New research reveals that an elephant’s personality may play an important role in how well that elephant can solve novel problems.
Category: Animal Health and Well-Being
Cruel Practices of Animal Product Testing Coasting to a Stop
For decades, manufacturers of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, pesticides and other commercial chemicals have tested their products on rodents or other vertebrate animals to comply with government safety testing regulations. This long-standing practice is now slowly starting to change.
Pretty Parrots At Risk from Poachers
According to the results of a new scientific study “pretty” parrots are at increased risk for being snatched up for Indonesia’s illegal wildlife trade.
Toxic Chemicals Uncovered in Flea Control Products: Study
Leading flea-control products have been found to be infested with toxic PFAS ‘forever chemicals’.
Pet Food Junkies: Addictive Additives in Commercially Processed Pet Food
Pets are now seemingly addicted to their commercially processed pet food. The stories are everywhere. And it is not just our imagination…
High Levels of Toxic Fire Retardant, PFAS and PCB Chemicals Detected in Killer Whales
A new study has revealed that toxic chemicals PBDE, PFAS and PCBs are in the bodies of killer whales.
Dangerously Cute: Bushbabies Threatened by Pet Trade
Bushbabies are cute as a button and some people keep them as pets, which has put these little creatures at risk from the underground pet trade industry.
Toxic PFAS Chemical Found in Sea Lions and Fur Seal Pups
Researchers have recently discovered that toxic PFAS chemical (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) that the NSW government has recently partially banned … More
Dogs Long-term Stress Levels: Relationship with Owners may be to Blame
According to the results of a new study, the relationship a dog has with its owner is related to its stress level. The results also suggest that the link between stress and the owner’s personality traits differs between dog breeds.
Renting with Pets: Resources for Tenants and Landlords
FIREPAW’s Companion Animal Renter’s Program [CARP] was recently referred to readers by a Washington Post op-ed written by award-winning journalist S.E. Smith. It was a piece about the reported spike in post-pandemic pet dumping in which, rather than pointing fingers at the pet-owners, the author offers more expansive, socio-cultural contextual factors as explanations for pet abandonment in the U.S. Read on for Resources for Tenants and Landlords…Rental Housing and Pets…
Urgent Action Needed: Dolphins and Porpoises
Marine scientists are calling on the EU to adopt a comprehensive plan to protect dolphins and porpoises from fisheries bycatch … More
Laboratory Animals and Useless Suffering: Essay
A cancer patient contemplates the value and suffering of laboratory animals used for medical and scientific research … “The 75,000 … More
