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.
Web privacy rules turn poachers into gamekeepers
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – When you ‘like’ something on Facebook or read an online newspaper, perhaps a dozen or more companies are squirreling away data on your tastes, your habits, whether you’re male or female, old or young, gay or straight. They mean no harm. They just want to give you, the customer, exactly what you…
‘Miracle turtle’ released as crowd cheers in Fla. (AP)
JUNO BEACH, Fla. – A badly injured sea turtle that underwent a year of rehabilitation and innovative surgeries was released Wednesday by caretakers hoping he finds a mate and helps his endangered species prosper. Andre, as the 177-pound green sea turtle is known, crawled into the water and swam out of sight before a crowd…
Threatened snow leopards found in Afghanistan (AP)
BANGKOK – A healthy population of snow leopards, elusive big cats threatened across their homes in the mountain ranges of Central Asia, has been found in one of the few peaceful areas of Afghanistan, a wildlife group said. Camera traps documented the secretive, usually solitary animals at 16 different locations across the Wakhan Corridor, a…
Trapped Killer Whales Free Themselves
The killer whales trapped under ice near a remote Quebec village reached safety today after the floes shifted on Hudson Bay, according to the mayor’s office in Inukjuak.
Water opened up around the area where the orcas had been coming up for air and th…
Taiwan to tighten laws banning shark fin hunting (AFP)
TAIPEI (AFP) – Taiwan, one of the world’s major shark catchers, announced plans on Sunday to tighten measures against hunting the ocean predator for its fin, the island’s top fisheries official said Sunday. Taiwan fishermen are already barred from tossing sharks back into the water to die after slicing off the fin — a delicacy…
Man mauled by Bronx Zoo tiger pleads not guilty to trespassing
(Reuters) – A man who was mauled after leaping into a Siberian tiger’s den at the Bronx Zoo in September pleaded not guilty to criminal trespassing charges on Friday.
David Villalobos, 25, jumped off of the zoo’s elevated monorail and into the tiger e…
Official: Suspension unrelated to polar bear paper (AP)
JUNEAU, Alaska – The recent suspension of Alaska wildlife biologist Charles Monnett is unrelated both to an article that he wrote about presumably drowned Arctic polar bears and to his scientific work, a federal official said Friday. The director of the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Enforcement and Regulation, told agency staff in Alaska…
Human Body Language Can Mislead Dogs
By Stephanie Pappas | LiveScience.com – 31 mins ago Want to trick a dog? It’s all in the body language, a new study finds. When given a choice between a big serving of food and a small one, dogs almost always go for the bigger option. But when a person makes a fuss over the small amount,…
Mom, Dad, Can I Have A Puppy?
Sooner or later, each parent is probably going to hear: Please, could I get a puppy?” Dodging the question here would not be the correct response, we grownups ought to sincerely think about whether our family is prepared for a pet adoption, says Sharon port, senior VP of education and coaching for information Learning Corporation,…