32 Research Monkeys Dead In Accident At Nevada Lab
Thirty-two research monkeys quarantined at a lab in Nevada were accidentally killed in May due to overheating, officials for Charles River Laboratories Inc. confirmed for the first time on Thursday.
Animal rights activists who said they reported the incident to the U.S. Department of Agriculture last month based on a tip from a whistleblower said the longtail macaques “were literally cooked to death by a heating system failure”…
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)Dogs Can ‘Catch’ Human Yawns
A group of scientists from Birkbeck College, University of London say that dogs can ‘catch’ the yawns – I’ve known that for years!
During boring winter nights I like nothing better than to yawn at the dog, who responds back with a longer drawn yawn. She doesn’t find the ‘yawning game’ as entertaining as me though and will only play one round, stare at me scornfully, and go back to sleep.
I might get my camera out, the BBC are asking for evidence:
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)Huge Boost For Lowland Gorillas
A census of critically endangered western lowland gorillas has shown that populations are doing much better than anyone expected.
The census found 125,000 of the apes alive and well in two adjacent areas in the northern part of the Republic of Congo covering 47,000 sq km…
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)Large Blue Thriving In Somerset
The large blue butterfly on the East Polden Hills in Somerset is turning into a real conservation success story. After being re-introduced to Somerset Wildlife Trust’s Green Down nature reserve in 1992 the site quickly became one of the best sites in Europe for the species…
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)Elephant Poaching Reaching Record Levels
African elephants are being killed for their ivory at the highest rate since an international ban on the ivory trade took effect in 1989 according to a new report. But the public outcry that resulted in that ban is absent today, and a University of Washington conservation biologist contends it is because the public seems to be unaware of the elephant’s plight…
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