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and is unspoiled an home to grizzly bears, wolves and cougars. The forest is the scene of one of nature's most impressive migrations;

The salmon run draws carnivores such as bears and wolves to the river bank, where they gorge on the migrating fish.

Well, researchers know dogs can be sneaky. In one experiment, dogs were instructed not to take food from boxes, a few

of which were rigged with noisy bells. Yet when a researcher wasn't looking, the dogs would steal a meal,

and would deliberately avoid the boxes with bells to avoid detection. The evidence gathered so far suggests that many clever animals are capable of deception,

In Cairns, Australia, the local master plan embraces tropical urbanism that conveys a sense of place through landscaping features,

dog owners who fail to clean up after their dogs can face hefty fines. Ours is not the only species that goes out of its way to avoid exposure to disgusting things like excrement,

or some dog waste on the sole of your shoe. It probably won't make them smell of roses though.

Why wet dogs are a Mars rover's best frienda Golden Labrador shaking itself dry may sound like a mundane topic for a film.

and the dog oe both are found across much of the world and in wet and cold environments.

and camera equipment oe perhaps hardly surprising following Dickerson's findings that dogs can get rid of 70%of the water on their fur in just four seconds.

But shaking dogs may also have a practical application. Dickerson has used his insights to create a"wet dog simulator Â;

a rotating device that looks at the speed wet brushes need to spin to rid themselves of water.

So, perhaps in the not too distant future, Mars rovers will shake their circuits in a similar way to a dog emerging from a pond.

In fact, a surprising amount of wildlife now depends on the human-made environment, from the clouds of huge Sydney fruit bats to London's wily foxes,

-and-ambush strategy oe gazelle do not follow hyena, despite the fact that more gazelle die from predation by hyenas than by cheetahs or lions.

While it isn't only the juveniles who follow their predators oe adults do it too oe the younger gazelle face a much higher risk.

Meanwhile, we've been artificially boosting the populations of certain select species, such as cows, dogs, rice, maize and chickens oe most

Even though the carcass had been visited by jackals, hyenas, vultures, and was under the control of lions by the fourth day,

Likewise, there are plenty of dogs in Britain, whereas the wolf was eliminated from the island state by the 18th century.

In fact, more than 90%of the weight of all the land vertebrates is made now up of humans

From dogs to cows, scientists rushed to clone a menagerie of animals using Wilmut's technique, known as somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT.

oewhat do you call dog and tiger? oei call them dog and tiger. oepencil and brush?

oeoh, theres a word for that. oeairplane and train? oei feel embarrassed I dont know. oeyou have a lot of loss of memory,

#Sharks and Wolves: Prey Interactions Similar On land and in Oceans major predators help control the populations of their prey

which examined the interactions between wolves and elk in the United states, as well as sharks and dugongs in Australia.

and an international expert in the study of large predators such as wolves and cougars. oewere now finding that there are many more similarities between marine and terrestrial ecosystems than weve realized,

what has been learned about wolf and elk interaction in Yellowstone national park in the U s. to the interplay of tiger sharks and dugongs in Shark Bay, Australia.

In studies with elk, scientists have found that the presence of wolves alters their behavior almost constantly,

or hyenas when their physical condition is good. A more frequent information exchange between terrestrial and marine ecologists could provide additional insights into ecosystem function

4. Coyotes for eating cows, sheep and other livestock, and preying on household pets in suburban areas;

He initially thought the animal was a dog and oewas wondering, what is this dog doing?

he said. oeand when it came out from the grass, that was a surprise. The animal has all the markings of a Thomsons gazelle. oei would say its a younger female,

These may look like a bulldog but its all due to deformities, just like in human beings, he explained. via Arbroath Share Thissubscribedel. icio. usfacebookredditstumbleupontechnorati n

Under Mathiles direction, Iams became a world leader in premium dog and cat nutrition. In 1999, the Mathile family sold Iams to Procter & gamble for $2. 3 billion.

Despite this, the Conservatives have decided to axe the watchdog that was set up a decade ago to regulate the junk-food companies.

since a restaurant moved off the premises. oethis used to be a hot dog place called Whats Up Dog

says Pierre Werner, Dr. Reefer himself. oewhen Whats Up Dog closed, I moved in the very next day,

US watchdog the Food and Drug Administration is currently considering whether the GM Atlantic salmon, called Aquadvantage, is safe to eat.

