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donstaniford.bsky.social
Deep undercover in Loch Fyne exposing deadly Bakkafrost - can you see through my cunning disguise?
January 31, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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A #lynx captured in the #Cairngorms National Park on Friday has died overnight
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Lynx dies after being captured in Cairngorms - BBC News
Four of the wild cats have been captured in recent days, after they were illegally released into the Highlands.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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killedwomennw.bsky.social
‘We stand by Jess’: Victims of male violence sign letter praising minister for devoting life to ‘fighting for women and girls’.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘We stand by Jess’: Telford survivors criticise Musk’s attack on Phillips
Exclusive: Victims of male violence sign letter praising minister for devoting life to ‘fighting for women and girls’
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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dan710ths.bsky.social
The official ‘FOOD FOR THOUGHT’ trailer is here! Check it out over on our brand new YouTube channel. All likes, subscribes and comments enormously appreciated ☺️🙏🏼💚

youtu.be/nEkFfRS218o
Food For Thought Official Trailer
YouTube video by Food For Thought
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January 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
byjo.bsky.social
South Lakes Safari Zoo, nr Dalton, in Cumbria at the centre of animal welfare concerns has announced it is to close at the end of this month. In Oct a BBC investigation heard allegations of avoidable animal deaths, welfare issues and a bullying culture www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
South Lakes Safari Zoo to close at end of month - BBC News
Bosses at the attraction say they are working to find long-term homes for the animals.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 16, 2024 at 10:08 PM
byjo.bsky.social
A male #humpbackwhale has made an extraordinary journey from South America to Africa — traveling more than 13,046 kilometers (8,106 miles) — the longest migration recorded for a single #whale www.cnn.com/2024/12/12/s...
Humpback whale makes record journey from South America to Africa | CNN
A male humpback has completed the longest recorded migration for a whale from South America to Africa. Scientists explain why this journey is so unusual.
www.cnn.com
December 13, 2024 at 1:19 PM
byjo.bsky.social
Whistleblowers claim #MiamiSeaquarium faces funding, food shortages
#ShutDownMSQ
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Whistleblowers claim Miami Seaquarium faces funding, food shortages
Miami-Dade County officials are urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to take action following allegations from two whistleblowers linked to the Miami Seaquarium.
www.local10.com
December 12, 2024 at 4:04 AM
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#iceland #banwhalingnow
blueplanetsociety.bsky.social Blue Planet Society @blueplanetsociety.bsky.social · Dec 6
Iceland issues whaling permits until 2029, allowing 426 whales to be killed annually (209 fin & 217 minke).

A disgusting example of political favours and whales pay the price.

The new government of Iceland must investigate this decision when in office.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Iceland issues permits allowing whale hunting until 2029
The permits allow for annual catches of 209 fin whales and 217 mike whales.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2024 at 5:28 PM
byjo.bsky.social
A thrifty study uncovers a wealth of data about one of the world's largest and most elusive species.
#whales
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Pygmy blue whales: Citizen scientists in Timor-Leste help research - BBC News
A thrifty study uncovers a wealth of data about one of the world's largest and most elusive species.
www.bbc.com
December 6, 2024 at 5:26 PM
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blueplanetsociety.bsky.social
Iceland 🇮🇸 has issued whaling permits for the next five years to Hvalur hf. for fin whales And Tjaldtangi ehf. for minke whales. 🐋

Let’s make sure they feel the full weight of our disgust at this abhorrent decision. 😡

STOP THE HUNT‼️
December 5, 2024 at 8:23 PM
byjo.bsky.social
Iceland - Bjarni Benediktsson, the acting Minister for Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries, has issued whaling permits for the next five years… 😔
#whaling #banwhaling #iceland #endwhalingnow

grapevine.is/news/2024/12...
From Iceland — Bjarni Ben Grants Whaling Permits
Bjarni Benediktsson, the acting Minister for Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries, has issued whaling permits for the next five years, reports...
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December 5, 2024 at 10:06 PM
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alexpigoneer.bsky.social
Neonicotinoid pesticides that harm bees were found in 85% of English waterways tested by the Environment Agency in the last year.

Under the influence of neonicotinoids, bees can struggle to fly, and "seem to bring back less pollen" to their hives.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bee-harming pesticides found in majority of English waterways
The chemicals can harm insects and marine wildlife, environmental charities warn.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2024 at 9:26 PM
byjo.bsky.social
Orcas failed again- there is NO sanctuary… 😔
today.rtl.lu/news/science...
Antibes: French marine park to close over law banning killer whale shows
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December 4, 2024 at 6:40 PM
byjo.bsky.social
Only seven spade-tooth whales have ever been documented, now work is beginning on a specimen that washed ashore in New Zealand in July
#whales www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Scientists dissect ‘world’s rarest whale’ for clues on little-known species
Only seven spade-tooth whales have ever been documented, now work is beginning on a specimen that washed ashore in New Zealand in July
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 11:58 PM
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NEW INVESTIGATION: Shocking suffering of foxes revealed on fur farms in Finland 💔

www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...
Horror truth of fur industry as new video shows farms full of animals suffering
The Mirror has been campaigning to ban imports of fur into the UK alongside HSI/UK which has exposed new suffering at farms in Finland - one of the last remaining countries in the UK in which farming ...
www.mirror.co.uk
November 29, 2024 at 4:48 PM
byjo.bsky.social
NEW INVESTIGATION: Shocking suffering of foxes revealed on #furfarms in Finland 💔

