Researchers conducted a scientific examination of the various techniques to treat noise fear in dogs.
Category: Animal Health and Well-Being
Fat or Fit? Don’t Rely on Pet-owners to Know: Study
Researchers evaluate pet-owners’ misperceptions about how overweight their pets are.
Human Activities Disturb Dolphins: Study
A new study has recorded and analyzed the behavior and movement patterns of bottlenose dolphins in the presence and absence of human vessel activity.
How Brief Outings, Temporary Fostering Affects Shelter Dogs: Study
A new study has found that outings and temporary fostering stays increased shelter dogs’ likelihood of adoption by five and over 14 times, respectively.
Toys Do Not Improve Well-Being of Pet Dogs, say researchers
The results of a recent study found toys for pet dogs did not have the same effect as toys do for dogs kept in shelters.
Who should speak for animals?
A study examining what it means to speak for animals and who can reliably represent animal interests.
Snakes Under Stress Get Calmed the Same Way Humans Do: Study
Scientists were surprised to learn in a recent study that snakes get calmed during stress in the same way humans do.
Lizards stress-eat from noisy US Army flyovers
Lizards exposed to noise pollution from low-flying fighter jets have resorted to stress-eating.
Lawsuit Seeks to Save Critically Endangered Vaquita Dolphin
A lawsuit has just been filed in U.S. federal court in order to pressure the U.S. government to sanction Mexico for failing to protect the critically endangered vaquita
Elon Musk Company Investigated for Animal Welfare Violations
Elon Musk’s medical device company Neuralink, is under federal investigation for potential animal-welfare violations amid internal staff complaints that its animal testing is being rushed, causing needless suffering and death.
Pets Get Smarter with Age: Survey
A new survey of 2,000 dog and cat owners looked at the experiences of having younger and senior pets.
Alarming Manatee Deaths Prompt Calls for Endangered Status
The deaths of almost 2,000 manatees in Florida’s coastal and inland waterways over the last two years has provoked an alliance of environmental groups to demand an urgent reclassification of the species to officially endangered.
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