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May 15, 2013

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BronzeChimpbaby, a photo by russlings on Flickr.NC Zoo photo by Mary K. Vidaurri.

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12:30 PM | Why do people surrender dogs to animal shelters?

Five to seven million companion animals arrive at animal shelters in the US each year, and about half of these are animals being surrendered by their owners. Why do people surrender their pets? To find out, a new study by Jennifer Kwan and Melissa Bain compared dogs being relinquished at three Sacramento animal shelters to those dogs that were there simply to receive their vaccinations.The experimenter spent time at the shelters during the hours when relinquishments could take place, and […]

Kwan, J. & Bain, M. (2013). Owner Attachment and Problem Behaviors Related to Relinquishment and Training Techniques of Dogs, Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 16 (2) 168-183. DOI: 10.1080/10888705.2013.768923

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May 14, 2013

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8:39 PM | Unofficially on Exhibit

#Aquila is officially on exhibit @nczoo May 15. Unofficially, we all saw this @ 3 p.m. today. twitter.com/russwilliamsii…— russwilliamsiii (@russwilliamsiii) May 14, 2013

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8:37 PM | Underlooking @ Aquila

#Aquila @nczoo underlook 5-14-13. twitter.com/russwilliamsii…— russwilliamsiii (@russwilliamsiii) May 14, 2013

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8:03 PM | Federal Veterinary Jobs: 5 Resources You Need to Know About

Here are five resources that will help you begin to learn about the employment options as a veterinarian with the federal government.The post Federal Veterinary Jobs: 5 Resources You Need to Know About appeared first on Elliott Garber.

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6:55 PM | Mule Deep Underpass

MT @bjkingape: Yes 2 #Wildlife corridors! Crossing on Utah hwy 2 save wildlife, make driving safer sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56… #MuleDeerUnderpass— russwilliamsiii (@russwilliamsiii) May 14, 2013Kenya's got one for African elephants at a cost of $250,000.

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1:59 PM | Elephant Kills Poacher?

Elephant kills the poacher who was trying to kill him/her, via @wwf africam.com/wildlife/eleph…, #elephant #conservation— Barbara J King (@bjkingape) May 14, 2013

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12:09 AM | Appledore Island: Day One

First, and in brief, there was broad, almost universal consensus on the Dead Bird Quiz: Bird A is an immature Bonaparte’s Gull and Bird B is a Snowy Egret (and Mary Wright even went a step further saying it’s an after-second-year (ASY) bird “based on the broad outer primaries.”) I buy this entirely since Mary […]

May 13, 2013

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11:52 PM | Plechner Syndrome and the Art of Making Stuff Up

Most proponents of so-called complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) are ordinary, reasonable people, even when promoting beliefs that may be dubious or even thoroughly incredible. However, occasionally I run across one of those individuals with not only a bizarre understanding … Continue reading →

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9:43 PM | Acupuncture returns.

After our last release we still have 14 turtles in our care. This is the time of year that the majority of turtles still in our hospital have many clinical concerns. Most of our followers are aware that we will do anything to get these animals back to good health so they can be released back into the wild. This includes the “non-traditional” treatments such as laser therapy and acupuncture.

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9:05 PM | Acupuncture–Not for the Faint of Heart

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8:57 PM | "Gorgeously Ugly"?!?

London Zoo is looking for a "gorgeously ugly", female, Mangarahara cichlid (fish).The Zoo has two of only three it knows of in captivity. (The rare fish may be extinct in the wild.) All three, however, are males. A German Zoo had a female, but its male ate her. "Nice going, fish." [msn.now]

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8:04 PM | Koala-Back Rider!

So cute! RT @riverbankszoo: Look who's new at the Zoo! See Riverbanks' newest #koala joey on exhibit now. twitter.com/RiverbanksZoo/…— AZA (@zoos_aquariums) May 9, 2013

May 12, 2013

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6:45 PM | "Some Mothers..."

Some snakes eat their own young. Happy Mother's Day!— Bronx Zoo's Cobra (@BronxZoosCobra) May 12, 2013

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3:04 PM | Mother's Day...

