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• Global heating could cause an extra 1.2m lamb deaths in Australia each year, study finds

  20-03-2024 15:00
  
  University of Adelaide study finds potential lamb deaths from heat stress could increase from 2.1m to 3.3m per year under a 3C riseSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterJoin the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the communityRising temperatures due to global heating will decrease lamb survival and fertility rates in Australia’s sheep flock resulting in industry-wide losses of up to $166m annually, new analysis predicts.A University of Adelaide study, published in the jo
  
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• Grand National organisers will not seek injunction against Animal Rising

  20-03-2024 14:44
  
  Jockey Club says it has received no threats from protest groupLast year’s race saw more than 100 arrests and a delayed startThe Jockey Club has decided not to apply for an injunction to deter possible incursions on to the Aintree track by animal rights activists at next month’s Grand National.Protests before last year’s Grand National by Animal Rising, which included an attempt by protesters to scale a perimeter fence and glue themselves to one of the track’s famous obsta
  
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• Video shows koalas clinging to trees as gum trees cut down on Kangaroo Island – video

  20-03-2024 03:24
  
  WARNING: contains images some viewers may find distressingFootage supplied to Guardian Australia shows koalas clinging to falling blue gums as logging occurs on Kangaroo Island in South Australia. The footage was taken across two days in November 2023 and January 2024. Logging has been stopped while an investigation takes place.Investigation into logging on Kangaroo Island under way after release of ‘horrific images’ of dead koalas Continue reading...
  
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