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Shelters Fill Up Due to Wildfires in Australia
Tags: australi Pets have been displaced as well as their owners in the recent wildfires . ANIMAL shelters are searching for the owners of hundreds of dogs, cats, horses, rabbits and other pets displaced by fires. Shelter workers fear many owners may have assumed their animals died or they could be looking for them in the wrong places.
Critter News
- Sunday, February 15, 2009
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Camels to be Culled in Australia
There are camels in Australia? Tags: cull camels australia environmen Apparently so and they are considered feral pests... you know what that means.
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Critter News
- Tuesday, July 7, 2009
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How Much Animal Testing in Australia?
Australian Association for Humane Research says that Australia experiments on more animals per capita than the European Union, the UK and New Zealand. Tags: australia animal experimentation animal researc They are trying to get figures for the Northern Territory.
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Critter News
- Friday, October 3, 2008
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New Zealand, Australia to Conduct Whale Research Too
New Zealand and Australia are joining forces to carry out research on whales using non-lethal methods, in an attempt to challenge Japan's hunting programme. Tags: australia whales new zealand Japa Good news! It's non-lethal. Eighteen scientists will set sail for Antarctica next month to study minke, humpback and blue whale populations.
Critter News
- Tuesday, January 5, 2010
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Labour Urges New Zealand to Support Australia's Call to End Whaling
Tags: australia whales new zealand whalin I hope they do it. We just need to end this useless practice of whaling.
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Critter News
- Monday, March 1, 2010
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Crocodile Gets Head Stuck in Tire, Starving to Death
Tags: australia crocodil Efforts are underway to try to save the Australian crocodile . Note, they've been known to not eat for as long as 10 months, so hopefully they will figure something out.
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Critter News
- Tuesday, October 7, 2008
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Man Arrested for Smuggling Armoured Catfish
I guess you can smuggle anything in your suitcase if you try hard enough. A Chinese man has been arrested for allegedly smuggling 13 armoured catfish into Australia on a Melbourne-bound flight. Tags: australia smugglin The 34-year-old man arrived in Melbourne on a flight from Hong Kong on August 21 and was referred to the Australian Customs Service following a quarantine x-ray examination. Customs officers allegedly found a cardboard box containing the live fish in plastic bags.
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Critter News
- Wednesday, August 27, 2008
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Save the Planet - Eat a Camel!
Tags: camels australia gordon ramse First, Aussies were told they should start eating kangaroos to save the environment. Now, they are are being encouraged to eat camel because there are just too many of them. Camel-eating advocates should talk to British chef Gordon Ramsey.
Critter News
- Monday, December 15, 2008
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Burp-Less Sheep?
Tags: climate australia global warming shee Apparently, Australian scientists think less sheep burping (and less methane releasing) would help with global warming.
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Critter News
- Thursday, January 21, 2010
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Australian Firefighter Rescues Koala
Lots of people have died in the wildfires in Australia, and I'm sure a lot of animals have suffered too. Tags: australia animal rescu Here's a video of an Australian firefighter making a big difference to one little koala. This critter was lucky, and was rescued. Here is a link to a story about her (now named Sam) and her new friend Bob. (David)
Critter News
- Wednesday, February 11, 2009