In Slovakia, there have been two recent bear attacks within a span of three days

Brown bear walks down a street in the Slovakian town of Liptovsky Mikulas where it attacked five people but not very seriously according to reports

In Slovakia, there have been two recent bear attacks within a span of three days: The situation is concerning, and authorities are actively addressing it. Residents are advised to remain vigilant and take necessary precautions to avoid further incidents. Sources: 6 internet sources including the BBC and …

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BBC wildlife documentary crews now intervene to save animals if the hazard is man-made

BBC television crews sometimes intervene to save wildlife when hazards are man-made

NEWS AND OPINION: In instances when a wild animal being filmed by the BBC documentary television crew is suffering and perhaps likely to die because of man-made problems such as climate change, nowadays they intervene and help the animal to survive whereas in the past …

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Salami seller shot a friendly, rare bear in Italy and received death threats

Amarena a rare Mariscan bear shot dead

NEWS AND VIEWS – San Sebastiano Dei Marsi, Abruzzo, Italy: Yes, the killer of a village bear is receiving death threats. The man, Andrea Leombruni, is also receiving police protection after he opened fire with a shotgun on Thursday night when Amarena, and her two …

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Obese riders are hurting horses!

Obese riders are hurting horses

It seems that the human obesity epidemic is hurting horses as well as the obese people themselves. Yes, obesity causes a lot of problems including burdening the NHS in the UK with a ton of associated health issues costing billions in pounds. The Times reports …

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Aircraft contrails account for 2% of humanity’s contribution to climate change

Contrails are responsible for the equivalent of 2% of humanity's entire contribution to climate change

Contrails are responsible for the equivalent of 2% of humanity’s entire contribution to climate change. To put that another way, contrails are responsible for 60% of the aircraft industry’s greenhouse effect i.e. the aircraft industry’s contribution to climate change. I bet you didn’t know that …

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Unlike politicians Greta Thunberg walks the walk on climate change

Greta Thunberg

“Don’t talk the talk unless you can walk the walk” is the well-used phrase. For the sake of clarity is means that people should do what they say they are going to do and not just talk about it. And I have immense admiration for …

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Rhodes wildfires killing animals and there are indications of arson

Rhodes wildfires are destroying the habitat of animals and killing them. There are reports of possible arson.

NEWS AND VIEWS – GREECE: The wildfires on the island of Rhodes, Greece, are all over the news media today because they are horrific. In the newspaper that I am reading, The Times, the articles concern the evacuation of tourist resorts by hordes of British …

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Putting spikes on tree branches to stop birds perching is callous

Putting spikes on tree branches to stop birds perching is callous and insensitive

Ninety-nine percent of the world’s human population love birds. But it seems that some administrators of buildings, in order to keep the building free of bird poop, decide to stick spiky devices on their building and sometimes even the branches of trees near the building. …

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