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Pig War: The war that wasn’t
3 days, 8 hours ago

Pig War: The war that wasn’t

The Hindu  

In 1859, a boundary dispute on the U.S.-Canada border almost escalated into a full-scale conflict, all because of a pig. The incident took place on the San Juan Islands, a disputed territory in the Pacific Northwest, where the U.S. and British territories met. Escalation of tensions British authorities on Vancouver Island backed Griffin, seeing this as an opportunity to assert …

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Who wants a pig organ? Patients sick and tired of waiting years for a transplant
5 days, 15 hours ago

Who wants a pig organ? Patients sick and tired of waiting years for a transplant

India Today  

LOUISVILLE, Ky. : The calls and emails started coming into NYU Langone Health and Massachusetts General Hospital soon after doctors began experimenting with pig organs in humans. “I think it’s worth the shot.” Now two U.S. companies aim to begin the world’s first clinical trials of xenotransplantation in 2025 – using pig kidneys or hearts to try to save human …

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A U.S. farm breeds pigs for human kidney transplants
5 days, 23 hours ago

A U.S. farm breeds pigs for human kidney transplants

Raw Story  

by Ulysse BELLIER On a farm in the southern U.S. state of Virginia, David Ayares and his research teams are breeding genetically modified pigs to transplant their organs into human patients. - 'Little room for recognition' - AFP For more than 20 years, Revivicor, in Blacksburg, Virginia, has been conducting research to turn pig-to-human transplantation from science fiction to life-saving …

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Alabama woman is recovering well after receiving a pig kidney, doctors say
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5 days, 23 hours ago

Alabama woman is recovering well after receiving a pig kidney, doctors say

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An Alabama woman is doing well after she received a pig …

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Tired of long organ waitlists, these patients are hopeful for a pig organ transplant
6 days ago

Tired of long organ waitlists, these patients are hopeful for a pig organ transplant

Associated Press  

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The calls and emails started coming into NYU Langone Health and Massachusetts General Hospital soon after doctors began experimenting with pig organs in humans. Pig kidney recipient Towana Looney sits with transplant surgeon Dr. Jayme Locke on Dec. 10, 2024, at NYU Langone Health, in New York City. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit …

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A Third Person Has Received a Transplant of a Genetically Engineered Pig Kidney
54 years, 11 months ago

A Third Person Has Received a Transplant of a Genetically Engineered Pig Kidney

Wired  

An Alabama woman has become the third person to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically engineered pig, her doctors announced Tuesday. In March, 62-year-old Richard Slayman made history when he received a kidney from a genetically engineered pig at Massachusetts General Hospital. In the second attempt, this April, 54-year-old Lisa Pisano received both a kidney and thymus gland from …

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Stop Calling Online Scams ‘Pig Butchering,’ Interpol Warns
6 days, 3 hours ago

Stop Calling Online Scams ‘Pig Butchering,’ Interpol Warns

Wired  

The rise of so-called pig butchering investment scams over the past few years largely caught the world unawares, capitalizing on conditions surrounding pandemic lockdowns and global economic instability to fool people into giving away their money to attackers. But as researchers and law enforcement have scrambled to raise awareness about the crisis—including scammers’ use of forced labor—any way they can, …

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A transplanted pig kidney offers a grandmother hope for life without dialysis
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6 days, 15 hours ago

A transplanted pig kidney offers a grandmother hope for life without dialysis

NPR  

A transplanted pig kidney offers a grandmother hope for life without dialysis toggle caption Joe Carrotta for NYU Langone Health NEW YORK – Towana Looney can hardly contain her anticipation as she waits to get wheeled to an operating room at the NYU Langone Health hospital in New York City for an historic procedure. "It's going to change my life," …

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Alabama woman recovering well after latest experimental pig kidney transplant
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6 days, 15 hours ago

