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The anti-vaccination crowd has found a new way to maybe get people killed. Goodbye, hydroxychloroquine. Hello ivermectin, a horse dewormer. The drug began circulating in goonybird rhetoric last December as a possible treatment for prophylaxis in COVID-19 patients. It’s since entered conspiracy theory circles as the simple cure They don’t...
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The quarantine resulting from COVID-19 has led to all kinds of new activities for the housebound, everything from that sourdough bread-making craze to people literally emptying out the exercise equipment stock of the nation. People also adopted pets. Lots of pets. People stuck at home decided that they could use...
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Just in time for Christmas, a baby howler monkey has made her appearance at the Houston Zoo. Proud parents Charlie (mom) and Howie (dad) welcomed her on November 17 and some of the first photos of her surfaced last week. According to the zoo, sunrise is prime time howling time...
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As if 2020 wasn’t rough enough, one of the most beloved figures in the Texas Renaissance Festival, Sampson the Warhorse, died on Sunday, November 8 after nine years on the fair fairgrounds delighting visitors. He was 18-years-old. “I was so blessed to have him in my life,” says owner/trainer Angela...
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City prosecutors are seeking a court order to euthanize a dog that bit a woman, but no one is interested in how the dog was able to nearly bite off his paw while at BARC.
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A few years ago, Dr. Aziza Glass was getting the cold shoulder from her professors — most of them white — at veterinary school, avoiding eye contact with her almost all-white classmates, and feeling the pressure of being one of the only people of color in the room. “It was such...
