In an interesting twist, the US Geological Survey has advised American researchers to wear personal protective equipment and take Covid-19 tests before handling bats in order to protect them from a potential transmission from the researchers to the bats. It’s … Continue reading →
Zoo gorillas should be given the Covid-19 vaccination because scientists have discovered that captive gorillas at a zoo in California have contracted the disease from, they believe, an asymptomatic member of staff. It is the first known instance of the … Continue reading →
There are rules governing the keeping of hens in the UK in order to minimise the possibility of an outbreak of bird flu occurring in the UK because there have been outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry … Continue reading →
There is a fear in some quarters that Covid-19 will mutate in an animal reservoir where it will then be transmitted to people who will have no defence against it despite being inoculated with one of the current vaccines. There … Continue reading →
There has been a surge in the number of pet hens and cockerels abandoned and it is put down to several factors including the following: Bird flu. Bird flu is in the news at the moment. It is the H5N8 … Continue reading →
In the village of Gumatapura, Tamil Nadu, India, they believe that playing with cow dung brings good health. The tradition stems from a belief that the god Beereshwara Swamy was born in cow excrement. This belief results in villagers throwing … Continue reading →
More than 200 citizens of Denmark have been infected with a mutant strain of coronavirus that has spread from farmed mink to humans. This information will limit the effectiveness of a future vaccine. The Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, … Continue reading →
Ironically, a study has found that vampire bats keep their social distance when ill in order to protect the group, despite the experts deciding that bats are the probable cause of the coronavirus pandemic. Of course it is humans who … Continue reading →
Advance the video to 13 minutes 23 seconds and you will hear Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first Minister, say that the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19) is nobody’s fault. Yes, she said that this worldwide pandemic is no one’s fault. I find that … Continue reading →
Researchers are looking at how to limit infections in other species of animal in order to prevent a reservoir of the Covid-19 disease in the future.
Continue reading →COMMENT ON NEWS: Wuhan in China, the alleged source of the coronavirus is thriving and humming along nicely, we are told. Everything is pretty well back to normal and everywhere is packed out with people, as normal. Good for them … Continue reading →
The UK government pledged to move away from culling badgers to vaccinating them against TB. It is believed that badgers transmit tuberculosis to cattle. Controversially they are shot in their many tens of thousands in the UK and animal advocates … Continue reading →
It pays to protect nature. It pays because the better you protect nature the less likelihood there is of people being infected by a zoonotic disease. This is because the kinds of animals that thrive in landscapes degredaded by people … Continue reading →
Covid-19 is said by CDC (Centres for Disease Control and Prevention) in America to infect cats and dogs and a few other types of animal. Twelve days ago an online newspaper reported that a dog in Tarrant County had been … Continue reading →
All 93,000 mink at a farm in Aragon, Spain are to be slaughtered under a government order after 80% of a sample were found to be infected. The wife of a worker at the farm in La Puebla de Valverde, … Continue reading →
Shango is 31 years of age and a 433 pounds gorilla living at Zoo Miami. He got into a fight with his younger brother Barney, 26, which left him injured. Normally apes do stand-off posturing rather than actually hurting each … Continue reading →
Northern Botswana has been a good home for elephants. However, an aerial survey on May 25 of this year told wildlife researchers that a mysterious illness had stricken them. They counted 196 carcasses of elephants across the landscape. There was … Continue reading →
