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October 08, 2008
One in Four Mammals at Risk
Discovery News reports "We estimate that one in four species is threatened with extinction and that the population of one in two is declining," said Jan Schipper of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature in Gland, Switzerland,on the global status of mammals worldwide. http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/10/06/endangered-mammals.htmlPosted by sball at 02:52 PM | Comments (0)
Healthy Animals newsletter, October 2008
Healthy Animals, an online compilation of animal health-related research news put out each quarter by the Information Staff of the Agricultural Research Service. ARS is the chief scientific agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/np/ha/han35.htmPosted by sball at 02:49 PM | Comments (0)
FDA Launches New Public-access Database of Animal Drug Approvals
The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) today announced the availability of a new database of approved animal drugs. The database, called "Animal Drugs @ FDA," is a publicly-accessible web-based application available through the CVM home page. http://www.fda.gov/cvm/CVM_Updates/CVM_AnimalDrugsdb.htmPosted by sball at 02:46 PM | Comments (0)
Institutions of Higher Learning Make Commitment on Behalf of Animals
The Humane Society of the United States praises 25 colleges and universities across the country for signing a pledge to ensure that no laboratory animals in their care will experience severe and unrelieved pain and/or distress. http://hsus.org/press_and_publications/press_releases/institutions_of_higher_education_make_commitment_for_animals_100708.htmlPosted by sball at 01:41 PM | Comments (0)
Healthy Horse Moms Play More With Sons
Discovery News reports scientists discovered that healthier mothers invested more in sons over daughters. http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/10/08/horseplay-mothers.htmlPosted by sball at 01:36 PM | Comments (0)
Did You Know USDA Did This?
Did you know that the United States Department of Agriculture was heavily involved in last year's dogfighting case against Michael Vick? http://weblogs.nal.usda.gov/infofarm/archives/animals/index.shtml#004052Posted by sball at 09:51 AM | Comments (0)