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Overweight people are more likely to have overweight dogs, partly because they are more likely to feed them treats. This, perhaps rather obvious conclusion, was made by the scientists in study conducted at Copenhagen University published in Preventative Veterinary Medicine. “The prevalence of heavy or …
This article is not so much about the animal to human relationship but a reminder that plants behave in a more socially responsible way than humans sometimes. That may surprise a lot of people. However, research indicates that sunflowers co-operate to share fertile patches of …
Thérèse Anne Coffey MP was promoted to the UK government’s cabinet last week as a pensions secretary. It has been reported in The Times newspaper that she is impressed by an electric shock collar used to train a rescue dog owned by the family. She …
In the UK, stag hunts on horseback are bending the law to allow them to continue to hunt deer and kill them. It is the same sort of situation that occurs when the Japanese kill whales for ostensibly scientific reasons. The world knows that they …
PETA have a very strict set of rules in respect of the relationship between people and animals. In fact, I’m sure that they regard people as another animal. I can completely understand it because we are. This strict approach to the use and abuse of …
There was an article in The Times newspaper not long ago which reported on the gradual distancing from nature by today’s youngsters, in part because of their obsession with smartphone usage. Back in the old days we used to play outside, in nature often. Nowadays …
It is said that pesticide pollution, and varnish put on boat hulls to stop algae growth, weakens the immune system of dolphins which then leads to their death, in this instance, from a marine version of measles caused by the virus cetacean morbillivirus. About 40 …
According to a report in The Times newspaper of August 14, children in the UK are losing touch with nature. It is something that I would have expected. Children, nowadays, are more inclined to spend time on their smartphones and computers than outside, in a …
A pet sitter commissioned under a smartphone app called Rover was recorded on a security camera throwing a defenceless Labrador puppy onto a hard kitchen floor. The puppy, Lucy, struggled to get to her feet afterwards. The busines that runs the smartphone app are obviously …
