Animals & Pets News

Judge: FWS plan excluded possible lynx habitat
AP – Fri Jul 30, 12:43 am ET

MISSOULA, Mont. - A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service arbitrarily excluded "critical habitat" that could be occupied by the elusive Canada lynx. Full Story »
NYC looks to stop spreading bedbug infestations
AP – Wed Jul 28, 9:53 pm ET

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NEW YORK - One of every 15 New Yorkers battled bedbugs last year, officials said Wednesday as they announced a plan to fight the spreading infestation, including a public-awareness campaign and a top entomologist to head the effort. Full Story »
WWF apologizes for incident against Saudi Arabia
AP – Wed Jul 28, 1:35 pm ET

BERLIN - The environmental group WWF has apologized for an incident at a recent climate conference involving an employee who vandalized Saudi Arabia's nameplate. Full Story »
A farewell to bullfights in northeastern Spain
AP – Wed Jul 28, 5:42 pm ET

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BARCELONA, Spain - Lawmakers in the region of Catalonia thrust a sword deep into Spain's centuries-old tradition of bullfighting, banning the blood-soaked pageant that has fascinated artists and writers from Goya to Hemingway. Full Story »
Prehistoric Toothless Fish May Get Protection
LiveScience.com – Wed Jul 28, 7:51 am ET

Shovelnose sturgeon are not endangered in their native Mississippi and Missouri rivers, but catching them in many of these waters may become illegal under a proposal by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) that aims to protect their relatives, the endangered pallid sturgeon. Full Story »
China to send 2 pandas to Japan in diplomatic move
AP – Wed Jul 28, 4:32 am ET

BEIJING - China has announced plans to send two of its prized giant pandas to Japan, the latest installment of panda diplomacy aimed at warming the two countries' often-strained relations. Full Story »
Man detained in China over zoo panda death
AFP – Tue Jul 27, 11:21 pm ET

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BEIJING (AFP) - A man has been detained over the poisoning death of an endangered panda in a Chinese zoo, state media reported Wednesday, in the latest case spotlighting risks to captive animals in China. Full Story »
Battle to save Gulf sea turtles from oily death
AFP – Tue Jul 27, 5:19 pm ET

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - While BP struggles to finally seal the leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well, an equally desperate battle has been enjoined on the surface to save endangered sea turtles from meeting an oily grave. Full Story »
Tiger escapes from trip to the vet
Reuters – Tue Jul 27, 1:57 pm ET

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A 17-month-old tiger escaped from the back of a pick-up truck while it was being driven to a veterinary clinic in South Africa, triggering a helicopter search by police and wildlife experts. Full Story »
Heat brings out the cool in zoos across the nation
AP – Tue Jul 27, 1:29 pm ET

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LOS ANGELES - Otters sweltering in the summer sun suck on "fishsicles." For carnivores like the Amur leopard, it's "bloodsicles." Full Story »
Giant panda pair headed for Tokyo zoo
AFP – Tue Jul 27, 12:03 pm ET

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TOKYO (AFP) - A pair of Chinese giant pandas are soon headed for Tokyo's Ueno Zoo, where the fluffy bamboo eaters are set to delight the crowds from early next year. Full Story »
Biologists release endangered turtles into Gulf
AP – Mon Jul 26, 4:32 pm ET

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PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE, Texas - Hundreds of tiny baby turtles with their dime-sized paddle-like feet dragged through the sand on Monday heading for a new home in the Gulf of Mexico despite the threat of oil some 400 miles away. Full Story »
Spain's Catalonia expected to ban bullfights
Reuters – Mon Jul 26, 1:35 pm ET

Reuters

MADRID (Reuters) - Catalonia could become the first mainland Spanish region to ban bullfighting in a local parliamentary vote this Wednesday that has pitted animal rights activists against fans of the centuries-old national symbol. Full Story »
Jordan police prevent 'lettuce lady' protest
AFP – Sun Jul 25, 4:56 pm ET

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AMMAN (AFP) - An animal rights activist in salad dressing -- she wore an all-lettuce gown -- never got to promote her pro-vegetarian message on Sunday after Jordanian police said the one-woman demo was unauthorised. Full Story »
Jordanian police nab lettuce lady during protest
AP – Sun Jul 25, 12:25 pm ET

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AMMAN, Jordan - An animal rights activist has caused a stir in Jordan's capital by covering herself in lettuce in a quirky attempt to persuade Middle Eastern meat lovers to go vegetarian. Full Story »
U.S. farmers may face crackdown on pesticide use
McClatchy Newspapers – Sun Jul 25, 12:01 pm ET

WASHINGTON — The nation's farmers could face severe restrictions on the use of pesticides as environmentalists, spurred by a favorable ruling from a judge in Washington state, want the courts to force federal regulators to protect endangered species from the ill effects of agricultural chemicals. Full Story »
Despite oil, baby turtles being released to Gulf
AP – Sat Jul 24, 1:36 pm ET

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HOUSTON - Federal biologists are releasing thousands of endangered baby sea turtles into the western Gulf of Mexico, betting that by the time the silver dollar-sized swimmers make it to the oil-fouled waters of the eastern Gulf, BP will have cleaned up its goopy mess. Full Story »
Woman's dog mistaken for coyote, set loose in wild
AP – Fri Jul 23, 5:53 pm ET

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FRANKFORT, Ky. - An American Kennel Club-registered dog has been turned loose in the wild after the Frankfort Humane Society mistook her for a coyote. Copper is a female Sheba Inu. Full Story »