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Sentence Examples Litter size was denned as the highest number of pups observed at any visit, which must be regarded as a minimum number. If we don't choose the pups that work like the latest Champion, we are not selecting the right genetic blend from the many possible combinations. Researchers suggest this has led to overcrowding on the island, resulting in increased predation of seal pups by sharks. White pups on white snow are seen as symbols of virginal nature, threatened by a hunter with upraised club. Even as young pups, then, Weddell seals have several anatomical adaptations that enable them to avoid overheating in the sunlight. These pups should make excellent prospects for trialing or be true brag dogs in the future. The thieves escaped with three Chinese Shar-Pei pups aged six weeks and a five month old American bulldog. I thought of the prayer I had said when I asked God to help me get two hound pups. The first time wild dog puppies delivered in captivity in the Park, was in 2001 January, when the mother delivered four pups. Breeders who wish to ensure that pups they breed will not be registered with AKC can include a prohibition in their sales contract. Of around 20,000 greyhound pups registered here every year, about half are exported to the US, the UK and Spain. Some of those involved told Animal Welfare workers they had killed pups they found with the lurcher. Among popular indigenous breeds such as the Rampur and the Mudhol hounds, the male pups are fancied, leaving only a few males to breed. In the past fortnight six new sea lion pups have been born and two wolf cubs made their first public appearances. Ringed seal pups do not begin to enter the water on their own until they are several days old. We also have seen several crabeater seal pups with fresh leopard seal wounds during the past two days. We tested 42 microsatellite loci isolated from five pinniped species in a sample of 52 pups. In 1987 decades of protest culminated in a ban on the clubbing of white-furred harp seal pups in Canada. Hundred s of precious wolf pups will soon be born in Yellowstone National Park, the southwest and central Idaho. One smaller, rusty-colored female gathered up the younger pups and herded them back into the den. Show More Sentences The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently reported that a record 55 red wolf pups have been born in 11 litters in North Carolina this spring. Any pups in the pack would show interest in the collar, however this interest would wane to none after 7-10 days. Among cooperative breeders of certain other species, such as wolves and jackals, pups born in the same litter can be sired by different fathers. Standing pen-side, my 'dog whisperer' Greg says the key is to catch the pups early, and set the guidelines. Mothers find their pups among the many whitecoats on the ice floes by scent and reject all but their own. Dogs having or producing pups which have genetic eye abnormalities should not be bred. Eison kennels the pups in a fenced-in corner of his backyard, in a quiet neighborhood of single-family homes in St. Albans, Queens. Among wild dogs and wolves, the cooperative hunting pack includes both males and females, and they provision both pups and a nursing mother. Locomotor coordination problems have also been reported for ethanol-impacted rat pups. At that den, the three lactating females were observed providing food for each other and trading places while nursing pups. This means the pups that her pack help care for may not all be fathered by the alpha male. Although dry pups in lanugo are probably able to maintain their body temperature in cold weather, it does not appear they can do so if wet. Often, people rescue harbor seal pups that they think are abandoned but are actually waiting for their moms to get back from feeding. When meerkat pups begin accompanying the group, they beg food from older group members, who dig up dispersed prey items. Harbor seals give birth on shore and nurse their pups for four to five weeks. A couple of months later we went back to see the grey seal pups which were all over the islands. The pups emerged from their protective den, pawing the earth in celebration. As the hunt drew to a close, images of seal pups being butchered outraged activists. In Espanola's Gardner Bay, a hungry ocean shark, come to prey on young sea lion pups, chased a group of snorkelers onto the rocks. The nets also pose a serious threat to the endangered Hawaiian monk seal, especially curious pups, which can become entangled and drown. Show More Sentences The curious bearded seal and harp seal birth their pups nearby ice floes or merely bask in the warmth of the midnight sun. The female bears one litter of three to nine pups after a gestation period of 63-65 days. Caring for my two pups helped me feel at peace and reduced my anxiety and depression. Wolf pups develop rapidly, they must be large and accomplished enough to hunt with the pack with the onset of winter. An irritant was injected into the left hind paw of the pups to induce swelling. The beggars and pups program drew fire from animal rights activists who worried the foster dogs might be mistreated. The peak of pupping by ringed seals along the coast of southeastern Baffin Island occurs in early April, though obviously some pups are born earlier or later. The pack hasn't produced pups since the alpha male died two years ago. No pups have been handed in to the Dog Kennels so far this Christmas after a frantic appeal was issued to stop them being abandoned after being given as presents. African wild dogs den during the winter, from June to August, and on chilly July mornings the pups would huddle together until the urge to play overtook them. Most packs have an alpha female that will try to kill the pups of other females. This indicates that pup mass changes can be used to calculate maternal attendance pattern and subantarctic fur seal pups lose mass continuously when fasting. We have three Australian Cattle Dog mix pups and they require daily walks. It could have made the home side edgy if the Easter Road pups had applied more pressure but within a couple of minutes the two-goal cushion was restored. The females fled into the water when approached, but their whitecoat pups were