Sentences with phrase «wild species»

Galt, CA About Blog The Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) is dedicated to the protection of performing animals, to providing sanctuary to abused, abandoned and retired captive wildlife, to enforcing the best standards of care for all captive wildlife, to the preservation of wild species and their habitat and to promoting public education about captive wildlife issues.

26) The IPCC threat of climate change to the world's species does not make sense as wild species are at least one million years old, which means they have all been through hundreds of climate cycles

More than half of all wild species have shown significant changes in where they live and in the timing of major life events [42]--[44].

Wild species have responded to climate change, with three - quarters of marine species shifting their ranges poleward as much as 1000 km [44], [103] and more than half of terrestrial species shifting ranges poleward as much as 600 km and upward as much as 400 m [104].

When it comes to undergoing a census for wild species, accurate figures are naturally very hard to produce.

We are also putting enormous pressure on populations of wild species, both by hunting in the developing world and by large - scale industrial fishing in our seas.

If all fossil carbon was magically sequestered, the UK would still require 1.4 UKs to meet its citizens» remaining demand, leaving no space for wild species inhabiting the UK.

(When I reported on that research, that was my first exposure to Human - Wildlife Conflicts, a journal devoted to this intersection of humans and wild species.)

In my local paper yesterday, the Eureka Times Standard, and also in the NY Times, there were two separate articles discussing the killings of two wild species in favor of protecting cattle grazing pastures.

The current way in which fish is farmed is not sustainable, nor is fishing for wild species on the level that is currently happening.

By 1994, the new Ministry had developed the first legislation to offer protection to arctic foxes: The Protection and Hunting of Wild Species Act.

The domestic turkey has ballooned physically an extraordinary amount in its climb from wild species to engineered food source (enjoyable piece on Wired.com).

Inhabited by hundreds of diverse species, not normally found in the middle of a concrete metropolis, these wild species will be joined by established artists including Gillian Wearing, Michael Landy, Gordon Cheung, and American artist, Edgar Heap of Birds, working in a variety of challenging and site specific ways.

Jan Mancuska's solo show at Kunsthalle Basel entitled «only those wild species that appeal to people will survive» presents a...

Jan Mancuska's solo show at Kunsthalle Basel entitled «only those wild species that appeal to people will survive» presents a selection of his recent works.

The wild species...

The tank holds 385,0000 US gallons of water and about seven hundreds of wild species.

This large biosphere is home to hundreds of wild species, several of which are nearing extinction.

Domestic cats can be hybridized with other small wild species of cat as these are genetically similar enough to give rise to offspring, but they can't be hybridised with other species of animal.

«In feral or wild species, it's the big infectious disease that regulates the populations,» said Dr. Janet Foley, assistant professor at the University of California at Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.

WildCare believes that all wild species be it sparrow or eagle, opossum or bobcat play an important role in keeping the planet healthy.

Dr. Wilhelmy has also spent time with the New Bolton Center's Section of Reproduction & Behavior, as well as the MJR - VHUP's Exotics Service, learning about the behavior of other domestic and wild species.

After all a cat was once a wild species and was not domestic.

In the rural regions of Southern China where SARS broke out, the people and animals lived in inordinately close contact and there was widespread use of wild species for food and traditional medicine, along with little testing available to catch new strains of diseases, the conditions there promoted the emergence of the virus.

Not a wild species, the pet hedgehog is a hybrid of two African species (Atelerix algirus) and (A. albiventris).

She feels she has come full circle and she brings the experience and knowledge she gained working with wild species to her work with companion animals.

Predatory wild mammals, furbearers, and most wild species considered edible had already been extirpated from most of Massachusetts before Forbush had much opportunity to see them, let alone to kill them.

But what about wild species?

We also know that areas can have heartworm infection in wild species such as coyotes, and these infected wild animals can be a source of infection to your dog or cat as well.

Because wild species such as foxes and coyotes live in proximity to many urban areas, they are considered important carriers of the disease.

Together with his team, Parrish is showing in detail how those viruses jumped into and spread between dogs and how they sometimes infect other animals — including cats and wild species such as raccoons and foxes.

Wolf Hollow offers specific guidelines on helping certain wild species here: http://wolfhollowwildlife.org/found-an-animal/

The Foundation is one of the only organizations in the world funding health - specific research for wild species.

Now, during our Unite to Fight Pet Cancer campaign, you can help advance those efforts by making a gift that will help make a difference for wild species everywhere as we expand our understanding and knowledge of cancer.

Their use has grown beyond human use to include and benefit our companion animals, as well as domestic farm animals and captive wild species.

However, at the other end of the spectrum is the feral cat, an amazing creature which, although it looks exactly the same as a pet cat and is of the same species, can behave very differently — in fact more like a cat belonging to a wild species (more of this later) and not happy in a home.

His expertise spans the animal kingdom from dogs and cats to wild species such as leopards, gibbons, wolves, and giraffes.

Because as systematic vaccination of pets reduced the incidence of rabies in domestic animals, and as wildlife monitoring became a science, the occurrence of rabies in wild species began to receive attention.

''... For over 25 years Kenya - born Daphne Sheldrick lived and worked alongside her husband David, during which time they raised and successfully rehabilitated many wild species.

2.5 by 2020 maintain genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants, farmed and domesticated animals and their related wild species, including through soundly managed and diversified seed and plant banks at national, regional and international levels, and ensure access to and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge as internationally agreed

Wild species have responded to climate change, with three - quarters of marine species shifting their ranges poleward as much as 1000 km [44], [103] and more than half of terrestrial species shifting ranges poleward as much as 600 km and upward as much as 400 m [104].

More than half of all wild species have shown significant changes in where they live and in the timing of major life events [42]--[44].

In fact, that industry has created its own species: Bombyx mori, which was domesticated from a wild species of silkworm by the Chinese.

Scientists have become increasingly concerned about threats to bees in recent years, with the International Union for Conservation of Nature stating in March that 10 % of Europe's native wild species could soon face extinction.

Nayakrishi Andolon is a community - based system of organic farming being promoted by UBINIG and being practiced by more than 60,000 families in Bangladesh.25 Many of these farmers, especially women, are aware of the nutritional importance of green leafy vegetables including wild species, and are strongly campaigning against the indiscriminate spraying of pesticides.

Thus far, the DiPalma group has sequenced DNA from over 90 strains of domestic ferret as well as other wild species of ferret, including the Siberian Polecat, the closest relative to the Black - footed Ferret, which is also susceptible to Sylvatic Plague.

The McCouch Lab investigates natural variation in rice, focusing on how it evolved, how it is distributed in both domesticated and wild species of Oryza, how it conditions complex phenotypes, and how it can be efficiently utilized in rice improvement.

What might the future ecological consequences be for wild species as the globe continues to warm rapidly?

Additionally, altering SP5G could be one of the first steps in engineering the domestication of a wild species for agricultural use.

Ultimately, these methods can be applied to multiple domesticated and wild species to give us a broader picture of the the specific traits that contribute to adaptation and the overall importance of polygenic adaptation in shaping trait variation.