An announcement by the Chinese environmental ministry has social media users celebrating.
Tag: animals
The Human-Animal Bond is Real and You Need To Know About It
By Maddy Turner I don’t know about you, but pets just seem to make the world a little brighter and happier to me. I might be having a crappy day at work, but by golly, if I see a little pup walking around with its owner, tail wagging, tongue dopily hanging out, something inside me […]
The Bunnies Behind Our Beauty Routines
BY ERIN GRANT As we colour our eyelids, massage in moisturiser, ruby up our lips and even wash our hair, some of us are completely oblivious to the manufacturing process of our cosmetic products. There is a dark side to our daily routines; many companies choose to test their products on animals. By using them […]
Animalia: the playlist
Thanks for joining us today on Sydney TAFE Radio for our Friday #animalia special. We’ll be uploading a podcast of the show, as well as previous weeks’ shows, next week. In the meantime, here’s the playlist of the animal-themed tunes we played today, with music direction by Flynn Dunbavan, Rob Frezza Mangone, Anthony Shelston, Liam […]
Compassionate child builds website for shelter dogs
BY VALERIA MARTINEZ A 13 year old girl from the U.S. state of Texas has spent months researching and writing survey questions to develop a website to help shelter dogs. Aiden Horwitz created the website Dog Do Or Dog Don’t to cut down on an issue she found during research. “Pretty much over half the dogs that […]
Rescuing Lucky
Q&A BY JASMINE RYAN @JasmineRyanTAFE My nan, Christa, is 72 years old. Her sense of humour gives her a really youthful sense to life. She lives in a cottage in the town of Brunswick in Adelaide, with her kitten Lucky and her “fishies”.
Walruses surprise scientists in Alaska
BY HARRY ASHFORD-COX @harryashford15 Scientists are trying to figure out why a group of walruses are gathering on the Alaska Peninsula. Port Heiden’s tribal council president John Christensen Jr. said he was on a beach ride when he smelled something foul, which he initially thought could be dead seals or sea otters, but instead found […]