‘We don’t have a solution. But the fact that there aren’t easy and obvious solutions doesn’t mean that you can ignore the issue’ … An Inconvenient Apocalypse.Photograph: Zoonar GmbH/Alamy
In An Inconvenient Apocalypse, authors Wes Jackson and Robert Jensen style themselves as heralds of some very bad news: societal collapse on a global scale is inevitable, and those who manage to survive the mass death and crumbling of the world as we know it will have to live in drastically transformed circumstances. According to Jackson and Jensen, there’s no averting this collapse – electric cars aren’t going to save us, and neither are global climate accords. The current way of things is doomed, and it’s up to us…
Smith pleaded guilty in May to discharge of a firearm on or near prohibited premises, injured persons or property while hunting, hunting without permission and violation of hunting ordinances.
Police said Smith was deer hunting without a license or permission to hunt on land near Market Street and West Calla Road when he shot at a deer on Dec. 20, 2021. The bullet flew across Calla Road, hitting a house and striking a man’s foot as he was sitting on…
(Photo via Gov NL Moose Management Plan 2022-2026.)
Starting this hunting season, hunters will now be allowed to hunt or trap on Sundays.
The change comes with the opening of the big game bow-hunting season today. The big game rifle-hunting season doesn’t open until Saturday, September 10.
The idea of Sunday hunting has sparked controversy in the past, with some hunters heavily in favour, while other outdoor enthusiasts, including berry-pickers, expressing strong reservations.
Meanwhile, the province has introduced some changes toMoose Management Area maps, which now show moose densities in recently surveyed areas and current population information.
Successful hunters are reminded to drop off big game jawbones at one of more than 50 locations across the province.
The incident occurred at Ghana’s Accra Zoo around noon,accordingto a report.
Guards at the zoo noticed that a man had climbed a 20-foot-tall fence and entered an enclosure home to a lion, a lioness, and two cubs, the report noted.
Fowl hunters are urged to use caution this fall due to the potential outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza, also known as bird flu.Richard Hamilton Smith/Getty Images
Duck and goose hunting season officially begins on September 1 throughout Michigan and this year, the Department of Natural Resources is warning hunters to use caution due to the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus or “bird flu” when harvesting and handling wild birds.
“Avian influenza is caused by viruses infecting wild and domestic birds,” said Megan Moriarty, the state wildlife veterinarian with the DNR.” Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses can severely affect the health of domestic birds, wild birds, and, sometimes, humans and other mammals.”
The virus has continued to be detected through wild bird surveillance activities, according to the press release, and is considered widespread in wild bird populations throughout Michigan, including all…
The grouse shooting season began August 12 in the U.K. and tensions between hunt saboteurs and shooting enthusiasts are high. Activists from across the country gathered to disrupt the glorious twelfth — the first day that red grouse can be shot. Other large shoots were also unable to take place due for another two days due to disruption caused by saboteurs.
Over a four-month season,red grouseare shot while taking flight after being flushed bybeaters. Though there is no comprehensive study to show an average killed yearly, onereportstates 700,000 were killed in one year alone.
A constructed grouse shooting position known as a “butt” (2022). Credit: Aidan Frere-Smith.
Shooting predominantly takes place in the north of England and in Scotland onheather moorland…
Shanghai was forced to switch off decorative lights along its famed Bund riverfront for two days from 22 August in response to a nationwide heatwave that has sent power demand soaring.Photograph: Héctor Retamal/AFP/Getty Images
Forest fires, droughts and heatwaves across the country is forcing provinces to reduce power consumption
Guardian reporterTue 30 Aug 2022 13.20 EDT
There were still some streetlights on the Bund, one of the main roads in central Shanghai. But the decorative lights which light up the city skyline – blue, pink, and red – were turned off for two days to cope with thepeaking power demand.
