http://www.news24.com/Tags/Topics/animals Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Thu, 17 May 2012 03:55:00 +0200 The turtle is a closer relative of crocodiles and birds than of lizards and snakes, according to researchers who claim to have solved an age-old riddle in animal evolution. http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/Turtle-evolution-puzzle-solved-20120516 Poaching has hampered efforts by the Malaysian government and environmental organisations to save endangered Malaysian tigers. http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/Poaching-biggest-threat-to-tigers-20120516 A couple honeymooning in the Kruger National Park say they'll have an interesting story to tell their grandchildren one day, after a female elephant charged at their hiking group. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Elephant-charges-at-honeymoon-couple-20120516 A mystery liver disease thought to be caused by introduced weeds is causing hairy-nosed wombats in southern Australia to go bald and die. http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/Disease-killing-Australia-wombats-20120515 A tourist from Singapore has received 60 stitches after she was bitten in the face by a lion cub at a game lodge near Hoedspruit. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Lion-cub-bites-tourist-in-the-face-20120515 Two giraffes at a zoo in central Poland's Lodz have died of stress after unidentified vandals went on a night-time rampage. http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/Giraffes-die-of-stress-in-vandalised-zoo-20120514 Lakota Ranch in Texas is to get a gift of a white buffalo bull in the wake of a calf's recent death. http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/White-buffalo-bull-going-to-Texas-ranch-20120513 Australia authorities are investigating the death of 27 Fairy Penguins they believe were killed by a dog or a pack of dogs. http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/Dog-attack-kills-27-Fairy-Penguins-in-Aus-20120510 Baboons are "remarkably persistent", but perhaps not as clever as expected, the City of Cape Town says. http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/Baboons-not-cery-clever-20120509 One in 12 older cats has chronic kidney disease and there is no known cure. http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/Kidney-disease-killing-cats-20120509 A German man stopped at customs with 49 live exotic lizards in his bag claims they had been destined for the cooking pot and even offered to bite one's head off to prove it, say officials. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Man-tells-customs-lizards-were-for-lunch-20120509 Miami's Jungle Island is a zoo experimenting with computers and apes, letting its six orangutans use an iPad to communicate and as part of a mental stimulus programme. http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/Orangutans-use-iPad-to-communicate-20120509 Petty hunters, corrupt wildlife officials and Asian traffickers have all been snared in South Africa's crackdown on rhino poaching. http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/Global-network-targets-SA-rhino-20120509 A horse owner has been ordered to pay R180 000 to the widow of a motorcyclist killed when he crashed into the animal, according to a report. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Horse-owner-must-pay-widow-after-crash-20120509 A genetic study of horses across Eastern Europe and Central Asia has traced their domestication to grasslands shared by Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan. http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/DNA-answers-horse-domestication-origin-20120507 A German shepherd that recognises the signs of imminent seizures and has come to its owner's rescue a number of times has been honoured by a US animal rights group. http://www.news24.com/World/News/US-dog-gets-national-hero-award-20120508 The driver of a delivery truck who hit and killed at least seven impala in the Kruger National Park says it was a freak accident and he's innocent. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/It-was-an-accident-driver-who-hit-impala-20120508 A building contractor has been fined R2 500 for killing at least seven impala while speeding in the Kruger National Park. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Speeding-driver-kills-7-impala-in-Kruger-Park-20120507 An American woman has come forward to claim that she was also attacked by the “tame” cheetahs which attacked a Scottish tourist at a Port Elizabeth game reserve recently. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Cheetahs-attacked-another-tourist-20120507 Conservation efforts to save rhino are coming undone, as surging demand for their horns in traditional medicine has spawned a vast criminal trade. http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/SA-rhino-under-threat-from-poaching-20120507