Koalas may be threatened as climate change makes leaves inedible

The Hindustan Times;  April 6, 2008 ;     427 words ......other leaf-eating animals may be threatened...change causing eucalyptus leaves to become inedible...to Dr Lawler, eucalyptus leaves were already poor...carbon dioxide, animals need to eat more...protein in the eucalyptus leaves. The breeding...are inadequate, ...

Koalas in danger

The Independent on Sunday;  April 6, 2008 ;   Kathy Marks;   613 words ......emissions are making eucalyptus leaves - their sole food...diet of these animals is being turned...difficult for these animals." Climate change...protein levels in eucalyptus leaves were high. "This...are inadequate, animals will not be able...gliders feed only on ...

Man's best friend (A Non-Owner's Manual).(Animals As Persons: Essays on...

Science & Spirit;  May 1, 2008 ;   Manseau, Peter;   708 words ...[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Animals As Persons: Essays on the Abolition...Francione applies to humanity's regard for animals. It's a love/eat relationship, after...Press, nearly half of Americans consider animals to be just like humans in all important...

Kindred Brutes: Animals in Romantic-Period Writing. (Reviews of...

Albion;  December 22, 2002 ;   Kean, Hilda;   787 words ...Christine Kenyon-Jones. Kindred Brutes: Animals in Romantic-Period Writing. Burlington...cultural and historical depiction of animals in British society. As Kenyon-Jones elaborates, different texts depicted animals in a variety of ways and her detailed...

Pope Benedict XVI holds a branch of eucalyptus leaves as he is...

Getty Images;  July 17, 2008 ;   TORSTEN BLACKWOOD;   91 words ......BLACKWOOD Getty Images 07-17-2008 Pope Benedict XVI holds a branch of eucalyptus leaves as he is... Full Size JPG (3411 KB) Pope Benedict XVI holds a branch of eucalyptus leaves as he is escorted by Gadigal Aboriginal elder Allen Madden (L...

A history of the treatment of animals traces its shift from cruel to...

The Washington Post;  July 20, 2008 ;   Jonathan Yardley;   787 words ...FOR THE LOVE OF ANIMALS The Rise of the Animal Protection Movement...Royal Society held the position that "animals existed to provide humans with food...mainstream western tradition of thinking about animals" held "the belief, most influentially...

Care of animals

The Press;  January 7, 1999 ;     626 words ...For animals, the summer holidays are far from favourable. At this time of year...by the Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. It says some animals that were Christmas gifts found themselves for a while the centre...

What animals know in disaster; Researchers ask if they give early...

The Washington Times;  November 10, 2005 ;     787 words ......Waters, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The idea that animals can sense imminent danger is likely more...Suthers-McCabe. It isn't surprising that animals fled the scene of last December's Asian...University in Blacksburg. Of course the animals could sense it, Dr. Suthers-McCabe says...

Blessing of animals good for heart and soul ; Custom connected to St....

The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;  October 1, 2006 ;   Karen Walters;   286 words ......Kirsten Marek has seen the relationships animals can have with God and how pets can be a blessing...has experienced the connection with her own animals and through her work as a veterinarian. "Animals are very aware of God's presence," she said...

Animals and the capacity to care.(Editor's Note)(Editorial)

Science and Children;  September 1, 2007 ;   Ohana, Chris;   551 words ...Not all animals are cute. Would a crowd of children materialize...similar experiences to help them appreciate animals that are critical elements of our environments...inquiry-based study of invertebrates, animals that comprise 97% of all animal species...

Beyond Boundaries: Humans and Animals

Herizons;  July 1, 1998 ;   Anonymous;   429 words ...BEYOND BOUNDARIES: HUMANS AND ANIMALS In the famous case of a boy raised by gazelles, the child...Barbara Noske posits in Beyond Boundaries: Humans and Animals, then perhaps "animals and humans cannot be radically different." And yet, many...

Readers weigh in on animals and souls.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  May 23, 2001 ;   Schaefer, Tom;   723 words ......seems like an off-the-wall question: Do animals have souls? No doubt most pet owners love their animals. But do they really believe that their little...wrote Dan Kirkhuff. Although dogs and other animals demonstrate this to a degree, the human...

PAWING OPEN THE COURTHOUSE DOOR: WHY ANIMALS' INTERESTS SHOULD MATTER WHEN...

St. John's Law Review;  January 1, 2006 ;   Magnotti, Lauren;   787 words ......difference in mind between man and the higher animals ... is one of degree and not of kind. We have...which man boasts, may be found ... in the lower animals." -Charles Darwin1 INTRODUCTION Animals do not have legal personhood and are treated...

RESEARCH ANIMALS GET GOOD CARE.(Editorial)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  April 21, 2000 ;     787 words ......say most Americans accept that research animals are needed to advance medical science, many people feel squeamish thinking about animals used in experimentation. Bad press and...specifying the care required for research animals, as well as the conditions under which...

Teaching about animals: reflections on teaching to address the gaps...

Science and Children;  September 1, 2007 ;   Palmeri, Amy;   787 words ...When asking about animals, it is hard to find a person who doesn...dolphins, snakes, or ladybugs. A study of animals in an early childhood classroom, then...share a familiarity with and interest in animals, engaging in a meaningful study of animals...