Critter News

JULY 22, 2011

This could halt production of kosher and halal meat in the Netherlands – and lead to similar campaigns in other European countries. However, Jewish and Islamic groups which can prove animals do not suffer more during ritual killing than in an ordinary slaughterhouse will be able to apply for permits.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 3, 2009

Scientists at Eindhoven University in the Netherlands have grown in-vitro meat, using cells from a live pig to replicate growth in a petri dish. It could mean not only an end to killing animals for food, but also significantly aid the fight against climate change. Nevertheless there's potential here for two giant breakthroughs.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

This has been looked at in other studies for ectotherms (the most obvious sorts of animals to be affected since they get their heat from ambient conditions) and elderly humans. The birds used in this study were Zebra Finches reared and housed at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

They are also threatened by cultural beliefs that lead to killing them because they’re seen as harbingers of death and bad luck. “Well, that’s great,” you may be saying, “but what does that have to do with owls? Owls are in danger from the usual threats–habitat destruction, climate change, human intrusion.

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