor of helping many wild natured animals survive in captivity.

The charity's areas of work include humane companion animal management in Portugal, dog meat trades in SE Asia, wildlife in captivity, small NGO capacity development and support, lobbying of governments for sustainable legislative change and public policy enforcement, and welfare improvement.

About Channel - Big Cat Rescue provides the best home we can for the animals in our care and to reduce the number of cats that suffer the fate of abuse, abandonment or extinction by teaching people about the plight of the cats, both in the wild and in captivity, and how they can help through their behavior and support of better laws to protect the cats.

By comparison, hamsters have been kept in captivity for less than a century, and it's only been the past few decades that the best breeders have begun to focus on the idea of raising a more socialized animal.

Environmental enrichment can be defined as enhancing the health and welfare of captive animals by modifying their environment.1 While cats are not commonly considered to be captive animals, many cats (and dogs) in North America are housed exclusively indoors, effectively living in captivity much like zoo animals.

Another variation of this topic is that wild animals have instincts that can not be satisfied in captivity.

Our hearts sank at the sight of hundreds more neglected, tortured and forgotten animals, the sentient beings that their guardians had failed: bony, hollow - eyed horses staggering under their neglected frames; slowly - starving parrots, forced to live in deplorable unnatural confines without enrichment; monkeys born into captivity, confined to their impossibly small, dank prisons cells since the day they were born, only knowing fear and loneliness, never being able to do what comes naturally to a monkey; and chickens, rabbits, geese and so many other victims of man.

There is no question that holding animals in captivity causes serious stress, but it raises the question of what effect do other animals in isolation experience?

Like all other choices in cage design, a basic understanding of an animal's life in the wild informs us of how to house it in captivity.

These animals, which in nature would seldom bask in the sun's rays, are able to procure all of the vitamin D3 they need by means of a varied diet, and in captivity via manufactured calcium and vitamin supplementation.

Keeping wild animals in captivity purely for profit or the entertainment of humans does sadden us.

Merging traditional photographic techniques with digital methods, Johan's images are crafted over time and may include a synthesis of landscapes from various geographical locations and animals photographed in captivity or in the wild.

Decades later the director of the zoo, Heini Hediger, published a text about the incident in a scientific magazine under the title: Wild Animals in Captivity.