Finland will soon start introducing a specially developed coronavirus vaccine to minks, Yle reports. The Finnish Food Authority has issued a permit to The Finnish Breeders’ Association (FIFUR) to use the mink coronavirus vaccine. The vaccine was developed by a team of scientists at the University of Helsinki. FurcoVac was tested in a university laboratory […]
Despite the efforts of many animal rights activists, the phenomenon of animal testing still exists. However, it is cruel, inhumane, and often wholly unjustified, as the results of animal experiments are outdated and unreliable. Let’s get acquainted with the story by Olexandr Grushak, representative of the UA Plant-Based campaign. *** Since 1979, April 24 has […]
Citizen science data helps researchers in the UAE to understand marine life in the region. Scientists have compiled sightings of dolphins, porpoises, and even whales from members of the public in the Arabian Gulf between 2012 and 2019 through the UAE Dolphin Project Initiative. Now efforts are being stepped up to encourage more people to […]
Threatened or endangered species in Abu Dhabi have been detailed for the first time in a report. The Abu Dhabi Red List of Wildlife Species assesses the threat status of the emirate’s terrestrial and marine creatures, The National News reports. The report by the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi follows a project to understand the […]
2020 will be remembered by all as a difficult year and it is, to put it mildly. Mankind has faced considerable difficulties, particularly those caused by animal husbandry (COVID-19 pandemic, bird flu outbreaks on foie gras farms in France). Nevertheless, activists from around the world have made every effort to ban the fur business in […]
World Animal Day is an international day dedicated to draw humanity’s attention to the problems of the rest of the inhabitants of planet Earth. This date is celebrated annually on October 4. It’s celebrated around the world since 1931; its goal is to draw attention to the problems of other inhabitants of the planet. And […]
More than four decades ago, the Arabian oryx was extinct in the wild. But today, thanks to efforts spearheaded by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, experts are citing the swell in its numbers as one of the world’s biggest conservation success stories. In the early 1970s, the antelope was considered all but vanished due to […]
The ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 more birds, fish and other species will be declared extinct by the US Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday, Reuters reported. Government scientists have exhausted efforts to find these 23 species and warned that climate change, on top of other pressures, could make such disappearances more common, the Associated Press […]
The cub is the latest of 16 born to date at the Arabian Leopard Breeding Center in the Prince Saud Al-Faisal Wildlife Research Center in Taif. The Arabian leopard is classified as “critically endangered;” numbers in the wild have declined to fewer than 200 because of poaching and loss of habitat. A female Arabian leopard […]
Almost two weeks ago, the most massive dolphin hunt in human history took place. 1428 animals were killed in the Faroe Islands. According to the organization Sea Shepperd, there are more and more locals on these islands who oppose hunters every year. But they cannot speak publicly for fear of reprisals. After all, they are […]
