The WSU Zoology Club presents, “Considerations of Caring for Animals in Captivity: Sharks and Cetaceans” on Monday April 21 at 4:10 p.m. Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium marine biologist Cindy Roberts will lead the discussion on Sharks and Cetaceans and the challenges they present in captivity in Abelson 201.
Warming weather in the Pacific Northwest brings with it a renewed threat of tick paralysis in animals and people. Tick paralysis is a somewhat uncommon but potentially fatal disease that can affect virtually all warm-blooded land animals. It occurs when certain species of ticks inject potent toxins from their salivary glands into the host animal. […]
PULLMAN– The Wildlife Society has honored coauthors Donald Katnik and Robert Wielgus with its 2006 Outstanding Publication Award for a paper that overturns widely held notions of resource use and avoidance by animals in the wild. The results described in the paper will likely change the way assessments of habitat and wildlife -especially endangered species – […]
Washington State University’s veterinary students participate in a vital surgical training program that provides them opportunities to hone their surgical skills while increasing the likelihood that animals will be placed with new owners from area shelters.WSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine provides free spay or neuter services for several humane societies and shelters in the region. […]