Courts already grapple with the consequences of AI sentience but ignore the same for animals.
As the pandemic winds down, continual surveillance of wild animals is vital to ensure that it doesn’t switch to another sphere of life.
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A growing body of research shows that COVID-19 protocols should be extended to areas in which there is a human-animal interface such as zoos, wildlife sanctuaries and game farms.
Tilikum, the orca who killed three trainers, was captured at the age of two and performed for most of his life.
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One aquarium in Japan has asked the public to make video calls to captive garden eels so they don’t forget about human visitors.
Eric Trump said his father’s assault-talk, it is just what happens when “alpha personalities are in the same presence.” Here, President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 23, 2018.
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Some recent bad behaviour has been explained as being alpha but the scientist who coined the phrase discredits that theory. Instead, Prof. Sosteric suggests alphas are raised on toxic socialization.
Zoos have come along way from their menagerie past. But society is increasingly demanding they become agents of conservation rather than entertainment.
Swimming in synchrony is a fundamental social behaviour for dolphins and is thought to reinforce their bonds.
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A new study of captive dolphins has found that those engaging in synchronised swimming make more optimistic judgements about an unknown event.
Devils released back onto the Tasmanian mainland in the next step to fight the deadly DFTD disease.
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The history of displaying exotic animals seems to be one of evolving public expectations about what constitutes acceptable conditions. Is it a case of the more things change, the more they stay the same?
The last of five hundred juvenile Western Swamp Tortoises to be bred in captivity over the last decade in WA has been released…
The royal touch - The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Catherine, meet Leuca the Koala during a visit to Taronga Zoo, in Sydney, last month.
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Everyone loves to get close to a koala. They are an Australian icon and a major ecotourism attraction. A photo with a koala is a holiday must for many overseas visitors. But how well do these celebrity…