Animals news

• NSW animal shelters reduce cat intake due to global vaccine shortage

  05-12-2023 15:00
  NSW suspends vaccination requirements for shelters and boarding kennels until 31 January, but cats and kittens with uncertain history considered too high risk to acceptSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterJoin the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the communityA global shortage of feline vaccines has forced some animal shelters to turn away cats and kittens and led to a suspension of vaccination requirements for holiday boarding facilities in New South Wales, ahead of the Ch
  
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• One Swedish zoo, seven escaped chimpanzees

  05-12-2023 06:00
  
  When the great apes at Furuvik Zoo broke free from their enclosure last winter, the keepers faced a terrible choice. This is the story of the most dramatic 72 hours of their livesThe problems began when Linda was about 18 months old. For a year, she had lived in harmony with a Swedish couple and their three young children in Liberia. Hers had not been an easy start in life. As a baby, in 1984, she saw her family shot by poachers in the Liberian jungle. Adult chimpanzees are sometimes sold as foo
  
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