This summer’s historic heat wave in the Pacific Northwest was an ecological catastrophe.ByJulia Rosen

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During this summer’s stifling heat wave, Robin Fales patrolled the same sweep of shore on Washington’s San Juan Island every day at low tide. The stench of rotting sea life grew as temperatures edged toward triple digits—roughly 30 degrees above average—and Fales watched the beds of kelp she studies wilt and fade. “They were bleaching more than I had ever seen,” recalls Fales, a Ph.D. candidate and marine ecologist at the University of Washington. She didn’t know if they would make it.

Never in recorded history had the Pacific Northwest experienced anything like the “heat dome” that clamped down on the region in late June 2021. Temperatures reached a withering 116 degrees Fahrenheit in Portland, Oregon…

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by:Alix Martichoux,Nexstar Media WirePosted:Dec 4, 2021 / 07:57 AM CST/Updated:Dec 4, 2021 / 07:57 AM CST

(NEXSTAR) — There’s a lot we don’t yet know about the omicron variant of COVID-19, which is starting to spread around the world and has been detected multiple times here in the U.S. There are signs out of South Africa itmay cause different symptoms– but it’s too early to draw broad conclusions. It’s also not yet clear if it’s better at evading vaccine protection than previous variants.

But there’s one thing we keep hearing from the scientists who’ve gotten a close look at the omicron version of the virus: It’s really mutated.

“This is probably the most mutated virus we’d ever seen,” Alex Sigal toldCBS News. Sigal leads a team of researchers working to learn more about omicron.

Lawrence Young, a virologist at the University of…

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We’re blessed to live surrounded by nature and open space. The proximity to natural open lands and trails is one of the great joys of living in our area. These lands add to our quality of life and the desirability of homes.

But like homeownership generally, living next to nature has both its joys and its responsibilities. Along with stewardship of our properties for fire protection and water conservation, we must also be mindful and protective of the wildlife that are our natural neighbors.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-3592240124438019&output=html&h=250&slotname=1795101350&adk=3584604133&adf=480318671&pi=t.ma~as.1795101350&w=300&lmt=1638574193&psa=1&format=300×250&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.toacorn.com%2Farticles%2Fno-justification-for-trapping-of-coyotes-by-hoa%2F&flash=0&wgl=1&uach=WyJXaW5kb3dzIiwiMTAuMC4wIiwieDg2IiwiIiwiOTYuMC40NjY0LjQ1IixbXSxudWxsLG51bGwsIjY0Il0.&dt=1638574192054&bpp=4&bdt=2887&idt=1137&shv=r20211201&mjsv=m202111170101&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D175b15406e95df48-2285f5d1b0cc0046%3AT%3D1638573075%3ART%3D1638573075%3AS%3DALNI_MbnGAAzkWIHofZdevgkB66ezhgMbA&prev_fmts=0x0%2C728x90&nras=1&correlator=489243267666&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=1542959479.1638574193&ga_sid=1638574193&ga_hid=810078400&ga_fc=0&u_tz=-480&u_his=1&u_h=640&u_w=1139&u_ah=607&u_aw=1139&u_cd=24&u_sd=1.2&dmc=4&adx=32&ady=749&biw=1123&bih=520&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=31063824%2C31060033&oid=2&pvsid=197332150241501&pem=946&tmod=1390055195&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&eae=0&fc=1920&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1139%2C0%2C1139%2C607%2C1139%2C537&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7CleEbr%7C&abl=CS&pfx=0&cms=2&fu=1024&bc=31&ifi=3&uci=a!3&btvi=1&fsb=1&xpc=w5xMwZtLpM&p=https%3A//www.toacorn.com&dtd=1153

It has come to our attention that a homeowners association in Thousand Oaks has contracted for the indiscriminate trapping and killing of coyotes. While coyotes can pose risks to pets, attacks on humans are extremely rare.

