Saturday, September 6, 2008

Animals/Pets News

Animals/Pets News

  • In this March 29, 2008 file photo provided by Gordon Haber, a wolf with a trapper's snare deeply embedded in its neck as it walks along a railroad track in Denali National Park, Alaska. After the snare was removed and the wound treated, the wolf rejoined a smaller wolf and appears to be recovering. (AP Photo/Gordan Haber)
    Environmentalists can't corral Palin AP - Thu Sep 4, 12:42 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - At the National Governors Association conference where she first met John McCain, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had other business: making her case to Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne against classifying the polar bear as a threatened species.

  • Activists portraying Japanese fishermen spear
    Activists stage dolphin die-in at Japanese embassy in US AFP - Wed Sep 3, 4:25 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Environmental and animal rights activists dressed as dolphins Wednesday staged a die-in in Washington to protest what they called the "horrific butchering" of thousands of dolphins by Japanese fishermen every year.

  • Two giant pandas enjoy a stick of bamboo at a zoo in Beijing in May 2008. Officials at Taiwan's biggest zoo said Wednesday they hoped to welcome a pair of giant pandas from rival China as early as November, a move expected to draw millions of tourists to the capital.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)
    Taiwan zoo hopes to welcome China pandas in November AFP - Wed Sep 3, 1:31 PM ET

    TAIPEI (AFP) - Officials at Taiwan's biggest zoo said Wednesday they hoped to welcome a pair of giant pandas from rival China as early as November, a move expected to draw millions of tourists to the capital.

  • A Grenadier Guard at Windsor Castle, in Windsor, England, one of the Queen's official residences, on this Thursday Oct. 6, 2005 photo.The British military says it will meet with animal rights activists over the royal guards' use of bearskin hats. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) opposes the use of bearskins to make the hats, aying that killing Canadian black bears to make the headgear is cruel. It has urged the British military to come up with an artificial alternative and the Ministry of Defense says it is open to using synthetic materials but has yet to find a high-quality, weather-resistant replacement for the fur. Five army regiments wear the 18-inch (45 centimeter) black hats during ceremonial duties at royal sites. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
    UK army to consider alternatives to bearskin hats AP - Tue Sep 2, 6:50 PM ET

    LONDON - After meeting with animal rights activists, the British military said Tuesday that it will study alternative materials to replace the bearskin hats worn by the soldiers who guard Buckingham Palace.

  • Dead For Years, Ferrets Finally Become Fathers LiveScience.com - Tue Sep 2, 2:51 PM ET

    Black-footed ferrets at the Smithsonian's National Zoo have birthed two kits sired by males who died in 1999 and 2000.

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