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History: Benjamin Bonneville, Simple Trapper or Government Agent?
04 May 2024 15:29 GMT
… early 1800s came to trap fur-bearing animals, mainly beaver, to … Monroe. The doctrine warned European nations that the United States … to which they carried their furs and exchanged them for … or encounters with dangerous wild animals. Below is a display …
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Stumbling Stones honor victims of Nazi terror
05 May 2024 21:11 GMT
… now been laid in 31 European countries.
Relatives of Holocaust victims … on, dirtied, smeared, soiled with animal excrement or even deliberately desecrated … is an association called Stolpersteine für Dresden (Stumbling Stones for Dresden …
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Goetze: A cat of many names
05 May 2024 12:38 GMT
… was significantly reduced after European settlement.
Pumas are the … Wichita Falls area?
Their fur is usually short and, … the availability of smaller animals, consumes the approximate equivalent … trapped almost constantly since European settlement. The greatest …
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There's no question H5N1 bird flu has 'pandemic potential.' How likely is that worst-case scenario?
04 May 2024 08:04 GMT
… associated with viral adaptation to mammalian hosts.
But the individual didn … report published in early April, European health authorities outlined various necessary … , careful planning of poultry and fur animal farming, and preventive strategies such …
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Leprosy in Medieval England Probably Came From Red Squirrels
03 May 2024 18:07 GMT
… squirrels as the first ancient animal host of leprosy,” said … and squirrel fur was widely used in garments across Europe during … the possible role of animal hosts in leprosy persistence … today,” the team added.
Animals still host zoonotic diseases that …
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Medieval Squirrels Served as First Ancient Hosts of Leprosy
03 May 2024 17:33 GMT
… to 40 percent of medieval Europeans showed signs of M. leprae … involving archaeological material, in particular animal remains, into studying the long … harvested as a source of fur or housed as household … high population of furriers and fur traders, as well as …
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Bird Flu Making Its Way Across the States by Way of Dairy Cows
03 May 2024 16:54 GMT
… 2021 when wild birds in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, … Arctic and fur seals in the Antarctic. In Europe, infection began … to be reported in wild mammals and in domesticated animals … U.S., detections in mammals have been reported in at …
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Medieval Pets Had One of Humanity’s Most Cursed Diseases
03 May 2024 15:17 GMT
… , once famous for its fur-obsessed market patrons, as … depicting people cradling the animals, documents describing women taking … said, to tiny lapdogs. Fur processing, too, would have … Europeans imported the pathogen to South America. The scaly mammals are …
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THE NEW BLM SAGE GROUSE CONSERVATION PLAN
03 May 2024 04:59 GMT
… they are declining. When an animal population declines it means more … and their kids trapping predator fur bearers. Sage grouse also … very numerous prior to the European invasion of the western … status that existed before the European invasion but into a …
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Spreading the joy: Help us help our native numbats
02 May 2024 01:09 GMT
… evidence indicate that before European colonisation, the numbat was … a stunning-looking mammal – red-grey fur with black and … possible to identify individual animals. Recent research by Sian … heat conditions, tracking these animals through the season to …