American trophy hunter Tess Talley gained notoriety from a now-deleted Facebook post showing her smiling over the body of a rare black giraffe she had gunned down in South Africa. She’s feeling the heat again after appearing in a CBS News segment bragging about the decorative pillows and gun case that she had made out […]
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Do Zoos Help Endangered Species?
When you talk to animal lovers, zoos can be a controversial topic. Some see zoos as a place of education that allows the general public to encounter some of the most wondrous species in the world. But others see zoos as unnatural and intrinsically cruel to the animals trapped behind the bars. This debate extends […]
Petition: Johns Hopkins University Is Tormenting Owls in a Basement
It looks like something out of a horror movie. Shreesh Mysore, an experimenter at Johns Hopkins University, is holding barn owls captive in his basement laboratory, experimenting on them, and then killing them. Mysore and his team implant electrodes in the birds’ brains, lock them in restraining devices, and force them to see or hear […]
Eight Shocking Facts About CSU’s West Nile Experiments on Birds
At Colorado State University (CSU), experimenters led by Gregory Ebel have been capturing wild birds—healthy robins, crows, and sparrows—and infecting them with deadly viruses. In CSU labs, these birds as well as hundreds of newly hatched chicks are infected with West Nile virus (WNV) to observe its spread through their bodies and the way it […]