01/09/2009
Polarized light can kill animals (UPI)
LANSING, Mich., Jan. 8 (UPI) -- A U.S. study suggests artificial light that alters natural light cycles acts as "ecological traps" that can lead animals to injury or death.
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01/08/2009
Owners reunited with evacuated animals (Denver Post)
A 15-year-old American paint horse named Gemini was among the dozens of animals that found shelter from the Olde Stage Road fire overnight at the Boulder County Fairgrounds.
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01/09/2009
Grandin's book shows animals have feelings, too (Rocky Mountain News)
Animal advocate Temple Grandin, author of the best-selling "Animals in Translation" and associate professor at Colorado State University, chats with the Rocky about her new book, the state of animals' lives in general and her own future.
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01/09/2009
Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals (Rocky Mountain News)
Authors Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson describe how humans can use animals' emotional systems to naturally regulate their behavior, without resorting to abuse or harsh training techniques.
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01/08/2009
Sex offender gets 15 years, told no contact with animals (The Virginian-Pilot)
NORFOLK A federal judge on Thursday issued an unusual order to a 30-year-old man with a sexual fetish for children and animals. After handing down a 15-year prison term to the defendant, Richard Ioimo Jr., the judge also prohibited him from any contact with domestic animals, "such as dogs, sheep, goats, etc."
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01/09/2009
Polarized light can kill animals (Moldova.org)
A U.S. study suggests artificial light that alters natural light cycles acts as ecological traps that can lead animals to injury or death.A classic example is the way in which street lamps and building lights confuse baby sea turtles who use star and moonlight reflected off the water to help them find the ocean when the emerge from their beach nests, the Ecological Society of America said ...
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01/08/2009
Authorities: Dismembered animals found at NC home (Rocky Mount Telegram)
GOLDSBORO, N.C. — Authorities in eastern North Carolina charged a man Tuesday with several counts of animal cruelty after investigators found dismembered animals at his home.
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01/08/2009
NC man with dismembered animals arrested (Rocky Mount Telegram)
GOLDSBORO, N.C. — A man who had dozens of dismembered animals at his eastern North Carolina home will face a judge next month on several animal cruelty charges, court officials said Wednesday.
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01/08/2009
Fur Ball scheduled to benefit animals (New Bern Sun Journal)
A formal event called Fur Ball will be held in downtown New Bern next month to raise money for animals. The ball is set for 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, in banquet hall of Christ Episcopal Church.
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01/08/2009
Animals in Bulgaria zoo shiver (Times of Malta)
About 1,300 animals in a Bulgarian zoo were left without gas to heat their enclosures today, the latest victims of the Russia-Ukraine supply row.
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