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Big pig problem: What to do after Yukon’s wild boar fiasco? – CBCNEWS
by Heather Avery - CBCNEWS A Yukon group is calling for wild boars to be wiped from the territory, fenced or not, after a fiasco this summer. Seven wild boar escaped from their enclosure into the wilderness, prompting fears the animals could reproduce and become an invasive species. The Yukon Fish and Game Association, a wildlife …
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Killing Thousands of Animals in Conservation’s Name – The Atlantic
by Emma Marris - The Atlantic (via MSN) The desert of south-central Australia is crenellated with sandstone hills in shades of ivory, crimson, and apricot. The ground is littered with dead trees and tree limbs, big hunks of transparent mica, dried cow dung, and thousands of stone spearheads and blades made by the Aboriginal people …
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Feel Good Sunday: Video ~ Ya Gotta Luv Um — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
https://www.youtube.com/embed/-ZIgb-EeX1s?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent “For those who are blessed and able to live with their equine companions life is often a steady stream of giggles and grins. Throw in a few resident cats and dogs and there is hardly ever a moment not filled with frivolity and merriment…I am chortling over that last comment, it could be a …
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A Dog & His Dock: A love affair
We put a new dock in this August, and Linc, the ball hound has claimed it as his most favourite place! Nothing like jumping off the dock after a ball! Loving this dock mom!
Early Autumn, a time for contemplation
The leaves are gradually changing colour, lighting up the early Autumn landscape with splashes and swaths of glorious orange, gold, yellow, red, burgundy, crimson, brown and maroon splendour. In a week or so, the forests, roadsides and countryside will be at their peak, on fire with intense colour. Mother Nature's fashion show: my favourite time …
Eight-tentacled cuddlebug… on Ecstasy – via NPR
The drug makes the usually antisocial creatures much more interested in friendly contact with other octopuses. It's one more sign that the chemistry of social behavior has deep evolutionary roots.(Image credit: Tom Kleindinst/Marine Biological Laboratory) via Octopuses Get Strangely Cuddly On The Mood Drug Ecstasy — News : NPR
Great Australian birdlife sight taking place in north west Qld
by Sally Cripps - @sallyQCL One of the most spectacular birding sights to be seen in Australia is taking place around Richmond at the moment. The undulating, chirping group formation of budgerigars on the wing, known as a murmuration, has been caught on camera by Richmond grazier, Terry Carrington. Terry, who lives at Patroy, 27km …
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Ottawa bearing witness to unusual influx… of bears – The Canadian Press
By Andy Blatchford (via msn.com) OTTAWA - High population density is a feature of most Group of Seven capitals — but Ottawa stands out among its international peers these days with an unusual demographic situation: a sudden influx of bears. Black bear sightings surged of late in Canada's national capital region. Conservation officials say they've already …
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NAFTA negotiations ‘hang over heads’ of Canadian farmers, U.S. counterparts – CBCNEWS
by Kaitie Fraser (via msn.com) As the sun comes up on farmers across Essex County, Ont., it's not their livestock or crops they check first thing in the morning — it's the markets. The tough talk between Canada and the U.S. around NAFTA negotiations is having real-life consequences for those working in the industry every day. …
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