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For 12-year-old Anujin in #Ulaanbaatar, getting water means carrying 60–70L over uneven roads & sometimes facing aggressive dogs 💧 Her story reflects the daily reality for thousands of girls in #Mongolia Watch the documentary from @Cop17Mongolia https://t.co/dKvhW5AcMK #cop17 #Ulaanbaatar #Mongolia #WaterAccess #MN

Félicitations à notre capitaine et à la Fondation Asista, qui ont amassé 157 035$ lors de la 4e édition du Tournoi de golf des héros de Nick Suzuki afin de former des chiens d'assistance et d'intervenir auprès de personnes aux prises avec des troubles de santé mentale 👏 Congratulations to our captain and the Asista Foundation on raising $157,035 at the fourth edition of the Nick Suzuki Heroes Golf Tournament to train service dogs and support people living with mental health issues 📸 JP Castonguay & Justin Sciangula/Fondation Asista #GoHabsGo #Golf #SantéMentale #ChiensdAssistance

🕯️Kanadyjska influencerka Madeleine White (2,2 mln obserwujących) i jej mąż, DJ Andrew Fedyk z duetu Loud Luxury, poinformowali o śmierci swojego 2-letniego berneńskiego psa pasterskiego, Dunkina, którego zostawili w kalifornijskim ośrodku szkolenia psów Smart Dogs Training w Studio City. Za czterotygodniowy pobyt i szkolenie dla dwóch psów zapłacili 10 tysięcy dolarów, a już po 48 godzinach dostali telefon, że Dunkin został zabrany do parku podczas fali upałów, dostał udaru cieplnego i zmarł w drodze do innego, niezapowiadanego wcześniej ośrodka. Do zdarzenia nie wezwano lekarza weterynarii, a AirTagi psów w trakcie tej przejażdżki nagle przestały nadawać sygnał. Sprawa szybko przybrała skalę większego skandalu, bo do White i Fedyka zaczęły się zgłaszać kolejne rodziny - twórca powiedział, że rozmawiał już z siedmioma innymi właścicielami, których psy zginęły w „niewyjaśnionych okolicznościach" w tym samym ośrodku. Sam Fedyk zwrócił się do LAPD i Los Angeles Animal Services o wszczęcie śledztwa, a zleca też autopsję Dunkina, żeby ustalić rzeczywistą przyczynę śmierci. Źródło: People #Psy #Skandal #Zwierzęta

❗️Μερικές φορές σταματάς για ένα σκυλί… και τελικά συναντάς ανθρώπους. ❤️🐾 ❗️Την είδα ξαπλωμένη ήσυχα σ’ ένα μικρό στενάκι, κάτω από ένα υπόστεγο. Ηλικιωμένη πια, κουρασμένη, με τα αρθριτικά της… ❗️Σταμάτησα και άρχισα να τραβάω. ❗️Και τότε, εντελώς τυχαία, πέρασε μια κυρία. Σταμάτησε, την πλησίασε, τη χάιδεψε και τη φώναξε με το όνομά της. ❗️Τη ρώτησα αν τη φροντίζει. ❗️«Ναι», μου είπε. «Η οικογένειά μου. Οι γονείς μου μένουν από πάνω και τη φροντίζουμε». ❗️Ξεκίνησαν κάποτε με μια μικρή κουβερτούλα. Και σιγά σιγά αυτό το σημείο έγινε το σπίτι της. Εκεί μένει χειμώνα–καλοκαίρι. Εκεί νιώθει ασφαλής. Εκεί υπάρχουν άνθρωποι που τη γνωρίζουν, τη φροντίζουν και τη χαϊδεύουν. ❗️Και απέναντι; Απέναντι μένει ένα άλλο, μαύρο σκυλάκι. Ο φίλος της. ❤️ ❗️Μέσα σε λίγα δευτερόλεπτα, αυτό που έμοιαζε με μια θλιμμένη εικόνα έγινε μια μικρή ιστορία ανθρωπιάς. ❗️Δεν χρειάζονται πάντα μεγάλα πράγματα. Μια κουβέρτα. Ένα πιάτο φαγητό. Λίγο νερό. Ένα χάδι. Ένας άνθρωπος που νοιάζεται. Κι ένας φίλος απέναντι… ❗️Μπράβο σ’ αυτή την οικογένεια. Μπράβο στους ανθρώπους που δεν προσπερνούν. ❗️Γιατί ο τρόπος που φερόμαστε στα πιο αδύναμα πλάσματα γύρω μας λέει πολλά για την κοινωνία που θέλουμε να είμαστε. ❗️Αν πιστεύετε ότι τέτοιες μικρές πράξεις ανθρωπιάς αξίζει να ακούγονται, μοιραστείτε αυτή την ιστορία. ❤️🐾 ❗️Sometimes you stop because of a dog… and end up discovering the kindness of people. ❤️🐾 ❗️I saw her lying quietly in a small passageway, sheltered beneath a roof. She is old now, tired, and suffering from arthritis… ❗️I stopped and started filming. ❗️And then, completely by chance, a woman walked by. She stopped, approached her, stroked her gently and called her by her name. ❗️I asked if she was the one taking care of her. ❗️“Yes,” she told me. “My family does. My parents live upstairs and we take care of her.” ❗️It all started with a small blanket. Little by little, this place became her home. She stays there winter and summer. It is where she feels safe, surrounded by people who know her, care for her and give her affection. ❗️And across the way? Another black dog lives there. Her friend. ❤️ ❗️Within a few seconds, what at first looked like a sad scene turned into a beautiful little story of humanity. ❗️It doesn’t always take something extraordinary. A blanket. A bowl of food. Some water. A gentle touch. Someone who cares. And a friend across the way… ❗️Well done to this family. And to every person who chooses not to simply walk past. ❗️Because the way we treat the most vulnerable creatures around us says a great deal about the kind of society we want to be. ❗️If you believe these small acts of kindness deserve to be seen, share this story. ❤️🐾 #AnimalLove #KindnessMatters #RespectAnimals #Dogs #Φιλοζωία #Φιλοζωία #Ανθρωπιά #Σκύλοι

