Study aimed to improve detection of brain injury from intimate partner violence, but critics say its non-fatal strangulation of animals was not justified

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19.02.2025

‘It’s a cowboy show out there’: the deadly lottery of the snakebite antivenom industry | Global health | The Guardian

Investigation reveals ineffective products being sold across Africa, with poor regulation and shortage of effective medication leading to needless deaths

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19.02.2025

Waitrose to stop selling suffocated farmed prawns, as campaigners say they feel pain | Animal welfare | The Guardian

As the supermarket vows to introduce electrical stunning for its farmed prawns, campaigners call on others to follow suit

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19.02.2025

I’m obsessed with fish that clean other fish: they remember their clients, much like a hairdresser | Fishing industry | The Guardian

I’m campaigning for legal protection for cleaner fish, because no one has done a proper assessment of the impact of removing them from Scottish reefs

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19.02.2025

Week in wildlife in pictures: battling eagles, dancing swans and a fox in the box | Environment | The Guardian

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

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19.02.2025

'I thought it had eaten me': whale briefly takes kayaker into mouth off Chilean coast – video | Whales | The Guardian

The kayaker, who was unharmed, was quickly released by the whale

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19.02.2025

Country diary: My daughter says she’s seen a fawn – has she? | Animals | The Guardian

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 view

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19.02.2025

Labor gifts duck hunters longer shooting season in Victoria and ups daily kill limit | Victoria | The Guardian

Allan government announces extended 2025 duck hunting season with hunters allowed to bag nine ducks a day

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19.02.2025

Everyone loves dunking morsels of food in dips – and it turns out so do cockatoos | First Dog on the Moon | The Guardian

They ate the blueberry soy yoghurt right out of the dish by itself! Mad for it

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19.02.2025

Reintroducing wolves to Highlands could help native woodlands, says study | Rewilding | The Guardian

Researchers say the animals could keep red deer numbers under control, leading to storage of 1m tonnes of CO2

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19.02.2025

Should we ban cats? – podcast | Science | The Guardian

Owner Madeleine Finlay and ecologist Prof Robbie McDonald offer best ways to reduce pet’s impact on wildlife after Scottish first minister is forced to deny plans to ban cats

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19.02.2025

‘The synergy is amazing’: Stewart Copeland album fuses nature and music | Music | The Guardian

Exclusive: Former Police drummer and the naturalist Martyn Stewart collaborate on album inspired by migration of Arctic tern

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19.02.2025

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

A councillor’s alleged attempt to blow up a bird-prowling moggie reveals the pet-loving divide runs deep

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19.02.2025

Tree-killing beetle found to be attracted to Britain’s most common spruce | Trees and forests | The Guardian

Discovery of pest in UK raises fears for Sitka spruce, which accounts for half of country’s commercial plantations

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19.02.2025

WWF helping facilitate trade in polar bear fur, investigation reveals | WWF | The Guardian

Wildlife charity backs policy of exploitation of small number of some endangered species for economic purposes – such as trophy hunting

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19.02.2025

Ministers stay silent on pledge to ban foie gras as EU talks approach | Animal welfare | The Guardian

Exclusive: Animal rights groups fear veterinary deal aimed at reducing border checks will prevent promised import ban

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19.02.2025

‘The snake fell out of my wig’: why Judi Dench lost her voice when playing Cleopatra | Judi Dench | The Guardian

The actor recalls a terrifying moment when playing the doomed Egyptian queen during a 1987 production of the Shakespeare classic

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19.02.2025

Just a fluke: whale spits out kayaker in incident captured on camera | Chile | The Guardian

‘I thought I was dead,’ said the kayaker, who was let go by humpback off the Chilean coast after a few seconds

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19.02.2025

Melbourne zoo investigating shock death of Kimya the western lowland gorilla | Melbourne | The Guardian

Vets are undertaking a necropsy to determine why beloved 20-year-old animal suddenly died on Saturday morning

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03.02.2025

Country diary: A bird that had existed only in my imagination becomes vividly real | Birds | The Guardian

Bramfield, Hertfordshire: My long-unanswered prayers to see the elusive hawfinch are finally rewarded in a churchyard

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03.02.2025

Country diary 1925: The pine marten is a handsome little beast | Wildlife | The Guardian

9 February 1925: No one who has ever seen it flying along the branches of the trees could wish it ill. It does more good than harm

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03.02.2025

Endangered frogs born at London zoo after rescue mission in Chile | Endangered species | The Guardian

Group of Darwin’s frogs threatened by chytrid fungus thrive in specially built room that mimics their natural habitat

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03.02.2025

Change of menu: vegan pioneer turns his focus to animal welfare | Animal welfare | The Guardian

Andy Shovel, who worked at McDonald’s and co-founded THIS™, says A Bit Weird aims to ‘disarm people through fun’

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02.02.2025

More and more tourists are being attacked by dingoes on Queensland’s K’gari. Can it be stopped? | Queensland | The Guardian

Four people, including a toddler, have been attacked on the island in recent weeks and there’s still no plan to tackle the issue

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02.02.2025

‘It’s incredible, the place just swarms with birdlife’: inside England’s biggest bird sanctuary | RSPB | The Guardian

The reserve in Geltsdale in the north Pennines has been expanded by a third after RSPB buys land

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01.02.2025

‘Perfect rat storm’: urban rodent numbers soar as the climate heats, study finds | Urban wildlife | The Guardian