Sign #FurFreeBritain petition to help end the UK's complicity in the cruel fur trade: hsi.org/FurFreeBritain
Sign our Fur-Free Britain petition today!
Animals like raccoon dogs, rabbits and foxes suffer in the name of frivolous fur fashion. Please ask the UK government to ban the sale of cruel animal fur today!
hsi.org
November 29, 2024 at 4:46 PM
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RIP LOKE 😔

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November 28, 2024 at 3:21 AM
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#Orcas start wearing dead salmon hats again after ditching the trend for 37 years www.livescience.com/animals/orca...
Orcas start wearing dead salmon hats again after ditching the trend for 37 years
Orcas off the coast of Washington State are balancing dead fish on their heads like it's the 1980s, but researchers still aren't sure why they do it.
www.livescience.com
November 27, 2024 at 10:05 PM
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Defend the wildlife of Middlewick Ranges
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
Defend the wildlife of Middlewick Ranges
Sitting on the southern edge of Colchester, the Middlewick Ranges is a former Ministry of Defence firing range that has become a much-loved wildlife space in an increasingly congested city. Locally kn...
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November 24, 2024 at 9:07 PM
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protectthewild.bsky.social
Jeremy Clarkson, a notorious supporter of hunts, owns a pub and farm business. If you don’t want your money supporting those linked to wildlife cruelty, check out bloodbusiness.info to make ethical spending choices.
November 23, 2024 at 9:47 AM
byjo.bsky.social
KFC drops pledge to stop using ‘Frankenchickens’ in the UK #govegan #stopeatinganimals #friendsnotfood
www.theguardian.com/food/2024/no...
KFC drops pledge to stop using ‘Frankenchickens’ in the UK
Chain says it won’t be able to stop buying fast-growing breeds by 2026 because poultry industry cannot supply enough higher-welfare animals
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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RIP KETO ✨🖤✨
He was NEVER your ambassador.
Please, never ever buy a ticket.
www.dolphinproject.com/blog/keto-th...
Keto the Orca Has Died | Dolphin Project
Keto, who has been used as a “must-see” tourist attraction at Loro Parque in Tenerife for the last 18 years, has died.
www.dolphinproject.com
November 22, 2024 at 10:13 PM
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Just 70 mothers stand between survival and extinction for North Atlantic right whales. With only 372 individuals remaining, every birth is a miracle and every loss is a tragedy 🐋💔

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Can 70 Moms Save a Species?
Here’s the story of Squilla, a rare North Atlantic right whale mother, and her firstborn. To help their species continue, they’d have to navigate an increasingly dangerous ocean.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2024 at 1:12 PM
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helenlaycock.bsky.social
This poem was inspired by the true story of Tahlequah, an Orca mother, who carried her dead baby for 17 days, for thousands of miles... evidence that animals do experience #grief.

Shared today for #twentyforecopoetry
Published in 'ELEMENTAL'.

#poetry #Orca

#Blueskypoets #poetsofBlueky #SkyPoets
AN OCEAN OF ORCA TEARS by Helen Laycock Tahlequah corkscrews, throwing her belly to the light, showing the sky her feat through the wobble of water; she has made flesh and fin in the time the earth has rolled around the sun. Like water from a whip, she spins out the little life – Tali – tail first, a dark fizz of celebration exploding like her silent joy. Parallel shadows, they are carbon copies, paper and ink, swimming with magnetic hearts, noses softly drilling the beginning of miles. Thirty sleek minutes of nourishment, mimic, brushing, no rush, eye to eye, knowing love before the stopped breath. The tsunami of grief. Death. The calf is limp, bent over her mother’s beak like a wilted stalk, brined, dying, tail a broken arrowhead skimming the waves. Tahlequah adorns herself with a Tali headdress, hour upon hour, straining to keep it afloat, as though it is made of flowers the water will brown. For a thousand miles, death squats on her face, replaces the horizon, the rise and fall of seventeen suns, the spill of the milky moon, night after night after night. The carcass rots as she carries it aloft, bearing it like a saved gift. She dives when it slides and sinks, scoops the corpse like a haul of silver, lifts it to the sun, maybe in prayer, maybe to warm its blood. She follows the pod, eyes pleading as though a healer will emerge, and they tip the body from whale to whale, feeling the grief, sharing the load, until she sheds the load. She does not turn as it slips away, submerges in her wake. Waves swill the blemish of death from her skin; it braids the tide of a far land, but she bears the cliff fall of its weight. Feels the density of emptiness, pressing, pressing, though she is now wholly indiscernible from the rest. From 'ELEMENTAL'
November 20, 2024 at 11:26 AM
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ertrunnell.bsky.social
The #3Rs just aren't cutting it. We need an ethical framework that is enforceable, takes into account what we now know about animal sentience, the booming world of #NAMs, & perhaps offers a fourth "R" - Rejection.
New blog by @katibertrand.bsky.social:
www.scienceadvancement.org/reflections/...
Exposing the Gaps: How the 3Rs Fail to Protect Animals in Research - Science Advancement and Outreach Division
Exposing the Gaps: How the 3Rs Fail to Protect Animals in Research Written by Kati BertrandNovember 2024 A lot has changed since Russell and Burch defined the 3Rs—Replacement, Reduction, and Refinemen...
www.scienceadvancement.org
November 20, 2024 at 5:50 PM