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Bullfighting :
Awards :
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Dickin Medal awarded to bomb sniffing search dog Treo 
"A search dog that sniffed out bombs in Afghanistan is to be honoured with the animal version of the Victoria Cross...
Treo will be the 63rd animal to receive the medal created by veterinary charity the PDSA to honour gallantry in war...
A total of 26 other dogs, 32 World War Two messenger pigeons, three horses and one cat have won the award, introduced by PDSA founder Maria Dickin in 1943. "
(BBC)
Cat owners :
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Cat owners are 'cleverer' 
"Cats have long been thought to be cleverer than dogs - and now it seems the same is true of their owners...
The combined cat and dog population of Britain is more than 20.8 million..
People with cats are more likely to have university degrees than those with dogs, according to a scientific survey of pet ownership...
The study... also found that cat owners were more likely to be older and female. "
(telegraph.co.uk)
Rabbit jumping :
A law to defend animals from abuse :
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My furry client bleats not guilty 
"SWITZERLAND is going to new extremes in the battle to improve life for its animals.
The country of Heidi and cuckoo clocks will hold a referendum in March on whether domesticated creatures should have the right to be represented by lawyers in court...
If the referendum is approved, every canton in Switzerland will be obliged to appoint a lawyer to act for pets as well as farm animals and defend them from abuse."
(timesonline.co.uk)
Exotic pets :
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See Caiman in Kent
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The lizard man 
"Reptile lover Chris Weller shows off his collection of exotic pets – including a Caiman crocodile and a lazy monitor lizard."
(telegraph.co.uk)
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Crocodile bites and scorpion stings treated by NHS doctors
"Exotic animals, many of which can be kept as pets in Britain, caused a number of unusual injuries and maladies last year according to NHS figures.
As well as six crocodile or alligator bites, doctors treated 18 victims of poisonous spiders or scorpions, 52 snake or lizard bites and 50 jellyfish stings."
NHS = The National Health Service
(telegraph.co.uk)
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Man keeps 24 crocodiles in back garden
"Shaun, 30, keeps 24 crocodiles and alligators in the semi-detached home in Oxford."
(telegraph.co.uk)
Dog rescued :
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Dog rescued after drifting 75 miles on ice in Baltic Sea
"It was really a tough struggle. It kept slipping into the water and crawling back on top of the ice. At one point it vanished underwater, under the ship and we thought it was the end, but it emerged again and crawled on an ice sheet,"...
"At that point, the crew lowered a pontoon down to the water and a crew member managed to grab the dog by the scruff of its neck and pull it to safety."
(telegraph.co.uk)
Watch the beginning of the video.
(BBC)
Caiman in Kent (and wild animals) :
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Crocodile living in Kent 
"A caiman is just one of the dangerous animals Britons keep as pets...
Caesar the spectacled caiman crocodile, who lives with his owner in a converted bungalow in Kent, is one of dozens of alligators and crocodiles
kept as licenced pets, according to a Sunday Telegraph study...
More than 4,000 animals are licenced under the Dangerous Wild Animals Act (DWAA), which imposes strict security rules on owners to prevent escapes."
(telegraph.co.uk)
Polish dog :
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English lessons for 'Polish' dog 
"A dog caused confusion in an animal home when he failed to respond to basic commands - until staff realised he could only understand Polish...
Staff ( at the RSPCA centre) brushed up on Polish commands and, four months on, they say Cent is now bilingual and ready for a new home. "
(BBC)
Hens :
Dog saves boy from cougar :
Spiders : 
Elephants : 
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Crime rings boost ivory smuggling
"The last year has seen a major increase in the illegal ivory trade, with more involvement from organised crime...
Researchers believe most of it is poached in West and Central Africa, while China is the main destination...
Reports indicate that prices of $1,000 per kilo can now be commanded...
Etis (the Elephant Trade Information System)contains a 20-year record of 14,364 elephant product seizure records from 85 states. "
(BBC)
Dream Cat Venus :
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Dream Cat Venus: Sega Toys to roll out creepy animal robot
"Venus can move around, lay down and reacts when you touch it.
There is a photo sensor in the forehead and several touch sensors are installed in the body...
Say “There, there” (in Japanese) and it will purr, for example."
(crunchgear.com)
"Le Dream Cat Venus sort ce mois-ci au Japon pour environ 80 EUR.
Sensible au toucher et au son, le Venus réagit à vos caresses et à vos paroles par des ronronnements appropriés.