GorillaMoms_webpage, a photo by russlings on Flickr....@ the NC Zoo. [NC Zoo photo]

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2:56 PM | Mother & Child

Mom's Day photo: Mandara, fantastic gorilla mom @nationalzoo I've known for years, rests w/ her youngest daughter: ow.ly/i/25sJp— Barbara J King (@bjkingape) May 12, 2013

May 11, 2013

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11:24 PM | Goodbye George

George 8 May 2003 - 11 May 2013 George the Pug died today. I felt ridiculously sad to hear the news. George featured in the first Pedigree Dogs Exposed - billed as "the sickest Pug in Britian"- so he did well to get to 10. Tn years and three days to be exact. George had just about every ailment it is possible for a pug to have, as you can see in the clip below. But my over-riding memory of him will always be that he was such a sweetie. The picture above was taken about a year […]

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9:22 PM | Trail in Bloom

#IndianCreekTrail #HangingRock twitter.com/russwilliamsii…— russwilliamsiii (@russwilliamsiii) May 11, 2013

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9:17 PM | Soon!

#Blueberries soon! #IndianCreekTrail #HangingRock twitter.com/russwilliamsii…— russwilliamsiii (@russwilliamsiii) May 11, 2013

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9:11 PM | My 3.2 Miles

My #IndianCreekTrail! #deserted save two - #DanRiver to #WindowFalls— russwilliamsiii (@russwilliamsiii) May 11, 2013

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9:06 PM | Algebra on the Trail

First time #TrailTalk: young fit she (to young fit he): "If I do the #SquareRoot of X..." #IndianCreekTrail— russwilliamsiii (@russwilliamsiii) May 11, 2013

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2:05 PM | Flatcoats - the outcross challenge

A few weeks ago, I was contacted by a well-spoken chap called Nick who runs a shoot in Scotland. He was looking for a young Flatcoat x Labrador bitch to pursue a family tradition. His father before him used to having working Flattie/Lab crosses and said they were the best gundogs he'd ever had. Nick contacted me because I run a rescue specialising in retriever crosses. But of course I rarely know the ancestry of the dogs and just because they may look the part doesn't mean they can do the […]

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11:47 AM | Gold Rush: what the Hoffman crew face

In the four weeks recuperating with a sling from shoulder surgery there's only so much reading and one-handed typing you can do; enter Gold Rush. I found out about this from a research fellow who's arrived from New York. For anyone not familiar (being British I clearly wasn't), this is a reality TV show on the Discovery Channel following a team of guys from Oregon who pursue the American dream by heading to Alaska aiming to mine gold, with a slight obsession for a 'glory […]

May 10, 2013

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7:05 PM | Baby Gorilla Liking Broccoli

Lincoln Park Zoo's baby gorilla Nayembi suffered a painful injury to her face earlier this year..." [Chicagoist.com] "Staffers have assumed the role of fellow gorilla group mates..."Glad our two gorilla babies are with their two real moms, real father and gorilla "aunt" at the NC Zoo Forest Glade.

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4:42 PM | Dead Bird Quiz (new and revisited)

We got a comment on a previous Dead Bird Quiz that gave me cause to revisit my i.d. I believe the comment is from birder Pam Hunt, as the commenter’s email traces back to this cool blog, Birding with Sacagawea. Pam (correct me if that’s not who you are, commenter!) wrote, “I’m pretty sure Bird […]

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2:41 PM | High-dose Radioiodine Treatment for Thyroid Carcinoma

Figure 1: Hyperthyroid cat with a huge thyroid tumor after 3 years of methimazole treatment. Notice the swollen neck, which turned out to be a massive thyroid carcinoma.Thyroid carcinoma is a relatively rare cause of hyperthyroidism in cats (1-4). Our recent review of almost 2100 cats showed that less than 0.5% of cats with newly diagnosed hyperthyroidism will have thyroid cancer (5).After months to years of methimazole treatment, it is not uncommon for the hyperthyroid cats' thyroid […]

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1:34 PM | Union 4 Zoo Society Takeover...

..."but with conditions".""I'll speak in favor of this proposal, but with conditions," Teamsters Local 364 business agent Jim Szucs said. "That somehow, some way, you sustain the wage package and the benefit package for those employees as the zoo charges ahead to become a better place for the community."""He was joined by a number of zoo employees, including zookeeper Jami Richard, who, despite some trepidation, also supported the idea of the society running the zoo.""I think this is a positive […]

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12:45 AM | H7N9 Avian Flu in the Air

A recent ProMed posting (Saturday, May 4 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 216) provides an update on the outbreak in China of the H7N9 strain of avian influenza, which as of May 1 has resulted in 127 confirmed human cases, of which 26 (20.5%) have been fatal. While the virus does not appear to have caused significant human-human transmission, the route of exposure from an animal source to humans is only now beginning to be understood. In a number of cases , there is no history of recent […]

May 09, 2013

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8:19 PM | Reality III: NC Zoo

Animals need doctoring too!

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7:37 PM | Some veterinarians wary of Novartis' enticements to carry Sentinel

Interceptor gone forever, company says