Category: Pets
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Don’t feed the ducks bread, say conservationists
We feed six million loaves of bread a year to ducks in England and Wales causing damage to birds’ health and polluting waterways. Oats, corn and peas are safer for the birds
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Seen @ Global Pet Expo 2015: The Lux Dog Harness
Lux Buddy Belt Dog Harness: Gold and Diamond Dog Accessories. With 82.5 million pet-owning households in the U.S., consumers continue to look for the latest and greatest the industry has to offer. 2015 Global Pet Expo is the first pet products trade show of 2015, and is a opportunity to see first-hand all the hottest new pet…
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Dubai’s meteoric rise and its horseracing heritage
An exhibition which explores the shared development story of Dubai and its horseracing heritage has opened to the public at Meydan Racecourse Dubai. First showcased to Newmarket racegoers at the 2014 Dubai Future Champions Day, the special exhibition comes to the emirate ahead of the spectacular season-ending Dubai World Cup. Celebrating its 20th running, the…
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Venom library to store poison from Australia’s deadliest creatures
Snakes, blue-ringed octopus, spiders, scorpions and platypus among species to be included in Australia’s first dedicated venom storage facility
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Is wearing fur morally worse than wearing leather?
Both industries have questionable ethics – and even faux alternatives aren’t necessarily green, says Lucy Siegle
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Conservationists call for UK to create world’s largest marine reserve
Three proposed reserves in UK waters around the Pitcairn Islands in the Pacific, and Ascension Island and South Sandwich Islands in the Atlantic, would more than double the size of the world’s existing marine protected areas