Et ... le Dream Cat peut “voir” grâce à ses yeux équipés de caméras."
(20minutes.fr)
Python :
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Man bites snake in epic struggle 
"A Kenyan man bit a python which wrapped him in its coils and dragged him up a tree during a fierce three-hour struggle..."
(BBC)
Love match :
Pub dog :
Monkey business :
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Restaurant turns to monkey business
"A Japanese tavern has turned to two monkeys for help with its table service...
The monkeys work in shifts of up to two hours a day due to Japanese animal rights regulations."
(abc.net.au)
Monkeys work in Japanese restaurant 
"Yatchan and Fukuchan (2 macaque monkeys) serve customers hot towels and drinks, and are given soya beans as tips."
(BBC News)
Meet your match : 
A-Z of Animals :
Caring for animals: 
Miracle :
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Argentine dog saves abandoned baby 
"An eight-year-old dog has touched the hearts of Argentines by saving the life of an abandoned baby, placing him safely alongside her own new puppies.
The country's media are calling him "the miracle baby"...
The Argentine media has descended on the shanty town, talking of "the Argentine Romulus and Remus", the founders of Rome, abandoned as babies and rescued by a wolf, nearly 3,000 years ago."
(BBC)
MISSING PETS :
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British cat sails to Spain 
"A cat who went missing from his home sent his owners into a panic, only to turn up three days later in Spain...
"The first we knew about it was when P&O contacted us from their Portsmouth office on Monday to say 'We've got this cat, what do we do with it?'.
"We were able to tell them what to do and once they could get it tested for a microchip they were able to get us the data...
Since he was found he's been treated like a VIP – he's had a cabin to himself for the return journey and been dining on chicken and salmon."
(telegraph.co.uk)
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Australian Cat Clyde Strays 2,400 Miles, Returns Home 
"A cat named Clyde was reunited with his owner on Wednesday after a mysterious three-year odyssey in which the long-haired Himalayan
strayed 2,400 miles into the Australian Outback."
(huffingtonpost.com)
Lien signalé par Renée Maufroid.
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Missing cat found nine years on
"A Birmingham couple are celebrating after their cat came home - nine years after going missing...
RSPCA officer Alan Pittaway said he knew who to return Dixie to because she had been fitted with a microchip."
- with a VIDEO
(BBC)
+ Article by Birmingham Mail
Rich dog :
- Leona
Helmsley (July 4, 1920 - August 20, 2007)
"was a billionaire New York City hotel operator and real estate
investor."
She "left her beloved white Maltese, named Trouble, a $12 million
trust fund, according to her will..."
Nickname : "Queen of Mean"
(Wikipedia)
- Rich
US dog hiding after threats
"A dog which inherited $12m (£5.8m) from late New York
hotelier Leona Helmsley is in hiding after it was targeted
by death threats, US media say."
(BBC)
- Judge
cuts US dog's $12m legacy
"A judge in New York has agreed to slash $10m (£5.1m) off the
$12m inheritance given by real estate billionaire Leona Helmsley to
her pet dog, Trouble...
Mrs Helmsley's will says when Trouble dies she will be buried alongside
her and her late husband Harry in their mausoleum. Mrs Helmsley and
her husband built a company which managed some of New York's most
prestigious addresses, including the Empire State Building, as well
as hotels across the country."
Vocabulary :
Legacy
= gift, inheritance
(dictionnaire.reverso.net)
To
slash something such as costs or jobs means to reduce
them by a large amount
(dictionnaire.reverso.net)
Real
estate is property in the form of land and buildings
(dictionnaire.reverso.net)
A
will = last wishes, a testament
(dictionnaire.reverso.net)
Cloned sniffer dogs :
Dog in court : 
Dog Houses : 
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Designer
Dog Houses
They "range in price from $900 to over $100,000.
They are designed with the personality and habits of the dog in mind,
and also to compliment the style of the owner's house..."
(winewriter.wordpress.com)
Surf dogs :
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Loews Coronado Bay Resort Surf Dog Competition - in California
"With three categories of competition available (small surf dogs, large surf dogs and tandem surfing for pet and owner), this competition really is in the premier league of canine X Sports.
It raises money for local charities..."
(whatsonwhen.com)
Sharks :
Law : 
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
:
- Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA)
"is any of a number of animal welfare organisations
whose operations include protecting and providing shelter to animals
in danger. The SPCAs are non-profit organisations that campaign for
animal welfare and take in abused or abandoned animals, and help them
to get adopted."
