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App Lets Dog Owners Rent Out Their Pets by the Hour to Strangers
India's Monkeys Keep Killing People, so Scientists Are Trying Radical New Sterilization Strategies
One evening last November, a young woman named Neha was feeding her infant son inside their house in Runkata, a small town in the outskirts of Agra, India. Suddenly, a monkey broke into the house, snatched the baby boy from her arms, and made away with him. Neighbors chased the unexpected kidnapper with stones, but to their horror, the baby was soon found lying blood-soaked on a nearby terrace. Despite being rushed to the hospital, Arush, who was just 12 days old, did not survive. Perhaps this sounds like a freak tragedy, a rare case of a wild animal behaving outside its natural order, but truthfully, there was nothing especially rare about this incident.
India's Monkeys Keep Killing People
Man commits suicide after his service dog is killed by alligator
Long Islanders asked to slaughter deer as growing wildlife population wreaks havoc
Wausau weighs crackdown on animal feeding after rat infestation reports
Japanese region asks army to cull bears as attacks spike
Fears for 'beautiful' Colorado park after family of beavers move in and start devouring its trees
Tourist is shot dead at end of South Africa safari tour when guide's gun accidentally goes off
Why are we catching more diseases from animals?
The world is grappling with the new coronavirus, which has spread from China to at least 15 other countries.
Outbreaks of new infectious diseases are typically seen as a "one off".
But the new virus - thought to have stemmed from wildlife - highlights our risk from animal-borne disease. This is likely to be more of a problem in future as climate change and globalisation alter the way animals and humans interact.
How can animals make people ill?
In the past 50 years, a host of infectious diseases have spread rapidly after making the evolutionary jump from animals to humans.
The HIV/Aids crisis of the 1980s originated from great apes, the 2004-07 avian flu pandemic came from birds, and pigs gave us the swine flu pandemic in 2009. More recently, it was discovered severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) came from bats, via civets, while bats also gave us Ebola.
Humans have always caught diseases from animals. In fact, most new infectious diseases come from wildlife.
Why are we catching more diseases from animals
Some pet owners are advocating against rabies vaccines
Hundreds of baby emperor penguins stranded on breakaway iceberg miraculously survive
Westfield Health Department Tells Owners to Keep Cats Indoors
It's time to worry about bird flu in cats
PS family says rat infestation caused severe illnesses and forced them out of their home
Rare virus that killed Gene Hackman's wife linked to 3 deaths in California town
Fungus that spreads from cats to humans has been detected
Alert issued over risk from cats and dogs as human flesh-eating parasite spreads
Calvin Klein's ex-boyfriend charged with attacking man with frying pan
Calvin Klein’s former lover, Nicholas Gruber, 28, was arrested last week (15 March) for the alleged assault of a man with a frying pan.
A friend of Gruber’s, Brandon Steele, 26 reportedly aided the ex-gay porn star.
Police said the pair attacked an unnamed man following a dispute over money at Steele’s New York City apartment.
The pair have been charged with second-degree assault and unlawful imprisonment in the first degree.
Calvin Klein's ex-boyfriend charged
Man who wept to jailers after allegedly killing his husband with Phillips screwdrivers pleads not guilty
Man started 'celebration of life' GoFundMe after he overdosed his husband
Man who made himself a to-do list after killing his partner and 2 dogs
Deadbeat boyfriend told police his longtime lover's body was 'in the basement'
Florida mayor's extreme age gap ex kills himself on his birthday
Virgin air steward is arrested in Florida for 'shoving' a teenage girl
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Inside the vigilante group of New Yorkers who hunt rats at night
Rats aren't only a part of New York City’s underground — they're an inseparable part of its pop culture. There’s Master Splinter from the Ninja Turtles, Pizza Rat, and even Cannibal Rat. But for every celebrity rat, there’s another 250,000 to 2 million anonymous rodents living in the city — and the city health department is fighting to bring down.
Last year, three people in a Bronx city block made the news for contracting leptospirosis through rat urine. Only two survived.
Inside the vigilante group
Wildlife experts urge Americans to catch, cook and EAT rat-like rodents terrorizing the nation
Gene Hackman, Betsy Arakawa’s property was ‘breeding ground for infestation’
Hotel employee, 26, dies of rare rat-linked virus
Rats attack ritzy NYC block
Parents, 24, are charged after hairy beast starts eating their six-month-old twins
RAT INFESTATION TAKES OVER MASSACHUSETTS CITY
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Trixie Mattel was banned on Instagram for calling gay whales a slur
She was referring to a news item from February, which involved humpback whales. The species was spotted engaging in sexual congress for the first time, and it was a tryst between two male whales.
Trixie Mattel was banned
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One word is ‘banned’ on a cruise ship
PBS removes drag & trans content
Drag queen performance celebrating Democratic resolution on Oregon House floor draws backlash
Suella Braverman rants that drag queen’s school visit is ‘morally indefensible’
Drag Race icon living in her car after mum told her she’s ‘not welcome’ at home
Elephants rarely get cancer thanks to 'zombie gene'
Less than 5 percent of elephants die from cancer, and researchers may have finally figured out why.
According to a study from The University of Chicago, elephants produce "zombie genes" that can help protect the animal from cancer.
Here's how it works: Humans and other animals carry one copy of a "master tumor suppressor" gene. Elephants have 20 copies. Scientists found that gene can trigger a "zombie gene" to come back to life with a new purpose: killing cells in damaged DNA.
Elephants rarely get cancer
‘Rescuing’ baby animals may amount to kidnapping
Ukraine Zoo To Euthanize All Animals
Zookeepers have made the heartbreaking decision to put down all the large animals—including lions and tigers—at a zoo in Ukraine after its enclosures were destroyed by Russian shelling.
Ukraine Zoo To Euthanize All Animals
Private taxidermy collection with more than 1,000 animals
'She deserves to rot in jail'
Toddler, two, sinks her teeth into 20-inch snake
Snake Researcher Dies From Rattlesnake Bite
Beloved Walrus Was Killed Because People Wouldn't Stay Away
Protected wild stallion found shot dead
Calls for World Cup boycott erupt in US as 3 million dogs face 'massacre' ahead of games
Would My Dog or Cat...?
The short answer is yes, they can and they have. Most of the literature on the subject relies on individual case studies rather than long-term pattern analysis, but the behavior is common enough that forensic investigators regularly encounter pet scavenging wounds during autopsies—and often expect it when visiting homes with cats and dogs where bodies have been left alone for days or weeks.
Would my dog or cat...?