MyFox Tampa Bay : A shark at The Florida Aquarium went under the knife today. Veterinarians say it had a foreign object lodged in its throat.

Jersey Evening Post : The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust is to receive two grants totalling almost £520,000 towards its work in saving the world’s most critically endangered duck and frog. Both species are on the brink of extinction.

 ThePoultrySite : Seven new outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks have been reported.

The veterinary authority in Viet Nam sent Follow Up Report No. 40 dated 3 March to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).

ScienceDaily : Until now, paleontologists have generally believed that the closest relatives of dinosaurs possibly looked a little smaller in size, walked on two legs and were carnivorous. However, a research team including Randall Irmis, curator of paleontology at the Utah Museum of Natural History and assistant professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Utah has made a recent discovery to dispel this hypothesis.

 The Associated Press : A rare Siberian tiger discovered near the Russian border seemed an auspicious beginning to China's Year of the Tiger, but within days, the emaciated cub had died of malnutrition.

Globe and Mail : Syncrude returns to court Monday morning to face charges over 1,600 ducks who died when they landed in the company's tailings pond in northern Alberta.

The Associated Press : The World Health Organization will hold an expert meeting later this month to consider whether the swine flu pandemic's peak has passed.

WHO flu chief Keiji Fukuda says the panel will give its verdict to U.N. health chief Margaret Chan on whether the H1N1 pandemic has entered a "transition period."

The Auburn Plainsman : The No. 2 Auburn Equestrian team (102) defeated the No. 7 Baylor Bears (8-6) 14-4 Saturday.

Auburn began the meet by taking all five points in Hunt Seat over Fences.