Animals news

• Live TV report on cougar capture in San Francisco neighborhood interrupted by coyote

  28-01-2026 18:50 via theguardian.com
  ‘Your eyes do not deceive you,’ ABC7 told viewers about unexpected turn during report from Pacific HeightsLive television reporting about an incident where a young mountain lion was safely tranquilized and captured in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights neighborhood took an unexpected turn on Tuesday when a coyote wandered into the background during the broadcast.During live coverage of the feline’s capture, ABC7 News reporter Frances Wang was on camera when an unexpected urb
  
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• Swift bricks to be installed on all new buildings in Scotland as MSPs back law

  28-01-2026 12:22 via theguardian.com
  Rest of UK has resisted calls to make builders install bricks that provide nesting for swifts and other endangered birdsSwift bricks will be installed in all new buildings in Scotland after the Scottish parliament voted in favour of a law to help endangered cavity-nesting birds.The Scottish government and MSPs across the parties backed an amendment by Scottish Green Mark Ruskell to make swift bricks mandatory for all new dwellings “where reasonably practical and appropriate”. Continu
  
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• Swift bricks to be installed in all new buildings in Scotland after Holyrood backs ruling

  28-01-2026 12:22 via theguardian.com
  Rest of UK has so far resisted calls to make it mandatory for developers to install bricks that provide nesting for swifts and other endangered birdsSwift bricks will be installed in all new buildings in Scotland after the Scottish parliament voted in favour of a law to help endangered cavity-nesting birds.The Scottish government and MSPs across the parties backed an amendment by Scottish Green Mark Ruskell to make swift bricks mandatory for all new dwellings “where reasonably practical an
  
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