The Loveliest Village

Spirit is a bald eagle that has been in the care of Auburn’s Southeastern Raptor Center for the past few years. On Saturday, it will fly in front of more than 87,000 fans to represent not only the spirit of Auburn, but something else. This week, Spirit will be flying to honor the conservation groups across the nation that have helped the bald eagle be removed from the endangered species list. (more…)

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Are you looking for the perfect companion? He or she may just be waiting for you at the Alabama Pug Rescue.

The Alabama Pug Rescue is an organization that takes in stray pugs as well as pugs that can no longer be taken care of by the current owner. The organization then makes sure that the dogs are well taken care of and placed in a loving home.

Samantha Hottell is an Auburn student who holds the Alabama Pug Rescue in high esteem. That is because Sam’s dog Minervia Elizabeth, or Minnie, was saved by the organization after being abandoned and hit by a car. Now, Sam participates in many of the events that held each year to raise money for the Rescue.

Watch the video to find out more about Sam and Minnie.

 

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Identity theft. This is one of every human being’s biggest fears. For most of us, this nightmare will never come true. But for one Auburn student, it did.

Sarah Merck, a junior in Animal Science, did not think much about the email she received from her bank on Sunday, September 9. The email told her there had been too many invalid login attempts on her bank account, and then it redirected her to a Web site where it asked her to type in all of her personal bank account information.

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Your eyes did not fool you.  The title is correct.  A landmark study was led by two Auburn University venterinary professors that proved immature heartworms cause lung disease in cats.  Heartworms were long associated with only dogs.

Previously adult heartworms were believed to be the only dangerous kind.  “This [study] redefines the diseases in cats and it emphasizes the need for prevention,” said Ray Dillion, the Jack O. Rash Chair of Medicine in Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine.  At the 2007 American College of Veterinary Intenal Medicine Forum in Seattle, Dillion presented the study.  It was also published in a parasitology supplement to the scientific jouranl, Veternary Medicine.

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It came straight from the horses mouth. Literally.

Auburn University’s Dr. Cindy McCall has been researching a certain behavior in horses for the past 10 years. This project was inspired by a student who is now far from the plains, but it continues to be a priority for McCall.

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