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- These 8 expressions can make you sound insensitive at work: Source: Animal Health Digest, May 25, 2021. Link.
- Flexible workforces in veterinary practices might include aging boomers: Source: Animal Health Digest, May 25, 2021. Link.
Best dog bones for tough chewers
Source: Puppies and Pooches, January 11, 2021. Link. Aggressive chewers are known to destroy toys. If they are not given high quality, indestructible chew toys, chances are that they will chew onto other unwanted objects.
Tasmanian devils born on mainland Australia, hope for a species at risk
Source: Smithsonian, May 27, 2021. Link. For the first time in millennia, a mama devil living outside of captivity has given birth to a litter of seven thumbnail-sized, hairless joeys. The Tasmanian devil is the world’s largest carnivorous marsupial, reaching 30 inches in length and weighing up to 26 pounds.
Policy, politics, land use semantics threaten the Prairie Chicken
Source: Washington Post, May 26, 2021. Link. There are an estimated 27,000 lesser prairie chickens remaining, down from millions.
How do animals safely cross a highway? Take a look.
Source: New York Times, May 31, 2021. Link. The engineers were used to building overpasses for vehicles, not wildlife. But every spring and fall, collisions with mule deer and pronghorn spiked in the Pinedale region of Wyoming, where Route 191 disrupted the animals age-old migration paths.
Why hens lay weird eggs
Source: Backyard Poultry, May 31, 2021. Link. Learn why birds lay fart eggs, double yolkers, and other egg oddities. Most egg abnormalities can be attributed to hens’ environments.
Hot dogs found essential for Memorial weekend.
Source: BEEF, May 28, 2021. Link. A new survey showed that 73 percent of Americans believe that a cookout is not complete without hot dogs. During the peak season from Memorial Day until Labor Day, Americans enjoy an estimated 7 billion hot dogs.