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Don’t kill mosquitoes - let them take blood donation, urges French animal-rights activistBut British experts condemn comments as 'unhelpful and a step too far'People should not kill mosquitoes but allow them to take "blood donations", a French animal-rights activist has said.Aymeric Caron, a television presenter, said the insects sucked human blood to obtain protein for their eggs, which was “embarrassing for anti-specists who realise they are being attacked by a mother trying to nourish her future children”.Anti-specists are those who oppose discrimination against any species, usually animals.But British animal-protection workers said his comments were “a step too far” and were “an unhelpful distraction”.
World’s first human-monkey hybrid created in China, scientists revealResearchers pledge to continue using primates in search for transplant organs Scientists say they have created the world’s first human-monkey hybrid in a laboratory in China.The researchers, who want to use animals to create organs for human life-saving transplants, say creating the hybrid was an important step.And they pledged to continue their experiments using primates.The team revealed that they had injected human stem cells capable of creating any type of tissue into a monkey embryo.The experiment was stopped before the embryo was old enough to be born.
Woman has hands and legs amputated after dog licks her‘The symptoms were so rapid in progression… there was nothing they could do’, family says
QuoteDon’t kill mosquitoes - let them take blood donation, urges French animal-rights activistBut British experts condemn comments as 'unhelpful and a step too far'People should not kill mosquitoes but allow them to take "blood donations", a French animal-rights activist has said.Aymeric Caron, a television presenter, said the insects sucked human blood to obtain protein for their eggs, which was “embarrassing for anti-specists who realise they are being attacked by a mother trying to nourish her future children”.Anti-specists are those who oppose discrimination against any species, usually animals.But British animal-protection workers said his comments were “a step too far” and were “an unhelpful distraction”.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/mosquito-bite-kill-blood-france-animal-rights-eggs-a9036946.htmlOh my!
The Athens Medical Association (ISA) has expressed concern about the spread of West Nile virus and is urging the public to take all necessary precautions.In a statement, it noted that there were 316 reported cases of the mosquito-borne infection last year, and that 50 of them were fatal. Most of the deaths, it said, were recorded in Attica.“As the number of cases are expected to rise, it is important that health authorities are on the alert... and that timely measures are taken to ensure that there is an adequate supply of blood,” said ISA president Giorgos Patoulis.He also noted that measures should be taken to ensure that certain areas are not deprived of blood, as was the case last year.In its weekly report published on Thursday, the National Health Organization (EODY) announced this year’s first deaths in Greece from the virus. The two victims were both over the age of 80. It also said that the number of confirmed cases of the infection this year had risen to 25.Online
Russian Billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev Vows to Turn Skorpios Into a “Greek Island Paradise”Owner of the former Aristotle Onassis private island of Skorpios at the Ionian Sea, Russian tycoon Dmitry Rybolovlev has spoken of his plans for the island in a recent interview.Speaking to a special edition of the Cypriot publication Wealth Management, Rybolovlev says that the rebuilding of Scorpios will be completed in no more than three years and the result will be the creation of the first luxury accommodation complex in Greece.
Forgotten Sculpture of Alexander the Great Found in Greek Museum’s StorageAn ancient sculpture of Alexander the Great was recently discovered in a Greek museum’s storage room, a leading archaeologist revealed recently on Facebook.Angeliki Kottaridi said the sculptural portrait of the Macedonian king had been forgotten for years in the warehouses of the Archaeological Museum in the town of Veria, in northern Greece.She added that this “brand new” portrait of Alexander the Great is unknown to archaeologists and historians.
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