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Bee Die-Off Case Not Closed(0)
Well, well, well. A follow up to the New York Times much emailed announcement that the bee die-off attributed to CCD has been solved proved that the grand news wasn’t all it cracked up to be. It’s a story of deception, greed, profit, and good-old-American “buy off the scientists!” For more: http://www.grist.org/article/food-2010-10-14-the-new-york-times-gets-it-wrong-on-bees
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Full Story»Chicken: The Hidden Truth
Saving Animals Canada has just released a new video entitled Chicken: The Hidden Truth. The short video, which runs just under 10 minutes long, includes interviews with a local Vancouver activist who rescued a broiler chicken, as well as other Vancouver-area activists. The story of Belinda, the rescued chicken, is woven together with information about [...]
Full Story»Colony Collapse Disorder – Finally Solved?
According to the New York Times, an unique partnership — of military scientists and entomologists — appears to have achieved a major breakthrough in identifying a suspect (or two) in the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder. Over the past few years, there’s been some serious concern over a mysterious disappearance in some of the world’s [...]
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Here’s some weekly animal related news foraged from around the ‘net. Some are interesting, some cute, some happy, and some disturbing and sad but needing to be brought to the world’s attention. AP reports that a painting by a woman’s chicken is on ebay to help raise money for a kid’s park. Not sure how [...]
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