The Belyaev Fox Experiment: Selective Breeding, Tameness, and Domestication In 1959, Soviet geneticist Dmitry Belyaev began a long-term experiment at the Institute of Cytology and Genetics in Novosibirsk to investigate how wild animals might undergo domestication. Working with silver foxes (*Vulpes vulpes*) from fur farms, he selected approximately the tamest 10% in each generation as breeding parents. Selection focused mainly on behaviour—reduced fear and aggression and greater willingness to interact with humans—rather than on physical traits. The results were rapid and striking. Within about six generations, some foxes licked researchers’ hands, accepted physical contact, wagged their tails, and actively sought human attention (Dugatkin, 2018). Over time, selection for tameness was accompanied by changes in coat pigmentation, ear and tail shape, reproductive patterns, physiology, and behaviour (Trut et al., 2009). These traits resembled features found in domestic dogs and other domesticated mammals and became associated with the “domestication syndrome,” which includes reduced aggression, increased social tolerance, juvenile behaviours, pigmentation changes, and altered craniofacial development. Belyaev proposed that selection for reduced fear and aggression could affect wider developmental and physiological systems. Later research suggested that changes involving neural crest cells might help explain how behavioural selection could produce multiple physical traits (Wilkins et al., 2014). The experiment also offered a model for dog domestication. Early wolves that were less fearful and aggressive may have remained near human settlements, where they experienced a new selective environment. Over generations, increasing tolerance of humans could have led to further behavioural, physiological, and morphological changes. Belyaev’s experiment remains important because it shows how behavioural selection can rapidly influence development, genetics, and evolution, while also highlighting the need for caution when applying the concept of a universal domestication syndrome. **References:** Belyaev (1979); Dugatkin (2018); Lord et al. (2020); Trut et al. (2009); Wilkins et al. (2014).

Dogs can distinguish between fearful and angry or sad human faces. It is possible to distinguish between sad v fearful faces, and angry v fearful faces – with differences in activity in different parts of the brain – but not angry and sad faces https://t.co/cPe06wyU1Z #Dogs #AnimalBehavior #Emotions #Nocountrycodespresent.

