Les Mathes, France — A baby zebra was born in a French zoo in South-western France as a result of a breeding program aimed at protecting endangered species. Named Aramis, and born to Viviana, the foal takes its first steps and is seen trotting behind the mother in the video. The birth took place at the Palmyre Zoo, in the Charente-Maritime department region. Florence Perroux, 47, in an interview with RealPress, said that the foal was born on Dec 15. A zookeeper named the baby zebra. However, they held off from announcing the news of the birth until New Year’s…
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TEL AVIV, Israel — Love milk but loathe the way dairy cows are treated? Researchers from Tel Aviv University are working on a new way to produce milk — from yeast, not beast. We’re not talking about non-dairy “milk” beverages made of rice, nuts or soy, but rather dairy milk without hormones or lactose. “We plan to produce dairy products that will be identical to products that come from animals,” explains Prof. Tamir Tuller from TAU’s biomedical engineering department. The yeast-generated milk will have “all the important nutritional values of cow’s milk with the same taste, aroma and texture, but without…
Buenos Aires, Argentina — Police have raided an illegal breeding farm and seized over 300 animals from Balcarce area in the eastern Argentine province of Buenos Aires. Acting on an anonymous tip-off, the authorities recovered over 27 hunting trophies of killed animals from the property. “We have opened an investigation on the suspicion that all or some of the animals were being sold for illegal hunting,” said the Environment Ministry of Argentina. The animals found in the property. (Ministerio Ambiente/Newsflash)Trophy hunting is the hunting of wild animals for their trophies, with the trophy being the animal or part of the…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The historic Abraham Accords signed between Israel and the United Arab Emirates gave rise to endless opportunities, including regional development, scientific cooperation, travel and — for a short while at least — weddings. After the accords were signed in August, Israelis were granted access to the country, and Dubai went on to host several ultra-Orthodox Jewish weddings each week. Despite the global coronavirus pandemic, the UAE was until very recently accepting foreign visitors and allowing larger social gatherings than permitted in Israel, Europe or the United States. Plus, Israelis weren’t required to quarantine upon return. “Once…
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology researchers have developed a way to detect heart problems based on routine electrocardiography (ECG). They have also built a database and an analytic tool to provide an automated diagnosis of eight common types of heart disease, quickly and with unprecedented accuracy. ECG is the most common test of heart function. The noninvasive exam measures the electrical signals generated by the heart muscle tissue through electrodes placed in 12 locations on the skin. However, ECG results must be interpreted by a cardiologist, making analysis subjective. Even with the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI), analysis is done one…
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel became the first country to complete the first phase of COVID-19 vaccinations for all residents and employees of elder-care, assisted-living and retirement facilities. The country’s 10-day vaccination drive for the elderly in residential facilities had administered the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine to all of its approximately 150,000 residents and employees by Jan. 7, according to Magen David Adom, a national organization responsible for emergency, pre-hospital medical care and blood services. The second round of the two-dose vaccination campaign will begin this week. While any Israeli over 60 years old can get vaccinated at…
NEW DELHI — The data of more than 100 million users of at least four Indian companies, all believed to have been breached by the same hacker, is being sold on the dark web. The masked credit and debit card data stolen by a hacker possibly known as “ShinyHunters” was first revealed by Rajshekhar Rajharia, a cybersecurity researcher, through a tweet on Jan 3. Though the breach of payment app Juspay occurred five months ago, the company did not confirm the breach until Jan. 5. Meanwhile, consumers have been left in the dark as to what to do. “I use several apps…
NEW Delhi — Ashok Kumar Surana, an industrialist from the western state of Rajasthan, does not buy a lot of wool locally for the carpets his company produces. Instead, the company, based out of the city of Bikaner, imports wool from some 50 countries, including Australia, New Zealand and the United States, according to its website. “Domestic wool comprises only 25 percent of our consumption,” said Surana, executive director of Woolindia and secretary of the Rajasthan Woollen Industries Association. His reasons? “We get much cheaper, cleaner, graded and sorted wool from other countries,” Surana told Zenger News. “Wool growers do…
MUMBAI — “We were planning a ceremony to name our firstborn as she was to be discharged soon,” said Vishwanath Behere, the father of a two-month-old girl who was among the 10 newborn babies who died in a fire that engulfed the maternity unit of a hospital early on Jan. 9. “I can’t get the sight of the hospital ward in flames out of my mind.” Behere’s daughter was born on Nov. 10, and weighed just 830 grams (1.8 pounds). “We were praying every day for her to get better,” said 22-year-old Behere, who does odd jobs and earns about…
Lacanau, France — A terrified baby seal was recently rescued after it got stranded on a French beach. It was probably bitten by a dog. The incident took place on a beach near the town of Lacanau, a commune in the Gironde department on the south-western French coast. Real Press spoke to Laurent Blanchard-Talou, the communications officer for a local animal protection organization, Association Venus, based in Bordeaux. The footage shows the seal, believed to be a gray seal (Halichoerus grypus), letting out terrified little barks after having been bitten previously as members of Association Venus, members of the public…