Science chief backs badger cull
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The UK chief scientist told ministers a badger cull could stop the spread of TB in cattle, the BBC learns.
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Officials in the central German city of Erfurt called for stronger laws Monday to protect the rights of animals amid allegations that workers at the city's zoo killed some goats, sheep, pigs and other beasts to sell them for their meat.
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'Safety in numbers' for Amazonian legend Visitors to the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition will be greeted with the rather disagreeable news that the feared piranha - legendary for hanging around in ferocious packs dedicated to reducing their prey to skeletal remains in seconds - actually congregate for fear of themselves ending up on the menu.â¦
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Senior UK scientists say a government decision to withdraw funding breaches an important point of principle.
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The government's chief scientist is expected to set out a universal code of ethics for scientists.
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The British government announced plans to introduce legislation preventing activists from harassing scientists engaged in animal research.
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KAMPALA, Uganda Feb. 28 -- South African wildlife officials on Wednesday proposed new elephant management rules that would allow burgeoning populations to be culled, a controversial practice banned since 1994 as unnecessarily cruel to the beloved but destructive animals.
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Vital research into avian flu, environmental pollution and food safety could be cut to save money, say scientists.
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A badger cull is proposed as part of the fight against bovine TB, but animal groups are opposing the move.
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Britain's leading scientific institution said Monday it is urging countries to back a campaign to stop a possible ban on stem cell research as part of a global treaty banning human cloning.
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Britain&#39;s leading scientific institution said Monday it is urging countries to back a campaign to stop a possible ban on stem cell research as part of a global treaty banning human cloning.
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A majority of Western governors gathered in San Diego yesterday said they favor significant revisions in the federal Endangered Species Act, one of the nation&#39;s landmark environmental laws.
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Virus expert says government must order vaccination of livestock.
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The director of the Fish and Wildlife Service defended the agency requirement that two employees going to international meetings on the Arctic not discuss climate change.
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Shadow Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan has launched an appeal for cross-party support to save Wales' dairy industry.   Mrs Gillan has tabled a Commons motion on the issue as figures show three dairy farms in Wales closing each week.
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Defeated in Parliament, British hunting supporters looked to the courts Friday to uphold their right to chase foxes. Some hunting supporters have threatened to disobey a new hunting ban after it takes effect on Feb. 18.
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Sept. 23, 2004 - Cougars, wolves, lions and other predators inflict relatively few losses on livestock and farmers gain only a temporary boost if these marauders are culled, the British weekly New Scientist announced Wednesday.