❤️‍🩹 Η αγάπη τον έφερε πίσω στο σπίτι. Σοβαρά τραυματισμένος από τη φωτιά στο Πόρτο Γερμενό, με εγκαύματα στις πατούσες, ένας σκύλος κατάφερε να διασχίσει την καμένη περιοχή και να επιστρέψει στο σπίτι όπου τον φρόντιζαν. 🐾 Εξαντλημένος, αλλά βρίσκοντας τη δύναμη να γυρίσει στο μέρος όπου ένιωθε ασφαλής, εντοπίστηκε και μεταφέρθηκε σε κτηνιατρείο. Σύμφωνα με τη φιλοζωική ομάδα Dog’s Voice, το Σάββατο 8 Αυγούστου θα μεταφερθεί σε ειδική κτηνιατρική κλινική για εντατική νοσηλεία και αντιμετώπιση των σοβαρών εγκαυμάτων του. 📸 @DogsVoiceGR #iefimerida #ΠόρτοΓερμενό #love #animals #rescue

Στις δύσκολες στιγμές, κανείς δεν πρέπει να μένει μόνος. Ας σταθούμε δίπλα στα αδέσποτα ζώα που επλήγησαν από τις πυρκαγιές, στηρίζοντας το έργο του @DogsVoiceGR μέσω των παρακάτω στοιχείων. Σήμερα, η βοήθειά μας μπορεί να γίνει η ελπίδα τους. Η οικογένεια του Παναθηναϊκού μπορεί να κάνει τη διαφορά. 🐾☘️ Τράπεζα Πειραιώς IBAN: GR66 0172 1410 0051 4107 6268 861 Δικαιούχος: DOGS’ VOICE AMKE #Panathinaikos #PAOFC #SupportAnimals #AnimalRescue #HopeForAnimals

Phantom Army. On a cold dark and foggy night The dogs don't bark, no cats in sight On top of the cliffs, stands a tree By the sea, by the sea, by the sea. Fixation figures start to appear A Roman legion is marching near Shields to carry, their swords do hang As they clang, as they clang, as they clang. They're battle hardened, fought many a' war They march as a troop in lines of four The general rides the horse he's got To a trot, to a trot, to a trot. With a tedious trek their search abound They wearily wish their fort is found They carefully look, but to their cost They are lost, they are lost, they are lost. A visionary fort, their eyes a' trick For the eerie brave their pace is quick The general, his horse and eighty men It is then, it is then, it is then. They solely believe it's the fort they see As they quickly march towards the tree For the Roman elite, it's one and all As they fall, as they fall, as they fall. And now today, if fog is in sight Don't follow Romans into the night On top of the cliffs stands another tree By the sea, by the sea, by the sea.

I miss the no-sugarcoating brutal human feedback, people telling me my art is dogshit if it is. AI doesn't do that, it normalizes and validates everything. I know how that ends. Honesty becomes cruelty, mediocrity wins, and the tool built to improve us makes us average and soft. https://t.co/t7eFekvVEd #Art #Honesty #AI #Nospecificcountrycodesarepresentinthetweet.

I miss the no-sugarcoating brutal human feedback. People telling me my art is dogshit, if it is. AI doesn't do that, it normalizes and validates everything. I know how that ends. Honesty becomes cruelty, mediocrity wins, and the tool built to improve us makes us average and soft. https://t.co/8vQSyElUPh #ArtCriticism #BrutalHonesty #AIImpact #Nocountrycodescouldbeidentifiedinthetweetprovided.

After the publication of the story of the Hubinger couple, other clients of the Dogsitting.cz service began to come forward with similar experiences, including injuries and suspicions of the presence of unknown individuals in their homes during the pet sitting, which raises questions about the quality of this service. (translated)

Manželé Hubingerovi, kteří si na dovolenou svěřili své psy do péče profesionálního hlídače, po návratu zjistili, že v jejich bytě byly cizí ženy, což vyvolalo u nich podezření ohledně důvěryhodnosti služby, za kterou zaplatili více než 18 tisíc korun. #hlídánípsů #Dogsitting #pejskaři

Quadruped "robot dogs" have found some limited commercial viability in factories and power plants as replacements for human inspectors. Humanoid robots however remain basically curiosities or entertainment devices, capable of impressive feats of agility like dancing or boxing. https://t.co/t1hmPBoekc #RobotDogs #HumanoidRobots #Automation #Therearenospecificcountriesmentionedinthetweet.Thus #theresponseisempty.

Sam Neill, décédé à 78 ans, a marqué le monde du cinéma au-delà de son rôle emblématique d'Alan Grant dans « Jurassic Park », en choisissant des rôles variés pendant plus de cinquante ans et en apportant une profondeur subtile à ses personnages, comme en témoignent ses performances dans des films allant de « Sleeping Dogs » à « Possession ». #SamNeill #JurassicPark #Cinéma