GALAPAGOS – Iguanas have a stress hormone that may help them survive when food becomes scarce. But an increased build up of the same hormone can be fatal.
Chimps Yanked Out of Sanctuary For Lab Research
NEW MEXICO– Flo the chimp, and nearly two hundred other chimpanzees, are being pulled out of retirement from their sanctuary homes under NIH orders that the chimps be subjected to more lab research.
Man Donates $8 Million To Wombat Rescue
AUSTRALIA- An American millionaire donates $8 million to the Wombat Awareness Organization to create a veterinary clinic. Read what prompted the anonymous man to bequeath so much to the southern hairy-nosed wombats.
Cat Sings Happy Birthday To You
(VIDEO) This hilarious kitty belts out a pitch-perfect Happy Birthday. What pipes! Well, for the ‘You!’ part anyway.
Seven Animals Being Eaten To Extinction
(ENDANGERED SPECIES) –Animals on the dinner plate or animals on the planet? The United States is one of the world’s largest consumers of wildlife, with mass amounts imported illegally. As human populations increase and consumers demand rare and exotic meals, endangered animals are being hunted for food at an increasingly alarming rate. Here are seven species being eaten to extinction…– Global Animal
MacGyver Would Approve: Police Officer’s Rescue Of Trapped Kitten
FLORIDA – Tampa Police officers use a bucket, a rope and a little ingenuity to rescue a kitten trapped in a storm drain.
Super Dumb: A Gallery Of Stupid Animal Smugglers
(PHOTO GALLERY) Anyone who attaches animals to their body or stuffs them in a suitcase is undeniably stupid or greedy – but the people in this rogue’s gallery of moronic animal smugglers are both. Check out their schemes in pictures.
Peter Singer on Forgotten Fish: Why We Ignore Their Pain
Animal welfare luminary and author Peter Singer ponders why we seem unconcerned that fish feel pain. Read Singer’s compelling account on why fishing is widely accepted while commercial fishing is among the most inhumane of practices, letting fish die a slow and painful death by leaving them out of the water. For those of us who say ‘I only eat fish,’ in answer to the vegetarian question, this is an illuminating and unforgettable article.
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