Scotland’s biggest horse mussel bed and a “faceless and brainless” fish were recorded during government-backed surveys this year.The work covered almost 2,200 square miles – equivalent to an area one and a quarter times the size of the Cairngorms National Park.The Scottish government has hailed the finds made during the surveys.WWF Scotland said the results highlighted the need to better protect .. more …
They’re the season’s saddest returns – pets given as holiday gifts who instead start the new year in shelters.”In the movies, you see the cute puppy jumping out of the gift box . . . but many times the person hasn’t spoken to everyone in the household to make sure they’re ready for the commitment,’’ said Sylvia Ottaka, director of operations at the North Shore .. more …
A new exotic animal museum is destined for Bandera. The BanderaExotic Animal Museum expects to open in 2013 near the Bandera HighSchool within the city limits of Bandera. The city council gave itsapproval to the zoning change that will allow the non-profit museumat their Dec. 15 special meeting.The museum will offer a display of “exotic animals” and a sensorysafari, said Don Giles, who made the .. more …
Don Kaminski has observed as many as 16 deer crossing Orchard Spring Road to areas including Roseleaf Road and Foxcroft Road.During a Scott Township public works committee meeting this month, he detailed how the herd has affected his evening walks. Township commissioners are discussing enacting a ban on feeding deer as a way to control the population who have made Scott their home.The Dec. 5 .. more …
Wednesday, December 14, 2011AS MANY cultures as there are, so there are foods. Since not all cultures are Christian not all cultures celebrate the Christian Christmas. Since not all Pinoys are Catholic, not all of the Pinoy population celebrates the birth of Christ. Even then, most Pinoys celebrate the 25th of December as a holiday. Strange isn’t it?So on with the nice food recipes and we come to .. more …
The barnyard scents of alfalfa, leather and sweat wafted through the cavernous auction hall just outside Riverside, where Clemente and dozens of other horses paraded before bleachers overflowing with bargain-seekers, sellers and gawkers on a cold weekend night. There were whispers of a “killer buyer” lurking outside, buying up swaybacks and broken-down mares to be shipped off for slaughter. A trio .. more …
ST. GEORGE, Utah, Dec. 14 (UPI) — Thousands of migrating birds crashed in a Utah Walmart parking lot Monday requiring a marathon rescue and collection effort, wildlife officials said.Officials said thousands of grebes, a duck-like aquatic bird, were migrating toward Mexico and probably mistook the parking lot of a Walmart store and other flat areas for bodies of water, The Spectrum newspaper of .. more …
Obi, Yoda, Watson and Crick are the current residents of a newly decorated cat room in the Small Animal Clinic at the LSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital. The clinic hosts a program for in-house cats which donate blood in emergencies to save patients’ lives. Two more cats, Phineas and Ferb, will join them in the program after spending time in quarantine. The clinic has housed cats for this purpose .. more …
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – A St. Joseph County woman is angry after learning that a disturbing case of animal neglect will not involve any criminal charges.A West Michigan woman who rescues horses on the brink of starvation has two new horses in her care after deputies raided a farm just across the Indiana border.The horses are barely alive, but deputies say there’s nothing they .. more …
In response to our article about military working dogs that get post-traumatic stress disorder and our post Thursday about bomb-sniffing dogs in Iraq , the writer and historian Chris Dickon pointed out that American military working dogs played an important role in World War II. In his book, The Foreign Burial of American War Dead , Mr. Dickon notes that 25 dogs were killed in Guam while serving .. more …
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