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• UK ministers may lift BSE-era ban on animal remains in chicken and pig feed

  08-01-2025 15:00
  
  Exclusive: England and Wales proposals expected to follow Scottish consultation amid fears British farmers are being undercutMinisters may lift a ban introduced during the BSE crisis on the use of animal remains in feed for farmed chickens and pigs over fears that foreign producers are undercutting British farmers.A consultation on permitting the use of processed animal protein (PAP) from poultry, pigs and insects has opened in Scotland, and it is understood that proposals will be made for Engla
  
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• RSPB stops selling flat bird feeders owing to deadly finch disease

  08-01-2025 15:00
  
  Feeding birds from flat surfaces such as tables could be contributing to spread of finch trichomonosis, says charityThe RSPB has withdrawn flat bird feeders from sale on its website amid warnings they could be spreading deadly diseases to finches.The charity has said feeding birds from flat surfaces such as tables could be contributing to the spread of illnesses such as finch trichomonosis, which has been blamed for the plummeting greenfinch population. Continue reading...
  
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• Pepe review – inside the beautiful mind of Pablo Escobar’s hippo

  08-01-2025 08:00
  Huge and wayward docu-fictional meditation depicts the consciousness of a river horse shipped out to furnish the Colombian druglord’s estateNelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias is the Dominican film-maker whose 2017 feature debut Cocote I found challenging and intriguing. Now he has created a huge, wayward and weirdly beautiful docu-fictional meditation, which was an event at last year’s Berlin film festival, about the historical consciousness of “Pepe”, one of the hippos kep
  
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• Birdwatch: an unlikely encounter with the least sandpiper in Somerset

  08-01-2025 07:00
  
  Diminutive bird breeds in Alaska and Arctic Canada and sightings in Britain are rare enough to attract a crowdIf you’d asked me which rare bird I might see in Somerset in early January, the least sandpiper would have been very low on my list. Yet on a fine, bright, chilly morning here it was: running along the edge of the water like a clockwork toy, probing the mud for food with its stubby bill.This species is well-named. It is the world’s smallest wading bird, just 13-15cm long and
  
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• Puppies rescued from an abandoned caravan in Sussex – video

  08-01-2025 05:41
  A dog and 35 puppies were rescued after being left in a dilapidated caravan without food or water in Sussex. One dachshund puppy died days after being rescued. The woman who left the puppies was given a suspended sentence over numerous animal welfare offencesWoman who left 35 puppies in filthy caravan gets suspended sentence Continue reading...
  
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