Police say 2 Calif. university students used cigarette lighter in alleged torture of hamsters

Police: Calif. students accused in hamster torture

DAVIS, Calif. – Two University of California, Davis students are facing charges after police say they tortured two hamsters with a cigarette lighter and posted a video of the incident on Facebook.
Campus police say 18-year-old Henry Nguyen and 19-year-old Josue Melendez were taken into custody Wednesday on suspicion of … Original article on : Police say 2 Calif. university students used cigarette lighter in alleged torture of hamsters.

FDA has bone to pick with people who give Fido dinner bones

Boneheaded idea: Giving Fido a bone
WASHINGTON – If they only knew, dogs from coast to coast might be howling over this advice from the government.

The Food and Drug Administration issued a reminder to consumers Wednesday to toss out bones from their meals rather than feed them to their pets.
“Some people think it’s safe to give …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : FDA has bone to pick with people who give Fido dinner bones.

Pssst: Southern rattlesnake roundups under pressure from ecologists to end hunts

Pssst: Southern snake hunts pressured to change

OPP, Ala. – Rattlesnake roundups are an old Southern tradition, but conservation groups and biologists are pushing to bring an end to the events.
For 50 years, cities like the south Alabama town of Opp having been sending out snake hunters and staging festivals with the captured reptiles. Once there … Read more »»».