Who says that orangutans and tigers, dogs and deer, cats and birds cant all be friends somehow?

when she became the only hen to survive a fox attack on her farm in Suffolk, England,

The two resident dogs at Knowsley Safari Park where Mi-Lu was born Geoffrey and Kipper stepped in to help raise him,

When this baby chihuahua lost his mother right after she gave birth the staff at Arizonas Halo Animal Rescue had the impossible job of trying to find another nursing dog to take over and with no dogs available,

they turned to the next best thing: a cat. The feline was already nursing four kittens that were about the same size as the puppy,

so rescue workers introduced the chihuahua into the litter. A week later, the dog was doing well,

gaining weight, and nearly ready to be adopted. This mama cat had an even more unusual nursing applicant:

dogs bark and the muezzin leads the call to prayer. In front of the hut, the mother is cooking maize porridge over an open fire,

white dog or simply white whiskey is the liquor of the moment, bringing together whiskey geeks, home distillers and high-end mixologists, all of

None of the luxury-tinged language that surrounds its grown-up siblings, like bourbon or scotch, applies to the dog.

Kentuckys Buffalo Trace (one of the oldest and most admired distillers in the U s.)makes White Dog,

and appointed a watchdog for the IPCC. The Interacademy Council a coalition of 15 national academies of science, will review the work of the IPCC by this fall.

In 1883, a German physiologist named Max Rubner measured the heat output of some dogs ranging from a few pounds to nearly seventy.

He plotted these numbers to show that the dogs metabolic rates were proportional to their mass with an exponent of 2/3 just like the geometry of an imaginary spherical beast would suggest.

Local residents said that even dogs were afraid to approach the bizarre animal. The locals burned the body of the little goat

The wolf s knocking at the door.##Mr. Azevedo also said that retailers should do their part by lowering their markup on organic milk

It also plans to sell a line of yogurt mixed with vegetables for dogs. For us to provide ourselves with enough security and enough milk

and Financial times columnist Martin Wolf, and leading them in discussion of matters ranging from global financial imbalances to the war in Afghanistan.

Some animals that are afflicted sometimes include cows, snakes, lizards, turtles, dogs, cats and chickens. This past week, a two-headed pig with one eye, was born on Xiao Jintu s pig farm,

a golden retriever in Kansas who adopted 3 white Bengal tiger cubs and nursed them as her own.

and their dog Isabella stepped right up...2.)Rhodesian ridgeback dog, adopted an abandoned potbellied piglet in Aug 2009.

Katjinga s owner, Roland Adam, found the piggy alone and cold and brought it to his 8-year-old dog...

3.)Pixie still had milk after giving birth to her 1st litter of pups few months earlier,

This female dog eagerly adopted the elk and started breastfeeding and guarding him...5.)Chia, a Pomeranian in Emporia, Kan.

Allow 4 abandoned kitties nurse from her in Aug 2000. Chia, who had a 2-week-old puppy of her own at the time,

Nothing say the fall season is here#quite like a frisky Bulldog running through a pumpkin patch...

while also asking national watchdogs like the UKS Food Standards Agency to investigate the issue.

In addition to the research project, the EU is also asking national watchdogs including the UK Foods Standards Agency to investigate current insect-eating habits to decide which,

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#Glass of milk can contain a cocktail of up to 20 chemicals Scientists found a host of chemicals used to treat illnesses in animals and people in samples of cow, goat and human breast milk.

The trend has become so popular a company online even sells feather extensions for dogs.

In fact most dogs are able to display a high degree of perception from being immersed in the communication of their owners.

and the dog begins#..#The bomb-shelter hotel is a big hit among survivalists...Theres nothing quite like freshly grown toad straight from the garden...

Dogs see limited color, but apparently their owners dont like buying dull, gray chow. Now, federal regulators are reexamining artificial ingredients they have deemed long to be prompted safe

by scientific studies suggesting that color additives might be linked to hyperactivity in children and other health effects.

the ingredient theobromine is dangerous to dogs and cats. Most of us love our furry friends and it is vital you keep your favorite treats away from them.

Some dogs were born to dance...Oh honey, quick! Get the camera!..I think Ill sleep here...

