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• On a wing and a prayer: the hidden beauty of insect’s flight – in pictures

  21-12-2024 18:00
  
  For the past decade, the Barcelona-based visual artist Xavi Bou has devoted his work to revealing “the hidden beauty of natural movement”. His initial focus was birds; now he’s moved on to insects. In collaboration with US entomologist Adrian Smith he’s created an eye-popping series that captures – by merging multiple frames into a single image – the rhythmic flutterings of butterflies and chaotic leaps of spittlebugs and treehoppers. As well as their beauty,
  
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• US animal lab from which monkeys escaped accused of widespread abuse

  21-12-2024 15:00
  
  AGI in South Carolina investigated by government after leaked files revealed traumatic injuries and animal deathsThe US Department of Agriculture is investigating allegations from an animal rights organisation concerning Alpha Genesis Incorporated (AGI), the animal experimentation facility and breeder, from which 43 monkeys escaped last month.AGI is accused of “abuse and neglect”, and of violations of the Animal Welfare Act, as leaked documents show that between 2021 and 2023, multip
  
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• Chris Packham and Caroline Lucas accuse RSPCA of ‘legitimising cruelty’

  21-12-2024 12:31
  
  TV presenter and Green party politician resign from animal-welfare charity over response to undercover abattoir videosThe BBC presenter Chris Packham and the former Green party leader Caroline Lucas have resigned from the RSPCA animal-welfare charity, accusing the organisation of “legitimising cruelty”.It comes after an undercover investigation from Animal Rising, which campaigns for a plant-based food system, used hidden cameras to reveal animal cruelty at RSPCA-approved abattoirs.
  
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• UK to ban bee-killing pesticides but highly toxic type could still be allowed

  21-12-2024 07:00
  
  Ministers set out plans for outlawing neonicotinoids but considering application by farmers to use Cruiser SBBee-killing pesticides are to be banned by the UK government, as ministers set out plans to outlaw the use of neonicotinoids.However, the highly toxic neonicotinoid Cruiser SB could be allowed for use next year, as ministers are considering applications from the National Farmers’ Union and British Sugar. Continue reading...
  
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• Guardian Australia’s best photos of 2024 – in pictures

  21-12-2024 00:00
  
  From break dancing to nude bathers and the country’s best mullets, here’s a selection of our photographers’ finest work Continue reading...
  
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