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Telangana: Monsoon Bird Spotted, Rains on Their Way
7 months, 1 week ago

Telangana: Monsoon Bird Spotted, Rains on Their Way

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The monsoon is on the horizon. Not quite literally, but if signs provided by nature are any indication, dark grey rain bearing clouds could well barrel over Telangana in the next ten days or so. The cuckoo, a native of Africa, migrates northward ahead of the monsoon winds and its sighting is typically considered as a sign that the …

Monsoon Jacobin Bird Spotted
Martine Colette, Wildlife Waystation founder who rescued animals by the thousands, dies
2 years, 11 months ago

Martine Colette, Wildlife Waystation founder who rescued animals by the thousands, dies

LA Times  

Martine Colette, an animal rights advocate who founded the sprawling Wildlife Waystation at the doorstep of the Angeles National Forest where thousands of rescued animals — lions, alligators, wolves, owls, pot-bellied pigs and chimpanzees — awaited new homes, has died at 79. For years the 160-acre sanctuary stood as a model for rescuing exotic animals abandoned by impetuous owners, traveling …

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Wildlife farms in southern China likely source of Covid pandemic, WHO expert says
3 years, 9 months ago

Wildlife farms in southern China likely source of Covid pandemic, WHO expert says

India Today  

An expert at the World Health Organisation rejected the possibility that Covid-19 emerged in a lab and claimed that wildlife farms in China are likely the source of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Peter Daszak, a member of the WHO team that travelled to China to probe the origin of Covid-19, told an American news agency that the officials found new …

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Lessons from 2020: Reconnecting with nature, a force for good
4 years ago

Lessons from 2020: Reconnecting with nature, a force for good

Al Jazeera  

After the challenges of the last year, 2021 must be a year of climate action that helps us reshape and restore the planet and our place in it. “A lot of people have suddenly realised what deep, profound joy can come from witnessing the rest of the world – the natural world,” Attenborough said in September. Wildlife conservation The lesson …

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Lions kill cattle, so people kill lions. Can the cycle end?
5 years, 3 months ago

Lions kill cattle, so people kill lions. Can the cycle end?

Associated Press  

LOIBOR SIRET, Tanzania — Saitoti Petro scans a dirt road in northern Tanzania for recent signs of the top predator on the African savannah. “It will be a big loss if our future children never see lions.” And so he’s joined an effort to protect lions, by safeguarding domestic animals on which they might prey. “Once you make lions safe, …

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Fears for platypus spotted on NSW north coast with plastic band around its neck
5 years, 6 months ago

Fears for platypus spotted on NSW north coast with plastic band around its neck

ABC  

A platypus spotted on the New South Wales north coast is in danger of being choked by a discarded plastic band. Local wildlife rescue group WIRES believed the bright orange plastic could be a music festival wrist band. Mr Bailey said it was clear the band, wrapped around its neck, was affecting the way the platypus was swimming. "The way …

Way Band Platypus