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Tiny, Spiny Mammal Finds Interesting Ways to Stay Cool in the Heat

Tiny, Spiny Mammal Finds Interesting Ways to Stay Cool in the Heat

January 27, 2023January 21, 2023 Supertrooper Leave a comment

We all have tricks for keeping cool when it gets a bit too toasty out. Maybe it’s a wet cloth on our necks or a kiddie pool with some cold water for our feet. A spiny, egg-laying mammal found in Australia and New Guinea has its own tricks. The echidna, which has a lower body […]

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Why Weasels Should be the New Poster Animal for Biodiversity Conservation

Why Weasels Should be the New Poster Animal for Biodiversity Conservation

January 27, 2023January 21, 2023 Supertrooper Leave a comment

When you think of biodiversity loss, what animal comes to mind? If you’re like most people, you probably think of the panda. After all, pandas are beloved and widely recognized as a symbol of conservation efforts. But here’s the thing: while pandas are certainly at risk, they’re not the only animals in danger. Many species […]

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Sick couple who gloated as they slaughtered giant bear with seven-foot spear dodge jail

Sick couple who gloated as they slaughtered giant bear with seven-foot spear dodge jail

January 26, 2023January 21, 2023 Supertrooper Leave a comment

A couple exposed by the Mirror after spearing a bear to death have avoided jail, despite being part of one of America’s largest ­poaching rings. But bodybuilders Josh Bowmar, 32, and wife Sarah, 33, were ordered to pay £108,000 in fines, forfeits of items and restitution by a judge. The sick couple were also sentenced […]

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Bewick’s swan population vanishing in Britain amid the climate crisis

Bewick’s swan population vanishing in Britain amid the climate crisis

January 26, 2023January 21, 2023 Supertrooper Leave a comment

Twenty years ago, before I moved to Somerset, a flock of Bewick’s swans would spend the winter months on the moor near my home. Elsewhere on the levels, flocks of several hundred could be found. Yet in the years since I have lived here, I have seen these elegant birds just a handful of times. […]

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Horror as escaped Bengal tiger mauls dog walker after killing pets

Horror as escaped Bengal tiger mauls dog walker after killing pets

January 25, 2023January 21, 2023 Supertrooper 1 Comment

An escaped Bengal tiger which was being kept as a pet is being hunted by police with drones and helicopters after it attacked a dog walker. Sheba, an eight-year-old tigress, has so far killed two dogs and an antelope after breaking out of a smallholding in Walkerville, 18 miles from the South African capital of […]

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Petition: Urge French Authorities to Enforce Bans on Ortolan Bunting Hunting

Petition: Urge French Authorities to Enforce Bans on Ortolan Bunting Hunting

January 25, 2023January 21, 2023 Supertrooper 2 Comments

The beautiful ortolan bunting is at risk of extinction because of a cruel and outdated French eating ritual. But if French authorities act quickly, they can protect this migrating songbird before it is too late! Sign now to demand French authorities crack down on ortolan bunting hunting to save this bird from extinction! Ortolan bunting […]

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US Zoo shut down and police called in after rare leopard escapes enclosure

US Zoo shut down and police called in after rare leopard escapes enclosure

January 24, 2023January 21, 2023 Supertrooper Leave a comment

A clouded leopard that escaped its enclosure at a zoo in the US state of Texas has been found following an extensive search which resulted in the zoo going into lockdown. The leopard was eventually located not far from its enclosure following several hours of frantic searching. The zoo said that the animal does not […]

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Canada man captures rare wildlife footage: moose shedding its antlers

Canada man captures rare wildlife footage: moose shedding its antlers

January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 Supertrooper Leave a comment

For most of his life, Derek Burgoyne has been a treasure hunter, scouring the marshes, woodland and open fields of eastern Canada for his prized trophy: fallen moose antlers. And in a stroke of luck last week, he hit the jackpot. Burgoyne was in a remote patch of New Brunswick, surveying maple and birch trees […]

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