Comment on this story Comment The D.C. Council is on track to pass a bill with some new protections for the city’s four-legged residents. With provisions including banning cat declawing and allowing judges to consider the well-being of pets in divorce proceedings, animal legal experts and advocates said the bill’s […]
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Animal nutrition focuses on the dietary requirements of animals, mostly those used in agriculture and food production, but also those kept in aquariums, zoos, and for the management of wildlife. Animal nutrition is crucial for the health and productivity of farm animals. High-priority animal nutrition challenges are identified through a […]
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 […]
Alexis Telfair-Garcia–a social worker recently hired at the Austin, TX animal shelter, Austin Pets Alive! (APA!)—recalls growing up in a family that prized community service, perhaps foreshadowing her pursuit of a career in social work. Hallmarks of that professional passage, she recounts, include earning a BA in forensic psychology, an […]
Neuralink, Elon Musk’s medical implant company, is facing a federal probe over possible animal welfare violations, according to a report from Reuters. The investigation, reportedly opened by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of the Inspector General, focuses on Neuralink’s practices when it comes to animal testing and treatment, said […]
The new recruits will support the commercial side of the pet nutrition business in the US and Canada, as well as developing it further in Europe, in countries that offer significant growth potential when it comes to companion animal nutrition, namely Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Switzerland. “We are […]
The US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Inspector General is reportedly investigating Neuralink over potential animal welfare violations related to research testing. According to Reuters, internal documents show that staff members have been raising concerns that the company has been rushing animal testing and causing needless suffering and death. The news […]
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Neuralink, the brain implant company founded by Elon Musk, is reportedly facing a federal probe over the treatment of animals used in its experiments. Reuters reports that a probe was recently opened by the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) inspector general and focuses on potential violations of the Animal Welfare […]
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Dec 5 (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s Neuralink, a medical device company, is under federal investigation for potential animal-welfare violations amid internal staff complaints that its animal testing is being rushed, causing needless suffering and deaths, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and sources familiar with the investigation and company operations. […]
It all began with a picky eater. A picky eater who was also a very good boy. “We had a German Shepherd, and he was incredibly picky,” recalls Chelsey Westerbeek. “He didn’t like anything that had fillers, and he was very, very picky about what he ate. We went through […]