Alabama woman recovering well after latest experimental pig kidney transplant

India Today  

NEW YORK: An Alabama woman is recovering well after a pig kidney transplant last month that freed her from eight years of dialysis, the latest effort to save human lives with animal organs. Towana Looney is the fifth American given a gene-edited pig organ — and notably, she isn’t as sick as prior recipients who died within two months of …

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Talking with the first person to receive a new kind of pig kidney transplant
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6 days, 15 hours ago

Talking with the first person to receive a new kind of pig kidney transplant

NPR  

Talking with the first person to receive a new kind of pig kidney transplant NPR visits first person to get a new kind of genetically modified pig kidney two weeks after undergoing the historic procedure. ROB STEIN, BYLINE: It's been two weeks since I spent the day inside an OR at NYU Langone Health in New York City, watching surgeons …

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Kerala: African Swine Fever outbreak reported at two pig farms in Kottayam district
1 week, 3 days ago

Kerala: African Swine Fever outbreak reported at two pig farms in Kottayam district

India TV News  

Kerala: An outbreak of African Swine Fever, a highly contagious and devastating disease affecting pigs, has been reported in farms in two villages in this district, officials said today. The outbreak was detected at two pig farms located in the Koottickal and Vazhoor grama panchayats in Kottayam, they added. Kottayam District Collector John V Samuel has ordered the culling of …

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‘Pig butchering’ crypto scheme costs San José man $170,000. Scammers wanted even more, prosecutors say
1 week, 4 days ago

‘Pig butchering’ crypto scheme costs San José man $170,000. Scammers wanted even more, prosecutors say

LA Times  

The senior in San José suspected something was amiss when the woman who’d supposedly helped him buy $170,000 worth of cryptocurrency had asked for twice as much money to pay overseas taxes. He called the Santa Clara County district attorney’s office, which led to criminal charges against two Southern California residents accused of helping run a “pig butchering” scam — …

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Keira Knightley blames Peppa Pig for why she won’t be having more children
1 week, 5 days ago

Keira Knightley blames Peppa Pig for why she won’t be having more children

The Independent  

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‘It was insane’: Malibu couple escapes flames with their 3 goats and potbellied pig
1 week, 6 days ago

‘It was insane’: Malibu couple escapes flames with their 3 goats and potbellied pig

LA Times  

The sun rises through smoke from the Franklin fire Tuesday in Malibu. “I guess you could say we were a bit complacent.” “You always hear about wildfires and the Santa Ana winds around Malibu,” said Ryder, who has lived in the area for about two years. “But you never really give it much thought until a fire is marching down …

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Keira Knightley doesn't want to have more kids because of this popular TV character
1 week, 6 days ago

Keira Knightley doesn't want to have more kids because of this popular TV character

Salon  

Keira Knightley is over having kids but it's not because of any of the reasons you may think. The British actress and star of Netflix's new spy-thriller series "Black Doves" spilled the real reason why two children are enough for her on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon." In 2020, "Peppa Pig" was the most-watched on-demand series in the world, …

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16 animal abuse suspects linked to Schagen babysitter convicted of child sex abuse
1 week, 6 days ago

16 animal abuse suspects linked to Schagen babysitter convicted of child sex abuse

NL Times  

Criminal investigations into the physical and sexual abuse of animals are currently underway throughout the Netherlands. All of them are linked to Julian F., a 25-year-old man from Tuitjenhorn convicted last year of sexually abusing one child and two animals after offering his services as a babysitter on Marktplaats. The Public Prosecution Service is conducting at least 16 investigations into …

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Indigenous Mayans want their sacred cenotes to have personhood status
2 weeks ago

Indigenous Mayans want their sacred cenotes to have personhood status

Associated Press  

HOMUN, Mexico — A huge poplar tree stands proud in Maribel Ek’s courtyard, adorned with a sign that reads: “Florece desde adentro”. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print A tourist jumps into the water in the Tza Jun Kat cenote in Homun, Mexico, Monday, March 4, 2024. Share Share Copy Link copied Email …

