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Animals News tagged with diseases

Life in UK Proves Fatal to Reindeer
Animals  (tags: reindeers, england, illness, diseases, farm animals, dying, wild animals )

Simone
- 9 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
Reindeer imported to Britain for Santa's grottoes and festive parades are dying prematurely after exposure to diseases from British farm animals, a senior government vet has warned. An official investigation has revealed a sharp increase in deaths in
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Idiots, Fools - 100s Of Elk Shot To Death To Contain CWD
Animals  (tags: elk, diseases, killing, massacre, wildlife, humans, destruction )

Simone
- 60 days ago - all-creatures.org
We have been talking for over ten years about Chronic Wasting Disease and the fact that slaughtering animals DOES NOT AND WILL NOT CONTAIN THE SPREAD OF CWD (Mad Cow) in deer, elk and moose. You would think that the DEC and other governmental
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Pedigree Dogs Debate Hits Australia
Animals  (tags: pedigree dogs, inbreeding, suffering, illness, diseases, breeding to death, cruelty, study )

Simone
- 72 days ago - petstreet.co.uk
The film that caused such controversy over pedigree dogs recently has just been shown in Australia. The same footage of the boxers having epileptic fits and cavalier king charles spaniels writhing in pain from syringomyelia has shocked many Australia
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Dr. R.M. Clemmons and the Fight Against Degenerative Myelopathy of German Shepherd Dogs.
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, pets, diseases, german shepherds, protection )

Cher
- 79 days ago - examiner.com
Degenerative Myelopathy of German Shepherd Dogs (DM of GSDs) was first described as a neurologic disease in 1973. Since that time until the first years of this decade, relatively little has been said and most shepherd owners find out about it only after
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Tassie Devils Are Active Social Networkers
Animals  (tags: tasmanian devil, social networkers, socializes, study, diseases, spread, endangered )

Simone
- 98 days ago - abc.net.au
The Tasmanian devil is more social than we think, making it difficult to control the spread of the disease that is decimating its numbers, say researchers. Ecologist Rodrigo Hamede of the University of Tasmania and colleagues report their work today
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Things Cats Do When They're Not Feeling Well- VIDEO
Animals  (tags: cats, signs, illness, diseases, behaviour patterns, veterinary treatment )

Simone
- 125 days ago - kcby.com
When it comes to pet companions, cats are number one. According to the 2007-2008 national pet owners survey conducted by the Humane Society of the United States, there are about 88 million cats and 75 million dogs in this country.
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Humans Are Responsible for Swine Flu
Animals  (tags: farm animals, factory farming, imprisoned animals, diseases, swine flu, humans )

Simone
- 206 days ago - physorg.com
Swine flu. Bird flu. Mad cow disease. SARS. These diseases have all spread from animals to humans in one form or another. But animals aren't to blame for outbreaks of animal-borne diseases -- humans are.
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Wildlife Warriors to Raise Funds for Devil
Animals  (tags: wildlife warriors, fundraising, awareness, tumors, diseases, tasmania devils, conservation, endangered )

Simone
- 206 days ago - thedaily.com.au
The Tasmanian devil is nearing extinction, but Australia Zoo Wildlife Warriors are hopeful that A Night in Black and White, a fundraiser to help save the marsupial, will spread awareness about their demise in order to help save the unique Australian
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New Parasite Found In Black Green Lizards In Spain, Portugal
Animals  (tags: animals, reptiles, lizards, parasite, diseases, research, study, risks, protection )

Dee
- 224 days ago - sciencedaily.com
An international team of scientists has discovered a new acarine species (Ophionyssus schreibericolus) that lives off black green lizards from the Iberian Peninsula.
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Foresters Are Content With Retired Vets
Animals  (tags: wild animals, diseases, death, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 265 days ago - downtoearth.org.in
Forest officials live under the misconception that wild animals do not have diseases. They believe that in the wild, animals die natural deaths. I can list a number of cases to prove how wrong they are. What about tiger deaths at Bhubaneswar's Nandan
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Bee Collapse Could Have Been Handled Better - Auditors
Animals  (tags: bees, collapse, diseases, environment, protection, habitat )

Cher
- 266 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
The loss of honey bees to a deadly disease could have been controlled better by the Government, according to inspectors.
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Inbreeding Blamed for 59 Lion Deaths in Himachal
Animals  (tags: asiatic lions, inbreeding, diseases, abnormalities, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 276 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
A lion safari in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district has lost 59 Asiatic lions in the past 26 years, with most big cats succumbing to diseases and abnormalities brought about by inbreeding due to a flawed reproduction programme,
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Sure He's Cute ... But Not Cute Enough to Save Him From the Great Squirrel Cull
Animals  (tags: native animals, squirrels, grey squirrels, red squirrels, massacred, protection, wildlife, endangered, diseases )

Simone
- 287 days ago - guardian.co.uk
They are bigger, stronger and carry a pox that is deadly to their smaller cousins. Their raids on bird tables have made them a public enemy to some, but the grey squirrel's apparently relentless conquest of Britain may now be over. Naturalists and
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Puerto Rico Hunting, Killing Troublesome Monkeys
Animals  (tags: puerto rico, wildlife, wild animals, monkeys, diseases, killing, sadness )

Jacquelin
- 338 days ago - thestar.com.my
LAJAS, Puerto Rico (AP): The easy life is over for hundreds of monkeys -- some harboring herpes and hepatitis -- that have run wild through southwestern Puerto Rico for more than 30 years. Authorities launched a plan this month to capture and kill the
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Probiotic Bacteria 'Could Save Rare Frogs From Dangerous Skin Disease'
Animals  (tags: frogs, probiotic bacteria, diseases, rare species, protection, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, wildlife )

Cher
- 533 days ago - iar.org.uk
Researchers from the US believe they have made a breakthrough which could help protect rare species of frogs across the globe. A team from James Madison University showed that a probiotic bacteria known as pedobacter cryoconitis could be used to ward off
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