At the end the increasingly desperate biologists finally manage to dislodge a four-inch-long straw from the creature ... body mass than any other marine animal, researchers say: In one large ...

paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global ... going on to litter beaches and waterways and potentially killing marine animals that mistake them for food.

Tail biting remains a common problem in pig production. As producers are reluctant to use straw to reduce this behaviour, we review studies on the effectiveness of other types of enrichment. Roughage, ...