Two books that will save animal and human lives
Here are 2 books recommended by Chris Packham which he says will save lives. If he says so I believe him. He means the lives of animals as well as human lives.
Insensitive picture of smiling woman holding pig carcass like a baby
Everything about this photograph is distasteful and unpleasant. Is humankind unable to show animals the basics of respect? This woman is smiling at a pig carcass, sown up and ready for the butchers. Horrible. Frankly, I’d ban all meat but that’s me.
Young woman has positive thoughts after losing a leg and two fingers in shark attack
Paige Winter has vowed to turn a shark attack in which she lost a leg in two fingers into something positive. “I can transform this into something good for me and good for sharks and good for the environment.” Paige Winter Paige is the daughter …
An example of how an animal shelter can go badly wrong
The video summaries the issues nicely. It is about management or the lack of it. There has to be transparency and an open attitude in which scrutiny is ongoing. It appears that the previous manager played games and hid nasty details such as not telling …
Chinese woman living in Michigan stomps on a sea turtle nest in Florida
A Chinese national on Miami Beach, Florida went into a protected area and grabbed one of the fence stakes and jabbed at and stomped on a sea turtle nest. She has been charged with a felony.
Witnesses said she pushed her golden retriever into a lake and watched it drown
A New Hampshire woman has been accused of pushing her 11-year-old dog, a golden retriever, into a lake and watching it drown. Her alleged crime was witnessed. Police were dispatched on June 8, 2018 to Wasserman park in the evening to work with the fire …
The zebra’s stripes help to keep the animal cool
The zebra’s stripes help to keep the animal cool so says an 85-year-old amateur zoologist and her 71-year-old husband, Alison and Stephen Cobb.
Forest the size of Peru has been chopped down since 2010 to grow food
A forest size of Peru has been chopped down since 2010 in order to feed people across the planet. Forests have been chopped down to create plantations to supply food to the world’s leading food companies. The rate of deforestation has increased since 2016. It …
Humans eat a credit card a week in terms of weight of plastic
Inadvertently, humans eat five grams of plastic a week which is the equivalent of a credit card in terms of weight. They ingest plastic mainly through drinking water and/or shellfish. Researchers at the University of Newcastle in Australia, found that people ingest up to 102,000 very small …
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