Sharp rise in population in 11 of 16 cities expected to continue as rising temperatures make it easier for the animals to breed, say researchers

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31.01.2025

Butterflywatch: The tactics different species use to survive winter in Britain | Butterflies | The Guardian

Strategies vary from hibernating as adult butterflies to forming a chrysalis – or by not being in the country at all

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31.01.2025

Green sea turtles cold-stunned by Florida snow recover at marine center | Florida | The Guardian

Rare snowfall leads to 17 turtles stranded and suffering from condition before being brought to center for rehabbing

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31.01.2025

Week in wildlife in pictures: a new shrew, itchy deer and tortoises on rafts | Environment | The Guardian

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

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31.01.2025

Country diary: Keeping the sheep healthy is a team effort | Farming | The Guardian

Tebay, Cumbria: The wet summer last year has increased the chances of liver fluke. My son and I decide it’s time to dose the flock

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30.01.2025

Vets urged to cut back on flea treatments amid UK biodiversity fears | Veterinary medicine | The Guardian

University of Sussex scientist calls promotion of preventative practice when pets are flea free ‘profiteering’

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30.01.2025

‘Less desirable’: behind the lunar new year cultural belief of the year of the snake | Lunar new year | The Guardian

Some say it’s not the time to make life decisions, but others are countering the bad luck – or leaving those beliefs behind

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29.01.2025

Country diary: Nobody loses in the robin game | Birds | The Guardian

Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire: We go out to see how long it takes until a robin comes close – really close. Thanks to their genetic memory, we don’t wait long

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Week in wildlife: slimy capybaras, mating frogs and a rescued monkey | Environment | The Guardian

Dark side of bright nights taking toll on forgotten invertebrates | Invertebrates | The Guardian

Country diary: A copious display of lichen – how did it get here? | Trees and forests | The Guardian

The rise of the cane corso: should this popular status dog be banned in the UK? | Dangerous dogs | The Guardian

‘It’s definitely not moving’: another bear makes evacuated LA home its own | California | The Guardian

Country diary: Down in the grass, an invisible ball of wizardry | Animals | The Guardian

How can you treat your pet for fleas without harming nature? | Pesticides | The Guardian

Domestic violence study that strangled rats should not have been approved, animal advocates argue | Animal welfare | The Guardian

‘It’s a cowboy show out there’: the deadly lottery of the snakebite antivenom industry | Global health | The Guardian

Waitrose to stop selling suffocated farmed prawns, as campaigners say they feel pain | Animal welfare | The Guardian

I’m obsessed with fish that clean other fish: they remember their clients, much like a hairdresser | Fishing industry | The Guardian

Week in wildlife in pictures: battling eagles, dancing swans and a fox in the box | Environment | The Guardian

'I thought it had eaten me': whale briefly takes kayaker into mouth off Chilean coast – video | Whales | The Guardian

Country diary: My daughter says she’s seen a fawn – has she? | Animals | The Guardian

Labor gifts duck hunters longer shooting season in Victoria and ups daily kill limit | Victoria | The Guardian

Everyone loves dunking morsels of food in dips – and it turns out so do cockatoos | First Dog on the Moon | The Guardian

Reintroducing wolves to Highlands could help native woodlands, says study | Rewilding | The Guardian

Should we ban cats? – podcast | Science | The Guardian

‘The synergy is amazing’: Stewart Copeland album fuses nature and music | Music | The Guardian

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

Tree-killing beetle found to be attracted to Britain’s most common spruce | Trees and forests | The Guardian

WWF helping facilitate trade in polar bear fur, investigation reveals | WWF | The Guardian

Ministers stay silent on pledge to ban foie gras as EU talks approach | Animal welfare | The Guardian

‘The snake fell out of my wig’: why Judi Dench lost her voice when playing Cleopatra | Judi Dench | The Guardian

Just a fluke: whale spits out kayaker in incident captured on camera | Chile | The Guardian

Melbourne zoo investigating shock death of Kimya the western lowland gorilla | Melbourne | The Guardian

Country diary: A bird that had existed only in my imagination becomes vividly real | Birds | The Guardian

Country diary 1925: The pine marten is a handsome little beast | Wildlife | The Guardian

Endangered frogs born at London zoo after rescue mission in Chile | Endangered species | The Guardian

Change of menu: vegan pioneer turns his focus to animal welfare | Animal welfare | The Guardian

More and more tourists are being attacked by dingoes on Queensland’s K’gari. Can it be stopped? | Queensland | The Guardian

‘It’s incredible, the place just swarms with birdlife’: inside England’s biggest bird sanctuary | RSPB | The Guardian

‘Perfect rat storm’: urban rodent numbers soar as the climate heats, study finds | Urban wildlife | The Guardian

Butterflywatch: The tactics different species use to survive winter in Britain | Butterflies | The Guardian

Green sea turtles cold-stunned by Florida snow recover at marine center | Florida | The Guardian

Week in wildlife in pictures: a new shrew, itchy deer and tortoises on rafts | Environment | The Guardian

Country diary: Keeping the sheep healthy is a team effort | Farming | The Guardian

Vets urged to cut back on flea treatments amid UK biodiversity fears | Veterinary medicine | The Guardian

‘Less desirable’: behind the lunar new year cultural belief of the year of the snake | Lunar new year | The Guardian

Country diary: Nobody loses in the robin game | Birds | The Guardian

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