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Feral pig menace: 1,500 acres of maize farms destroyed in Kovilpatti and Vilathikulam, say farmers
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Feral pig menace: 1,500 acres of maize farms destroyed in Kovilpatti and Vilathikulam, say farmers

New Indian Express  

THOOTHUKUDI: As feral pig menace continues to be a major issue in the rain-fed tracts of Kovilpatti and Vilathikulam assembly constituencies, farmers of the areas alleged that over 1,500 acres of maize crops were damaged by the pigs, and most women are reluctant to engage in farm works, in fear of the animal. Feral pigs, which are non-domesticated country pigs, …

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I'm A Celeb fans praise Coleen 'The Machine' Rooney as she effortlessly drinks cocktails of blended pig testicles and sheep anus in latest trail - and demand the WAG 'MUST' reach final
2 weeks, 2 days ago

I'm A Celeb fans praise Coleen 'The Machine' Rooney as she effortlessly drinks cocktails of blended pig testicles and sheep anus in latest trail - and demand the WAG 'MUST' reach final

Daily Mail  

I'm A Celeb viewers praised Coleen 'The Machine' Rooney after she effortlessly drank a vile concoction of cocktails during Friday's show - demanding she make the final. The WAG, 38, and Rev Richard Coles, 62, look on the Dreaded Dreggs as they were forced to drink everything from blended pig testicles to sheep anus. I'm A Celeb viewers praised Coleen …

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More than 400 animals including an epileptic pig, a blind and deaf dog and three-legged cats face death after neighbours complaining about animal sanctuary noise win eviction notice
2 weeks, 3 days ago

More than 400 animals including an epileptic pig, a blind and deaf dog and three-legged cats face death after neighbours complaining about animal sanctuary noise win eviction notice

Daily Mail  

Hundreds of animals, including an epileptic pig, a blind and deaf dog and a three-legged cat will be put down after locals moaned about the noise coming from a rescue centre. The charity, in Newington near Sittingbourne, cares for animals most of which have special needs including an epileptic pig, a blind and deaf dog and three-legged cats. Hundreds of …

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Pigs beaten with pitchforks at boar farm linked to supermarket bacon suppliers, footage reveals
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Pigs beaten with pitchforks at boar farm linked to supermarket bacon suppliers, footage reveals

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. An activist who worked undercover at Innovis’s Burgh Castle facility described harrowing conditions including: …

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Theatre actor playing demon in 'Ramayana' kills pig on stage, eats meat raw; arrested
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Theatre actor playing demon in 'Ramayana' kills pig on stage, eats meat raw; arrested

Firstpost  

In addition to the actor, Bimbadhar Gouda, one of the organisers of the performance that was held in Ralab village near the Hinjili police station on November 24 A 45-year-old theatre actor playing the role of a demon in Ramayana was arrested after he ripped the stomach of a live pig on stage and ate its meat in Odisha’s Ganjam …

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Odisha theatre actor playing demon in Ramayana kills pig on stage, eats meat raw; arrested
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Odisha theatre actor playing demon in Ramayana kills pig on stage, eats meat raw; arrested

Hindustan Times  

A 45-year-old theatre actor playing the role of a demon in Ramayana was arrested after he ripped the stomach of a live pig on stage and ate its meat in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said. Bimbadhar Gouda, a 45-year-old theatrical performer who played a demon in a Ramayana production, was arrested for tearing open a live pig's guts and eating …

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Actor playing character in Ramayana kills pig on stage, eats raw meat in Odisha
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Actor playing character in Ramayana kills pig on stage, eats raw meat in Odisha

India Today  

A 45-year-old theatre actor, Bimbadhar Gouda, who portrayed a demon in a Ramayana play, was arrested for ripping open the stomach of a live pig and consuming its raw meat on stage during a performance in Odisha's Ganjam district. According to Berhampur Divisional Forest Officer Sunny Khokar, investigations are ongoing to identify others involved, particularly those responsible for displaying live …

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