Carnivore

Petco Love's National Pet Vaccination Month in March Urges Pet Vaccinations to Save Pet Lives

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Thursday, February 29, 2024

SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- During March's National Pet Vaccination Month, Petco Love, a national nonprofit organization, reminds pet parents of the importance of vaccinating their pets against deadly, yet preventable diseases in dogs and cats, at their veterinarian or local vaccine clinic. As part of its Vaccinated and Loved campaign and to support access to care for pets across the country, Petco Love is distributing pet vaccines to partner animal welfare organizations to hold free pet vaccine clinics in their communities.

Key Points: 
  • "No pet parent wants to see their pets suffer, especially from a disease that could have been prevented, and we know vaccines save pets lives."
  • Petco Love's Vaccinated and Loved campaign launched in 2021 to encourage Petco Love animal welfare partners to host free vaccine clinics.
  • Since that time, Petco Love distributed over 2.2M vaccines to date and surveyed pet parents1 attending these free clinics to assess their impact.
  • Pet parents in need of free pet vaccinations can visit care.petcolove.org to find a participating clinic.

Clever Carnivore Raises $7M to Expand Operations and Scale Up Production of Cultivated Meat

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Monday, December 4, 2023

And early investors in Clever Carnivore will be among the first to see how the sausage gets made.

Key Points: 
  • And early investors in Clever Carnivore will be among the first to see how the sausage gets made.
  • Clever Carnivore, a Chicago biotech startup producing low-cost, top-quality cultivated meat, today announced the successful closing of its $7 million seed round funding.
  • “We are delighted with the enthusiastic support from our investors in this seed round,” said Virginia Rangos, Ph.D., CEO and co-founder of Clever Carnivore.
  • Clever Carnivore is currently producing cultivated pork sausage, with plans to unveil its prototype product, the Clever Bratwurst, in early 2024.

Petco Love Distributes Two Millionth Free Pet Vaccine for Community Pets

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Thursday, November 16, 2023

SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Petco Love reaches its goal of distributing two million free pet vaccines for family pets through its Vaccinated and Loved campaign, saving pets lives by preventing the spread of deadly diseases and supporting families unable to afford necessary vaccines. The national nonprofit organization also commits to distributing an additional one million free pet vaccines, as part of its mission to make pet families healthier and increase access to veterinary care in communities across the country.

Key Points: 
  • Vaccinated and Loved marked its first significant milestone in September 2022, when Petco Love reached its one-millionth free pet vaccine distribution for family pets and committed to another one million free pet vaccines.
  • Now, Petco Love celebrates that two millionth free pet vaccine, distributed on Veteran's Day in San Antonio, Texas by Petco Love partner and nonprofit organization Spay Neuter Network at its free vaccine clinic.
  • A 20-year-old dog named Rowdy attending with his pet parent, a U.S. veteran, received the two millionth free pet vaccine!
  • Petco Love surveyed pet parents1 attending the free clinics to assess whether the initiative met its goal to reach pets most in need.

Wild animals that survive limb loss are astonishing – and a sign of the havoc humans are wreaking on nature

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Thursday, October 26, 2023

Perhaps one of the most unbelievable cases was a video of a two-legged adult red fox taken January 2023 in Derbyshire, England.

Key Points: 
  • Perhaps one of the most unbelievable cases was a video of a two-legged adult red fox taken January 2023 in Derbyshire, England.
  • If the animal is able to survive the trauma, limb loss will undoubtedly affect its ability to find, catch or eat food, or even outrun a predator.
  • This omnivorous diet and their willingness to scavenge from humans probably contributed to the two legged fox’s survival as it doesn’t have to hunt prey.

Learning to live with it

  • The survival chances of a carnivore who loses a limb depends upon which limb or how much of it is lost.
  • So losing a back leg means they won’t be able to move as fast.
  • Dogs carry more weight on their front legs so their centre of gravity changes more when a front limb is lost.
  • Both of these changes will affect other four-limbed animals and have serious repercussions on the ability of a predator to catch prey.
  • The injured tiger may have also turned to easier sources of food than wild prey such as livestock.

