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Submitted by UC Davis on Wednesday, September 19th, 4:07 pm

Updated Sept. 17: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that it is postponing the national tests of two alerting systems that had been scheduled for Sept. 20 — the same morning as the UC Davis exercise. Due to severe weather on the East Coast and ongoing response efforts, FEMA rescheduled its tests for Oct. 3. 

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Updated Sept. 14: The Sept. 20 emergency exercise will coincide with national tests of Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) and the Emergency Alert System (EAS) at 11:18 a.m. and 11:20 a.m., respectively. WEA messages go to cell phones connected to participating carriers, and the EAS, involving broadcast and cable media and more, enables the U.S. president to address the nation during an emergency. Read more about these tests.

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Roadkill report a roadmap to avoiding wildlife collisions

Submitted by UC Davis on Wednesday, September 19th, 3:27 pm

Collisions with wildlife continue to cost up to half a billion dollars each year in California, primarily within the central Sierra Nevada and San Francisco Bay Area. But certain highways have especially high numbers of wildlife collisions, according to the annual roadkill report from the UC Davis Road Ecology Center.

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Cockfighter breeder pleads guilty on federal animal cruelty charges, facing five years in prison

Submitted by Elk Grove News.Net on Thursday, July 19th, 11:05 am

Thomas Lee Crow. | 
July 17, 2018 |
A man charged with animal cruelty plead guilty yesterday to federal charges of aiding and abetting illegal animal fighting involving a large cockfighting enterprise. Thomas Lee Crow, 49, of Fresno, California entered the plea yesterday in federal court.
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World's ugliest dog dies weeks after winning title

Submitted by AppealDemocrat on Wednesday, July 11th, 10:57 am

ANOKA, Minn. (AP) — A 9-year-old English bulldog has died just weeks after winning the 2018 World's Ugliest Dog contest... Read More

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North Dakota author details comeback of American buffalo

Submitted by AppealDemocrat on Monday, June 18th, 10:38 am

North Dakota author Francie Berg's last book about the American buffalo was a guide for adventurers eager to get out on back roads to see the historic sites where the great animal once flourished. The... Read More

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Saving a dying breed

Submitted by UC Davis on Friday, April 6th, 9:15 am

Wild horses living on California’s Channel Islands evolved into a unique breed, but face an uncertain future on the mainland... Read More

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What 3 feet of seawater could mean for the world’s turtles

Submitted by UC Davis on Monday, March 26th, 4:20 pm

Ninety percent of the world’s coastal freshwater turtle species are expected to be affected by sea level rise by 2100, according to a study from the University of California, Davis.

The study, published in Early View online today in the journal Biological Reviews, is the first comprehensive global assessment of freshwater turtles that frequent brackish, or slightly salty, waters. The study may help guide conservation strategies for turtles. 

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