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Cat person or dog person? It’s which animal we loathe that matters in the end | Andrew Anthony

15-02-2025 20:00

A councillor’s alleged attempt to blow up a bird-prowling moggie reveals the pet-loving divide runs deep The resignation last week of James Garnor, a parish councillor in Whittlebury, Northamptonshire, may look like further proof of the maxim, established by the infamous Jackie Weaver lockdown meeting, that low-level politics produce high-level emotions. However, the cause of his undoing was nothing as trivial as democratic principles; it illustrates a far more profound question that, soon

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Waitrose to stop selling suffocated farmed prawns, as campaigners say they feel pain

15-02-2025 17:41

As the supermarket vows to introduce electrical stunning for its farmed prawns, campaigners call on others to follow suitThey are a popular staple for office lunches, barbecues and takeaways, but prawns often suffer an unpleasant death before reaching our plates.Animal rights campaigners say billions of prawns farmed each year deserve better welfare protection and are targeting what they describe as “atrocious” practices of “eyestalk ablation” and suffocation in ice slurr

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WWF helping facilitate trade in polar bear fur, investigation reveals

15-02-2025 07:00

Wildlife charity backs policy of exploitation of small number of some endangered species for economic purposes – such as trophy huntingThe wildlife charity WWF has been working to support the trade in polar bear fur at the same time as using images of the bears to raise money, it can be revealed.Polar bears are severely affected by the loss of Arctic sea ice, which makes seeking prey harder and forces the bears to use more energy. In some regions, polar bears are showing signs of declining

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Country diary: My daughter says she’s seen a fawn – has she? | Kate Blincoe

15-02-2025 06:30

Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk: Muntjac deer mate all year round, so it’s quite possible. I take to the oak throne that we have on the farm, and scan the viewIt’s a bright morning with a light frost sparkling on the meadow. The traffic noise from the nearby dual carriageway is louder than normal, oppressive in this rural scene. There are lots of deer prints here, the two toes making that characteristic heart shape. Roe deer and muntjac intermingled, making neat little paths, deer motorwa

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Melbourne zoo investigating shock death of Kimya the western lowland gorilla

15-02-2025 06:12

Vets are undertaking a necropsy to determine why beloved 20-year-old animal suddenly died on Saturday morningGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVets at Melbourne zoo are investigating the sudden death of 20-year-old western lowland gorilla, Kimya.In a statement, Zoos Victoria said the gorilla’s death was “unexpected” and that staff were “devastated” at the news.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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