Animals news

• Most conservation funds go to large vertebrates at expense of ‘neglected’ species

  24-02-2025 21:00
  
  Study shows funding bias towards animals like rhino while other endangered species including amphibians and algae disregardedMost global conservation funds go to larger, charismatic animals, leaving critically important but less fashionable species deprived, a 25-year study has revealed.Scientists have found that of the $1.963bn allocated to projects worldwide, 82.9% was assigned to vertebrates. Plants and invertebrates each accounted for 6.6% of the funding, while fungi and algae were barely re
  
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• My petty gripe: you have 400 parks to picnic in, why would you choose an off-leash dog area?

  24-02-2025 15:00
  
  Almost every time I unclip my dog, it seems, he can find and inhale the literal poisons laid out by carefree picnickers in defiance of signageMy beautiful stupid boy. So long and brave as he bounds at light-speed across the sunny fields, looping past the old trees and disused play equipment, a joyful cascade of limitless hope and unhinged, insatiable hunger.Children point sweetly and parents probably clap, so delighted are they by the strange shape and broad smile and windswept ears of my dog, a
  
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• How much is that doggie in the window seat? How we flew from Australia to Europe with our chihuahua | Aron Koh

  24-02-2025 15:00
  
  When we moved overseas, there was no question of leaving our fur baby. But flying with a pet in the next seat involved hidden costs, reams of paperwork and weeks of trainingGet our weekend culture and lifestyle email“Do you have drugs?” the air steward asked us as we sat down. “Yes,” I assured him and he looked relieved. They weren’t for us but for our chihuahua, who was about to join us on a 14-hour flight from Melbourne to Abu Dhabi.When my husband and I decided t
  
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