Effective Flea and Tick Control: Protect Your Pet from Infestations and Diseases
Protect your pets from hidden threats like fleas and ticks. Discover where these pests hide and how effective treatments can break their life cycle.
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Detroit Tigers’ ace Verlander no threat to baseball video gamers
By Larry Fine | Reuters – 24 mins ago (Reuters) – Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander is eager for his Opening Day assignment on Thursday, while video gamers were already in action with Wednesday’s launch of Major League Baseball 2K12’s $1 Million Perfect Game Challenge. Verlander, who was 24-5 last season for the American League Central Division…
Federal government and Wyoming strike deal to cull wolves (Reuters)
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – For the first time in decades, wolves in Wyoming would be stripped of Endangered Species Act protections and could be hunted under a deal struck on Wednesday between the state and the federal government. The deal comes after years of legal battles among the state, the federal government and conservation groups…
A Comparison of Recent Presidential Vacation Time (ContributorNetwork)
Presidential vacations are typically a working retreat and often draw a lot of attention from the press. The location, length and cost of traveling American presidents commonly garner even more headlines during an election year. This week, President Barack Obama spent the afternoon with his family on the beach in Hawaii released green sea turtles…
Book Talk: Mary M. Mitchell goes to the dogs with a friend
LONDON (Reuters) – Etiquette expert and Reuters columnist Mary M. Mitchell found that using a dog as an intermediary helped to take the sting out of tricky discussions with a treasured friend.
Mitchell created an email personality for her French bulld…
Meet Bo, the First Dog
The Obamas welcome Bo, a six-month old Portuguese water dog and a gift from
Senator and Mrs. Kennedy to Sasha and Malia, recently at the White House.
Six reasons not to eat tuna (Y! Green)
By Mickey Z., Planet Green Five of the eight species of tuna would not be in danger of extinction (according to the latest Red List of Threatened Species, compiled by the Swiss-based International Union for the Conservation of Nature) if humans didn’t kill and eat them. Thus, in that spirit, I present … six reasons…
Four bald eaglets hatched in Maine in rare occurrence (Reuters)
BOSTON (Reuters) – A pair of bald eagles in Maine did more than their part to distance themselves from the endangered species list in a rare quadruple hatching of four eaglets, wildlife officials said on Thursday. “Four eagles in one nest is quite a crowd,” state wildlife biologist Kendall Marden said, calling the hatching of…
Wind shift may have freed whales trapped off Quebec
(Reuters) – A group of killer whales trapped under the ice of Hudson Bay and taking turns breathing from a small hole may have been freed by a shift in the winds, Canadian media reported on Thursday.
The 11 whales, who sometimes appeared to be panicki…
Record number of ivory seizures in 2011: WWF (Reuters)
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A record number of large scale ivory seizures will be recorded globally in 2011, pointing to a surge in elephant poaching in Africa to meet Asian demand for tusks for use in jewelry and ornaments, a monitoring group said Thursday. TRAFFIC, a conservation group which tracks trends in wildlife trading, said there…