When Nicole Yancy’s dog, Riley, began displaying erratic behavior on a recent Sunday afternoon, she and her boyfriend anxiously called around to local emergency veterinary clinics to no avail. One clinic said they were too short-staffed. Another told the couple they were so backed up that they could only see […]
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Dec 19 (Reuters) – Law enforcement officials investigating Elon Musk’s Neuralink Corp over its animal trial program are also scrutinizing the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s oversight of the company’s operations, after the agency failed to act on violations at other research organizations, according to several people familiar with the matter. […]
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (WSPA) — At its Monday meeting, Spartanburg County Council created two new positions as part of its effort to establish a new pet resource center. Those positions — the Director of Animal Welfare Services and the Animal Cruelty and Nuisance Investigator — will be part of the county’s […]
Columbus Animal Care Services, 2730 Arnold Drive, will host an open house seeking donations for animals and providing information on volunteer opportunities from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. The community is being invited to “Bring Christmas to the Animals” and learn about pet adopting, fostering, and volunteering opportunities at an […]
BALDWIN TWP, MI — Last year, federal authorities seized an injured brown bear from a roadside zoo in northern Michigan. Months later, the zoo’s owner surrendered another bear and several foxes and closed his facility. Now, the federal government is seeking to prohibit the man from ever operating a zoo […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Oklahoma City Animal Welfare says it is at a critical level as they have hundreds of dogs in their care. Earlier this week, the shelter said that it has over 500 dogs in its care. Police release arrest video of popular Norman bakery owner “We simply […]
CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Animal Care is hoping for zero animals at their shelter on Christmas Day. They are partnering with Bissell Pet Foundation to clear the shelters. It’s a nationwide campaign, and it’s one the pet foundation has done several times this year. Ray Anderson with Cincinnati Animal Care said […]
Three dead bats were found in a washroom at Colorado State University, where researchers study bat-borne viral diseases. A shade cloth in the bat enclosure was taken down to be cleaned, and when it “was unfolded the next morning … three perished bats were found inside,” noted a January 2020 […]
Stereotypes often contain some measure of truth, of course, and perhaps there is more than the usual allotment of truth in stereotypes about people who keep animals in deplorable conditions. But the filmmakers have taken care to convey the complex reality behind the stories of neglect. As demoralizing as it […]
Among the many grievances people harbor toward Elon Musk, add one more: alleged animal cruelty. Neuralink, a startup co-founded by Musk in 2016, aims to develop a brain chip implant that it claims could one day help paralyzed people walk and blind people see. But to do that, the company […]