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Flea treatments are turning our pets into an environmental hazard – there has to be a better way | Sophie Pavelle

23-02-2025 15:00

Startling evidence of the dangers to birds and rivers from over-the-counter drugs should be a wake-up call for owners to press for alternativesWhen I was 10, I succeeded in my campaign for a family dog. Part of her care, and our joy as owners, was the monthly application of spot-on worm and flea treatment. With veterinary medicine on my mind as a career, I relished the theatre of vets-at-home. We bought doses over the counter, scheduling the dog’s treatment on the calendar like a five-a-si

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Backyard chickens: Floridians start raising hens to combat rising egg prices

23-02-2025 15:00

Despite conflicting laws, a wave of amateur homesteaders have started keeping fowl in the spirit of self-sufficiencyKatie Whalen’s backyard in the Florida city of Port St Lucie is testament to her journey towards a life of self-sufficiency. She grows mangoes, avocados, starfruit, jackfruit and coconuts. She is cultivating a tropical tree spinach known as chaya.What she really wants, however, is a chicken coop and hens to provide eggs that are becoming increasingly unaffordable in stores. A

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Custody spat over New Orleans escape-artist dog settled with visitation agreement

23-02-2025 13:00

Scrim the tramp terrier, known for his many getaways, now has a home and an extended family to look over himCalling King Solomon.The wiry terrier named Scrim who had virtually all of New Orleans looking for him while he spent most of the previous year on the run – enduring a hurricane, a historic snowfall and other perils – landed in the middle of an adoption controversy among those who recently brought him to heel again and then wanted to keep him. Continue reading...

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Europe’s big carnivores are on the rise – but can we live with bears next door?

23-02-2025 06:00

Numbers of animals once hunted as vermin are rising across the continent. But scientists worry about how we are going to get along with these predatorsEurope’s carnivores have had a remarkable change in fortune. After tens of thousands of years of persecution that wiped out sabretooth tigers, hyenas and cave lions, there has been a recent rebound in the continent’s surviving predators.Across mainland Europe, bear, wolf, lynx and wolverine numbers have risen dramatically as conservati

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Man bitten by shark off Queensland’s Moreton Island in second attack in less than a month

23-02-2025 04:01

Victim is in a stable condition at a Brisbane hospital with abdominal and leg injuries, authorities sayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man is recovering in a Brisbane hospital after being bitten by a shark and airlifted for treatment from a Moreton Bay island.The man, who is reported to be 29, was mauled in the waters off the bay side of Moreton Island near the Wrecks Walking Track shortly after 3pm on Saturday.Si

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