(Wikipedia)
- RSPCA Online
"The RSPCA's vision is to work for a world in
which all humans respect and live in harmony with all other members
of the animal kingdom... The RSPCA as a charity will, by all lawful
means, prevent cruelty, promote kindness to and alleviate suffering
of animals."
(rspca.org.uk)
- Royal
Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
"is a British charitable organisation which works to promote
conservation and protection of birds and the wider environment through
public awareness campaigns, petitions and through the operation of nature
reserves throughout the United Kingdom..."
1 Activities 1.1 Conservation lists 1.2
Reserves
2 Magazines 2.1 Bird Notes 2.2 Birds
3 Junior divisions
4 Finances
5 Presidents
6 Chief officers
7 Footnotes
8 See also
9 External links
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Animal Rights :
- Why Animal Rights?
- Animals Are Not Ours to Eat
- Animals Are Not Ours to Wear
- Animals Are Not Ours to Experiment On
- Animals Are Not Ours to Use for Entertainment
- Animals Are Not Ours to Abuse in Any Way
(peta.org)
World Animal Day : 
Alex the parrot : 
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Alex
"was an African Grey Parrot who, from 1977 to 2007, was
the subject of a thirty-year-long experiment...
Alex's intelligence was on par with that of dolphins and great apes..."
1 Accomplishments
2 Criticisms
3 Selected quotes...
(Wikipedia)
Watch
the video with Alex the parrot
(vvi.onstreammedia.com)
A feline felon :
- Mystery surrounds a feline felon
"The owners of a cat with a passion for socks are leafleting their neighbours in the Loughborough area to see if they are missing any..
He steals socks every day."
(BBC)
Tama, the cat : 
PANDAS :
A KOALA :
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Lucky he knew to hang on
"HE has to be the luckiest koala in Australia.
Hit by a car, the marsupial survived a 12km ride with his head stuck through the vehicle's front grille.
So it's no wonder the staff at the Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast have dubbed koala Ely "Lucky Grills" after the late Australian TV actor..."
(news.com.au/heraldsun)
The baby emu :
- Baby
emu could have been omelette
"A woman from East Sussex who bought an emu egg sold as a novelty
food item on a farm on the Isle of Wight has managed to hatch it into
a chick."
- with a video
(BBC)
Protecting wildlife : 
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Progress
at UN biodiversity forum
"Nearly 200 countries have agreed on measures to protect the
world's most threatened wildlife...
Some 5,000 delegates from 191 countries attended the 12-day conference
in the former German capital...
They agreed to set up the deep-sea nature preserve, expand reserve
land...
The delegates also pledged to set global standards for developing
biofuels, a renewable energy that has been blamed for deforestation."
(BBC)
- Nations
meet to protect wildlife
"Elephants and the ivory trade come under the spotlight
as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites)
summit opens."
(BBC)
Iditarod : 
Animal experiments : 
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Understanding Animal Research
"The public debate on animal research sometimes gets so heated that the facts can be overlooked.
How many animals are used in research every year? Do people know that most of them are mice or rats?
Why are animals genetically modified? How is animal research regulated? How are the animals cared for?
What actually happens to research animals?
How does the use of animals in research and testing compare with other uses of animals by society?
In our About Research section, we aim to answer all these questions."
(understandinganimalresearch.org.uk)
- Alternatives
to animal testing (Wikipedia)
"The "three Rs"... are guiding principles for
the use of animals in research in many countries" :
Reduction / Refinement / Replacement
- Animal
Experiments (BBC) :
Key points
Does animal testing work?
Is it morally right?
What are the alternatives?
Protests and pickets
How many animals are used in experiments?
Your views on animal testing
Quiz: how much do you know?
Vote: should animals be used?
Timeline of events
Fur industry : 
Disc dogs :
Life on land :
Pets :   
- The World's Favorite
Pets (Fact Monster)
Endangered species / Threatened species : 
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Species' extinction threat grows
"More than a third of species assessed in a major international biodiversity study are threatened with extinction, scientists have warned.
Out of the 47,677 species in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 17,291 were deemed to be at serious risk.
These included 21% of mammals, 30% of amphibians, 70% of plants and 35% of invertebrates."
(BBC)
Some of the world's most threatened species
(BBC)
- Mammals facing extinction threat
"About 25% of the world's mammal species are at risk of extinction, according to the first assessment of their plight for a decade."
