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Faroes islanders have killed 100bottlenose dolphinsin the face of growing international outrage at the hunts.

The victims included 98 adults, an unborn baby and a young calf, according to the Sea Shepherd conservation group, which said it was the largest hunt of bottlenose dolphins in more than 120 years.

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Rishi Sunakhas promised to ban live animal exports as well as imports of hunting trophies.

In a move that delighted animal-welfare campaigners, the contender to be the next Tory leader and prime minister pledged to champion the Kept Animals Bill, which had appeared doomed under Boris Johnson.

His decision puts pressure on rivalLiz Trussto follow suit – although her record on animal welfare is considered unfavourable.

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California’s fast-moving McKinney fire scorching went from 1sq mile to 62sq miles while Montana’s fire nearly tripled in size

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Wildfires inCaliforniaand Montana exploded in size amid windy, hot conditions, forcing evacuation orders as they quickly encroached on neighborhoods.

In California’s Klamath national forest, the fast-moving McKinney fire, which started Friday, went from charring just over 1 sq mile (1 sq km) to scorching as much as 62 sq miles (160 sqkm) by Saturday in a largely rural area near the Oregon state line, according to fire officials.

The fire burned down at least a dozen residences and wildlife was seen fleeing the area to avoid the flames. At least 2,000 people were told to evacuate.

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California claims to know how much climate-warming gas is going into the air from within its borders. It’s the law: California limits climate pollution and each year the limits get stricter.

The state has also been a major oil and gas producer for more than a century, and authorities are well aware some 35,000 old, inactive oil and gas wells perforate the landscape.

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st. JOHN’S, NL – An annual initiative to rescue missing baby puffins on Newfoundland was temporarily put on hold after hundreds of dead seabirds washed up on beaches around the island.

Suzanne Dooley, conservation director for a local chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, said the organization’s decision to suspend its puffin and petrel patrols this year was, in some ways, an easy one. He said it was difficult in another way.

Dooley said it was easy because the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu was making its way through the state’s wild seabird populations and suspending the program would protect volunteers.

But the patrol is difficult because it means so much to the residents of NL’s Witless Bay, which sits across from a ecological reserve that’s home to more than 260,000 pairs of orange-billed birds. she said.

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When the major UN conference on the landmark Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was originally scheduled to take place in 2020, there were already many issues to discuss.

The conference, postponed due to the pandemic, will finally start on Monday. Russia’s war in Ukraine has revived the horrors of a nuclear confrontation and heightened the urgency to strengthen the 50-year-old treaty.

“It’s a very difficult moment,” said Beatrice Finn, Nobel Peace Prize winner and executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.

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An aggression with ominous references to Russia’s nuclear weapons would be “very important to the treaty and would put a lot of pressure on it,” she said. It will shape future nuclear policy.”

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Ajuvenile humpback whale died this week after struggling for several days in the shallow water off Wellfleet, Massachusetts, the International Fund for Animal Welfare announced.

©IFAWdeceased juvenile humpback whale is removed from the water in wellfleet

The 24-foot, the 7,900-pound whale was first reported in the area Tuesday evening and the IFAW said the mammal died overnight. The body was removed Friday with the use of a crane and the IFAW said a necropsy will be conducted Saturday to determine the whale’s cause of death.

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HELENA – State officials report that Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in a Flathead County backyard poultry flock.

The Montana Department of Livestock (MDOL) reports this is the tenth flock in Montana with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) that is linked to a 2022 wave of HPAI infections in the US traced to seasonal migrations of wild birds.

Nationally, nearly 400 poultry flocks have been diagnosed with HPAI, according to MDOL.

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“With over two months since our last case of HPAI in the state, we had hoped that avian influenza was behind us,” said Montana state veterinarian Marty Zaluski. “Unfortunately, the risk seems to persist, and poultry owners should continue to practice enhanced biosecurity measures.”

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