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June 2008
- Battered Women Deserve Help Over Animals
  
  More Intelligent Life | Jun 25, 08 4:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - With 3,800 animal shelters in the US to only 1,500 shelters for battered women, economist Allison Schrager tackles the disparity in More Intelligent Life. "If we value people more than animals can we ever justify giving to an animal-welfare charity?" she asks, and underlines the complexities that make donating to human causes harder, but more important. More »
- Pigs Survive Floods, Still Buy the Farm
  
  Associated Press | Jun 19, 08 12:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - They managed to survive torrential rains and swam mightily through rising water, but a clutch of feisty midwestern pigs couldn't dodge a sheriff's bullet. At least a dozen porkers were shot dead this week as they scrambled on Iowa levees. "My gosh, it happens every day," snapped a town official who said the pigs were killed to protect the levees. "That's how we get bacon and pork chops." More »
- Lusty She-Chimps Emulate SATC
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | Jun 18, 08 12:31 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - New research into the sex lives of chimpanzees compares the behavior of females to their peers in the urban jungle of Sex and the City. Female chimps are promiscuous, hoping to fool several male Mr. Bigs into thinking they fathered offspring, and noisy, to attract other partners. Dominant males are more likely to protect females and provide child care if they think they're the dad. But the females turn secretive around female rivals, reports the Daily Telegraph . More »
- Study: Cuddles Calm Chimps After Conflict
  
  Associated Press | Jun 17, 08 1:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Chimpanzees console each other with hugs and kisses after a conflict much like humans do, researchers have discovered. After a chimp has been the victim of aggression, its stress levels are greatly reduced when it's embraced by another. The findings reveal a level of empathy in man's closest relative that is absent in monkeys, said a primate expert. More »
- Raccoon Checks Into Berlin Hotel
  
  Der Spiegel | Jun 17, 08 11:42 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The talk of the town in Berlin is a raccoon who's taken up residence in a hotel garage and can't legally be removed. Under German law, a wild animal can't be removed from private property unless it poses a threat, Der Spiegel reports. One wildlife expert says he thinks the animal, a rarity in Germany, may have grown up at the Brandenburg Gate. More »
- Paris Denied New Pup
  
  New York Post | Jun 17, 08 11:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Paris Hilton went “ballistic” over the weekend when an LA pet store refused to sell her a Yorkie, telling the celebutante the purchase was clearly “an impulse buy,” the New York Post reports. Hilton was on her way to a photo shoot and "wanted a puppy in the picture with her so it would look cuter,” says a spy. More »
- Siegfried, Roy Adopt Tiger Cubs
  
  Associated Press | Jun 13, 08 12:30 PM CDT
  
  (AP) - Siegfried and Roy welcomed five new tiger cubs to their exotic habitat on the Las Vegas Strip yesterday. Siegfried Fischbacher said the new arrivals would be therapeutic for Roy Horn, who was partially paralyzed when a 380-pound white Bengal tiger sank his teeth into Horn's neck five years ago and crushed his windpipe. The two illusionists plan a one-night-only comeback in February. More »
- Facebook Boots Kitty-Eating Kids
  
  Copenhagen Post | Jun 12, 08 1:42 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A group of Danish students were kicked off Facebook when they posted photos of themselves cooking and eating a cat, the Copenhagen Post reports. The students intended to point out the hypocrisy in designating some animals pets and others food, but have infuriated the almighty social-networking site and animal rights groups alike. “This is the worst way to draw people's attention,” said the director of a Danish rescue group. More »
- Serial Bunny Killer Plagues German Town
  
  Der Spiegel | Jun 11, 08 5:49 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A special bunny task force has been established in the German town of Witten to track down a mystery serial killer who's been beheading pet rabbits for a year, Der Speigel reports. At least 40 rabbits have been snatched from cages in the area. Their corpses are usually left behind. Townies speculate the killings are the work of satanists who may be using Google Earth to locate rabbit hutches. More »
- Brangelina Twins Score $140K Nursery
  
