http://www.mail.com/in-en/subjects/84-mammals.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/in-en/subjects/84-mammals.html http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2105452-2-brown-bears-rescued-captivity-kosovo.html MRAMOR, Kosovo (AP) — Two brown bears have been released into a special sanctuary after being held in a 20-square-meter cage almost their entire lives to amuse visitors at a Kosovo restaurant. Ari and Arina, both 10 years old, were taken to their new, much larger home, by the international animal charity group Four Paws, which helped sedate and transport ... Thu, 23 May 2013 15:11:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2105452-2-brown-bears-rescued-captivity-kosovo.html 2013-05-23T15:11:24Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2104974-dutch-arrest-meat-works-owner-horse-meat-probe.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch authorities on Thursday arrested the director of a meat-processing and wholesale company whose business is at the center of an investigation into undeclared mixing of horse meat with beef. Investigators from the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority arrested the man on suspicion of fraud and detained him for ... Thu, 23 May 2013 14:07:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2104974-dutch-arrest-meat-works-owner-horse-meat-probe.html 2013-05-23T14:07:33Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2099518-justin-biebers-monkey-german-property.html BERLIN (AP) — Justin Bieber's pet monkey is no longer his. The capuchin monkey named Mally was seized by German customs on March 28 when the 19-year-old Canadian pop star failed to produce the required vaccination and import papers after landing in Munich for a European tour. Authorities issued an order Tuesday transferring ownership o... Tue, 21 May 2013 16:01:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2099518-justin-biebers-monkey-german-property.html 2013-05-21T16:01:53Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2099974-2-donkeys-suspected-mauling-death-hungary.html BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian police say they are investigating an incident in which an elderly man may have been mauled to death by two donkeys. It happened May 13 in the western Hungarian town of Magyarszecsod, when Sandor Horvath, a 65-year-old retired firefighter, was apparently pulled off his motorcycle by the donkeys kept on a lot neighboring h... Tue, 21 May 2013 15:26:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2099974-2-donkeys-suspected-mauling-death-hungary.html 2013-05-21T15:26:42Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/music/2092690-bieber-will-to-pay-german-monkey-business.html BERLIN (AP) — Justin Bieber will face a bill for thousands of euros (dollars) for his pet monkey's two-month stay at an animal shelter since it was seized by German customs, officials said Friday as a deadline expired for him to reclaim the animal. A spokesman for Munich's customs office said the teenage singer had until midnight Friday to contact them, o... Fri, 17 May 2013 16:21:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/music/2092690-bieber-will-to-pay-german-monkey-business.html 2013-05-17T16:21:14Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2071068-egypt-court-upholds-acquittals-2011-battle.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's highest appeals court on Wednesday upheld the acquittals of 24 loyalists of Hosni Mubarak who were tried for having organized a medieval-style attack in which the ex-president's supporters riding camels and horses attacked anti-government demonstrators, a pivotal moment in the country's 2011 uprising. The decision by Judge Hamed Abdul... Wed, 08 May 2013 18:38:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2071068-egypt-court-upholds-acquittals-2011-battle.html 2013-05-08T18:38:09Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2058176-dutch-horse-meat-trader-fined-halal-beef.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — A Dutch appeals court has upheld the fraud conviction of a man who sold horse meat labeled as Halal beef to two French traders, but reduced his punishment to a six-month suspended sentence and a 50,000-euro ($65,000) fine. Jan Fasen was convicted in 2012 for purchasing hundreds of thousands of kilograms of horsemeat from Brazil and Mexico... Thu, 02 May 2013 11:23:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2058176-dutch-horse-meat-trader-fined-halal-beef.html 2013-05-02T11:23:42Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2053576-wanted-polar-bear-spotter-norwegian-islands.html OSLO, Norway (AP) — Do you enjoy the outdoors and have strong vocal cords? If so, Norway might have a summer job for you: three weeks in the Arctic wilderness spotting polar bears. The governor's office on the remote northern islands of Svalbard is seeking a polar bear spotter to warn researchers doing projects in the region. The job starts July 8 and als... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:13:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2053576-wanted-polar-bear-spotter-norwegian-islands.html 2013-04-30T14:13:49Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/music/2039274-germany-biebers-monkey-going.html BERLIN (AP) — German customs authorities said Tuesday that Justin Bieber's monkey is going nowhere for now even though the singer has apparently asked that it be removed from an animal shelter where it is staying and be placed in a zoo. Mally, a 17-week-old capuchin monkey, was seized by customs authorities March 28 when Bieber failed to produce the requi... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:06:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/music/2039274-germany-biebers-monkey-going.html 2013-04-23T17:06:57Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/health/2027904-dutch-court-upholds-recall-suspect-meat.