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20 critically endangered vultures bred in captivity ready for release in tiger reserves

Staff ReporterJuly 9, 20247 min

Twenty critically endangered vultures—10 long-billed, the rest white-rumped—bred in captivity at a conservation facility in Haryana are set to be released into the wild at two tiger reserves in Maharashtra, the website News18.com reported. “This is the first such release of captive-bred, critically endangered vultures in Maharashtra,” the report quoted Kishor Rithe, director, Bombay Natural History Society, as saying. “We brought 20 birds from the Vulture Conservation Breeding and Research Centre at Pinjore, Haryana, early...

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Nearly half of Australian owners let their pets in bed with them; do you?

Staff ReporterJuly 8, 20245 min

Pet owners are divided into two categories: those who let their furry friends share their bed and those who don’t. Then there is the third, smaller category, of those who used to let their pets sleep in their bed once upon a time. While no research on this subject has yet been conducted in India, in Australia, the trend of pets sleeping on or in their owner’s bed is on the rise, according to a...

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Heather Pasquale is Royal Canin’s new U.S. vet business unit head

Staff ReporterJuly 8, 20244 min

Royal Canin, a billion-dollar brand of pet care and human snacks conglomerate Mars, Inc, has named Heather Pasquale general manager of the U.S. veterinary business unit for Royal Canin North America, effective July 1. Pasquale succeeds Jean-Lin Pelatan, who was named general manager, global business-to-business platform, at the Royal Canin global headquarters in Aimargues, France. Pasquale, who will also serve as a member of the Royal Canin North America leadership team, will be responsible for...

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Rare dragonflies thrive at U.K.’s Wicken Fen nature ‘hot spot’

Staff ReporterJuly 4, 20244 min

A low, flat wetland near Ely in Cambridgeshire, eastern England, has been named the U.K.’s 23rd dragonfly hot spot by the British Dragonfly Society, the BBC reported. Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve is also the first National Trust reserve to be named a dragonfly hot spot. In May, the reserve marked 125 years of being cared for by the trust. It has been recognized for its continuing conservation efforts to create ideal conditions for the...

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Greyhound toll rises in U.K. for first time since records began

Staff ReporterJuly 3, 20244 min

The greyhound toll at racetracks in the U.K. rose last year for the first time since records began to be kept seven years ago, leading to renewed calls to ban the alleged sport, The Independent newspaper reported. A total of 109 dogs died at the U.K.’s 20 official tracks, the paper said, quoting statistics from the Greyhound Board of Great Britain. An additional 427, or 7.2% of the known racing population, died away from the...

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459 animals find homes at Florida mega pet adoption event

Staff ReporterJuly 1, 20244 min

A total of 459 animals were adopted and are now at what, hopefully, will be their forever homes at a two-day “mega pet adoption” event in downtown Jacksonville, Florida, USA, on Friday and Saturday, according to a report on FirstCoastNews.com. Eleven shelters collaborated for the event, bringing animals from across northeast Florida to the Petco Love ‘Mega Pet Adoption’ camp at the Jacksonville Fairgrounds, the first time in nearly five years the event was held....

Curious Tales Wild & Wonderful

Monkey, 3 birds, including Schedule 1 species, rescued from Pune slum

Staff ReporterJune 27, 20243 min

Four animals, including a monkey and a bird that is protected under Schedule 1 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, were rescued from a slum in Pune city of Maharashtra in a joint operation by the state’s Forest Department, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals – India, and RESQ Charitable Trust, the website Newstrack reported. The monkey was chained, and the birds were kept in small cages nearby. The animals have been admitted...

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Animal welfare group launches ‘Bring Love Home’ campaign to boost adoptions

Staff ReporterJune 27, 20246 min

Best Friends Animal Society, an animal welfare organization working to end by next year the killing of dogs and cats in American shelters, has unveiled its “most ambitious campaign”, ‘Bring Love Home’. The campaign aims to inspire pet lovers across the country to adopt pets by emphasizing all the positive contributions that rescued pets bring to homes, “at a time when Americans need love, comfort, fun, and zoomies more than ever”, the organization said in...

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Royal Canin to serve smaller packs of pet food in India

Staff ReporterJune 26, 20245 min

France-based pet food manufacturer and supplier Royal Canin, which opened a high-end packaging plant at a cost of about Rs100 crore in Bhiwandi near Bombay in April, aims to deliver smaller packages targeted at Indian consumers, a report in The Hindu Businessline newspaper said. Satinder Singh, managing director of Royal Canin (India), told the paper that Indian consumers prefer to buy pet food in smaller packs. “About 85% of packs (sold here) are less than...

Grounded Wild & Wonderful

Iberian lynx makes a comeback from brink of extinction

Staff ReporterJune 26, 20246 min

The Iberian lynx, once the world’s most endangered cat, has made a remarkable recovery from the brink of extinction, thanks to extensive and coordinated conservation efforts in Spain and Portugal, The Associated Press reported. In the early 2000s, the population of the lynx, scientific name Lynx pardinus, had dwindled to 62 mature individuals in the wild. Habitat loss, a precipitous decline in the population of European rabbits, their primary prey, from disease, and expanding human...

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