A 26-year-old man in eastern Australia has been charged after allegedly stealing a platypus from its natural habitat and taking it on a train trip to show it off to people at a local shopping mall, Queensland police say.According to police, the man, whose name has not been made public, was accompanied by a woman…
AnimalsA half-century after the last known grizzly was killed in the Pacific Northwest, the government has a plan to bring these animals back to an ecosystem that needs them. ByCraig WelchPublished April 6, 2023• 8 min readFor 27 years, experts have scoured the alpine meadows and granite ridgelines of Washington State’s North Cascades, looking for enormous…
Potential hazards from cell-based food have been identified as part of the first step to assessing the safety of such products. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) said cell-based food production involves growing animal agricultural products directly from cell cultures. The agencies published a report…
USDA’s Farm Service Agency makes loans to family farms that are categorically exempt (“CatEx”) from the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”), which permits agencies to make such exemptions. Since 2016, the FSA has extended that exemption for loan actions to medium-sized “concentrated animal feeding operations” (“CAFOs”). But in a “down in the weeds” ruling, a…
Japan culled over 17 million chickens this season amid its worst bird flu outbreak ever, per NHK. Local governments and farmers are having problems finding suitable land to bury chicken carcasses. As a result, egg prices soared in Japan, prompting some restaurants to suspend sales of egg-based items. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing…
Kenneth Sousa is a seasoned author, filmmaker, and disabled war vet who already has a few publications under his belt. His new book, however, is the first written with a much younger audience in mind. Titled Im Bored, the book is about a tired watchdog who makes a break for freedom from his dull life…
With the Days of Future Past now in the past for Marvel Snap (Free), what’s next for the game? There are no new movies or TV shows out this month, so that means the team could pull from just about anywhere. Another legendary comic story? A movie from the past? Or maybe we just go…
WORLDWIDE, April 3, 2023 /Vwire/ — On Earth Day, Saturday, April 22nd, thousands of vegan activists in over 30 cities in more than 18 countries around the world will join forces to march, rally, and hold outreach events to raise awareness and demand governments end subsidies for animal agriculture and embrace the Plant Based Treaty that has already been endorsed…
ByDina Fine MaronPublished April 3, 2023• 10 min readJohn Hume once had an audacious plan. To combat rhino poaching, the South African entrepreneur aimed to create a massive rhinoceros breeding farm where the animals would be kept safe and their numbers could flourish on his vast, privately owned savanna. He’d fund the operation by sawing…
Come admire these interesting indie games Every weekend, indie devs show off current work on Twitter's #screenshotsaturday tag. And every Monday, I bring you a selection of these snaps and clips. This week, we have immersive sims spraying perfume and hurling fluorscent tube bulbs, motorbike murders, and several journeys with animal friends. Plus, I've been…
