Ones that got away

“We needed to save the young one’s life. If the hemoglobin was low, there was only one remedy: blood transfusion.”

Pandurang Munde, director of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Mumbai, explains why vets have been undertaking blood transfusions on a tiger (AP).

“There is absolutely no reasonable scientific dispute on the subject of whether children who are raised by gay parents are disadvantaged in any way.”

Leslie Cooper, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, comments on a case in Miami that has social scientists going head to head over whether a gay man should be allowed to adopt his two foster children (Miami Herald).

“We always do tend to have music on but we certainly wouldn’t stick to classical music and I think our elephants are a bit partial to Terry Wogan and Chiltern FM.”

David Field, zoological director of London and Whipsnade zoos, comments on research showing that classical music can reduce pachyderm abnormal behaviours (Guardian).

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