  New York Daily News | Jun 9, 08 11:35 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - So much for hand-me-downs for Brangelina babies No. 5 and 6: The expectant parents plunked down $140,000 on a nursery, the New York Daily News reports. The design-savvy couple bought matching Versailles-style cribs ($3,200), changing tables ($2,800), armoires ($4,500) and pink chandeliers ($899). A Dubai couple has already called boutique Petit Tresor for an identical copy of the Jolie-Pitt nursery. More »
- Quake-Rattled Pandas Get Hugs, Bamboo
  
  Guardian (UK) | Jun 3, 08 6:52 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Zookeepers are helping pandas traumatized by the Sichuan earthquake get back to normal with hugs and games, the Guardian reports. Eight young pandas have been sent to Beijing Zoo and 47 more remain at the Wolong reserve, where the deputy chief said the animals' appetites are back to normal, but warns it will take up to 20 years for the center to fully recover. More »
May 2008
- Wolves, Back From Brink, Are Targets Again
  
  Salon | May 27, 08 11:22 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A success story is at risk of turning into a bloodbath as gray wolves, newly removed from the US endangered-species list, are no longer protected from being hunted outside national parks. A coalition of environmental groups is suing the Bush administration, claiming that the wolves still need protection in the northern Rockies due to low genetic diversity, Salon reports. More »
- Japan Balks at $1M Panda Price Tag
  
  Wall Street Journal | May 9, 08 9:40 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hu Jintao is making the first visit to Japan by a Chinese president in 10 years, and he's looking to solidify the newly amicable relationship with an offering of two giant pandas. But the rare animals aren't a gift, exactly: they're a loan, and they come at a yearly cost of $1 million apiece. The high price has forced the panda-loving Japanese to rethink the offer, writes the Wall Street Journal . More »
- Here's Why Platypus Look So Goofy
  
  National Geographic | May 7, 08 7:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Scientists have decoded the genome of the duck-billed platypus, National Geographic reports, with their findings as interesting as they expected. Research, published in Nature , confirms that the platypus is the earliest living offshoot of mammalian evolution, yet retains many genetic throwbacks to reptilian ancestors thought to have lived 300 million years ago. More »
- Mike Gravel Woos Obama Girl
  
  AOL News Bloggers | May 7, 08 6:41 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The quirkiest presidential candidate has found a new platform—a drop-dead funny video spot with Web fave Obama Girl, writes AOL blogger Liza Porteus Viana. Libertarian Mike Gravel does the Soulja Boy dance in an attempt to sway the famous Barack booster. “You should drop your crush on Obama," sings Gravel, 77, who should probably keep his day job. Alas, he fails to win her over. More »
- Climate Change Imperils Koalas
  
  Sydney Morning Herald | May 7, 08 12:36 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Koalas' fussy eating habits put them at special risk from global warming, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Hotter weather makes eucalyptus leaves—the animals' only food source—lower in nutrients and higher in toxic chemicals than they once were. The change could force koalas out of areas of their already dwindling habitat, Australian researchers warn. More »
April 2008
- Japan's Oldest Giant Panda Dies
  
  Associated Press | Apr 30, 08 9:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Ling Ling, the undisputed star of the Tokyo Zoo and a symbol of friendship between Japan and China, died today of heart failure, the AP reports. At 22—the equivalent of 70 human years—the giant panda was Japan’s oldest, and the fifth-oldest in the world. Ling Ling had been eating poorly since August, suffering from kidney and heart problems. He'd been withdrawn from public view just one day when he was found dead. More »
February 2008
- Hedgehog Lobby Sways McD's
  
  Der Spiegel | Feb 27, 08 2:26 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Under fire from environmental groups in Germany, McDonald's plans to replace lids on its McFlurry dessert so as not to threaten hedgehogs—which were getting their heads trapped in the lids and starving to death, Der Spiegel reports. "We needed to find an opening that was big enough for a spoon but small enough that a hedgehog could not get inside," a spokesman said. More »
- Polly Want a Prozac?
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | Feb 26, 08 9:33 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - With more pet owners working long days and leaving their furry and feathered friends alone at home, cases of animal depression are on the rise, writes the Daily Telegraph . A TV vet says the trend is hitting parrots especially hard, causing the talkative birds to pull out their feathers or peck at their own legs—until they're dosed with Prozac. More »