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First C-Section Performed on a Shark!

4 The Love Of Animals

Six months into the shark’s gestation, the park’s animal team noticed a complication with her pregnancy and determined an emergency C-section was necessary. The Discovery Cove animal team and vets are continuing to monitor mom and her pups, who are doing well and eating and behaving normally. sharks wildlife'

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Busch Gardens welcomes a baby giraffe!

4 The Love Of Animals

A giraffe’s gestation period is 15 months, and the mother and baby will be kept out of view for the first three months so they can be watched closely. Both mother and baby will join the other animals on the Serengeti Plain in about three months. The breeding program has been a great success.

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Cute of the Day: baby giraffes

4 The Love Of Animals

From the press release: A giraffe’s gestation period is approximately 15 months, and the new babies will nurse for about one year. You can view these amazing animals from the Serengeti Express or on a Serengeti Safari, an open-truck tour of the plain during which you can hand-feed the reticulated giraffe.

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Cute of the Day: All Legs Baby!

4 The Love Of Animals

The duo will join the other animals on the Serengeti Plain in a few months. A giraffe’s gestation period is approximately 15 months, and the new baby will nurse for about one year. originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on April 23, 2010. Tags: cute animals cute of the day. Cute of the Day: All Legs Baby!

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Animal Advocates' Successes Have Factory Farmers Running Scared

Animal Ethics

A column entitled "Ag Industry Threatened by Animal Rights" appeared in today's High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal [ HPMAJ ]. The column, which you can read here , is a call to arms to factory farmers to fight back against those individuals and organizations working to protect farm animals from the abuses inherent in factory farms.

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