Knafo Zoological Medicine and Surgery Services, PLLC

04/11/2016

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/a-new-model-of-empathy-the-rat/2011/12/08/gIQAAx0jfO_story.html?postshare=5401460310388072&tid=ss_fb

In a simple experiment, researchers sought to find out whether a rat would release a fellow rat from an unpleasantly restrictive cage if it could. The answer was yes.

04/10/2016

03/23/2016

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/03/23/world/asia/china-hornbill-helmeted-ivory-indonesia.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0&referer=http://m.facebook.com

The skull of the helmeted hornbill, which already faces habitat loss, is being sold as an alternative to ivory, conservation groups say.

03/13/2016

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/13/opinion/sunday/the-global-solution-to-extinction.html

It is not too late to halt the alarming loss of species and biodiversity threatening the planet.

02/26/2016

https://www.facebook.com/NortheasternReptileWelfareLeague/posts/1045461522143092

02/23/2016

http://www.3ders.org/articles/20160222-brazilian-parrot-receives-worlds-first-titanium-3d-printed-beak.html

Gigi, a blue and yellow macaw rescued from captivity with a deformed beak that prevented her from eating, has received the first ever metal 3D printed prosthetic beak.

02/15/2016

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/photo-ark/pictures/monogamous-animals/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_fb20160214animals-MonogamousGallery&utm_campaign=Content&sf20843938=1 #/photo-ark-monogamous-lar-gibbon_94132_600x450.jpg

Every day is Valentine's Day for these species in love. See photos of wild sweethearts from National Geographic's Photo Ark.

02/09/2016

Proud to call James my friend! http://www.cienciapr.org/en/monthly-story/james-ayala-gonzalez-panda-whisperer

Por Dr. Wilson Gonzalez-Espada, Ciencia Puerto Rico A well-known mathematics postulate states that: “Through any two points, there is exactly one straight line. Our reality, of course, is much more complicated than that. The life journey of a person is more like the curvy roads of PR-1, or “La Piqui…

02/06/2016

02/06/2016

https://www.thedodo.com/bunny-owner-truths-858653330.html

For the love of animals. Pass it on.

01/27/2016

Amazing!!!
https://www.facebook.com/liz.wilcox.94/posts/1188290631198597

12/30/2015

Consider donating to help this dog and her puppies. They've clearly been through a lot, and though they're fortunate to have been adopted by a member of the US Air Force and his partner, they have a long road to recovery.
https://www.gofundme.com/a4gtp3b8

About six months ago my boyfriend deployed to Kuwait with the US Airforce. On a beautiful day, early in November he was working in his security sector when he noticed a small creature approaching his gate. The desolate area it was coming was far from any sort of inhabitance and was riddled with u...