Recent research and experiments show another modification on animal body and behavior, latest is the success of getting a sheep a brain of a goat. Observation shows big changes on sheep's behavior and big similarities to goat's.
Who knows this sheeps gonna get eye of a lion too..
Genetic Scientists Develop Sheep With Brain Of A Goat
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Man fired for bringing dog to work
PetSmart eventually offered Eric Favetta his job back
By Courtney Rubin
updated 11:24 a.m. CT, Fri., Jan. 22, 2010
"We love to see healthy, happy pets" is PetSmart's motto — but apparently the policy doesn't apply to pets belonging to employees.
Eric Favetta, a 31-year-old PetSmart employee, was fired for "theft of services" after bringing his dog to work during an overnight shift he'd picked up as a favor to his manager, according to the Newark Star-Ledger. (The Secaucus, N.J., store added an overnight shift in order to prep the store for a visit by officials from Martha Stewart's company, who wanted to discuss selling products at PetSmart.)
Favetta — a former military dog handler who'd worked at PetSmart for 18 months — didn't want his 3-year-old Belgian Malinois, Gizmo, to be home alone all day and all night. So he put Gizmo in the store's doggie day care facility. The store was empty, and Favetta checked in on his pet every 15 minutes.
Two weeks later, store and district managers requested a written report of his overnight shift. He complied — and promptly was fired for "theft of service."
“I was shocked,” Favetta told the Star Ledger. “It makes me sick that because I brought my dog to work with me when the store was closed to do the company a favor, I was called a thief and terminated.” He argues it was just a convenient excuse to ax him because he didn't get along with his manager, noting that he opened the store and handled money without incident.
PetSmart spokeswoman Jessica White defended the company's decision, saying the doggie daycare service is a huge part of PetSmart's business. Access to the store's doggie daycare facility is "viewed as sale items the same way items on the shelf are," she told the paper. "To use the facilities and not pay for it — it falls under the same lines."
PetSmart eventually offered Favetta his job back and a transfer to another store. He accepted — but then he was offered a job at a company that uses animals to search for hazards. Favetta took it.
No word yet on whether that business will allow Favetta to bring Gizmo to work.
By Courtney Rubin
updated 11:24 a.m. CT, Fri., Jan. 22, 2010
"We love to see healthy, happy pets" is PetSmart's motto — but apparently the policy doesn't apply to pets belonging to employees.
Eric Favetta, a 31-year-old PetSmart employee, was fired for "theft of services" after bringing his dog to work during an overnight shift he'd picked up as a favor to his manager, according to the Newark Star-Ledger. (The Secaucus, N.J., store added an overnight shift in order to prep the store for a visit by officials from Martha Stewart's company, who wanted to discuss selling products at PetSmart.)
Favetta — a former military dog handler who'd worked at PetSmart for 18 months — didn't want his 3-year-old Belgian Malinois, Gizmo, to be home alone all day and all night. So he put Gizmo in the store's doggie day care facility. The store was empty, and Favetta checked in on his pet every 15 minutes.
Two weeks later, store and district managers requested a written report of his overnight shift. He complied — and promptly was fired for "theft of service."
“I was shocked,” Favetta told the Star Ledger. “It makes me sick that because I brought my dog to work with me when the store was closed to do the company a favor, I was called a thief and terminated.” He argues it was just a convenient excuse to ax him because he didn't get along with his manager, noting that he opened the store and handled money without incident.
PetSmart spokeswoman Jessica White defended the company's decision, saying the doggie daycare service is a huge part of PetSmart's business. Access to the store's doggie daycare facility is "viewed as sale items the same way items on the shelf are," she told the paper. "To use the facilities and not pay for it — it falls under the same lines."
PetSmart eventually offered Favetta his job back and a transfer to another store. He accepted — but then he was offered a job at a company that uses animals to search for hazards. Favetta took it.
No word yet on whether that business will allow Favetta to bring Gizmo to work.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
200 year old Farmhouse burnt
Fire crews in Ross Township, Butler County were able to save some pet hedgehogs from a blaze in an historic farmhouse there.
The fire began around 4 p.m. on Thursday, January 28th in a barn in
the 3200 block of Morgan Ross Road. The address is in a rural area, about 25 miles to the northwest of Cincinnati.
The fire spread to the home, which is more than 200 years old. Four departments were called to help.
The barn was destroyed and some chickens inside of it were killed. But two people inside the home escaped injury and firefighters also helped to save several pet hedgehogs.
There's no word yet on what caused the fire.
The fire began around 4 p.m. on Thursday, January 28th in a barn in
the 3200 block of Morgan Ross Road. The address is in a rural area, about 25 miles to the northwest of Cincinnati.The fire spread to the home, which is more than 200 years old. Four departments were called to help.
The barn was destroyed and some chickens inside of it were killed. But two people inside the home escaped injury and firefighters also helped to save several pet hedgehogs.
There's no word yet on what caused the fire.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Suffering in University of Utah Laboratories
This shocking news of about poor animals first suffering from being unwanted animals, brought and suffering in animal shelters, now in terrible fate being sold by animal shelters and they now as experiment animals in laboratories of University of Utah (U of U). Please help stop this another terrifying suffering..
