Pedigree Inbreeding Puts Dogs At Risk
The extent of inbreeding in purebred dogs and how this reduces their genetic variation is revealed in a new study by Imperial College London researchers. Inbreeding puts dogs at risk of birth defects and genetically inherited health problems…
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)Dog Cloner Sought After Burglary To Fund Horse’s Wooden Leg
Joyce Bernann McKinney, a former beauty queen who earlier this year paid £25,000 to have her dead pet recreated, is accused of instructing a 15-year-old boy to break into a house because she needed funds to help another beloved animal, her three-legged horse…
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)Scientists Say Using Animals In Pain Research Has Limited Value
Medical News Today report that a panel of UK experts say that using animals in pain research should be replaced by other techniques as the results from the animal tests have limited value.
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)British Birds Nesting Earlier Due To Global Warming
Climate change is causing a number of widespread British birds to lay their eggs much earlier than 40 years ago, that’s just one of the trends revealed in the latest State of the UK’s Birds report – an annual publication produced by a coalition of conservation organisations looking at the fortunes of the UK’s bird populations…
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)5 Years for ivory smuggler
Tania Julie Siyam, a 32-year-old Canadian art dealer, has been sentenced to serve 60 months in prison and pay a $100,000 fine for illegally smuggling ivory from Cameroon to the United States. The sentence follows a long running international investigation by special agents of the U.S, Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife officials from Environment Canada and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Cleveland, Ohio. Siyam plead guilty in a U.S. District Court to four federal felony charges…
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)Asda Pushes For Less Cruel Slaughter Methods
None of us like the idea of chickens and turkeys being killed for food, and you can bet the chickens and turkeys like it even less! But while animals are being killed for food, we owe it to them to at least try and make their deaths as gentle as possible…
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