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Mother and son deny animal cruelty charges Boston Globe - United States JOHNSBURY, Vt.—A mother and son have pleaded not guilty to 20 charges of animal cruelty stemming from the discovery of dozens of dead and dying animals in ... See all stories on this topic

State trooper testifIes at Nova Scotia man's murder trial that ... The Canadian Press - PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. PLATTSBURGH, NY — A New York State trooper has told the murder trial of a Nova Scotia man that it's unusual for anyone to be attacked by an animal in the ... See all stories on this topic

Research: Unique animal species can survive in space Xinhua - China 9 (Xinhua) -- Water bears are the first animals in the world to have survived exposure to the vacuum and radiation of space, according to a report published ... See all stories on this topic

LA's no-kill shelter policy allegedly harm animals San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA AP Union representatives for Los Angeles shelter workers claim city Animal Services chief Ed Boks and assistant general manager Linda Barth are leaving the ... See all stories on this topic

Los Angeles animal shelter workers turn to council in bid to oust ... Los Angeles Times - CA,USA Some of the workers at Los Angeles animal shelters want general manager Ed Boks to be dismissed. Times Staff Writer Carla Hall reports: Union ... See all stories on this topic

Animal Rescue Operations Underway in Flooded Bihar, India MarketWatch - USA IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare -- www.ifaw.org) deployed an Emergency Relief team to the impacted area and has since treated and fed over 6000 ... See all stories on this topic

Plans for new animal shelter run out of time Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA DeKalb County Chief Executive Officer Vernon Jones has abandoned his plans for a new animal shelter on Memorial Drive. Jones had proposed a $6 million ... See all stories on this topic

Fines over animal feeder deaths BBC News - UK Two Lanarkshire companies have been fined a total of £63750 after two men were killed while cleaning an animal feeder which started up unexpectedly. ... See all stories on this topic

Online dating new tool for zoos with rare species The Associated Press - They're practically taking the place of Mother Nature in the not-so wild world of captive animal breeding. Now, new software is going to the Web, ... See all stories on this topic

Pit bulls maul SeaTac woman Seattle Times - United States He said the investigation is being handled by King County Animal Care and Control but identified the dogs' owner as a 36-year-old man. ... See all stories on this topic

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6-Legged Bull By P&A News ... village for 800 yuan ($117), and as it grew up the two back legs became more and more obvious. “Every day people come to visit the bull to see it for themselves.” Source: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2991107.html?menu. Pet and Animal News - http://www.cerosllc.com/

Neanderthals Battled Woolly Mammoths By Jennifer Viegas Part of the existing tip is broken off, which experiments indicate happened as it made impact with the animal. Neanderthals must have been extremely tough individuals, fighting head to head with not only woolly mammoths but also with ... Discovery News: Born Animal - http://blogs.discovery.com/news_animal/

Unique animal species can survive in space Water bears (tardigrades) are the first animals in the world to have survived exposure to the vacuum and radiation of space. This has been established by Ingemar Jönsson, a researcher at Kristianstad University in Sweden. Biology News Net - Biology - http://www.biologynews.net/

Shelby County to destroy 23 pit bulls allegedly trained for dog ... By firedrake13 Dalton, 34, will be destroyed this morning by a veterinarian after Dalton failed to pay almost $3000 for the care of the dogs and a judge Monday turned their fate over to animal control officers, who have already ruled out the ... Pit Bull Chat Forum - Pit Bulls... - http://www.pitbull-chat.com

Fired researcher alleges animal cruelty in suit against Sparks ... A scientist hired last year to do research at a Sparks animal testing facility filed suit Monday against the company, claiming he was fired because of his age and because he opposed what he said was the "cruel and inhumane mistreatment" ... Animal Concerns News Service - http://www.animalconcerns.org