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‘Green gentrification’ due to rewilding could force out poorer communities

Report says urban nature restoration projects must be handled carefully to avoid pricing out locals

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2022

Mass whale stranding rescue operation at Tasmania's Macquarie Harbour saves around 30 out of 230

The whale rescue effort on Tasmania's west coast has managed to refloat over 30 of the animals which beached themselves — but around 200 could not be saved.

ABC News · Sep 21, 2022

Why is Tasmania the site of so many mass whale strandings? Here's what we know

Two whale stranding events in a week, with the second happening in the same location as Australia's worst ever beaching two years ago. This is what we know about why Tasmania is causing whales such trouble.

ABC News · Sep 21, 2022

You can visit a 'Cat Island' where friendly felines outnumber humans

Aoshima, or cat island in English, has a population of 200 cats which is far greater than its dwilndling human population, which has been decreasing since the end of WWII

Daily Mirror · Sep 21, 2022

Spain gives personhood status to Mar Menor salt-water lagoon

Spain has granted personhood status to what environmentalists call Europe’s largest salt-water lagoon, which has suffered massive die-offs of marine life as it degrades due to coastal development and local farming

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022

Chained-up 'dolphins' protest outside Leeds Jet 2 office

The action aims to urge the travel provider to drop marine parks that withhold dolphins from holiday packages

Leeds Live · Sep 21, 2022

Deep-sea shark with protruding eyes and terrifying grin is caught in Australia

It has huge bulging, glassy eyes, and a mouth which creepily curls upwards, to show a sickening smile with sharp tiny teeth

Daily Mirror · Sep 21, 2022

Fishermen appeal judge ruling that protects endangered whale

The state of Maine and a fishing group are appealing a federal judge’s decision that new rules intended to protect endangered whales must stand

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022

Climate-fueled wildfires worsen danger for struggling fish

After a wildfire roared through northern New Mexico this summer, state and federal biologists rescued scores of Rio Grande cutthroat trout from a small stream

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022

Incredible moment boy, 9, catches enormous 23 stone shark while fishing with dad

Nine-year-old Xandré de Beer tussled with the bronze whaler shark for two and a half hours after hooking the huge 23st beast at Dana Bay in Western Cape, South Africa

Daily Mirror · Sep 21, 2022