Air pollution created through human behaviour is perhaps the most damaging aspect of our lives. It doesn’t just cause global warming which is an existential crisis for humankind and the wildlife on the planet for which we have responsibility, it may also damage our DNA …
Wombats don’t deliberately offer shelter to other animals in their burrows which can be very extensive. There might be 90 metres of tunnels with up to 30 entrances and the temperature inside these boroughs can be about 10°C below surface temperatures. The question arises because …
NEWS AND OPINION: This morning, I am shocked at Australia’s further animal abuses but I am unsurprised because they’ve been shooting feral cats and foxes for ages while completely disregarding the cruelty of the practice. And this morning, The Times reports on the shocking cruelty …
Read the post by clicking on the following link: A majority of Australians are in favor of domestic cat containment.
The crocodile population in Australia’s Northern Territory has been reduced to 3,000 individuals after years of hunting them because the authorities decided that they were a problem 60 years ago. And then in 1971 they had to protect the then endangered crocodile and applied bans …
The Times today – Jan 16th 2024 – reports on the mauling of a nine-year-old boy by a crocodile while swimming in Australia’s Northern Territory. He is in critical condition but stable in the ICU at Royal Darwin Hospital. The attack occurred at Kakadu National …
NEWS AND COMMENT: You might have heard about the worst floods to hit northern Queensland. Some say it’s another symptom of global warming to which, I have to add, Australia contributes by excavating coal and selling it to China but that’s another story. The floods …
The Conversation (a website) commissioned a study on Australia’s famous dingo and whether this feted animal was domesticated and became wild or has always been a wild dog and how the aboriginal people of Australia (Australia’s First Peoples) interacted with the it. The study is …
NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA: This is an example of zoonosis which is a health problem of increasing concern for humans. A zoonosis is an infectious disease that has jumped from a non-human animal to humans. In this instance the disease takes the form of an endoparasite …
