Global aviation giant, Emirates Airlines, has sent shock-waves through the South African hunting industry after it became the second major airline to place an embargo on the transport of elephant, rhino, lion and tiger hunting trophies in less than a month. The embargo becomes effective on Friday 15 May, a spokesperson for Emirates has confirmed. Throwing down the hunting trophy […]
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Police have 10 suspects in custody for allegedly killing a wild panda and selling its meat in Yunnan, one of China’s southwestern provinces. Police were tipped off in December about the illegal killing and selling of bear near. Investigators were shocked when DNA tests came back with alarming results, a state broadcaster reported. “We realized
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What we call ‘fat’ is medically referred to as ‘white adipose tissue’, but until recently we thought fat stored excess energy and just made your pet ‘big’. The idea was that fat was physiologically inert. But then scientists discovered that fat plays an enormous role in the body as producer of hormones and inflammatory agents.
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When an animal eats or chews something that is not food, we call it ‘pica’. It is often a deficiency of a specific nutrient, but it can also be an obsessive compulsive disorder or due to curiosity or boredom. The consumption of sand or rocks is called geophagia and is often because of a deficiency
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A puppy room to “aid relaxation and calmness” is being offered to stressed students at the University of Bristol. Several hundred have signed up and organisers say they are hoping “the cute pups” can provide respite from the stresses and strains of revision. About 20 dogs and puppies will be rotated throughout the day on 18 May,
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