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Federal agency spurs people to adopt wild horses
Apr 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A federal agency is hoping older wild mustangs rounded up from the range will find new homes with a program that will offer stipends to owners who adopt them.
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Zoo welcomes rare newborn Somali wild ass
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Apr 27, 2008 |
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The first Somali wild ass to be born at the St. Louis Zoo arrived earlier this month.
Groups seek more room for bison to roam
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Mar 06, 2008 |
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Give bison running room in a cattle-free zone in Montana outside Yellowstone National Park, wildlife advocates and homeowners said.
Archaeologists find earliest known domestic horses
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Mar 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of archaeologists has uncovered the earliest known evidence of horses being domesticated by humans. The discovery suggests that horses were both ridden and milked. The ...
Mystery about domestication of horse has been unravelled -- now location and time are proofed
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Wild horses were domesticated in the Ponto-Caspian steppe region (today Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Romania) in the 3rd millennium B.C. Despite the pivotal role horses have played in the history of human societies, the process ...
Judge refuses to delay wild horse roundup
Dec 31, 2006 |
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A federal judge in Las Vegas has ruled that the roundup of wild horses and burros in Nevada's Spring Mountains can proceed.
Genome sequence for the domestic horse unveiled
Nov 05, 2009 |
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The whole genome sequence of the domestic horse has been completed by the genome-sequencing center of The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, in collaboration with an international team of researchers that ...
DNA study sheds new light on horse evolution
Dec 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ancient DNA retrieved from extinct horse species from around the world has challenged one of the textbook examples of evolution - the fossil record of the horse family Equidae over the past ...
Barn personnel experience higher-than-average rates of respiratory symptoms
Nov 20, 2009 |
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The estimated 4.6 million Americans involved in the equine industry may be at risk of developing respiratory symptoms due to poor air quality in horse barns, according to a questionnaire study undertaken earlier this year ...
A new chemical method for distinguishing between farmed and wild salmon
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Wild salmon and farmed salmon can now be distinguished from each other by a technique that examines the chemistry of their scales.
Horse racing was best before British, says historian
Dec 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- American horse racing was kinder to the animals, more sporting and more socially egalitarian in the days before the 'ruthless' English version was introduced, according to a historian.
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