Note to Facebook: I am not criticising your business so please don’t remove one of my groups 🙂 . I guess that Facebook is using algorithms built upon artificial intelligence (AI) to surf through their billions upon billions of postings, photographs and videos to weed …
Of course, humans like to think that they are different from animals. We are humans and “they” are animals. But this study suggest that we have much in common with a particular animal that a lot of people find disgusting. An animal that is persecuted …
The story takes place in and around Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada, which is just over the border from Washington state in the USA. The Columbia River at that point is quite large (see photo below). To cross it would take some effort and Jasper, a …
I would rate this as an excellent idea. The Marine Conservation Society has suggested that washing machines are fitted with filters across the outlet where the dirtywater goes to waste to prevent plastic microfibres from polluting the oceans. They want them to be installed from …
It has been alleged by a former campaign staffer at the WWF that the organisation provides lobbying and practical help for trophy hunters. If this is true it goes against the ethos and objectives of the organisation and arguably severely undermines it. The attack on …
Today, as usual, I went up to the corner shop at about 6:30 in the morning to buy my newspaper. When I came back I noticed a couple of pigeons on top of a wall. They were clearly courting. They appeared to be in love. …
This is a real struggle. They succeed in the end. I just love the way these guys found a way to save this dog. And I love the way the dog was passive knowing that he was going to be rescued. He was dependent upon …
Rafiki was a famed silverback gorilla. He was the alpha male who led a group of gorillas known as the Nkurigo group. It was the first group to be habituated to people more than 20 years ago. This was a vitally important aspect of this …
NEWS/VIEWS: Alaska, USA: it seems astonishing to me that America’s federal government has introduced new rules which allow the killing of hibernating bears and their cubs in their dens and shooting caribou from speedboats in national parks in Alaska this summer. The new rules reverse …
