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09blog
2nd November 2010
09blog
An article on the BBC online suggests that there is rising concern over badger baiting and persecution. The Badger Trust has said that cases of this are at a worrying high level and suggest that the problem should be looked at seriously, especially because badger baiting is often related to other cases of criminality.
08blog
2nd November 2010
08blog
London zoo is to be the focus of a new three-part documentary for ITV1 due to be aired later this year. Cameras followed zookeepers, conservationists, scientists, and vets as they went about their daily business and the series reveals the emotionally intense, and sometimes heartbreaking, experiences of the devoted staff; armed poachers, 250lb newborns, battling dragons and gorilla politics - it's all in a days work for staff.
06blog
1st November 2010
06blog
According to an article on the Guardian, a recent survey has found that "almost 1.5 million people plan to leave their assets to their pets when they die".
05blog
1st November 2010
05blog
An interesting video on the BBC website shows a vet taking genetic material from a sun bear - one of the smallest but most dangerous species of bear. Scientists are hoping that in the future frozen genetic material could be used with cloning technology to bring back extinct species.
94blog
28th October 2010
94blog
According to a piece on the Telegraph online, "the RSPCA has been criticised for 'euthanasing' an orphaned deer who was too tame to survive in the wild." The article states that after its mother died in a car crash a baby roe deer was reared at an RSPCA wildlife centre and then released in the wild. However, it was deemed too tame to survive and so the RSPCA put the animal to sleep "in a humane way".
92blog
27th October 2010
92blog
An article in the Mirror states that "Depressed dog owners are passing bad vibes on to their pets who then mimic their owners' feelings." Based on a survey of pet owners it seems that dogs pick up on their owner's emotions and act accordingly.
80blog
25th October 2010
80blog
A recent article on the BBC looks at research that has found that dogs recognise their owners faces. This research, the piece states, "sheds more light on how thousands of years of domestication has affected the behaviour of canines."
60blog
19th October 2010
60blog
Worldwide Veterinary Services has teamed up with the RSPCA and the WSPA to help animals in Hungary caught in a toxic sludge leak by sending boxes of veterinary supplies. To read about the effort on the BBC website please click here.
59blog
19th October 2010
59blog
According to a recent article in the Financial Times, sales of pet food are forecast to rise by 2.5%. The article cites the reason for this trend as: "pet humanisation".
45blog
14th October 2010
45blog
An overwhelming 95 per cent of the public say they would never wear real fur, according to a new RSPCA poll recently published.
35blog
12th October 2010
35blog
According to a recent article in the Telegraph, pet owners are being warned about a scam targeting those wanting to buy new pets. The piece states that: "in each case, exotic birds sent to people who responded to internet or newspaper advertisements have died soon after arrival." Read more here.
34blog
12th October 2010
34blog
An interesting article in the Independent asks: "Dogs are pets, snakes are scary and chickens are dinner. But why do we see animals in such different ways?" Exploring the field of anthrozoology, the article looks at a new book written by Hal Herzog entitled 'Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat'.
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