The power restriction imposed by the city authorities, was the first inShanghai, the financial hub of China. But across the rest of the country similar restrictions have been put in place, as cities, notably in the south-western region, grapple with ongoing power shortages caused by…
At 92 years old, actor Clint Eastwood has been in the Hollywood spotlight for decades but his newest project, a documentary called Why on Earth, could be one of his most important roles. Created by animal-rights advocate and filmmaker Katie Cleary, the documentary was filmed across five countries and focuses on the way humans have destroyed animal habitats and are ultimately destroying themselves by fueling the climate crisis through unsustainable practices such as deforestation for palm oil production, poaching, shark finning, and animal agriculture.
“I am an animal person,” Eastwood said in the film’s trailer. “I appreciate the beauty of them. I just want to see everything live.”
Eastwood’s appearance in the film lends the weight of his fame to the cause of mitigating the climate crisis by making important changes, such as a transition to more sustainable food systems and diets. “The plant-based diet should affect positive changes for the well-being of animals and people,” he said.
Clint Eastwood in Why on Earth
While Clint Eastwood is best-known for his roles in Western-themed films, Why on Earth reveals a different side of the award-winning actor for the first time. Cleary—who founded animal welfare organization Peace 4 Animals—first connected with Clint Eastwood through his daughter Alison Eastwood, who is the co-founder of Eastwood Ranch Foundation which focuses on rescuing animals from high-kill shelters in Southern California.
In Why on Earth, Cleary gave Clint Eastwood the opportunity to discuss his love of animals and offer insight about how to ensure their survival. “He takes us through the whole process. He’s incredible. He’s a huge animal lover,” Cleary toldFox News. “So, this film really just brings out an amazing side to him that maybe a lot of people haven’t seen, which is that compassionate side, especially for animals.”
In addition to Clint Eastwood, Why on Earth features other animal-lovers, including NBA legend John Salley; anti-poaching groups in Africa; people working to save orangutans in areas deforested by the palm oil industry; and groups such as Animal Recovery Mission (ARM) working to expose the cruelty of the animal agriculture industry. “The best thing we can do is manage the beautiful things we have and animals fit right into that category,” Clint Eastwood says at the end of the film’s trailer.
The film debuted on August 16 in the United States and Canada and is available to stream through various platforms, including In Demand, Google Play, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Vimeo, and Hoopla. Prior to Why on Earth, Cleary also created Give Me Shelter, a documentary that debuted on Netflix in 2015 and focused on a broad range of animal-rights issues and the people who dedicate their lives righting these wrongs, including Alison Eastwood.
“Why On Earth has been a labor of love for the past four years,” Cleary said in a statement. “We are so excited to finally share with the world this important documentary to raise awareness about the many issues that impact our planet’s critical species.”
Plant-based diet to fight climate crisis?
Why on Earth brings forth many themes about the destruction humans have inflicted on the planet through various activities and makes sure to spotlight animal agriculture as a major contributor. A growing body of scientific research supports what this documentary, and Clint Eastwood, suggest would be an important solution moving forward: transitioning to a plant-based diet.
In 2018, an Oxford study published in the journal Science found that following a plant-based diet is “the single biggest way” to slow environmental destruction. This comprehensive study was based on five years of research and data from nearly 40,000 farms in 119 countries. To come to this conclusion, researchers examined the environmental impact of producing 40 foods—which amount to 90 percent of all food eaten on earth. Led by Joseph Poore, the researchers found that the meat and dairy industries are responsible for 60 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions and that if individuals removed animal products from their diets, they would reduce their carbon footprint by 73 percent. The researchers also found that if meat and dairy production were to cease, global farmland use would be reduced by 75 percent.
More recent studies have come to similar conclusions, including a 2021 study published in Nature Food that found meat production was responsible for twice as much greenhouse gas emissions than growing and processing plants for food.
In addition to Why on Earth, other recent documentaries have focused on similar themes, including Eating Our Way to Extinction. Also packed with celebrities and narrated by Titanic actress Kate Winslet, this documentary was created by London-based brothers Ludo and Otto Brockway to bring awareness about the devastating environmental and health effects animal agriculture has had on the planet, told by the people who experience the climate crisis on the frontlines. Both Why on Earth and Eating Our Way to Extinction are distributed by Vision Films.
