Activists seek animal rescue centre in Nashik
NASHIK: Activists are demanding an animal rescue centre in Nashik on the backdrop of the rising incidents of wild animals straying into human habitats. The activists will write to the Chief Conservator...
View ArticleThis animal looks just like a Pokémon
Meet the Lowland streaked tenrec. This animal resembles both a hedgehog and a shrew. But its most notable feature is its bright yellow and black colored quills. These unusual creatures only exist in...
View ArticleReserve provides safe haven for unwanted exotic animals
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) Lions, tigers, a bear and now ligers too. Ligers? Ares and his little brother, Yeti, are the newest residents at St. Augustine Wild Reserve a nonprofit wildlife sanctuary...
View ArticleLawsuit Results in Two African Lions—Jonwah and Njjarra—Released to Sanctuary...
(Source: ALDF - Animal Legal Defense Fund) Posted on August 3, 2016 Second Animal Legal Defense Fund Lawsuit to Free Endangered Animals from Roadside Zoo For immediate release: Contact:Natalia Lima,...
View ArticleRoadside Zoo Operator’s Tuberculosis Puts Employees and Animals at Risk of...
(Source: PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) PETA Calls On State and Federal Authorities to Take Action Against 'Joe Exotic' For Immediate Release: December 31, 2014 Contact: Moira...
View ArticleCNY readers respond: Bambi, feral cat feeders help draw coyotes
So, where are the coyotes in Central New York - and how are residents feeling about them? I wrote last week about a town of Manlius resident's experience waking up Easter morning and finding the bloody...
View ArticleWho removes deer carcasses from the side of the road, and where do they end ...
Deer that's struck and killed by a motor vehicle in the state of Pennsylvania could end up in one of three places. It could decompose on the side of the road, out of the way of traffic; be prepared as...
View ArticleNew Roadkill Map Finds California 'Ring of Death'
Northern California's car-clogged freeways run through thousands of acres of protected wetlands, creating a "ring of death" east of San Francisco, according to an ongoing study. Scientists at the...
View ArticleJanuary 2016 events in Syracuse: 30 things to do this month instead of...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- It's cold, we know, but it won't do you any good to stay inside all month. It's a new year with new live music, sports, movies, even wedding shows. Good luck dividing your time this...
View ArticleCivet cats, barking deer, porcupine and wild boar: Hong Kong’s urban jungle...
Hong Kong’s concrete jungles are surrounded by swathes of green wilderness, so it should hardly be a surprise when creatures other than cockroaches and mosquitoes stray into the city, like the wild...
View ArticleWinter wildlife feeding not necessary
Winter got off to a very warm start but as always winter cold and snow has arrived. After watching all this record amount snow piling up many people question whether it is necessary to feed deer and...
View ArticleThe 'badass' dhole: Asian dog more endangered than tigers, yet ignored
Little-known by scientists and largely ignored by conservationists, the wild Asian dog – or dhole – faces widespread deforestation, poisonings, lack of prey and disease. Can a few dhole champions save...
View ArticleEvery Episode of David Attenborough’s Life Series, Ranked
BBC / Anton_Ivanov / Rich Carey / Neirfy / Resul Muslu / Starcea Gheorghe Silviu / Georgia Evans / Tanawat Ariya / Shutterstock / Paul Spella / The Atlantic This Sunday, Sir David Attenborough,...
View ArticleBirds guilty of flying while drunk
DEAR JOAN:�I read a story in the paper recently about drunken birds causing traffic problems. I had always thought that birds got drunk on fermented berries, but then I read somewhere that no, it was...
View ArticleDroll Yankees’ Announces Its Newest Line of Hummingbird Feeders, The Ruby...
The Ruby Sipper Hummingbird feeders from Droll Yankees are a novel approach to fun nectar feeding, backed by practical performance. The sweet curved lines of the design and manageable capacity make...
View ArticleHyderabad rain: Zoo animals fall sick as enclosures flooded
HYDERABAD: The latest downpour flooded large areas in the Nehru Zoological Park after overflow from Mir Alam tank gushed into the zoo even as authorities struggled to pump out water from animal moats....
View ArticleKeep Those Feeders Up: Winter Hummers Need Nectar (Georgia Department of...
(Source: Georgia Department of Natural Resources) Keep Those Feeders Up: Winter Hummers Need Nectar FORSYTH, Ga. (10/16/2014) Keep your hummingbird feeders up as temperatures drop this fall and winter....
View ArticleAncient Hypercarnivores Reined In Mammoths And Other Megaherbivores
Ancient hypercarnivores such as dire wolves, cave hyenas, and saber-toothed cats – whose diets consisted of 80% meat – were up to twice the size of the wolves, spotted hyenas, and lions we have today....
View ArticleDog pursues shark as horrified owner looks on: Outdoors Oddities
CRYSTAL BEACH, Fla. -- A dog owner was frightened recently as her Labrador retriever swam after a shark near a populated pier in Pinellas County, Fla. Tootsie, a chocolate-colored lab, usually spends...
View ArticleFoggers, sprinklers, ponds cool zoo inmates
LUCKNOW: Rising temperature got inmates of Lucknow Zoo feeling uneasy and authorities have made special arrangements to provide relief and comfort to them. Besides air-coolers and sprinklers put...
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