Experts have been hard-pressed with evaluating the risk of the BA.2 subvariant, stumped by why it has become dominant in some countries while failing to take off in othersShare in FacebookShare in TwitterSend in e-mailSend in e-mailSaveSave article to reading listZen ReadPrint article

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The number of infections caused by the BA.2 subvariant of the BA.1 omicron coronavirus has surged in the past two weeks, and now accounts for 11 percent of cases among travelers entering Israel. The figure jumped from 7 percent following the entry of a group of Nepalese workers infected with the new subvariant into the country.

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Following years of record regional harvests, hunters and trappers in the northwestern corner of the state have so far achieved less than a third of total state-sanctioned wolf kills for the season.

The state Fish and Wildlife Commission set its Region 1 wolf hunting and trapping threshold this year — quitting the use of a “quota” — at 195 animals.

Year-to-date, the Region 1 effort, mostly comprising Lake, Sanders, Lincoln and Flathead counties, tallied 52 wolves tagged so far, according to state Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department data available Friday.

That’s down from the 101 killed in the region by this time last year, according to FWP.

The season’s regional harvest lull comes amid added hunting and trapping opportunities offered by the state.

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WAUWATOSA, Wis. (CBS 58) — Starting Monday, Jan. 10, the city of Wauwatosa plans to get rid of nuisance coyotes roaming neighborhoods.

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VIENTIANE, Laos, January 29, 2022 (ENS) –On the steep hillsides of the dormant volcano that is Myanmar’s sacred Mount Popa, live more than 100 monkeys of a newly discovered species, just described and identified but already considered critically endangered. They are threatened by hunting and loss of habitat to agriculture and logging.

The Popa langur,Trachypithecus popa, is just one of 224 new species documented by the World Wide Fund For Nature, WWF, in its latest report from the Greater Mekong region.

The region takes its name from the great Mekong River, Asia’s sixth largest, that runs from its source high on the Tibetan Plateau through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam to enter the South China Sea through a…

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The investigation by the HSUS and HSI uncovered hundreds of items likely made from ivory for sale at twenty stores across Maryland.The HSUS270SHARES

Today, we’re releasing the findings of ourundercover investigationrevealing a thriving market for ivory products in Maryland.

A lot is at stake.Each year, between 10,000 to 15,000 African elephants are killed by poachers. A recent assessment found thatthe population of the endangered savanna elephant has declined by 60% and that of the critically endangered forest elephant by more than 86% since the 1970s, placing them only a step or two away from extinction.

The investigation by the HSUS and HSI, conducted between July and December 2021, uncovered hundreds of items likely made from ivory for sale at 20 stores across the state. These included carved elephant tusks, figurines, trinkets, boxes and jewelry. In most…

Salt Lake County woman was hunting elk in Echo Canyon, Summit County Sheriff’s Office says

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A 58-year-oldUtahwoman died Monday after suffering a gunshot wound in an apparenthuntingaccident, authorities said.

The Salt Lake County woman, whose name was not immediately released, was with two other family members hunting elk around 11 a.m. in the Echo Canyon area, about 50 miles northeast of Salt Lake City, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office told Fox News Digital in an email early Tuesday.

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Jason Wilson has had kidney failure since he was 10 years old

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For a while, his condition improved, he said.

But about two years ago, he began dialysis and was placed on MUSC Health’s list for a kidney transplant.

It was on Nov. 1 that he got a letter from the health system that said he would be moved to inactive status if he didn’t get the COVID-19 vaccine by Jan. 1, 2022.

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