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"World Sexiest" Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson In PETA Ad (Video))

11:47 am in animals rights, Business & Politics, Culture & Celebrity, News, PETA, physics by TreeHugger

Thumbnail image for NEIL-DEGRASSE-TYSON.jpg PETA truly reached for the stars when it recruited the "World's Sexiest Astrophysicist" for its new ad campaign. The director of New York City's Hayden Planetarium and host and PBS's "Nova ScienceNow" says that "kindness is a virtue" and that people need to show greater compassion to al...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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DNA Trail Maps Cougar’s Dead-End Journey Across South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin & Connecticut

7:05 pm in animals rights, Business & Politics, connecticut, minnesota, usa, wisconsin by TreeHugger

Hyundai Tucson photo Crash-Tested 2010 Hyundai Tucson GLS IIHS Image credit:Wikipedia DNA testing of cougar crap left along a 1,055-mile trail has established that a young male Puma walked all the way from South Dakota to New England in search of a mate. The poor cat's epic journey (9 lives for 9 states?) ended when he was run over by a car in Milford Connecticut. The impetus for his journey, it is reported, most likely was his mom driving him out of her territory in the Black Hills of Sout...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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For a Price, Tourists in Iceland Follow Whalers Harpooning Whales

8:00 am in animals rights, iceland, travel, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

minke whale photo Photo: Martin Cathrae I'll never forget when I was a child and we went whale watching in Hawaii. The shear magnitude and grace of these gigantic creatures was indescribable. It was the first time I became aware of the vastness of the ocean and all the glorious creatures it housed. Tourism can be a great way to reconnect with nature and remember why you care so much about preserving it. And tourism can also illustrate instances of blatant irresponsibility. But in Iceland the problem goes far beyond irresponsibility, it's downright brutal. Last week marked the launch of Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Is It True That Farmers Feed Antibiotics To Livestock To Make Them Grow Faster?

6:21 pm in animals rights, Cattle, chicken coop, food, News, pigs by TreeHugger

up close and cattle photo "Up Close and Cattle" Image credit:Flickr, Alex E. Proimos I always thought the 'it makes them grow faster' reasoning for why they put antibiotics in animal feed was a myth and that the truth was more complex. Farmers found they could crowd animals while keeping disease levels down - giving consistently higher meat and dairy production - if they constantly laced the feed with a witches brew of antibiotics. Yes, if farm animals have to fight off frequent infections they are going to put more energy into getting better and less into growth or lactation; but t...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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