UPDATE: After breaking our shocking investigation, PETA received confirmation from the University of Utah that Robert would be retired from the laboratory and adopted into a new home. While this is excellent news for Robert, other homeless cats and dogs from animal shelters are still languishing in the University of Utah's laboratories, and they are relying on you to speak out in their behalf.Pet Street Mall supports the fight for animal rights. Shop at PSM, get discounts and you can share in donations to animal rescue organization.
An eight-month PETA undercover investigation at the University of Utah has documented the daily suffering of dogs, cats, monkeys, rats, mice, rabbits, and other animals in the school's laboratories.
Homeless dogs and cats—who were bought for $15 to $25 from local animal shelters through a Utah state "pound-seizure" law, which requires government-run shelters to turn animals over to laboratories that request them—were used in cruel, invasive experiments. In one study, a litter of kittens born to a cat bought from an animal shelter died after they had a chemical injected into their brains to cause fluid to build up.
In other experiments, mice whose back legs were paralyzed, rats suffering epileptic seizures, and mice with huge, ulcerated tumors covering their bodies were left to suffer without adequate veterinary care. Many animals died and were left for days before anyone noticed.
Please be a voice for the animals suffering in labs at the University of Utah. Take a minute of your time to urge the university to stop taking advantage of the animal overpopulation crisis and stop acquiring animals from shelters, which are supposed to protect animals from harm. Also, please call on administrators to release to the public complete records on all the animal experiments at the University of Utah funded by tax dollars, including grant proposals, experimental protocols, veterinary records, and minutes of oversight committee meetings.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Dogs: It's Survival of the Cutest
Look at how cute and adorable Claudia and Johnny are! Don't they just melt your heart?
It's possible that how we view Claudia, Johnny and other dogs' appearances could be influencing the variation and evolution of
domestic dog breeds.
The University of Manchester released a new study today that compared the skull shapes of domestic dogs with those of different species across the order Carnivora, to which dogs, cats, bears, weasels, seals and walruses belong.
Researchers found that the skull shapes of domestic dogs varied as much as other species across the whole order. In other words, a Collie's skull shape is as different from a Pekingese's skull as a cat's skull shape is distinct from a seal's skull.
The researchers believe that human intervention has played a powerful role in dog breed evolution and diversity.
According to the press release, Dr. Abby Drake, one of the researchers involved with the study, explained: "We usually think of evolution as a slow and gradual process, but the incredible amount of diversity in domestic dogs has originated through selective breeding in just the last few hundred years, and particularly after the modern purebred dog breeds were established in the last 150 years."
In layman's terms, today's domestic dogs can get away with having several hundreds of different breeds because of human care, protection and managed breeding. Many dogs live very protected lives, and we get to choose which breeds are appealing enough to continue on.
Most owners feed their dogs specially prepared food from a can or bag on a daily basis, so the animals have little need to perfect their hunting skills to ensure their survival.
Owners also often take their dogs to the vet for regular check-ups and shots, and administer monthly meds to prevent their pets from getting infections or parasites.
As a result, domestic dog breeds don't have to be any particular size or shape. They don't even need fully functional limbs.
Left alone in the wild, nose and mouth structures would have to evolve or today's domestic dogs would become extinct, the research shows. Consider the breathing problems Pugs and English Bulldogs have, or the tiny size of a Pomeranian's mouth.
Today, the American Kennel Club officially recognizes 150 dog breeds. With humans continuing to take dogs in as our pets, who knows how many more breeds will make the list in the future?
By : Lauren Effron of Discovery News
More animal news and information on effective dog training equipments like collars at Petstreetmall.com
It's possible that how we view Claudia, Johnny and other dogs' appearances could be influencing the variation and evolution of
domestic dog breeds.The University of Manchester released a new study today that compared the skull shapes of domestic dogs with those of different species across the order Carnivora, to which dogs, cats, bears, weasels, seals and walruses belong.
Researchers found that the skull shapes of domestic dogs varied as much as other species across the whole order. In other words, a Collie's skull shape is as different from a Pekingese's skull as a cat's skull shape is distinct from a seal's skull.
The researchers believe that human intervention has played a powerful role in dog breed evolution and diversity.
According to the press release, Dr. Abby Drake, one of the researchers involved with the study, explained: "We usually think of evolution as a slow and gradual process, but the incredible amount of diversity in domestic dogs has originated through selective breeding in just the last few hundred years, and particularly after the modern purebred dog breeds were established in the last 150 years."
In layman's terms, today's domestic dogs can get away with having several hundreds of different breeds because of human care, protection and managed breeding. Many dogs live very protected lives, and we get to choose which breeds are appealing enough to continue on.
Most owners feed their dogs specially prepared food from a can or bag on a daily basis, so the animals have little need to perfect their hunting skills to ensure their survival.
Owners also often take their dogs to the vet for regular check-ups and shots, and administer monthly meds to prevent their pets from getting infections or parasites.
As a result, domestic dog breeds don't have to be any particular size or shape. They don't even need fully functional limbs.
Left alone in the wild, nose and mouth structures would have to evolve or today's domestic dogs would become extinct, the research shows. Consider the breathing problems Pugs and English Bulldogs have, or the tiny size of a Pomeranian's mouth.
Today, the American Kennel Club officially recognizes 150 dog breeds. With humans continuing to take dogs in as our pets, who knows how many more breeds will make the list in the future?
By : Lauren Effron of Discovery News
More animal news and information on effective dog training equipments like collars at Petstreetmall.com
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