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — A Dutch court on Thursday upheld a decision by the country's Food and Consumer Product Authority to recall 50,000 tons of meat sold across Europe as beef. The agency said it fears the meat, which came from a processing plant named after its owner Willy Selten, may have had horse meat mixed into it. It said an investigation of Selten's rec... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:39:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/health/2027904-dutch-court-upholds-recall-suspect-meat.html 2013-04-18T13:39:20Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2027802-gang-steals-rhino-horns-irish-museum-storage.html DUBLIN (AP) — Masked men stole stuffed rhinoceros heads containing eight valuable horns from the warehouse of Ireland's National Museum, police and museum officials said Thursday, in a heist being linked to an Irish Gypsy gang that specializes in such raids across Europe. Police said three men raided the storeroom in Swords, north of Dublin, on Wednesday ... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:13:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2027802-gang-steals-rhino-horns-irish-museum-storage.html 2013-04-18T12:13:16Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2023004-eu-test-safety-issues-with-horsemeat.html BRUSSELS (AP) — More than 7,000 tests across the European Union have shown that nearly 5 percent of the food products labeled as beef contained horse meat, but there is no danger to public health, officials said Tuesday. The tests showed that the veterinary anti-inflammatory drug phenylbutazone, or bute, was present in about .5 percent of the horse meat, ... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:55:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2023004-eu-test-safety-issues-with-horsemeat.html 2013-04-16T15:55:48Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2022574-dutch-company-linked-to-horse-meat-fraud-bankrupt.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A meat processing plant and wholesaler suspected of mixing undeclared horse meat with beef was declared bankrupt Tuesday by one judge and the owner went to another court in a bid to halt a huge recall that has crippled his business. Dutch authorities are recalling 50,000 tons of meat sold as beef across Europe because its exa... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:53:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2022574-dutch-company-linked-to-horse-meat-fraud-bankrupt.html 2013-04-16T15:53:02Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2022692-south-africa-elephant-handler-trampled-to-death.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A handler at an elephant park in South Africa was trampled to death while taking elephants out for exercise, the park's owner said Tuesday. The accident happened at around 7 a.m. Monday at the Elephant Sanctuary near Hartbeespoort Dam, west of Pretoria. About half an hour earlier on the same day, an elephant injured two tourists when i... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:33:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2022692-south-africa-elephant-handler-trampled-to-death.html 2013-04-16T12:33:54Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2015510-lithuanian-woman-shares-with-3-puma-cubs.html KLAIPEDA, Lithuania (AP) — A Lithuanian woman says she has been raising three pumas in her three-room apartment after fearing for their lives at the local zoo. Rasa Veliute, a 23-year-old volunteer at the zoo in Klaipeda, a Baltic Sea port town, says she took the cubs home four months ago after their mother began neglecting them. The pumas — also known as... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:12:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2015510-lithuanian-woman-shares-with-3-puma-cubs.html 2013-04-12T12:12:42Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/health/2010512-dutch-recall-50000-tons-meat-europe.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch authorities are recalling 50,000 tons of meat sold as beef across Europe because its exact source cannot be established and it may contain horse meat, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. The announcement was the latest development in a far-reaching scandal that saw horse meat mixed in with other meats and sold as beef across ... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:08:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/health/2010512-dutch-recall-50000-tons-meat-europe.html 2013-04-10T15:08:14Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/health/2008952-uk-chain-pulls-corned-beef-vet-drug.html LONDON (AP) — British supermarket chain Asda says it is recalling all corned beef from its budget range after traces of a veterinary drug were found in some batches. The Food Standards Agency says "very low levels" of a painkiller called phenylbutazone, known as "bute," were detected in the products. The agency said Tuesday it was the first time the drug ... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:37:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/health/2008952-uk-chain-pulls-corned-beef-vet-drug.html 2013-04-09T19:37:24Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2007112-india-use-drones-to-protect-rhinos-poachers.html GAUHATI, India (AP) — Wildlife authorities are using aerial drones to oversee a sprawling natural game park in northeastern India to protect the one-horned rhinoceros from armed poachers. Security officers conducted flights of the unmanned aircraft over the Kaziranga National Park on Monday and will fly drones at regular intervals to prevent rampant poach... