Archive for ‘health’
Dog Owners Worry About Deadly Distemper Outbreak
January 21st, 2008
Local dog owners are facing a serious health alert after officials warned that a deadly outbreak of ‘Distempter’ among Grey Foxes could spread to pets.
Popularity: 9%
People Medicine For Pets?
January 21st, 2008
Some over-the-counter drugs in your medicine cabinet may actually be helpful for what ails your pet.
Popularity: 5%
Human embryo ‘cloned from man’
January 18th, 2008
An American researcher, Dr Samuel Wood, has cloned human embryos from his own skin cells.
Popularity: 2%
Hybrid research to go ahead
January 17th, 2008
Regulators have given scientists the green light to create human-animal embryos for research.
Popularity: 3%
Flooding residents speak out
January 17th, 2008
People affected by the floods in Upton upon Severn and Tewkesbury express their fears
Popularity: 4%
Attack of the Clones, At A Butcher Near You
January 16th, 2008
Meat from cloned animals will be hitting shelves in the next few years.
Popularity: 3%
Mine fire burns since 1962
January 15th, 2008
It was in 1962 that a fire at a waste dump spread to natural fuel that lies beneath this town. The fire burns in an underground area 350 acres wide.
Popularity: 3%
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%
State Faces Showdown With EPA Over Emissions
January 14th, 2008
Conservation groups are backing the state in their quest for tighter emissions standards.
Popularity: 5%
188,000 Pounds Of Beef Recalled In E-Coli Scare
January 14th, 2008
A Minnesota meat packer has issued a recall of 188,000 pounds of beef after a few instances of EC-oli having been found, including in California.
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%
Dorn Cox - NH Enviromentalist
January 13th, 2008
New Hampshire supporter and environmentalist, Dorn Cox.
Popularity: 5%
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%
Naples to burn rotting rubbish
January 10th, 2008
The Italian government is sending in troops to clear away plies of rubbish on Naples’ streets.
Popularity: 4%
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: 4%