The monkeys daily diet consists of dried chow pellets, with about one-third of the calories coming from fat, similar to a typical American diet,

#Why Chocolate Is Bad For Dogs Chocolate and dogs do not mix. To most of us, chocolate is a delicious substance.

To dogs, chocolate is also delicious, but potentially lethal. Chocolate contains theobromine, a naturally occurring stimulant found in the cocoa bean.

It affects the central nervous system as well as heart muscle. Its the theobromine that is poisonous to dogs in sufficient quantities.

But it takes, on average, a fairly large amount of theobromine to cause a toxic reaction#For more specific figures,

50 mg/oz So, the general rules for the amount of chocolate that will be toxic for a dog:

one ounce per pound of body weight (so, without intervention, a 16 pound dog (7. 2 kg) would likely die from eating one pound of milk chocolate) Dark chocolate:

1/3 of an ounce per pound of body weight (around 5 ounces of dark chocolate for that same 16 pound dog) Bakers chocolate:

1/9 of an ounce per pound of body weight (around 1. 8 ounces of bakers chocolate for a 16 pound dog) Cocoa powder:

1/16 of an ounce per pound of dog (around 1 ounce of cocoa powder to kill a 16 pound dog) On the other extreme end,

it would take about 200 pounds of white chocolate consumed within a 17 hour period to reach toxic levels of theobromine for a 16 pound dog.

the species they ll be working with would include the maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus; jaguar (Panthera onca;

bush dog (Speothos venaticus; Brazilian aardvark, also known locally as coati (Nasua nasua; collared anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla;

as it s known, this time with pointers on the elaborate etiquette of interacting with customers.

I don t know anyone who keeps a stuffed dog in place of a real one! But if we realize that all of plant biology arises from the evolutionary constriction of the rootedness#that keep plants immobile,

or your spouse is allergic to dogs#you can t always have a pet around to improve your mental health.

If you re going to chow down on popcorn, though, make sure it s the healthy kind;

Never play with a tennis ball after its been in the mouth of a St bernard...Look, you have a great personality,

Aqua boy and his dog. Without gills, the dog is a somewhat reluctant follower!..The dangers of skateboarding!

Looks like they re going to need a bigger helmet!..Pegasus does exist!..Putin going down for the count,

Dogs have a wider field of vision than humans but cannot see as far in front of them as we can.

scientist have used SCNT to clone other mammals including cat, dog, deer, horse, mule, ox, rabbit and rat.

#That s good news for those that have turned already to cloning to create a small pack ofsuper sniffing inspector dogs at airports,

When these kinds of systems have been built for dog training or dog containment in the past, they simply had a shock,

#Coordination with schools and literacy efforts Several libraries and schools have programs where children read to dogs,

such as the Fairfax Community Library s#oeread To A Dog#Program and the therapy dogs at the Princeton Public library.

D c.,says he started cooking food for Toffee, his 10-year old mixed Boykin spaniel,

The recipe was created by Michael Fox, former vice president of the Humane Society of the U s. and the author of more than 40 books on animal care, behavior and bioethics.

organic foods that are biologically appropriate for the species. Food for Dogs is different from Dog food it s human food quality,

but with less grains, Fox writes on his website, where he offers the dog food recipe, plus organic and GMO-free prepared pet food products.

Many people assume that the mostbiologically appropriate food for dogs is meat, but it s more complicated than that.

Domestic dogs evolved from wolves, who are carnivores, but recent research published in the journal Science shows that as domesticated dogs evolved along with people,

they became omnivores. As people began to settle down and farm dogs came along for the free food.

And it was rarely meat it was scraps of grains and vegetable waste on the dump heaps.

Dogs that developed the ability to digest starch had an advantage, researchers say. Cats are another story they are dedicated carnivores,

some pet owners worry our dogs and cats who eat commercial pet food might also be gaining too much weight from the grains in it.

According to Fox, sales of grain-free pet foods jumped some 28 percent between 2011 and 2012 to $1. 4 billion for dog food,

For example, dogs can only handle a certain amount of Vitamin d, or they can develop renal and urinary problems from hypercalcimia.

While it s a lot of work to do it right, many owners who cook for their dogs say the proof is in the poop.

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and her husband have named an English bulldog Winston, and she s editorial director at Bibliolabs, a small tech start-up that designs easy-to-navigate e-book lending websites for public libraries.

