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Lonely, ailing sunfish perks up after human cutouts placed outside tank 22 janvier 2025 à 16:38

Lonely, ailing sunfish perks up after human cutouts placed outside tank

Par : The Associated Press

22 janvier 2025 à 16:38

TOKYO — A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in southwestern Japan lost its appetite, began banging into the side of the fishtank and appeared unwell days after the facility closed last month for renovations. As a last-ditch measure to save the popular fish, its keepers hung their uniforms and set up human cutouts outside the tank. Read More

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Cat becomes accidental frequent flyer after being left on a plane by mistake 22 janvier 2025 à 09:31

Cat becomes accidental frequent flyer after being left on a plane by mistake

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Par : Associated Press in Wellington

22 janvier 2025 à 09:31

Mittens made three trips in 24 hours between New Zealand and Australia after she was not spotted in cargo hold

A Maine Coon cat named Mittens became an accidental jetsetter this month when her cage was overlooked in a plane cargo hold and she made three trips in 24 hours between New Zealand and Australia.

Mittens, eight, was booked for one-way travel with her family from Christchurch, New Zealand to their new home in Melbourne, Australia on 13 January. Her owner, Margo Neas, said on Wednesday that she waited for Mittens to be unloaded from the plane’s freight area, but three hours passed with no sign of the cat.

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Elephants are ‘majestic’ but cannot pursue legal case to leave Colorado zoo, says court 21 janvier 2025 à 23:35

Elephants are ‘majestic’ but cannot pursue legal case to leave Colorado zoo, says court

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Par : Associated Press

21 janvier 2025 à 23:35

Because five mammals are not human, they do not have legal right to challenge detention, rules top state court

Five elephants at a Colorado zoo may be “majestic” but, since they are not human, they do not have the legal right to pursue their release, Colorado’s highest court said on Tuesday.

The ruling from the Colorado supreme court follows a similar court defeat in New York in 2022 for an elephant named Happy at the Bronx zoo in a case brought by an animal rights group. Rulings in favor of the animals would have allowed lawyers for both Happy and the elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain zoo in Colorado Springs – Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou and Jambo – to pursue a long-held legal process for prisoners to challenge their detention and possibly be sent to live in an elephant sanctuary instead.

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The Guardian
‘We ask to be recognised’: small fishers claim €12bn EU fund favours big players 21 janvier 2025 à 08:00

‘We ask to be recognised’: small fishers claim €12bn EU fund favours big players

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Par : Naomi Mihara， Natalie Donback and Vittoria Torsello

21 janvier 2025 à 08:00

Artisanal shellfish farmers face ruinous losses but money meant to help is going to the powerful fishing industry, say critics

Early on a warm September morning in southern Italy, Giovanni Nicandro sets out from the port of Taranto in his small boat. Summoning his courage, the mussel farmer inspects his year’s work – only to find them all dead, a sight that almost brings him to tears.

“We have many problems,” he says. “The problems start as soon as we open our eyes in the morning.” The loss is total – not only for Nicandro but also for Taranto’s 400 other mussel farmers, after a combination of pollution and rising sea temperatures devastated their harvest.

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