February 2013 “The Hidden Lives of Wolves,” a book by Jim and Jamie Dutcher, was released in February. As filmmakers and photographers, the Dutchers present incredible images of these remarkable creatures, the close relatives of our dogs. The U.S. government has delisted wolves giving trophy hunters and trappers the right to trap and kill hundreds […]
The FDA has approved the drug, Equidone Gel (domperidone) for the prevention of life-threatening fescue toxicosis. This disease can cause serious reproductive problems in horses. Fescue is a type of grass that covers over 35 million acres of pastureland in the U. S. There is a fungus (neolyphodium coenophialum) that lives on the grass and […]
Every year, millions of animals are dissected in elementary, secondary, and college science classes. This constitutes not only animal lives lost but abuse and environmental havoc. Animals earmarked for dissection are gassed and injected with formaldehyde. Sometimes they are still alive while being injected. Formaldehyde and other carcinogenic materials are used to preserve the dead […]
