The Czech veterinary authority said Tuesday it would restrict animal movement and advised countrywide vaccinations over a rapid spread of bluetongue disease. Bluetongue, a non-contagious, insect...
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Dozens of viruses have been detected mixing in animals at fur farms in China, some of which are new and have the potential to spill over into humans, researchers said Wednesday. Since the Covid-19...
Four people were taken to hospital after spooked army horses broke loose during morning exercises in central London and galloped through the streets at rush hour, the army and emergency services said...
Two loose horses were on Wednesday seen running around central London, police said. The animals, one of which appeared to be covered in blood, were wearing saddles and bridles and seen running along...
Some 150 cats have been found left for dead in the desert in the United Arab Emirates, the animal rights group PETA said on Friday. Activists in the oil-rich Gulf state said dozens of the cats had...
French customs said Thursday that they had seized almost 400 skulls from protected primate species in just seven months, in a sign of a rise in the lucrative trade. Agents at the Paris Charles-de...
Scientists said on Friday they have genetically engineered female fruit flies that can have offspring without needing a male, marking the first time “virgin birth” has been induced in an...
From Covid-19 to monkey pox, Mers, Ebola, avian flu, Zika and HIV, diseases transmitted from animals to humans have multiplied in recent years, raising fears of new pandemics. What’s a zoonosis...
Latvia came down hard on a man who squashed the eggs of a protected bird species, issuing a 50,000-euro fine that his lawyers said valued them as if they were pure gold. A court in the Baltic state...
More than 50 animal species previously thought to be mute actually communicate vocally, according to a study published on Tuesday which suggested the trait may have evolved in a common ancestor over...
A South Australian researcher has created a coronavirus vaccine for animals, which will be tested on pets soon. According to the Xinhua news agency, Nikolai Petrovsky, a professor at Flinders...
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio has recognised animals as legal persons for the first time in the country, Animal Legal Defense Fund said in a press release...
Russia has registered the world’s first vaccine, Carnivac-Cov, against coronavirus for animals, the country’s media outlet TASS reported Wednesday. World’s first coronavirus vaccine for animals...
A unique wedding festivity was held in the southern city of Bengaluru in India as two donkeys tied the knot on February 14, Valentine’s Day, reports Reuters. Two donkeys, named...
An international team of scientists headed by the World Health Organization concluded on Tuesday that the Covid virus “most likely” started in animals before transferring to humans and dismissed a...
