Critter News

JUNE 21, 2009

There has been a lot of violence between the elephants and subsistence farmers (unfortunately, I think the violence is pretty one-sided.) Tags: malawi africa animal rescue elephants endangered species. They are being moved to a wildlife sanctuary. From Wildlife Extra News.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 12, 2009

In November 2008, a virus killed a 15-month-old Asian elephant calf named Malti. She had been showing symptoms of the potentially lethal elephant herpesvirus, which leads to internal bleeding and heart failure. Tags: zoos welfare violations animal welfare. A zookeeper had left the knife behind in the exhibit.

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Animal Person

MARCH 23, 2009

Ian says, regarding " Veterinarians Train Sealers to Kill Humanely, " that "veterinarians very often do not care about animals but rather are more like auto mechanics who are providing a service for humans (that service may be to save an animal or kill an animal, etc)." which includes a poll. education [link].

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

The interests of those working for conservation and those working for animal rights and animal welfare don’t always perfectly align like you might think they do. With no permanent habitation inside its boundaries, human disturbance is low. I’ve discussed this, at length, before.

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