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POPSJane Goodall: We Need A New Mindset "We should admit that the infliction of suffering on beings who are capable of feeling is ethically problematic and that the amazing human brain should set to work to find new ways of testing and experimenting that will not involve the use of live, sentient beings." "Her call comes as the European Commission prepares to publish draft legislation to update the EU’s animal experiments directive (Directive 86/609 EEC). The existing law is out of date (over 20 years old), with hundreds of thousands of animals currently receiving no protection at all." "Dr Goodall was joined by biomedical researchers, MEPs and animal protectionists at a Replace Animal Experiments in Europe event in Brussels. Event organisers, the Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research and the Humane Society International (HSI), are spearheading a campaign to accelerate European efforts to replace animal experiments with more ethical and reliable methods."
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POPSPETA Kills Animals by the Thousands It is quite a different thing when you have to provide care for animals as opposed to telling other people what they are doing wrong!! And they have the money too.
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POPSThe hippo who ditched his muddy waters to catch some sun and surf
'Hippos don't take well to darting' Mr van Schoor explains, 'they die of stress and this one would drown if we darted her in the water, and if we tried to dart her on the beach, she would run into the water for safety and again drown when the drug takes effect.' Hippos are usually captured using passive methods such as monitoring paths that they use regularly and setting up enclosures to lure them into. But Mr Van Schoor says that this hippo's only hope is to stop moving South. He added: 'If the hippo moves any further south there is huge risk, he is moving into residential areas and towards Durban where food for the hippo will become a problem'. Hippos are considered to be one of the most dangerous and aggressive of all animals and with this one coming into contact with humans and domestic animals, it could soon become a problem. Sadly If the hippo does not retrace his own steps and move back north, KZN says there is little hope for him.
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POPSVancouver Island Marmot The Vancouver Island marmot is the most critically endangered animal in the world. Captive breeding managed to save them. Even the loss of one is considered a major catastrophy.
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POPSRare albino tadpoles "What's unusual about this is that the batches of white tadpoles suggest that a number of adults that carry genes for albinism possibly exist in the area, not just one." "Usually though albino amphibians fail to live to a breeding age - their white colour makes them a blindingly conspicuous beacon for the various animals that depend on frogs for food." she added.
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POPSRare photos of the elusive Central Asian snow leopard "Gorgeous animals which survive in world's most rugged, desolate Central Asian mountain ranges (e.g., Himalaya, Pamirs, Karakorum, etc.). Snow leopard population is dwindling, facing possible extinction, & extremely difficult to photograph." (thanks, openthink) The direct link to National Geographic (gallery and article) is http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/06/snow-leopards/winter-photography An interesting clip from lesart - Snow Leopard - Painting a large canvas - http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/8719DBB7-221A-4287-850B-35EFC0B2F240/ pokkets has Big Cat News: http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/7F9D8E94-25EC-4894-8279-64E13A1E8840/
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POPSThe Origin of Words You Hear at the Office "The original Middle English meaning of team was applied to a group of draft animals yoked together. Around 1828, someone thought of combining the word "team" with the word "work" - probably hoping to spur sluggish workers into action. So "teamwork" really means working like one of many beasts of burden. Depressing, huh?"
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POPSAttack of the killer ravens: Flocks are suddenly slaughtering lambs "Research published last year in the Scientific American also showed the raven to be one of the most intelligent species on the planet - up there with dolphins and apes and, unlike most other birds and animals, capable of learning from their own actions and from observing others' behaviour. They're thought to be one of the few birds that can count, and some have even learned to fashion leaves into special tools for extracting grubs from crevices in trees. In Japan, they were reportedly found dropping nuts onto a dual-carriageway, then darting down to eat them once the cars had cracked them open. Although older ravens (they live up to 25 years) mate for life and travel in pairs, young birds may form flocks of up to several hundred - collective nouns for ravens include an "unkindness", a "conspiracy", and a "murder" - which swoop on farm animals"
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POPS10 Amazing Things You Didn't Know about Animals After reading the comments at the source page, several people have suggested that some of this information is not quite accurate. There seems to be a lot of typos in the article, too. So I'm not sure what's going on at LiveScience. I'm not sure about parrot linguistic processing being near the level of a 4 to 6 year-old......hmmmm
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