Drugged wildlife. Cocaine found in all samples of UK shrimp
A study carried out by scientists from King’s College London and the University of Suffolk tested the exposure of wildlifeContinue Reading
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Changing bodies. African elephants are evolving to be tuskless because of poaching
African elephants have been killed relentlessly for centuries for their ivory tusks, giving elephants that do not grow tusks aContinue Reading
Peanut the six-pack turtle
Peanut is red-eared slider turtle, who became a ‘mascot’ for raising awareness about plastic pollution among wildlife. No, not becauseContinue Reading
Two veterinarians refuse to treat a steer because he lives on a farm sanctuary
Pete is a Hereford steer, who was bottle-fed and now lives on Spring Farm Sanctuary (Minnesota, US). The farm sanctuaryContinue Reading
Orangutan blinded after being shot multiple times
An orangutan with a young baby on Indonesia’s Sumatra island was blinded after being shot at least 74 times withContinue Reading
Animal experimentation rests on a logical contradiction
“Ask the experimenters why they experiment on animals and the answer is: ‘Because animals are like us.’ Ask the experimentersContinue Reading
Monument to honour the ‘sacrifice’ of mice in research
The Monument to the laboratory mouse is a bronze figure of a mouse, wearing a cape, looking down and knittingContinue Reading
Blind cow Hope reunited with her companion Love
Cows Hope and Love were born on a dairy farm and seperated from their mothers just after being born. HopeContinue Reading
The anomalous half-male, half-female cardinal bird
Birdwatchers in Erie, Pennsylvania spotted an incredibly uncommon bird in their backyard. A couple of weeks ago, Jeffrey and Shirley CaldwellContinue Reading
Taking care of an injured grasshopper
In September 2018 Chelsea Euliano found an injured grasshopper, who was missing a hind leg, on the ground, while walking aroundContinue Reading
