India launches app to lower deaths caused by wild elephants

India launches app to lower deaths caused by wild elephants

Elephants in Orang National Park in Assam, India.  Dinodia Photo | Corbis Documentary | Getty Images The state of Assam, in northeastern India, has launched a mobile app that warns people of incoming herds of wild elephants in an effort to reduce violent encounters between humans and the land giants. Clashes between humans and elephants … Read more

This NYC vet makes house calls. In ‘Pets and the City,’ she’s penned a memoir full of tails

This NYC vet makes house calls. In ‘Pets and the City,’ she’s penned a memoir full of tails

NEW YORK — As a city kid, Amy Attas had big dreams of roaming the countryside, healing animals a la James Herriot’s classic “All Creatures Great and Small.” How did it go? Well, the veterinarian made it from Queens to Manhattan, spending the last 32 years traversing the streets of her hometown as a full-time … Read more

This NYC vet makes house calls. In ‘Pets and the City,’ she’s penned a memoir full of tails

This NYC vet makes house calls. In ‘Pets and the City,’ she’s penned a memoir full of tails

NEW YORK — As a city kid, Amy Attas had big dreams of roaming the countryside, healing animals a la James Herriot’s classic “All Creatures Great and Small.” How did it go? Well, the veterinarian made it from Queens to Manhattan, spending the last 32 years traversing the streets of her hometown as a full-time … Read more