In addition to the 11 starved tigers, at least 10 other animals at the zoo died in the same period, although some reports put the number at 22 and others 30.
The process looks at least as inefficient as cloning in animals.
In the mid-1990s researchers found that when they deleted genes responsible for attracting macrophages to the arteries, atherosclerosis all but disappeared--in lab animals, at least.
National data are scarce, but California reported at least 152 accidents from driver inattention caused by animals in the vehicle in 2010, according to the state's Highway Patrol, leading to 58 injuries.
"Attaching clipper blades to handles to create grooming tools for hairy animals, and in particular at least horses, has been done since at least 1958, " Mr. Laube's lawyers wrote in an April court filing.
While few would go to the lengths of the ancient Egyptians, whose desert cemeteries include several thousand animals and at least 2m mummified birds in the catacombs of the sacred ibises, the modern burial ritual is still an elaborate affair.
Two rhinos and at least a dozen other animals, mostly deer, have drowned in the flood waters.
Until this time, at least, man has evolved far beyond any other animals on Earth in comprehension and intelligence.
"We believe that farmers should have the opportunity to work closely with their own vets so that, subject to a risk assessment and the approval of suitable separation facilities on the farm, new animals can be brought in without having to wait at least two months, " he added.
Potential drugs to control this remodelling process have been tested in animals, and some experts are convinced that they could be used to at least relieve the symptoms and slow the deterioration of COPD sufferers.
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