It’s inordinately cruel, inhumane and unjustified…

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A three-month-old baby elephant saved from a hunter’s trap and sent for medical treatment for its mangled right front leg and recovery process is seen in Nong Nooch Tropical Garden in Chonburi on Thursday. (Reuters photo)

CHONBURI: A three-month-old baby elephant was recovering in this eastern province on Thursday following lifesaving treatment after being shot several times and caught in a hunter’s trap.

The elephant, whom rescuers have named “Fahsai”, meaning “clear sky”, was found by passers-by on Sunday with her right foot caught in a trap and gunshot wounds to her shoulder.

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“We managed to extract a large fragment of a bullet, followed by two smaller pieces,” said veterinarian Padet Siridumrong.

Fahsai’s wounds will have to be tended to daily until she is strong enough to undergo surgery to extract remaining bullet fragments.

She will be…

Montana Public Radio | ByAaron BoltonPublishedNovember 30, 2021 at 5:45 PM MST

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A lawsuitfiled in the U.S. District Court in Missoula seeks to overturn aTrump-era ruleexpanding hunting and fishing within the National Wildlife Refuge system. The lawsuit argues the expansion will harm endangered species like grizzly bears.

The lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity says the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service didn’t properly assess the impact of a rule opening 2.3 million acres in the National Wildlife Refuge system to hunting and fishing. The rule includes the Swan River National Wildlife Refuge in northwest Montana.

The advocacy groupin a press releasesays that the rule will increase the amount of lead in the ecosystem from ammunition and fishing tackle, harming endangered waterfowl and will pose a risk to threatened grizzly bears due to hunters mistaking them…

by Tyler JeskiWednesday, December 1st 2021

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BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. (WTGS) —The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office said it is investigating an animal cruelty case in Burton.

Officials said it started with a call to the county’s animal services on November 23, 2021 about a stray cat at the Magnolia Park Apartments on Laurel Bay Road.

Animal control officers said they set a trap for the cat, but when they returned to retrieve the trap the next day it was missing.

Beaufort County Sheriff’s deputies then responded to the apartment complex. They said along with animal control officers they found the trap submerged in a pond on the property and the stray cat was found dead inside the trap.

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Deputies said no suspects have been identified in connection with the case.

The Hilton Head Humane Association is…

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(WHDH) — A mother accused of fatally shooting her 6-year-old son with a rifle following a hunting trip on Thanksgiving “wanted to send the victim to heaven,” law enforcement officials said.

Mary Amelia Rosborough, 31, of Chester, South Carolina, was arrested Thursday on charges including murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime,the Rock Hill Herald reported.

Deputies responding to a report of a shooting at Rosborough’s Old Douglas Road home learned that she had shot her son, who later died at a local hospital, Fairfield County Sheriff Will Montgomery said.

An investigation revealed that Rosborough had shot a deer with the same .243 caliber rifle about an hour before she shot her son, according to the news outlet.

Rosborough allegedly tried to reload the rifle after firing at her son but she was reportedly tackled by a…

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KILLBUCK — A Kill Buck man faces a reckless endangerment charge after the Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office allege he was involved in a hunting accident in November.

Jacob F. White, 29, of 3605 S. Authority Road, was charged at 6:08 p.m. Nov. 2 with second-degree reckless endangerment, a class A misdemeanor.

Deputies state the charge was the result of an investigation into a reported hunting incident off Route 417 in Great Valley.

Details of the incident were not available Thursday.

White was processed and released with an appearance ticket.

Deputies were assisted in their investigation by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Seneca Nation Conservation Department.

The incident is the latest in a spate of accidents, which have reignited debates over hunting rules in France

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A series of recent accidents and deaths has reignited the hunting debate in France, with some calling for partial bans and more regulationPic:Scharfsinn / ShutterstockByHannah Thompson

An 82-year-old hunter has been killed in a hunting accident in Brittany, in the latest high-profile incident during a time of intense debate about the sport in France.

The man died on Thursday, December 2, after having been accidentally shot during a game hunt on private land in Tourc’h, in Finistère,gendarmerie reported.

The shooter, a fellow hunter in his fifties, is now in custody. He accidentally hit the octogenarian from the opposite side of a pond.

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