“In what’s been called a world first, consumers in the UK are now able to buy a pet treat made with lab-grown meat.
The treat contains plant-based ingredients and 4% chicken meat cultivated in a lab by Meatly, a London-based startup that last year became the first company in the world to get regulatory approval for this type of meat to be used in pet food.”
From CNN.
Best Friends Animal Society | Treatment of Animals
“The number of cats killed in shelters has gone down 75% compared to a decade ago.
Ten years ago, getting out of the shelter alive was basically a coin flip. Today, cats are being saved at history-making levels.”
“Losing a beloved pet is difficult for anyone to accept, but an Australian tech entrepreneur refused to give up when his five-year-old rescue pup Rosie was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Turning to ChatGPT and AlphaFold, Paul Conyngham worked with scientists to create a personalized mRNA vaccine. ‘We took her tumor, we sequenced the DNA, we converted it from tissue to data, and then we used that to search for the problem in her DNA, and then developed a cure based on that,’ Rosie’s owner Paul Conyngham said in an interview with the Today Show Australia. ‘ChatGPT assisted throughout the entire process.'”
From The Scientist.
Hindustan Times | Conservation & Biodiversity
“Assam did not record a single incident of rhino poaching in 2025 due to the state’s excellent conservation efforts, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday…
In 2022, the state was, for the first time since 1977, able to ensure that poachers did not kill a single rhino. But one rhino death was reported in 2023 while two were killed in 2024, which led the authorities to launch Operation Falcon, a multi-agency crackdown that have foiled nine poaching attempts.
A senior Assam police officer said 42 poachers were arrested in the state in 2024 and 2025, who were linked to six poaching gangs.”
From Hindustan Times.
“South Korea said it will formally end its dwindling yet much-criticized bear bile farming industry…
The Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment announced Tuesday it will ban breeding and possession of bears and extraction of their bile beginning January 1.”
From CNN.
