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In December of 2019, Animal Rights activists in the Capital Region of NY caught wind of a local Fire Department’s plans for a Coyote hunt fundraiser intended for Mid January 2020. Alarmed not only for the animals but for the poor example set by an organization whose mission is to save people’s lives, a petition was circulated and numerous activists wrote letters, made phone calls and posted on social media asking the Hancock NY Volunteer Fire Department to reconsider.

Some, like myself, offered to make donations to the FD if they would change their strategy and ensure no animals are harmed. The correlation between violence toward animals and other forms of violence including child abuse and domestic violence has been established repeatedly.

While one could make the claim that this is different, it is cultural or…

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Forecasters warn of unpredictability, weather ‘chaos’ as El Niño develops

A developing El Niño is already dramatically influencing Earth’s weather, scrambling precipitation patterns and boosting temperatures higher and higher. Forecasters say it’s only a matter of time before El Niño’s arrival is official, and there is concern it could incite unprecedented extreme weather.

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Scientists don’t yet know how strong this El Niño will become, and its intensity will have big implications for where extreme weather occurs and its severity. But they do know it’s arriving amidthe highest ocean temperatures in modern records.

Jennifer Francis, a climate scientist at the Woods Hole Research Center,warned in a recent podcastto “expect chaos,” especially if this El Niño turns out strong.

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Sailor’s boat ‘thrown around like a rag doll’ in another killer whale attack

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Some 20 incidents between the orcas and small boats have been recorded in May (Stock picture: Getty)©Provided by Metro

A British sailor has told of the terrifying moment his boat was attacked by a group of killer whales off the coast of Gibraltar.

Captain Iain Hamilton was sailing on Friday, when a group of five killer whales, also known as orcas, staged what he described as a ‘choreographed’ assault on his boat.

The 60-year-old believes they were actually ‘playing with the rudders and just inadvertently rendered the boat very vulnerable and in a very dangerous situation’.

He first noticed a fin and then a ‘light bump’ which turned into a ‘very big bump’ from a whale trying to bite the rudder.

The captain told BBC Radio 4: ‘To begin…

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World War III? What Could Happen if China Invaded Taiwan

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Hundreds of warplanes burn on the tarmac of airbases in Japan and Guam. Over a hundred large warships strung across the sea floor of the Taiwan Strait and Western Pacific beyond. Tens of thousands of lives were lost in just a few weeks of violence.

Wargame for Taiwan

This was the outcome of a series of wargames undertaken by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), simulating an amphibious landing operation in Taiwan by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in 2026. The games’ design and outcomes are detailed in areportback in Janyary by retired Marine colonel Mark Cancian and researchers Matthew Cancian and Eric Heginbotham

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A MAN has admitted causing unnecessary suffering to a chicken by releasing dogs on it.

Sonny-Joe Barney, 20, was issued with a postal requisition in relation to the incident which took place on July 7 last year.

Barney pleaded guilty to a single count of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal in Dorset.

He entered this plea at a Poole Magistrates’ Court hearing on Wednesday, May 31.

Sonny-Joe Barney, of Summer Fields, Verwood, was remanded on conditional bail, with a report to be prepared by the Probation Service ahead of a sentencing hearing which is due to take place at the same court on Tuesday, June 27.

Conditions of his bail included that he must not keep, deal in or transport dogs and chickens, and not aid or be a party to any such activity.

As reported, police investigating hare coursing were shown evidence…

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The forty-sixth president was seemingly enjoying a sunny, breezy day at the Air Force Academy in Colorado. Wearing the blue Air Force hat, staring blankly at the graduates as they came up to receive their diploma, President Joe Biden looked as though he was overcome by a random though, he pivoted on stage, and went to jog to the other side of the stage, and before he could reach his destination, the forty-sixth president was down on the floor.

More troublingly, Biden couldn’t stand up again. He needed the help of two Secret Service agents and an Air Force officer.

As cameraszoomedin to get a better angle on the fallen president—who was clearly confused and panicked as he could not stand up quickly from the fall—many of the Air…

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This commentary is by Lisa Winkler, a resident of Middlebury.

I’ve been following the painfully (figuratively and literally) laborious process the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department has been rolling out to amend or installAct 159andAct 165laws covering trapping and hunting coyotes with dogs.

Once again, state officials have allowed the public to respond, and although many of us have done this in the past to no avail, I felt compelled…

New research outlines a worst-case scenario in which extreme weather hammers winter wheat crops in both the U.S. Midwest and northeastern China in the same year.

Jim Diamond and his wife, Sally Jones-Diamond, check their wheat crop in Akron, Colo., in July. They said the size of the wheat was half that of other seasons because of drought.Hyoung Chang / Denver Post via Getty Images file

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Extreme heat waves and drought due to climate change have the potential to shock the global food supply and send prices soaring, according to a new study.

The research, published Friday in the journal npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, assesses a worst-case scenario in which extreme weather hits two breadbasket regions in the same year, hammering winter wheat crops in both the U.S…

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