(BBC)
- Bluefin
Tuna ( = "thon rouge")
"International conservation organization WWF is calling for
an immediate end to fishing of bluefin tuna.
It says widespread illegal overfishing has nearly destroyed the species
in the Atlantic and Mediterranean."
(news.nationalgeographic.com)
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Wildlife
populations 'plummeting'
"Between a quarter and a third of the world's wildlife has been
lost since 1970, according to data compiled by the Zoological Society
of London...
Pollution, farming and urban expansion, over-fishing and hunting are
blamed."
(BBC)
- Endangered!
Exploring a world at risk
Tour the Exhibition
Legend of the Meeps Island Flying Frog
Endangered Animals
Endangered Habitats
The Dioramas
Terminology
Causes of Endangerment
Human Population Size and Endangerment
What Can Be Done?
Glossary...
From the American Museum of Natural History in New York
(amnh.org)
- Greenpeace
"Polar Bear" - Lien modifié
"In this photo released by Greenpeace, an activist in polar
bear costume unveils Greenpeace's giant thermometer with the message"Don't
Cook The Climate!" at the opening of U.N. Climate Change Conference
in Bali, Indonesia Monday, Dec. 3, 2007."
(npr.org)
- Endangered
Species Field Trip (field-trips.org)
Objectives :
- Students will learn about endangered animals.
- Students will learn about the causes of the accelerated trend of endangered
and/or extinct species.
Trafficking :
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Stolen species - BBC joins police raid on Brazil's wildlife traffickers
"As many as 10m animals are being taken from their natural habitats each year...
Around 50,000 animals are rescued by the authorities each year - representing just a small percentage of those believed to be taken by traffickers.
Many animals are said to die en route to market..."
+ Videos
(BBC)
Animals' sleep : 
Twiggy the squirrel :
Search tool :
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WWF's
WildFinder (worldwildlife.org)
"WildFinder is a map-driven, searchable database
of more than 26,000 species worldwide,
with a powerful search tool that allows users to discover where species
live or explore wild places to find out what species live there. Containing
information on birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians..."
Zoos and Animal Parks :
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Animal
Bytes from the great San Diego zoo.
"It offers information and a host of multimedia files
on amphibians, birds, mammals, reptiles, and insects that will support
students reading, writing, and science skills. The animal records
include quick facts (class, order, family, genera,
species, etc.), fun facts, articles, photos, sounds, videos,
iZoofari Chats (interviews with zoo workers), and more. Visitors
to the site can also find descriptions of animal classifications,
habitats and ecosystems, and where animals are found geographically
including interactive maps and blogs. The texts include
hyperlinks to the Zoo
Glossary. Teachers will want to click on the Education
link at the top of the page and scroll down to find the link to
curricular materials such as Wildlife Wizards, Butterflies,
and the Lifestyle of the Komodo Dragon, and classroom activitiesthat
cover a variety of topics. All materials include a suggested grade
level." (Education World)
- NATURE
- Animal Attractions (PBS)
"NATURE takes you an a whirlwind tour of the animal kingdom
as we explore the World-Famous San Diego Zoo and Animal Park."
- with video clips
Pet Gifts :
Kittens adopted :
Pet poo :
Pet cemetaries :
Star pets : 
Pictorial database : 
- All
About Animals (Northumberland) "is a pictorial
database designed for pupils in Key Stage One... There are currently
records on 65 animals, grouped according to habitat and listed in alphabetical
order in the index. It can be explored in three ways:
- search using menus
- search using the index
- search using key words
For each animal in the database there is a simple description with
a large image...
All the images and fact files about the animals are available as Word
files which can be printed out or adapted as necessary by the teacher."
(ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk)
Habitats : 
- Where
in the World Do Animals Live? (avec une carte)
- (Fact Monster)
- Animal
Homes - (kidport.com)
"Animals live in a variety of different kinds of homes from holes
in the ground, to caves, to nests and trees.
Come explore where some animals live."
- Habitats
:
Desert - Domestic - Farm - Forest - Oceans - Polar - Savannah - Tropical
Rainforest - Wetlands - UK Wild
"Click on a habitat for images and fact files." (ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk)
World records :
Amazing animals :
Animal communication : 
- An International Guide to Animal
Talk (Fact Monster)
ex : BIRD : "Tweet-tweet"
Canine moods :
SEAL HUNT : 
RABIES :
Food :
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