Dog Cloning In The News
Dog cloning has become a popular and very profitable industry; bad news for the millions of unwanted dogs on this planet.
An American couple were so distraught at the prospect of losing their pet Labrador that they decided to pay £100,000 to clone him…
A South Korean firm says cloning pets could become cheaper in future thanks to a new technique it has developed…
Sybil Hooper was ready to put her family’s cancer-infected, fatally-sick dog to sleep when her 34-year-old son, who has a special bond with the 12-year-old Boston terrier, decided to look into cloning…
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)Animal Sanctuary appeals For Land
Foxhollow Animal Sanctuary in Hambrook is appealing for people with spare land to come forward so it can help rescue more horses and ponies…
Find out more: Sussex Express
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)11 Year Old Boy Kills 6 Bulls In A Day
An 11-year-old matador killed six bulls in a controversial bullfight in Mexico on Saturday. Michelito Lagravere who started bullfighting when he was six and has killed 60 calves so far has become the youngest matador to kill so many animals during one performance. The fight was approved by a judge after Mexican animal rights and child protection groups tried to ban it…
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (1)Wildlife Aid’s New Group On Facebook
Steve recently contacted me from Wildlife Aid to introduce his new global wildlife group on Facebook. Based in Surrey, the centre is home to the tv series ‘Wildlife SOS’ and has been running now for nearly 20 years.
It costs us £5,000 a week to run the centre in Leatherhead and medical costs are increasing all the time, so Wildlife Aid desperately need new members.
Join the new group: Facebook
Find out more about membership: Wildlife Aid Membership
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)Spanish Reject Bullfighting Festival
The citizens of Paterna, a suburb of Valenicia, have rejected the city’s plans to reintroduce the “bous al carrer”, a bullfighting festival, in a recent referendum. 68 percent of the over 8,000 participants voted against the festival with 31 percent in favour. The mayor urged citizens to accept the decision after pro bullfighting lobbyists claimed that the referendum was held online and that a cultural event cannot be abolished…
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (1)RSPCA – Orphaned Seals Need Your Help
The RSPCA’s East Winch Wildlife Centre in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, needs your help in caring for large numbers of orphaned grey seals that it has been taking in since November.
So far, the centre, which specialises in seal rehabilitation, has 44 pups in its care, and the numbers are expected to keep rising throughout January.
Seals are brought to East Winch when they become sick or injured, or simply when they are too young to survive on their own.
Centre cares for seals from many coastlines
The seals come in mainly from along the North Sea coast from Yorkshire down to Essex, but it’s not just local seals that the wildlife centre cares for.
There are even some that have been brought to the centre from as far away as Wales and Lancashire. And every rehabilitated seal goes back to the same area of coast that it came from.
Rehabilitaing the seal pups
Staff at the specialist seal rehabilitation unit treat the pups’ injuries or illnesses, then work on feeding them.
They are usually fed with a rehydrating solution at first through a stomach tube. This is then substituted with ‘fish soup’, before the seals are hand-fed with herring.
Eventually, the seals learn to feed themselves. The animals can be at the centre for an average of four to five months before they are ready to be returned to the sea.
Staff extremely grateful for public support
Centre manager, Alison Charles, said: “Our staff are working very hard to care for the seals, especially when they first come in and are in isolation, as they need three-hourly feeds at this stage.
“They are also much stronger than common seals, so we all have sore muscles from moving and handling them during feeds!
“We are extremely grateful for the support of the public in caring for the seals and hope to boost our numbers of old and new blankets, towels and duvets.”
How you can help
This grey seal season, wildlife centre staff are naming the seals after pubs. So far names include Canary and Linnet, The Greyhound, and The Black Bull.
There are so many seals, though, that staff are having to cast their net wider in the search for pub names. So pubs are being offered the chance to have a seal named after them in return for sponsorship.
Cash donations are always much needed, but this season the centre is also asking for donations of towels, blankets and duvets, which are in short supply.
Blankets and towels are vital to help handle the seals, but also provide much needed warmth for some very small seals with low temperatures.
To sponsor a seal, or make a donation, please contact the RSPCA East Winch Wildlife Centre.
Extinct Animals To Rise From The Dead?
Extinct species from Neanderthals to the dodo could one day once again roam across the earth, it has been claimed.
A list of the top ten beasts most likely to be brought back from the dead has been drawn up by experts looking at the availability of DNA…
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)Calls For Ban On Monkey Testing
A Scottish MEP has called for a proposed ban on primate testing to be extended to include monkeys used in Scottish laboratories…
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)Unidentified Animal Washed Up On Beach
An unidentified large animal has been washed up on the beach at Croyde, North Devon, leading people to believe it may be the mythical ’beast of Exmoor’. Experts are trying to identify the body.
Full story: Daily Mail
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)Zoo Animals To Be Counted
Zoos and aquariums countrywide are being asked for an animalhead count. New zoo legislation means that each new arrival, birth and death needs to be recorded; the info will be used by local authorities to help them decide whether to renew a licence or not.
Read more: BBC News
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