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Pet parrots declared a threat to endemic birds
A biologist has called for a nationwide ban on breeding and selling man’s favorite talking birds in New Zealand
Feb 16, 2022 08:12
‘Tastes like rabbit’: Mayor suggests Italians eat giant rodents to deal with pest problem
Italy’s coypu population has been growing at a rapid rate in recent years. The giant rat-like rodents are now so pervasive that one mayor has proposed eating them as a way of reducing their numbers.
May 3, 2018 17:08
Student turns dead animals into pencil cases (PICTURES)
A butcher turned design student is making a killing by transforming dead animals into stationery and selling them online.
Feb 28, 2017 16:29
Australia to spend over $11mn to eradicate carps by releasing herpes virus into rivers
Australia will spend more than US$11 million in a bid to exterminate European carp by releasing a virulent strain of herpes into the country’s largest waterway.
May 1, 2016 17:59
Australia’s war on cats: 24-hour curfew planned for domestic felines
Cat owners in Australia may be ordered to keep their pets contained at home all the time as part of the nation’s crackdown on felines over the damage they cause to native species.
Jul 29, 2015 09:24
Former sex symbol Bardot calls Aussie plan to kill 2mn feral cats 'animal genocide'
French animal rights champion, former actress Brigitte Bardot, has slammed an Australian plan to cull as many as two million feral cats, officially deemed a “tsunami of violence and death,” in order to protect threatened native species.
Jul 23, 2015 12:52
Australia to kill 2mn feral felines to protect native species
The Australian government has announced a new controversial five-year strategy to save threatened native species. It plans to cull two million feral cats, which are said to pose a threat to Australian wildlife.
Jul 18, 2015 01:49
Swedish bunny-boom
City park rabbits are good to look at. But they are even better for heating your house. That's the view of the Stockholm city authorities, as they battle a plague of rabbits in Swedish parks.
Nov 4, 2009 07:28