The devastating effect of snares

  • Snares are a problem the world over.
  • While working in South Africa as a guide just over a decade ago, I saw elephants with amputated trunks, sometimes up to two thirds shorter than they should have been.
  • And yet, some are able to adapt to trunk injuries, probably because elephants have close family bonds.
  • But 3% left their limb behind (including African brush-tailed porcupines, small mammals called African palm civets and a type of small antelope called duikers).
  • Another study from India that looked at camera trap images reported sloth bears, leopards, elephants, sambar deer and dhole wild dogs with snares around their bodies.


Tara Pirie does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Tatu City takes a green leap with urban agroforestry farm in Kenya

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Friday, September 1, 2023

TATU CITY, Kenya, Sept. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tatu City , the 5,000-acre mixed-use Special Economic Zone (SEZ), has partnered with agroforestry farming pioneer ForestFoods to grow carbon-neutral organic produce for the new city on Nairobi's doorstep.

Key Points: 
  • TATU CITY, Kenya, Sept. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tatu City , the 5,000-acre mixed-use Special Economic Zone (SEZ), has partnered with agroforestry farming pioneer ForestFoods to grow carbon-neutral organic produce for the new city on Nairobi's doorstep.
  • "Our farm in Tatu City is a remarkable example of how modern cities can embrace sustainable agriculture to enhance their environment, economy, and quality of life," said Sven Verwiel, Managing Director of ForestFoods.
  • "ForestFoods' partnership with Tatu City aligns perfectly with our vision of harmonious coexistence between sustainable urban development and nature," said Perminas Marisi, Head of City Management at Tatu City.
  • "We are delighted that residents, schools and businesses in Tatu City and the region can now access nutrient-dense and beyond-organic farm produce at their doorstep."

Tatu City takes a green leap with urban agroforestry farm in Kenya

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Friday, September 1, 2023

TATU CITY, Kenya, Sept. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tatu City , the 5,000-acre mixed-use Special Economic Zone (SEZ), has partnered with agroforestry farming pioneer ForestFoods to grow carbon-neutral organic produce for the new city on Nairobi's doorstep.

Key Points: 
  • TATU CITY, Kenya, Sept. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tatu City , the 5,000-acre mixed-use Special Economic Zone (SEZ), has partnered with agroforestry farming pioneer ForestFoods to grow carbon-neutral organic produce for the new city on Nairobi's doorstep.
  • "Our farm in Tatu City is a remarkable example of how modern cities can embrace sustainable agriculture to enhance their environment, economy, and quality of life," said Sven Verwiel, Managing Director of ForestFoods.
  • "ForestFoods' partnership with Tatu City aligns perfectly with our vision of harmonious coexistence between sustainable urban development and nature," said Perminas Marisi, Head of City Management at Tatu City.
  • "We are delighted that residents, schools and businesses in Tatu City and the region can now access nutrient-dense and beyond-organic farm produce at their doorstep."

Policy framework for coexisting with wolves, bears and mountain lions could benefit both people and the environment

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Tuesday, August 22, 2023

For conservation scientists like me, it also underscored that Americans have a fraught relationship with large carnivores like wolves, bears and mountain lions.

Key Points: 
  • For conservation scientists like me, it also underscored that Americans have a fraught relationship with large carnivores like wolves, bears and mountain lions.
  • Major state and federal government efforts are underway to reintroduce grizzly bears to the Northern Cascades and gray wolves to Colorado.
  • More human development and, in some cases, expanding carnivore populations have led to more encounters between humans and carnivores.

From conflict to coexistence

    • In 2021 alone, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services euthanized nearly 70,000 bears, wolves, mountain lions, bobcats, coyotes and foxes.
    • Thousands of animals die every year in wildlife killing contests that often target carnivores such as coyotes and bobcats.
    • These contests are legal in more than 40 U.S. states – under the guise that they help with wildlife management and protect livestock.
    • But research has found that extensive carnivore killing to reduce levels of conflict is largely ineffective, ethically tenuous, and it undermines their conservation.
    • And mitigating conflict as a policy objective is a short-term and partial solution that doesn’t enable long-term coexistence.

