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San Francisco Zoo Struggles After Tiger Attack

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Animal experts descended for investigations of their own, and employee morale sank to an all- time low. The zoo made major changes to its emergency-response procedures, including raising the wall of the tiger grotto, found to be about 4 feet shorter than what national standards recommend. Now, facing a $2.2

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

10,000 Birds

As our Gypsy comes to a halt, one Oriental Honey Buzzard is investigating the new arrivals. The closer one raises her head, than lies back. Telia watches him in half-amusement, then raises and gives a low, bull-like roar, provoking the lapwings to an excited screech, makes a few steps and lies down. The other two are motionless.

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Bird of Prey: The Story of the Rarest Eagle on Earth – A Film Review

10,000 Birds

I couldn’t help thinking this–me, the anthropomorphism hater– as I watched a pair of Philippine Eagles tend their nest, raise a chick, and tear monkeys apart in Bird of Prey: The Story of the Rarest Eagle on Earth , a well-crafted, beautifully filmed documentary with a mission. The Philippine Eagle has a kind face.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Animals raised for food suffer miserably. The overwhelming passage in November of Proposition 2 in California, which banned tight confinement of many of the animals raised for food, is a fine example of the power of publicity to educate people about the atrocities we commit to those animals who have no voice of their own.

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The Secrets Inside Your Dog’s Mind

4 The Love Of Animals

Meanwhile, the scientists also raised a separate group of foxes under identical conditions, except for one difference: they didn’t have to pass a test to mate. To investigate why the kids made this counter intuitive mistake, the scientists rigged the cups to wires and then lowered them over the toy.

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Bird Song and Parallel Evolution: learning from our feathered friends

10,000 Birds

The templates can be discovered by raising birds in the absence of adult song, and they often sound very little like the normal final product. The bottom two are the songs of individuals raised in isolation, representing only their “built-in&# template unaffected by the experience of hearing normal adults. London: John Murray.

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