not yet capable of independent movement and so were unable to follow. The grey seal breeding season has commenced and whitecoat pups can be seen on some of the more remote beaches around the country, including in Kerry. They'd had a litter of pups recently but sadly deserted them. Ten wild-type females crossed with mutant males gave birth to 22 heterozygous mutant mouse pups and 30 wild-type littermates, which were used as control pups. The dogs ranged in ages and breeds and included everything from new-born pups to malnourished, mange-ridden and ulcerated German shepherds to terriers to poms. The ability to place young pups as well as older wolves in the wild will inject the population with new genes and increase the numbers of wild wolves. Show More Sentences All five mice were fertile and went on to produce their own healthy pups. Lactating subantarctic fur seals can promote similar growth rate and body mass at weaning to their pups in different ways, i.e., using different provisioning patterns. To see if the meerkats were really learning from the process, the researchers fed two groups of pups for 3 days. The breeding pair typically monopolizes food in order to continue producing pups. The gesture of licking and nipping a leader's muzzle is similar to the food-begging behavior of wolf pups and may be related to it. In the spring recently weaned pups and yearlings occasionally strand on beaches after becoming separated from their group. Similar wounds on the carcasses of pups found elsewhere in the region suggest that cannibalism and infanticide may not be uncommon in grey seals. The single pups are born well developed, capable of swimming and diving within hours. The pure white fur of harp seal pups conceals them in their Arctic environment. The polar bear is well adapted for hunting Arctic seals and walruses, particularly pups. Leopard seals typically target crabeater pups, which form an important part of their diet from November to January. Steller sea lions have been recorded eating the pups of harbor seals, northern fur seals and California sea lions. New Zealand sea lions feed on pups of some fur seal species, and the South American sea lion may prey on South American fur seals. Some pups may try to steal extra milk from other nursing mothers and gain weight more quickly than others. For otariids and some phocids like the harbor seal, mothers fast and nurse their pups for a few days at a time. Male California sea lions have been observed to help shield swimming pups from predators. These differences are likely important for mothers and pups who need to remain in contact on crowded beaches. Eventually, seal hunters used harpoons to spear the animals from boats out at sea, and hooks for killing pups on ice or land. The fur of Arctic pups is white, presumably to provide camouflage from predators, whereas Antarctic pups all have dark fur. Females ovulate at the end of their lactation period, but remain close to their pups, ready to defend them if necessary. Show More Sentences Seal pups are hunted for their blue and black pelts and many mothers are killed in the process, attempting to protect their young. Bat species which give birth to multiple pups generally have a shorter lifespan than species that give birth to only a single pup. Gray wolves also practice alloparental care, in which a wolf pair may adopt the pup or pups of another. Females are capable of producing pups every year, with one litter annually being the average. Wolves bear relatively large pups in small litters compared to other canid species. Wolf pups begin play fighting at the age of 3 weeks, though unlike young foxes and coyotes, their bites are inhibited. By autumn, the pups are mature enough to accompany adults on hunts for large prey. Whining is associated with situations of anxiety, curiosity, inquiry and intimacy such as greeting, feeding pups and playing. Resting places, play areas for the pups and food remains are commonly found around wolf dens. Wolves may attack coyote den sites, digging out and killing their pups, though rarely eating them. A population in western Poland expanded into eastern Germany and in 2000 the first pups were born on German territory. Although bovine tuberculosis is not considered a major threat to wolves, it has been recorded to have once killed two wolf pups in Canada. Toxocara canis, a hookworm known to infect wolf pups in utero, can cause intestinal irritation, bloating, vomiting, and diarrhea. Also, wolves with pups experience greater food stresses during this period. Since most pups are unable to reach the age of reproduction, the population is not growing fast enough to keep the species out of endangerment. The pups who do survive must pass their strong genes down to make sure their young survive and the generation that follows. The same method was used for the sea pups on the galapagos island, but in addition, the researchers in Australia took blood samples. The pups in Australia were being affected by hookworms, but they were also coming out in large numbers with warmer temperatures. Those pups who were treated had much better growth rates than those who did not. Overall parasites and hookworms are killing off enough pups to place them in endangerment. Show More Sentences Their rookeries populate with newborn pups as well as male and female otariids that remain to defend their territories. This subpopulation feeds heavily on ringed seals in late spring, when newly weaned and easily hunted seal pups are abundant. I souped the dogs, and went in for a bite. I ended up going back out and making my pups a full meal, then went back in and pigged out myself. We have just moved them from the room where they whelped where Blossom and her eight pups have had privacy to bond quietly. The campaign, begun in the 1960s, used emotion-laden images of whitecoat seal pups to draw attention to their cause. That way the pups can practice catching the arachnid without the danger of being stung. All seven pups are recovering from their ordeal and the ASPCA are looking for loving homes for them when they are well. I watch over the pups and bottle-feed them through the night and Marie does it during the day. The brainstems from nicotine-exposed pups had far more of these GABA receptors than the tissue from saline-exposed rats did. Scientists