Animals news

• Chunky European snails may be coming to Australia, with their crazy sexual practices – but all in good time

  01-01-2025 15:00
  
  Farmers seek permission to import live molluscs so they can breed the sexually remarkable hermaphrodites and sell them to restaurantsMore summer essentialsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFrankly, the process has been going at a snail’s pace.In 2019 the Australian government began a risk analysis on bringing European molluscs into the country for breeding and, eventually, eating.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
  
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• Fate of endangered monkey hinges on Brazilian city’s planning policy

  01-01-2025 12:41
  Pied tamarin has narrow range and is found only around borders of Manaus in the Amazon rainforestThe fate of one of the world’s most threatened primates will be on the line in the coming months when Brazilian authorities decide whether to incorporate the pied tamarin into the urban planning policies of Manaus.Conservationists say the inclusion is crucial not just to protect the critically endangered monkey but as an indicator of the Amazonian city’s willingness to create green spaces
  
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• Sweden begins wolf hunt as it aims to halve endangered animal’s population

  01-01-2025 07:00
  
  Five entire families can be killed, totalling 30 wolves, in move campaigners say is illegal under EU lawSweden’s wolf hunt starts on Thursday, with the country aiming to halve the population of the endangered predator.The Swedish government has given the green light for five entire wolf families, a total of 30 wolves, to be killed in a hunt campaigners say is illegal under EU law. Under the Berne convention, protected species cannot be caused to have their populations fall under a sustaina
  
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