Sentences with phrase «towards humans bit»

Postdoctoral researcher Dr Federico Becerra from the Max Planck Weizmann Center for Integrative Archaeology and Anthropology at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany, explains: «We found that a strain of rats bred to be aggressive towards humans bit often and with lots of force, whereas a highly tame strain never bit at all.

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It's great that scientists are working out the mechanics of this, but isn't it a bit depressing that it's «newsworthy» to discover that humans are designed in such a way that two people who produce a child, are predisposed towards looking after it — thus ensuring the continuation of the species?

As Enid, Birch gives a performance of fearless, peerless candour; despite her unflagging bitterness towards anything phoney (which makes Enid, like Holden Caulfield before her, a bit of a phoney herself), Birch shows the character compassion, charging every angry barb with human frailty.

The pit bull terrier does have a past that includes bullbaiting and dogfighting (which still occurs illegally in some areas of the US), and reports of aggression towards humans, specifically dog bite injuries and even deaths, have likely contributed to the unfavorable public opinion of these dogs as well [14 - 18].

FYI, many experienced rescue volunteers caution not to take any dog with a bite history (particularly human bites) or repeated aggression towards humans... or who frequently displays erratic behavior even in nonthreatening situations, without a medical basis to the behavior (ie, in pain from being beaten or shot)... or who tries to attack the temperament evaluator and other people.

These culled dogs were probably not naturally more aggressive towards humans than their bred counterparts but their bite threshold may have been much lower, meaning that it did not take much for them to turn around and bite their handler.

And data from communities and countries that sterilize community dogs show the same results: a decline in the number of dog bites, with «officials point [ing] to a variety of factors: the obvious effect of sterilization on dog behavior, including behaviors associated with mating, reduced numbers of dogs and reduced home range of individual dogs resulting in fewer chance encounters with humans, an increased respect and thus kinder treatment towards dogs due to the positive role model of rescuers, and the impact of community education by rescuers that often accompanies these efforts.

Through selective breeding and culling, bite inhibition towards humans was greatly encouraged.

Although most ferrets are very amiable towards humans I've also come across some truly vicious biters as well which is usually the result of abuse or rough handling earlier in their life.

We are certified in canine behavior and qualified to address the tough issues such as separation anxiety, biting, house soiling, fear and anxiety, aggression towards dogs and humans, and guarding.

At the same time, bite inhibition towards humans was encouraged through selective breeding so gamblers could handle their dogs during staged fights.

We found that TC dogs were generally shyer (more fearful) and less aggressive towards humans (exhibited as barking, growling, or biting), and this was also true when only the extreme cases and controls were included.

The bark of the scheme introduced by the APLR is likely to be louder than its bite and a smaller step towards the gender - neutral parental leave promoted by both the European Commission (EC) and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) than might appear at first sight.