Birds make excellent pets, especially for people whose lifestyle precludes owning dogs or cats. If your living situation makes it difficult to walk a dog and you’re looking for a companionable pet, consider a bird. Birds are great companions and many of them can be taught to talk. Birds are highly intelligent and learn quickly. […]
Best Friends Animal Advocacy Center has informed us that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has plans to show people how to stop TNR (Trap, Neuter, Release). The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service claims that stray cats are a danger to birds and advocates killing strays instead. On November 5, 2011 the U.S. Fish and […]
Associate Professor of Microbiology at the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School of Medicine, Dr. Ronald Harty and his team are researching viruses and their molecular traits. They are working towards reducing and/or eliminating their ability to spread infection. Viruses such as Ebola do not reproduce by themselves but by a process called “budding”. These viruses […]
