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...from now until April 21."Polar Bear on Thin Ice", launched last week at the Place des Festivals...in Montreal, will...illustrate the negative impact of climate change."The [400 kilo] ice block was sculpted into a polar bear by four artists..."
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As we are scrambling to keep tabs on mortality events involving puffins, razorbills and common loons from Florida to Maine, some of our colleagues have an eye toward writing up these strange occurrences both for immediate release to the public, as well as for future, more measured (and peer-reviewed) scientific articles. While we are actively [...]
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Well, Dr. Seuss, maybe I'd really rather not.After lengthy giant panda negotiations with China, the Prime Minister of Canada, city officials in both Toronto and Calgary, donors and sponsoring corporations...after exhaustive planning for, and creating of, exhibit and holding facilities, and arrangements to meet finicky pandas' dietary, and other, needs...Toronto Zoo is warned by the union representing 400 Zoo staff that a lockout threatens its highly-anticipated May 18 opening.And then, later, […]
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In January of this year, 99 live cats and 67 dead ones were removed from a woman’s home near Albany, New York. The cats were living in crates surrounded by faeces, and the woman was subsequently charged with animal cruelty. If situations like this could be predicted, psychological help at an early stage might prevent animals from being harmed. A study published this month by Ramos et al in Brazil investigates whether or not the early stages of cat hoarding can be identified. Animal […]
Ramos, D., da Cruz, N.O., Ellis, S.L.H., Hernandez, J.A.E. & Reche-Junior, A. (2013). Early stage animal hoarders: Are these owners of large numbers of adequately cared-for cats?, Human-Animal Interaction Bulletin, 1 (1) 55-69. Other: Link
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Uniform pricing tradition gives way