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and have nothing more in common with domesticated dogs than guinea pigs do with true pigs. The call of the prairie dog is thought to sound like the bark of a dog

but given its small size the tone of its bark only matches that of the smallest true dogs.

With wingspans reaching up to about 4. 5 feet (1. 4 meters) wide these animals can grow to be as large as a fox.

But they are not foxes at all they are the largest and least studied bats in the world.

Their brownish-red fur resembles that of a fox but aside from that these tree-dwelling fruit-eating mammals have little in common with their namesakes. m

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Until now there was only circumstantial evidence of Mesolithic hunter-gatherer ownership of domestic animals other than dogs in continental Europe.

Mesolithic hunter-gatherers definitely had dogs but they did not practice agriculture and did not have pigs sheep goats or cows all of

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#Anti-Science Riders Lurk in Pending Farm bill (Op-Ed) Celia Wexler is a senior Washington representative for the Scientific Integrity Initiative at UCS.

But for mysterious reasons grapes can be deadly for dogs. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â

or raisins can cause fatal kidney failure in some dogs. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ASPCA first noticed the danger in 1999.

Dogs that eat grapes will often vomit usually within a few hours. They may also suffer from diarrhea abdominal pain lethargy

or not at all due to the effects the grapes have on dogs'kidneys. Even a small amount of the fruit can cause a serious reaction

so dogs need immediate treatment if they ingest grapes. If you know your dog has eaten grapes

or raisins and the animal has thrown not yet up induce vomiting using hydrogen peroxide. Ask your vet about the proper procedure.

Whether or not your dog vomits immediately take it to the vet's office where additional treatments may include activated charcoal to absorb the toxin IV fluid treatment and dialysis.

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or size of dog but vets still don't know why certain dogs seem to have no reaction at all.

#Are Pigs as Smart as Dogs, and Does It Really Matter?(Op-Ed) Marc Bekoff emeritus professor at the University of Colorado Boulder is one of the world's pioneering cognitive ethologists a Guggenheim Fellow and cofounder with Jane Goodall of Ethologists for the Ethical

With the catchy title Pigs smart as dogs? Activists pose the question it attracted almost 2000 comments as of this writing.

but comparing dogs to cats or dogs to pigs says little of importance. I always stress that intelligence is a slippery concept

which to make the claim that dogs for example are emotionally more complex than pigs or other food animals.

Thus the claim that it's okay to slaughter pigs for example rather than dogs because dogs would suffer more is misleading and vacuous

and there are no data to support that conclusion. All of these mammals and all other mammals are sentient beings who share the same neural architecture underlying their emotional lives

Would you do it to your dog? Mr. Crary's essay does raise some important points that are worth noting.

and the second by Melanie Joy called Why We Love Dogs Eat Pigs and Wear Cows (Conari Press 2011).

if they would do something to a dog that would cause them prolonged and intense pain

More of the author's essays are available in Why Dogs Hump and Bees Get Depressed (New world Library 2013).

These dogs were trained like to kill; trained to hurt and viciously attack people she said.

But do pit bulls deserve their reputation as vicious attack dogs? An overwhelming amount of evidence suggests they do.

and Reconstructive Surgery found that almost 51 percent of the attacks were from pit bulls almost 9 percent were from Rottweilers

In other words a whopping two-thirds of the hospital's dog-attack injuries involved just two breeds pit bulls and Rottweilers.

and Pathology revealed that pit bulls Rottweilers and German shepherds were responsible for the majority of fatal dog attacks in the state of Kentucky.

See What Your Dog's Breed Says About You And a 2011 study from the Annals of Surgery revealed that attacks by pit bulls are associated with higher morbidity rates higher hospital charges

and a higher risk of death than are attacks by other breeds of dogs. The authors of that 2011 study go on to say Strict regulation of pit bulls may substantially reduce the U s. mortality rates related to dog bites.

