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Construction temporarily closes road and shelter in Johnson’s Mound (Forest Preserve District of Kane County)

Edit Public Technologies 19 May 2016
Forest Preserve District of Kane County) 42a67828-b142-4d3e-82b0-b0dee2c96217.pdf FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. ... Forest Preserve District of Kane County 1996 S ... GENEVA, IL - Portions of Johnson's Mound Forest Preserve in Elburn will be temporarily closed, May 19 through June 9, for a planned construction project ... Forest preserve road ... Forest preserve road ... Johnson's Mound Forest Preserve is located at 41W600 Hughes Rd., Elburn....

Sandalwood trees at KBR park numbered

Edit The Hindu 19 May 2016
The forest officials of the KBR National Park in Banjara Hills have started a new exercise to keep track of the sandalwood trees on its 350-acre land ... So, there is not much threat to the trees inside our forest ... Rao, the forest guards will be asked to inspect these trees regularly....

Video of Students Jumping Rope with Cats’ Intestines Prompts PETA Action (PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)

Edit Public Technologies 19 May 2016
PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) ... San Antonio - Following disturbing videos that were posted to SnapChat showing students at Winston Churchill High School playing 'jump rope' with the intestines of dissected cats apparently used in their anatomy class, PETA is calling on the school to replace all animal dissections with humane non-animal methods....

Forestland ‘diversion’ for Amaravati scaled down

Edit The Hindu 19 May 2016
Against the initially proposed 19,256 hectares of diversion of forestland in Guntur and Krishna districts, the government apparently decided to seek only 13,226 hectares by excluding the forest cover on the top of the hills as construction of structures might not happen at such a height ... The land chosen for diversion consisted of scrub forest and not thick forest, the sources said....

Spikes buried in Little Scraggy Trail is 2nd Pike Forest singletrack sabotage case

Edit Denver Post 19 May 2016
Forest Service says it also found concrete-anchored nails buried in the middle of a Rampart Range trail. Rangers investigating sabotage on the Little Scraggy Trail say this is the second time they've found concrete-anchored spikes buried in the middle of a Pike National Forest mountain bike trail ... Forest Service spokesman Lawrence Lujan said Wednesday....

Odisha survey puts tiger count at 40 against NTCA's 28

Edit The Times of India 19 May 2016
A survey conducted by the state government in 46 forest and wildlife divisions has pegged the population of Royal Bengal Tigers at 40 ... The latest census, whose report was released by the principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife) Siddhant Das here on Wednesday, shows that the Similipal Tiger Reserve alone has 26 tigers - nine males, 14 females and three cubs....

Heroic Dog Gets Award for Saving 7-Year-Old Girl From Rattlesnake (PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)

Edit Public Technologies 19 May 2016
PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) ... The award follows an incident on May 11-just two months after Haus was adopted from a local animal shelter-in which the 2-year-old pup sprang into action to save 7-year-old Molly from injury, placing himself between the girl and the rattlesnake and refusing to retreat even after being bitten three times....

Nests of endangered bird Indian skimmer sighted

Edit The Times of India 19 May 2016
The hatchlings of the birds have been captured on camera," said divisional forest officer, Chandaka Wildlife Sanctuary, Manoj Mohapatra ... Siddhant Das, the principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife), has asked Mohapatra to take steps for the protection of the vulnerable species ... a place where the local temperature, forest and fodder suits them....

Putnam County man, 44, indicted on first-degree murder charge after human remains found in March

Edit The Florida Times Union 19 May 2016
A 44-year-old Putnam County man faces a first-degree murder charge after he was indicted Wednesday in the death of a man who was reported missing in January, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Jerry Carlton Keene remains in the Putnam County jail without bond, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Human remains found in the Ocala National Forest off Forest Road 50 in Marion County March 4 were identified as 44-year-old Thomas A ... read more....

Woman finds baby opossum in her toilet

Edit New York Post 19 May 2016
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego County Department of Animal Services says a baby opossum is doing well after being rescued from a toilet ... the animals to enter....

Heavyweight Champion David Haye Takes a Jab at Meat Industry in New PETA U.K. Ad (PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)

Edit Public Technologies 19 May 2016
PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) ... In an exclusive video interview with PETA U.K.-whose motto reads, in part, that 'animals are not ours to eat'-Haye speaks passionately about his performance in the ring since ditching meat ... And each person who goes vegan prevents more than 100 animals every year from being killed on factory farms, in slaughterhouses, and on the decks of fishing boats ... to promote kindness to animals....

Heartless animal control officer drags injured, shot dog by neck with catch pole

Edit The Examiner 19 May 2016
... the city animal control arrived to help with an injured dog she found....

Grayson Perry creates giant ceramic penis inspired by London bankers

Edit The Independent 19 May 2016
He has also created a second piece titled Animal Spirit, which consists of a large-scale print of a monstrous beast emblazoned with words including “serious”, “reasonable” and “objective” and was made using Renaissance-era woodblock techniques. "I've been interested in animal spirits as a euphemism for emotional over-exuberance in the market,” he said....
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