Archive for ‘animal welfare’
Kanga-huahuas? Puppies Born Without Front Legs
January 15th, 2008
These three chihuahua puppies born without front legs have learned to walk on their hind legs…when they aren’t “behind the wheel.”
Popularity: 4%
Baby Polar Bear Gets Check-up
January 14th, 2008
The four-week-old polar bear cub who was taken from his mother at the Nuremburg zoo in Germany is being hand-fed and given check-ups regularly as it is raised by humans.
Popularity: 6%
Santa Barbara’s Crooked-Necked Giraffe Dies
January 12th, 2008
Gemina was 21 and had to be euthanized this week after she stopped eating.
Popularity: 4%
Near Escapes At SF Zoo Raise Safety Questions
January 12th, 2008
Reports of two other animals who nearly escaped at the San Francisco Zoo after last month’s tiger mauling is raising questions about the zoo’s safety.
Popularity: 3%
Greenpeace clash with whalers
January 12th, 2008
Following a 10-day search in Antarctic waters, the environmental organisation Greenpeace announced that its ship, the Esperanza, had confronted Japan’s whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean whale sanctuary. Greenpeace says its mission is to prevent the Japanese government’s slaughter of nearly 1,000…
Popularity: 3%
Grey seal baby boom
January 12th, 2008
Grey seals returned to the North Sea island in the late 1980s. They are now thriving thanks to a plentiful supply of fish and no natural predators. The Heligoland seal pups are being tagged to track their movements and better understand their behaviour. Scientists think female grey seals return to…
Popularity: 3%
Papers May Link SF Tiger Survivors To Taunting
January 11th, 2008
Court papers released by the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office may link the brothers who survived the fatal tiger attack to possible drug use and taunting.
Popularity: 3%
New Baby Orangutan At Como Zoo
January 10th, 2008
There’s a new baby orangutan that was born December 13 at the Como Zoo, Karen Leigh reports
Popularity: 3%
Deep sea probe to track Australia climate change
January 10th, 2008
Australian and U.S. scientists will send an unmanned submersible 2.5 kms (1.5 miles) deep into the ocean off Australia next week to track climate change by studying coral at unprecedented depths.
Popularity: 4%
Warming forces Iditarod changes
January 10th, 2008
The modern challenges of global warming and population growth are catching up with the world’s most famous sled dog race.
Popularity: 3%
Former Zoo Employee: I Saw Tiger Attack Coming
January 10th, 2008
A former employee of the San Francisco zoo says he warned authorities of problems with the zoo’s emergency response procedures. The zoo says he is exploiting the situtaion for his wrongful termination lawsuit
Popularity: 5%
Illegal fishing endangers species
January 9th, 2008
Environmentalists say the killing of thousands of rare Olive Ridley turtles has become routine and no action is being taken by the government.
Popularity: 2%
New approach needed to save coral reefs-study
January 8th, 2008
A growing human population is pushing coral reefs in the Caribbean to breaking point and saving them will require a new, larger-scale approach, researchers said on Tuesday.
Popularity: 4%
Decision on listing polar bear postponed
January 8th, 2008
Federal officials said Monday that they will need a few more weeks to decide whether polar bears need protection under the Endangered Species Act because of global warming.
Popularity: 4%
Mall Death-Woman’s Blood Alcohol 3X Legal Driving Limit
January 8th, 2008
She died while trying to pet a police horse at Marketplace Mall over the weekend.
Popularity: 3%