Policy for enabling coexistence

    • A federal policy like the one my colleagues and I propose that sets goals for sharing spaces with carnivores could allow for coexistence between people and carnivores while also recognizing local priorities.
    • While much of wildlife management takes place at the state level, having a federal policy framework could provide resources and incentives for states and communities to adopt specific coexistence strategies relevant to the carnivores in their area.
    • Large-scale policy goals may include lowering conflicts, increasing human tolerance to risks and fostering self-sustaining carnivore populations.
    • Some states are also taking incremental steps toward coexistence.

A broader coexistence framework

    • These local and state-level successes are encouraging, but not enough to address the issue at a broader, national scale.
    • A federal coexistence policy could harness the insights from these individual communities’ coexistence efforts and encourage other communities to adopt these techniques.
    • For example, members of universities, businesses, tribes, government and nongovernmental organizations and the public could come together at regional coexistence workshops to showcase their coexistence actions, receive support for new ideas and share tools and best practices.
    • There are promising signs that the federal government and some states are starting to pay more attention to coexistence with carnivores.

Osmow’s™ Opens at Walden Galleria

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Thursday, August 17, 2023

Walden Galleria, the city's ultimate shopping, entertainment, and dining destination, just got a whole lot tastier with the addition of the savory and exotic fare.

Key Points: 
  • Walden Galleria, the city's ultimate shopping, entertainment, and dining destination, just got a whole lot tastier with the addition of the savory and exotic fare.
  • A calling card for fun in the Buffalo-Niagara region, Walden Galleria boasts more than 200 retail stores, an international food court, an adventure center, and the popular Regal Cinemas Stadium 16 with RPX & 4DX theaters, making it the go-to spot for all things fun and flavorful.
  • Osmow's™ Walden Galleria is open seven days a week during the mall's open hours ready to serve up happiness in every bite.
  • Osmow’s Walden Galleria is open 7 days a week from 11am to 11pm.

Sawfish, guitarfish and more: Meet the rhino rays, some of the world's most oddly shaped and highly endangered fishes

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Tuesday, July 11, 2023

“Shark!” When you hear this word, especially at the beach, it can conjure up images of bloodthirsty monsters.

Key Points: 
  • “Shark!” When you hear this word, especially at the beach, it can conjure up images of bloodthirsty monsters.
  • As a marine biologist focused on conserving sharks, I want people to know that an estimated one-third of them are at risk of extinction.

Motley shapes

    • Rhino rays are sharklike rays from five families: sawfish, wedgefish, giant guitarfish, guitarfish and banjo rays.
    • The sawfish has a chainsaw-like extension in front of its mouth that it uses to stun and shred its prey.
    • Banjo rays and guitarfishes have body shapes that resemble those respective musical instruments.

Conservation strategies

    • Fortunately, there are conservation solutions that can be used to protect these animals and their important habitats.
    • Release-based conservation initiatives are an opportunity for scientists to collaborate with fishing communities and the public.
    • “For sawfishes, we started conservation work when species had already disappeared from across their historical range.
    • We now have an opportunity to save the remaining species of rhino rays before it’s too late,” Rima Jabado, chair of the Shark Specialist Group for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Species Survival Commission, told me in an interview.
    • You can find the IUCN Species Survival Commission Shark Specialist Group on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn for weekly updates about the conservation status of these amazing and threatened animals.

THE FATHER'S DAY ALIBI! JUST IN TIME FOR FORGETFUL AMERICANS

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Friday, June 16, 2023

VISTA, Calif., June 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In direct response to a recent and shocking survey revealing that 26% of Americans are forgetting Father's Day gifts, Manly Man Co. (America's provider of intriguing, never-boring gifts for men,) is offering to take the heat this year for forgetful Americans.

Key Points: 
  • The reality is that If you haven't bought a Father's Day gift by yesterday, it's probably not going to make it on time.
  • Americans can visit Manly Man Co. at manlymanco.com/alibi and purchase their alibi for $1 to send along with their late gift.
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    All is not lost, for Americans looking to up their Father's Day gift game, Manly Man Co. has some interesting and innovative options.
  • Each beef Jerky Father's Day heart is made in the USA at The Manly Man Co.'s Southern California headquarters.