Animals
Dolphin Shows Coming to an End in India
We agree it is worth enjoying dolphin performances in the pool. But using dolphins as entertainers will come to a skidding end in India. The India government has decided to ban dolphin shows, a noble move intended to protect the smart creature. Late last week, the Ministry of the Environment and Forests in India issued a statement banning “any person/persons, organizations, government ...
Mozambique Wildlife Reserve Will Have No More Rhinos, Thanks to Poachers
Visitors to the wildlife reserve in Mozambique would miss seeing rhinos wandering about the forest. The country’s remaining 15 rhinos were found slaughtered by poachers and devoid of their horns. Rhinos come under the endangered species, and on the grounds of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, a wildlife reserve along Mozambique's southern border, these majestic animals numbered in the hundreds just ...
EC Bans Pesticides Harmful to Bees
Pesticides that harm bees are on the way out. The European Commission has decided to ban such chemicals that are killing the bees. The move comes following realization that the bee population is on the decline over the past years. The Commission had some time ago presented a proposal slap a ban order on neonicotinoid pesticides such as lothianidin, imidacloprid and ...
Giant African Snails Invading Florida
Did you know Florida is under the threat of Giant African Snail? The seed to the outbreak is believed to have originated from the Dominican Republic or Jamaica. The climatic condition in Florida is a warm bed for the invasive snails. The Giant African Snail is an exception from the other types of snails as they feed on plant parts rather ...
Ants Have the Ability to Sense Earth Quakes
Ants’ diligent behavior has enthused many, but that doesn’t mean they are always welcome to our premises. Some of them intervene in our daily life activities, while some others have a bad name for causing trouble in habitual spaces. Researcher Gabriele Berberich of the University Duisburg-Essen in Germany has been following red wood ants for quiet some time. And she has ...
Panda Poo to Generate Electric Power in French Zoo
There are only as few as about 1900 pandas remaining on Planet Earth. Among them around 1600 live in natural habitats of China and almost 300 other are fostered in captivation, a majority in Chinese Zoos. Among the zoo dwellers, 15 of them are residing in foreign zoos transferred from China to other countries as the part of their Panda ...
Wildlife Smugglers Watch Out! Sniffer Dogs on the Prowl [Video]
The US Fish and Welfare Service has introduced a new project to stop the illegal smuggling of rhino horns, elephant ivory, snake skins and the like. The authorities have trained four dogs to sniff out elephant ivory, rhino horns and similar stuff. The dogs are named Viper, Butter, Lancer and Locket. Over the last 13 weeks, the four dogs were trained ...
New Law Permits Horse Slaughtering in Oklahoma
The state of Oklahoma has lifted the 50-year-ban on horse slaughtering. Oklahoma’s governor has signed a new law that permits horse slaughtering and exporting horse meat. The supporters of the new law argue that it will be a humane alternative to abandoned and starving horses in rural parts of the state. The government also pointed out the fact that horses are ...
Alligator blood Can Fight Infectious Diseases
Alligators’s blood can be used to treat several infectious diseases, researchers at McNeese State University in Louisiana have discovered. They explored the antibiotic properties of the American alligator’s blood and found the potential use of the antibiotic proteins in the reptile’s blood includes the treatment of a range of infectious diseases like HIV. The alligator’s immune system differs from humans and ...
Japan Suspends Whaling in Southern Ocean
The Japanese Fisheries Agency has announced the suspension of their whaling activities in Southern ocean as the US-based anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd claimed two of its boats, the Steve Irwin and the Bob Barker, were attacked by a Japanese ship in Australian Antarctic waters. Reports say that the attacks occurred after the Sea Shepherds ordered the Japanese fleets to leave ...
