Day: October 12, 2023

NYC animal shelters ‘mercilessly’ kills adoptable dogs: suit

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NYC animal shelters ‘mercilessly’ kills adoptable dogs: suit

New York City’s Animal Care Centers keeps adoptable dogs drugged-up and in squalid conditions – only to then “mercilessly” kill them – while the agency uses half of its profits on salaries instead of on canine welfare, a new federal lawsuit alleges. Dogs at shelters run by ACC – a non-profit under contract with the … Read more

Flooding that closed Alaska’s Dalton Highway also caused widespread ground sinking

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Flooding that closed Alaska’s Dalton Highway also caused widespread ground sinking

The massive 2015 flooding of the Sagavanirktok River in northern Alaska had immediate impacts, including closure of the Dalton Highway for several days, but it also contributed to longer-term ground subsidence in the permafrost-rich region. That’s the finding by assistant professor Simon Zwieback at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute in a study published … Read more