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 03:35:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2007112-india-use-drones-to-protect-rhinos-poachers.html 2013-04-09T03:35:01Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2000308-ewes-ful-paris-hires-sheep-to-mow-city-lawns.html PARIS (AP) — Will tourists soon see flocks of baaing sheep at the Eiffel Tower and bleating ewes by Notre Dame cathedral? That could be the case, since Paris City Hall this week installed a small flock of sheep to mow the lawn at the city's gardens, replacing gas-guzzling lawnmowers. Four woolly ewes — shipped in from an island off the Brittany coast — ar... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:31:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2000308-ewes-ful-paris-hires-sheep-to-mow-city-lawns.html 2013-04-05T14:31:17Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/health/1993648-polish-horse-meat-tested-positive-banned-drug.html PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic veterinary authority says horse meat imported from Poland tested positive for phenylbutazone, a drug given to horses that can cause health problems in humans. Horse meat from the animals treated with the drug is banned from being sold in the European Union. Josef Duben, spokesman for the authority, said Tuesday the drug wa... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:08:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/health/1993648-polish-horse-meat-tested-positive-banned-drug.html 2013-04-02T19:08:24Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/1993456-justin-bieber-4-weeks-to-pick-up-pet-monkey.html BERLIN (AP) — German authorities have given Justin Bieber four weeks to pick up his pet monkey or else it will be placed in permanent care. The capuchin monkey was seized by German customs Thursday when the 19-year-old singer failed to produce the necessary customs documents after landing in Munich. Reporters from around the world have besieged the city a... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:09:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/1993456-justin-bieber-4-weeks-to-pick-up-pet-monkey.html 2013-04-02T18:09:09Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/1969460-sea-shepherd-seeks-criminal-case-whalers.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Sea Shepherd wants Dutch authorities to prosecute Japanese whalers for piracy for allegedly attacking the radical conservationist group's ships in Antarctic waters, a lawyer said Thursday. Lawyer Liesbeth Zegveld filed a criminal complaint with Dutch environmental prosecutors accusing the crew of the Nisshin Maru whaling ship... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:27:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/1969460-sea-shepherd-seeks-criminal-case-whalers.html 2013-03-21T09:27:38Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1957280-stranded-melon-headed-whale-dies-trinidad-beach.html PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — A rarely sighted melon-headed whale has beached itself and died on the eastern coast of the Caribbean island of Trinidad. Forestry officials told reporters they tried to take the young whale out to sea several times but it kept returning to shore. The whale was spotted on Manzanilla beach late Thursday and died early Friday.... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:34:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1957280-stranded-melon-headed-whale-dies-trinidad-beach.html 2013-03-15T15:34:21Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/1933246-polish-vet-foreign-source-1-case-horse-meat.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's leading veterinarian says that of three cases recently detected of horse meat in beef in Poland, two were from domestic meat processers while the third came from another country. Janusz Zwiazek, Poland's chief national veterinarian, announced last week that horse DNA was found in three samples taken from meat facilities in P... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:57:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/1933246-polish-vet-foreign-source-1-case-horse-meat.html 2013-03-05T17:57:50Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/1925256-beef-horse-austrian-salami-re-labeled.html VIENNA (AP) — What came first — the foal in the salami or the label telling Austrian consumers they were buying horse meat? Food inspectors are asking that question after finding adulterated labels on salami. The word "beef" was crossed out with a marker and replaced by "foal." Manufacturers say the handwritten re-designation is not a shamefaced attempt t... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:13:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/1925256-beef-horse-austrian-salami-re-labeled.html 2013-03-01T18:13:16Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/1921110-poland-finds-horse-meat-dna-beef-samples.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — One of Poland's top veterinarians said Thursday that traces of horse-meat DNA have been found in beef samples taken from three meat processors — the first acknowledgement that the country could be a source of the horse meat that fraudulently ended up in processed meat products sold as beef across Europe. Deputy National Veterinarian ... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:04:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/1921110-poland-finds-horse-meat-dna-beef-samples.html 2013-02-28T20:04:36Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/1918524-meatballs-ikea-withdraws-sausages.html STOCKHOLM (AP) — After withdrawing meatballs from stores across Europe, home furnishings company Ikea said Wednesday its own tests confirmed "a few indications of horse meat" and that it would also remove wiener sausages made by the same supplier. Meanwhile, Poland acknowledged for the first time that it is a source of horse meat that has fraudulently end... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:19:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/1918524-meatballs-ikea-withdraws-sausages.html 2013-02-27T23:19:24Z