After losing his job, 53-year-old Marcelo Maximo built an outdoor paradise for the birds around his home in Sao Paulo, Brazil. When he was working outside of his house, he noticed a lot of birds. That’s when he decided to make a birdhouse. “So, out of the blue, I decided to make a birdhouse to […]
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How to Stop a Dog From Jumping a Fence?
If you own a dog and the dog jumps the fence, you’ll likely want to stop the dog from jumping it. For example, if your dog jumps the fence and starts running through your yard, you’ll likely want to catch him before he reaches the neighbours and gets some scratches. This is a general information […]
Tanzania’s ban on live animal exports is back after one day of outrage
Tanzania has reversed a controversial decision to lift a ban on wildlife exports that sparked outrage in the East African country. The ban, imposed in 2016, was put in place to safeguard the country’s protected animal and bird species that were being illegally shipped abroad, according to the government. On Saturday, however, wildlife authorities announced […]
England’s action to ban glue traps is a stirring victory for animal protection
With the recent passage of a bill that gained unanimous support in the House of Lords, England has joined a handful of countries and a host of companies and institutions around the world that have banned glue traps. For mice and rats, the traps’ primary targets, who are so often excluded from society’s moral reckoning […]
5 Ways to Create a Wildlife Habitat in Your Garden
Many of us like the idea of creating safe places for wildlife to live, and with patience and persistence, our gardens can become those places. With a combination of adding a few elements here and there, and leaving a few elements here and there, we can provide habitat for all sorts of creatures. Animals, like […]
Picnics banned in Rome in effort to combat wild boar incursions
Picnics have been banned and bins fenced off in a large swathe of northern Rome as health authorities move to contain the wild boar population after African swine fever was detected in a deceased animal. Feeding or approaching the animals has also been forbidden, while people who have walked through farmland or nature reserves in […]
Rats May Not Be As Dirty As We Thought, According to New Study
Rats often have a bad reputation for being dirty and carrying loads of diseases. However, according to a new study, these preconceptions may be unfair as they were found to carry no more pathogens than other mammals. In a study by Georgetown University, they examined 3,000 mammal species and looked for how many diseases they […]
Baby girl suffers serious head wounds during vicious kangaroo attack
During a “terrifying” kangaroo assault in New South Wales’ northern tablelands, a three-year-old girl was transported to hospital with head wounds. Around 5.30 p.m. on Thursday, NSW Ambulance was called to a residential street in Armidale with complaints of a kangaroo assault on a young child. When the kangaroo got onto a property’s back porch, […]