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• Elephants are ‘majestic’ but cannot pursue legal case to leave Colorado zoo, says court

  21-01-2025 23:35
  
  Because five mammals are not human, they do not have legal right to challenge detention, rules top state courtFive elephants at a Colorado zoo may be “majestic” but, since they are not human, they do not have the legal right to pursue their release, Colorado’s highest court said on Tuesday.The ruling from the Colorado supreme court follows a similar court defeat in New York in 2022 for an elephant named Happy at the Bronx zoo in a case brought by an animal rights group. Rulings
  
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• Into the Deep review – Richard Dreyfuss brings the meaning to smugglers v sharks thriller

  21-01-2025 12:00
  
  Full of cliche-riddled dialogue and bizarre flashbacks, this basic effort is only saved by a tacked-onlecture from Jaws star DreyfussThis pulpy yet weirdly woo-woo nautical thriller sets good-guy treasure hunters on a collision course with drug smugglers (bad guys) and great white sharks (morally neutral but still voracious). It’s like the plot was dreamed up by a hack who overheard his six-year-old pitting Lego figurines against one another. You start to expect that any minute Batman or U
  
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• ‘We ask to be recognised’: small fishers claim €12bn EU fund favours big players

  21-01-2025 08:00
  
  Artisanal shellfish farmers face ruinous losses but money meant to help is going to the powerful fishing industry, say criticsEarly on a warm September morning in southern Italy, Giovanni Nicandro sets out from the port of Taranto in his small boat. Summoning his courage, the mussel farmer inspects his year’s work – only to find them all dead, a sight that almost brings him to tears.“We have many problems,” he says. “The problems start as soon as we open our eyes in
  
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• Japan aquarium cheers up lonely sunfish by taping photos of human faces to its tank

  21-01-2025 07:20
  
  Staff had noticed that the sunfish was showing signs of distress after the aquarium was closed for refurbishmentDo fish get lonely? Apparently so, according to staff at an aquarium in Japan, who have provided cut-out human companions for a solitary sunfish they noticed had started to look unwell.The fish had started to look out of sorts soon after the aquarium, in the western city of Shimonoseki, closed for refurbishment in December. The animal, which weighed almost 28kg when it was brought to K
  
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