from the University of Cambridge in England recently discovered that meerkat pups attend classes too. The eight-week-old Shar Pei pups were seized from a Darlastan house yesterday morning after a tip-off from a resident. We have many pups at the shelter and Patch is one of the sweetest and cuddliest. Angel sharks, like many other sharks, are ovoviviparous, and give live birth to litters of up to thirteen pups. Development is ovoviviparous and litters of up to 50 pups have been reported. Researchers at England's Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals raised six orphaned harbor seal pups, Phoca vitulina. Growth and development in free-ranging harbour seal pups from southern British Columbia. A year later, 16 elephant seal pups had blood tests showing they had been exposed to the virus. While the pups in group N were left inseparate with the dam in standard cage. In wild canids like foxes and coyotes, mom and dad bring food in their stomachs in a semi-digested form and regurgitate it for the pups from the fifth week on. The canine parvovirus, which causes death by dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, and endotoxic shock or sepsis, is largely survivable in wolves, but can be lethal to pups. Show More Sentences Actual dens are usually constructed for pups during the summer period. As pups, young rats use different types of ultrasonic cries to elicit and direct maternal search behavior, as well as to regulate their mother's movements in the nest. Walruses also eat these seals, mainly pups, but such predation is rare. In 2005-2006 in Sanetti, only 4 pups in total survived from 3 packs, but in February during the epizootic, all 4 pups in a fourth pack, Badagassa, died. Just before the pups are weaned, a new mating cycle takes place. In terrestrially breeding species, pups may get crushed by fighting males. In species that live on ice, young pups have thicker coats than adults. In 2014, a male grey seal in the North Sea was documented and filmed killing and cannibalizing 11 pups of its own species over the course of a week. Of the four colonies that we located, the two observed on 27 May 1999 contained the youngest pups based on their relative size, pelage, and inability to fly. The raid at Kennedy's Pet Farm in Killarney, Co Kerry, made off with four shih tzu pups, three pugs, a chihuahua, a golden retriever and six pheasants. In another tragic case, Hugo, another of the Alaskan Malamute pups who arrived at the centre alongside Malakai, saw vets struggle in vain to save his life. Captain John Kiabo brings the ferry close to shore at Bull's Head Point, where hundreds of barking sea lions lollygag in the sun, some nursing month-old pups. Skittle and Beemer are just two of the adorable pups at the shelter. During the promotion, dog lovers across the country submitted over 20,000 rescue dog images and voters cast over 500,000 votes for their favorite pups. Whoever has petted a hairless dog will verify that these wrinkles are produced by a lack of hair, especially among the pups of the xoloitzcuintli. During April and May, the Arctic fox also preys on ringed seal pups when the young animals are confined to a snow den and are relatively helpless. The treatment seemed to be effective on the pups who have taken it. The death rates of the pups is surpassing the fertility rate by far. After the war, a number of Pups came to Australia and flew until at least 1925, mainly as trainer fighter aircraft. Pups are dependent on regurgitation until they can follow the hunting party and feed directly at the kill. Show More Sentences Pups learn from their mothers how to forage and what prey items to look for as well as swimming and grooming behaviors. Pups were heavier when their mothers had been supplementally fed compared with when they had not. Pups are typically born in the spring and summer months and females bear almost all the responsibility for raising them. Pups of these species are weaned at lower weights than their phocid counterparts. Pups are usually born in spring, coinciding with a corresponding increase in prey populations. Pearce's Pups face Adrion's Adolescents, Pot's Piglets, Luzon's Lads, Mangia's Minors, Skullerud's Striplings, Pisarev's Pubescents and, er, Lopetegui's Little Darlings. When the Pups from 4 Squadron arrived, twice the number of German Albatros fighters engaged them and some of the aircraft from over the fleet, which joined in the dogfight. Pups are weaned after one month and build up a thick layer of blubber. Pups are more commonly taken by orcas, but adults can be targeted as well. Examples from Classical Literature He carried the pups back past the prowler and looked down at it in passing. That troop has a miserable runt of a fice, and he's smart the same as such pups often are. The two pups grew up and were named Pirate and Pilot, though which was which naebody kenned forbye the old man and he said nowt. Put them pups in their basket and come out and shut the dure. Upon an isle not far from home they hid the young wolf pups. The poodle-crosses, including a mum and three pups, were almost unrecognisable, their long coats covered in mud, so weak they could not stand. Some way behind came an old hound and her three pups in full pursuit, hunting on their own account, and disappeared again in the woods. That's what I do wi' the pups as the lads are allays a-rearing. He then gave their pups campylobacter, a bacterium that causes diarrhea. The Environment Agency is working with local landowners, Natural England and Friends of Horsey Seals to minimise the risk of disturbing any seal pups. I know of a lady who asked one of these figure schemers whether her little lap-dog would be in pup and would breed, and how many and of what colour the little pups would be. Maned wolves contract giant kidney worms as pups, and these parasites always infect the right kidney, leading to severe damage or destruction of the organ. Scientists at the University of Zurich in Switzerland now think this behavior, called mobbing, may also be an important learning tool for meerkat pups. Can't you see that we're both Pups in the Wood and the missis is the cruel uncle after you with the dish towel and me with the flea liniment and a pink bow to tie on my tail. Find more words! 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