Melamine in Animal Feed

So it appears that the Chinese are adding Melamine to animal feed in order to fool the protein content readings. Great.

http://www.washingtonpost.com

Animal Abuse Database

This is an interesting animal abuse directory. It has a clickable map where you can see cases by state. It has international info as well.

http://www.pet-abuse.com/database/

Sumatran Rhino Born

A baby Sumatran rhino was born this Sunday. That makes number 3 for the mother, which has never been done by one in captivity.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18404500/

Humane Society Rates Cities

How humane is your city? The Humane Society rates them. Lots of flash animation FYI.

http://www.humaneindex.org/

Elephant Poaching "Rampant" in India

244 elephants killed in the last year in India.

http://www.gulfnews.com/world/India/10122061.html

Tainted Animal Feed From China

Here is an article about tainted animal feed from China. Looks like it's not uncommon.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/313689_petfood30.html

Go Astros!

I wish more pro sports teams would do this kind of thing.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/4759535.html

List of Federal Animal Protection Statutes

This is a comprehensive list of animal protection statutes. Opencrs.com is a site dedicated to bringing Congressional Research Service Reports to the masses. I used to work in Congress, and I can say that CRS has excellent researchers and writers on just about anything you can think of.

http://opencrs.com/document/94-731/

Cool Site

This is just a really cool site about animals. Lots of information and very educational.

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html

Amur Leopard Shot, Species Close to Extinction

This is sad. One of the few remaining female Amur Leopards was shot and killed in the Russian Far East.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk

Hamster Powered Paper Shredder

This is just too funny.

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/hamster-powered-paper-shredder-251224.php

Japanese Patch Measures Pet Stress

I don't know about you, but our cats get pretty stressed out after waking up from a 20 hour nap.

http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2007/04/29/ap/strange/d8oqdl200.txt

Ebola and Primates

Here is a good article about the threat of Ebola to gorillas and chimpanzees.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1615177,00.html

"Culling" and the Rights of Animals

Here is an interesting article about the dilemma of animal overpopulation vs the right of animals to live.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18370088/site/newsweek/

Dog and Cat Fur in China

Here is a blog post about efforts to curtail the use of dog and cat fur in China. They make blankets out of dogs and cats? Yeck.

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm

Court Blocks US Govt Attempt to Ease Dolphin Safe Tuna Restrictions

Why am I not suprised? Is there any environmental law these people won't screw with?

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/story

Sony Uses Dead Goat to Promote Video Game

This is odd...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,269087,00.html

Good News About Gorillas

Looks like they are making a comeback in some parts of Africa.

http://www.africa-interactive.net/index.php?PageID=4316

Animal Testing for Cosmetics in Europe to be Phased Out

It looks like Europe may ban animal testing for cosmetics soon.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk

Contaminated Pet Food

Looks like they are getting close to figuring out what's been causing the deaths from contaminated food.

http://www.thestar.com/News/article/208343

PETA on journalistic style

PETA sounds off on how journalists write about animals

http://www.t-g.com/story/1201419.html

Using Dolphins and Sea Lions in the Navy

Here is an article about using dolphins and sea lions for security in the Navy.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wa_dolphin_defenders.html

Polar Bears and ESA

Here is a comprehensive report about polar bears and the Endangered Species Act by the Congressional Research Service.

http://www.opencrs.com/document/RL33941/

Primarily Primates

Here's a good blog post (with lottsa links) on the Primarily Primates settlement in Texas.

http://monkeyprose.blogspot.com/2007/04/court-battle-over-primarily-primates.html

Puppies vs Rats

Here is an interesting article about animal cruelty law and the relative "cuteness" of the animals in question.

http://www.azcentral.com/blogs/

Yikes

500 animals found in car?

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/article2491926.ece

Michael Vick dogfighting story

Interesting story involving NFL quarterback Michael Vick and dog fighting on his property.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/football/4756551.html