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Rats help save humans.

4 The Love Of Animals

A foul-smelling wound might spell an infection. Read more about these amazing rats and the work they are doing by visiting the full article here. originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on April 25, 2010. That’s because bacterias, cancers and infections create unique smells. Sweet, fruity breath could mean diabetes.

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Joy for Orphan Elephants

4 The Love Of Animals

A recent arrival at the Nairobi nursery was an elephant named Murka, rescued near Tsavo National Park with a spear lodged deep between her eyes and gaping spear and axe wounds along her back and sides. Her deep wounds were filled with maggots. A mobile vet unit was able to tranquilize her, clean her wounds, and extract the spear.

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On Trial: Animal Torture Videos vs. Free Speech

Animal Ethics

Code, Title 18.48, made it a federal crime to knowingly create, sell, or possess a depiction of animal cruelty with the intention of placing that depiction in interstate or foreign commerce for commercial gain. For more about the case, see this Chicago Tribune column and this NYTimes article. I don’t think so. Code, Title 18.48

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Birding Tabin, Sabah, Borneo

10,000 Birds

For good measure, some animals in the near vicinity were also named after him, such as Raffles’s Malkoha. Older chicks are not only larger and able to withstand larger wounds from other siblings, but also have the ability to monopolize the food they are fed by parents.” And some other animals.