Pit bulls and the law Some states and cities have acted on the research: The state of Maryland has determined that pit bulls are inherently dangerous and all owners are liable for any injuries they cause according to the Baltimore sun. Even the U s army has acknowledged that pit bulls are high-risk dogs;

they are prohibited therefore in some military housing units. Pit bulls join several other breeds on the list of dogs that are recognized as more likely to attack

and cause significant injury: The Centeres for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed data and found the following breeds are implicated in a majority of dog-bite fatalities:

Rottweilers generally rank a distant second. Paying the price for pit bulls As a result of the overwhelming evidence against pit bulls home owners and landlords often must pay significantly higher insurance premiums

Dog bite Incidents Fans of pit bulls are quick to assert that a dog's propensity for attack depends in large part on its owner

and other high-risk dogs are themselves high-risk people. A 2006 study from the Journal of Interpersonal Violence revealed that owners of vicious dogs were significantly more likely to have criminal convictions for aggressive crimes drugs alcohol domestic violence crimes involving children and firearms.

These findings were confirmed in a 2009 report published in the Journal of Forensic Sciences. The authors of that report wrote Vicious dog owners reported significantly more criminal behaviors than other dog owners

and they were ranked higher in sensation seeking and primary psychopathy. And a 2011 study also in the Journal of Forensic Sciences found that vicious dog owners reported significantly higher criminal thinking entitlement sentimentality and super-optimism tendencies.

Vicious dog owners were arrested engaged in physical fights and used marijuana significantly more than other dog owners.

What exactly is a'pit bull'?'The term pit bull is a general term encompassing three distinct though related breeds:

and attacking large animals like wild boar for herding livestock and for pit fighting. There's a myth that pit bulls have locking jaws that seize up when biting.

and like most dogs will hold onto their prey after biting it there is no evidence that a pit bull's jaws are anatomically different from those of other breeds.

Even fans of pit bulls acknowledge the breed is different from other dogs. I tell people right off the bat

if you want a dog-park-type dog a dog you can just run off-leash please do not get a pit bull Ami Ciontos founder

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Those remaining are introduced full of nasty predators like foxes and cats and invaded by weeds. Much work has been done to identify

From Wolf and Sturgeon to Hunter and Harvest full moons are named for the month or season in which they rise.

#Can Farmers Cry Wolf and then Pocket the Cash?(Op-Ed) Wayne Pacelle is the president and chief executive officer of The Humane Society of the United states (HSUS.

and Keep Michigan Wolves Protected four-fifths of the livestock killed by wolves in the western management unit (96 animals out of 120) come from this one farm.

Even though state law already allows the killing of individual wolves threatening livestock or pets the state senator from this region has shepherded two bills through the Michigan legislature to allow trophy hunting of gray wolves right after they were Gray wolf May Lose Endangered Species Status. There are only about 650 wolves in the entire state

and that number is down from the wolf census two years ago. There are only about 650 wolves in the entire state

and that number is down from the wolf census two years ago. There were 11 farms that reported wolf problems in the western region of the Upper Peninsula with most of them having only a single incident.

In an investigation conducted this past winter the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) found that the owner of that one farm John Koski did not live on the farm

and did not provide proper care for his cattle failing even to remove dead animals allowing their carcasses to attract predators.

The state provided three guard donkeys to him for free yet DNR officials found two of them dead

and trapping wolves for trophies and for their pelts used Koski as a poster child for their hunt citing enormous losses from wolves.

What they didn't tell people was that the vast majority of all incidents involving wolves occurred on one farm

which was clearly exhibiting the worst management practices and inviting predators or other animals onto the farm by leaving rotting animal carcasses around.

It essentially amounts to a wolf-baiting situation and then crying crocodile tears when the wolves show up for a free meal.

The people who want to kill wolves don't want to admit that their agenda is driven by an irrational hatred and a lack of understanding of wolves.

They try to dress up their policy goal of wolf-killing in socially beneficial terms. Specifically they say the hunt will protect farmers.

The fact is the state already allows the killing of problem wolves. And the state provides free tools to farmers having wolf conflicts

and compensates them for the very infrequent losses that occur. Random killing of wolves in the forests and wilderness won't do a thing to further mitigate the remote likelihood of a wolf incident.

Sound animal husbandry practices are the solution. Wolves are an economic and ecological boon to the state driving wildlife-oriented tourism

and keeping prey populations in balance thereby reducing crop losses and automobile collisions involving deer.

That's why The HSUS urges all Michiganders to support two referenda one to nullify the wolf trophy hunting season set to start in November

and the other to restore the rights of voters to have a say on wildlife management policies

This article was adapted from'Crying Wolf and Pocketing the Cash which first appeared as on the HSUS blog A Humane Nation.