Veterinary Memorial Fund transforms grief into promise
...ted States was one of thousands of bereaved animal owners whose loss of a beloved companion has been memorialized through the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine's "Veterinary Memorial Fund." Founded in 1984 by the college and the Virginia Veterinary Medical Association, the fund is...Near-zero-energy buildings blessing to owners, environment
...mental costs, today's focus is on leading new home owners and builders toward houses that boast high efficiency and use solar panels to generate some of their own electricity. "The effort must be all-inclusive, so we're not limiting our approach to space heating, cooling, water heating, lighting and maj...Huge market for forest moss raises concerns
...t permits. In the Pacific Northwest, some business owners are concerned enough about illegal harvests that they have hired private security guards to patrol lands on which they have legally leased the moss rights. "There's still a lot we don't know here, but there clearly are ecological concern...UK small firms pay lip service to green issues
...ergy saving and minimising waste. 'Most small firm owners do not accept the government line that going green...e market is at the moment.' One of the restaurant owners admitted that environmental regulations were a 'stumbling bloc because "people won't come to your re...Natural, man-made mix promises biggest landscape plant growth
...try, so to speak, with U.S. consumers and nursery owners spending millions every year for mixtures aimed at improving the health of their greenery. But a recent study points to an inexpensive natural additive that makes better use of some fertilizers, saving not only money but improving the environment, a...Canine word-learning research published in Science
This release is also available in German . Dog owners convinced of their pets' grasp of human language may be validated, at least in part, by new research on the word-learning abilities of a German family's Border collie. Scientists who studied a dog with an approximately 200-word "vocabulary" suggest t...Testing soil for contamination
...ders such as local government agencies, industrial owners and developers often hesitate to check this, as current testing methods are time-consuming, inconclusive and expensive. The UK, Irish, Portuguese and Swedish partners in the EUREKA project E! 2678 SS TESTER have developed a unique, hi-tech, low-cost ...Animal studies show promise treating severe chronic pain
...he group then applied the technique to dogs, whose owners had brought them into nearby veterinary hospitals with severe pain from arthritis and cancer. "We were very encouraged to see a long-term therapeutic benefit that did not diminish with the progression of the disease," said Iadarola. "When a cancer ...Citizens asked to monitor impact of invasive bird species
...ong-term future of native cavity-nesters, nest-box owners need to monitor and report what's going on inside their boxes. Only then will scientists have a true picture of the current status and factors influencing breeding success of native cavity-nesting species. One thing is known for sure: In head-to-head...Research finds lawn chemicals raise cancer risk in Scottish terriers
...wn treatments. The study, based on a survey of dog owners whose pets had recently contracted the disease, ma...an's group obtained their results by surveying the owners of 83 Scottish terriers. All of the animals had bladder cancer and were of approximately the same ag...Freeing Nemo: Aquarium owners releasing non-native fish could endanger marine ecosystems
... to convincingly demonstrate that well-meaning pet owners can cause a "hot spot" of non-native tropical mari...he published paper. "Typically, I'd say aquarium owners are more concerned with the status of our marine ecosystems than the general public is, yet many app...Comprehensive study: We know little about environmental effects on kids
... whether they are physicians, parents, or business owners will take the information we have presented, as well as information we learn further down the road and use it for good."...Lake restrictions make lakeshore property more valuable
... of lakes begins to break down, lakefront property owners can respond in two ways, says Bill Provencher, an environmental economist at UW-Madison. "They can take action collectively, such as by forming associations that govern lake use, or they can take action privately by moving off the lake." In 1999, res...Asia's biodiversity vanishing into the marketplace
...ing Wild Life Protection Ordinance (1998), and gun owners were also restricted to cartridges purchases of 10/gun owner/month. Mass publicity, conservation education and enforcement programmes were then carried out repeatedly in the rural and urban areas. Within five years, all visible commercial wildlife t...Salmon farms pose significant threat to salmon fisheries in the Pacific Northwest, researchers find
... fish stocks and low prices have induced some boat owners to participate in vessel buy-back programs. Commercial fishers from Juneau to Seattle are losing market share not only to overseas competitors but also to local farming operations. Salmon aquaculture was virtually nonexistent in the Pacific Northwest...Cross-species mating may be evolutionarily important and lead to rapid change, say IUB researchers
...ntageous to the survival and reproduction of their owners than the gene combinations their parents possess. "This is the clearest evidence to date that hybridization can be evolutionarily important," said IUB biologist Loren Rieseberg, who led the research. "What's more, we were able to demonstrate a possib...Air dried sperm could allow home storage
...s and responsibilities for disposal to be borne by owners in the privacy of their own homes. Storing sperm at home also removes fear of the potential transmission of HIV and other viral diseases (often expressed by patients) if samples from infected individuals were stored inadvertently with those from unin...Arsenic in New England wells more widespread than thought
...standard unless action is taken by individual well owners to reduce or eliminate the toxin," Ayotte warns. While the Environmental Protection Agency currently mandates that public drinking water supplies should contain no more than 10 parts per billion of arsenic, almost a third of New England's private we...Catnip stops termites dead in their tracks
...ercent of the area's live oak trees and costs home owners more than $300 million a year. "One of the aims of looking at natural products is to find something that is less toxic to humans and less toxic to the environment as well," said Chris Peterson, Ph.D., a research entomologist with the U.S. Department ...California's horse owners should act now to prevent West Nile Virus, accordi...on horses in California. "We are encouraging horse owners to talk to their veterinarians about getting the vaccine now, so their animals will be protected thi...