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Same! Just took me 10mins to verify my age so I could read it!!! 😂😅

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Deep undercover in Loch Fyne exposing deadly Bakkafrost - can you see through my cunning disguise?

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.

A #lynx captured in the #Cairngorms National Park on Friday has died overnight
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YOU are a hero @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social 🙌💫

‘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’

‘We stand by Jess’: Victims of male violence sign letter praising minister for devoting life to ‘fighting for women and girls’.
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YouTube video by Food For Thought Food For Thought Official Trailer

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 ☺️🙏🏼💚

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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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

Whistleblowers claim #MiamiSeaquarium faces funding, food shortages
#ShutDownMSQ
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#iceland #banwhalingnow

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.

A thrifty study uncovers a wealth of data about one of the world's largest and most elusive species.
#whales
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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‼️

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...

Iceland - Bjarni Benediktsson, the acting Minister for Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries, has issued whaling permits for the next five years… 😔
#whaling #banwhaling #iceland #endwhalingnow

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Bee-harming pesticides found in majority of English waterways The chemicals can harm insects and marine wildlife, environmental charities warn.

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.
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Antibes: French marine park to close over law banning killer whale shows

Orcas failed again- there is NO sanctuary… 😔
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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

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...

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 ...

NEW INVESTIGATION: Shocking suffering of foxes revealed on fur farms in Finland 💔

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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!

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

RIP LOKE 😔

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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.

#Orcas start wearing dead salmon hats again after ditching the trend for 37 years www.livescience.com/animals/orca...

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...

Defend the wildlife of Middlewick Ranges
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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.

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

KFC drops pledge to stop using ‘Frankenchickens’ in the UK #govegan #stopeatinganimals #friendsnotfood
www.theguardian.com/food/2024/no...

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.

RIP KETO ✨🖤✨
He was NEVER your ambassador.
Please, never ever buy a ticket.
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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.

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 🐋💔

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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'

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

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...

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:
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Lonely dolphin in Baltic Sea may be talking to itself, study finds ‘Self-talk’ may be byproduct of intrinsic need for social interaction, researchers say

Delle, a solitary dolphin in Baltic Sea may be talking to himself.
#dolphins #solitarydolphin #solitarycetaceans www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

Causes of death confirmed for two of three Gulf World Marine Park dolphins Here is a follow-up to the News Herald's initial coverage of the deaths of three dolphins at Gulf World Marine Park.

Causes of death confirmed for two of three Gulf World Marine Park dolphins…
“Care of” #thedolphincompany
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