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• Flamingo foster fathers hatch an egg together at the San Diego zoo

  01-10-2024 17:10
  
  After practicing with a fake egg, the fortysomething lesser flamingos join other same-sex animal co-parentsTwo male flamingos have joined their kind’s ranks of same-sex co-parents after hatching an egg together at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.The two foster dads are both in their 40s and are lesser flamingos, a species found in sub-Saharan Africa and western India, according to the zoo. The chick is also a lesser flamingo. Continue reading...
  
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• Alpine dingoes at risk of extinction after Victorian government extends right to cull

  01-10-2024 17:00
  At least 468 shot by government controllers last year out of an estimated population of as few as 2,640 in the state’s east, advocates sayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTraditional owners and dingo advocates say a Victorian government decision extending the right to kill dingoes on private and public land until 2028 could threaten local populations with extinction.A government order, which took effect on Tuesday, declared dingoes were “unprotected wildlife
  
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• Of course I look like a crazy dog lady! I am one | Arwa Mahdawi

  01-10-2024 16:12
  Every night, I make up little Rascal’s bed and leave a dog chew on his pillow. What’s so odd about that?In the popular imagination, writers often have rock’n’roll lifestyles. Me? Not so much. In fact, I have the world’s most mundane weekday routine. Every morning, about 8.25, I wipe congealed oatmeal off my kid’s face and put her in a stroller. Then I put a lead on my dog (a mutt called Rascal) and walk to daycare with them. Then I walk back home with an empty
  
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• US man, 81, sentenced to six months for creating giant hybrid sheep for hunting

  01-10-2024 14:41
  
  Arthur Schubarth of Montana used tissue and testicles from Marco Polo sheep to clone animal and create hybridAn 81-year-old Montana man was sentenced on Monday to six months in federal prison for illegally using tissue and testicles from large sheep hunted in central Asia and the US to create hybrid sheep for captive trophy hunting in Texas and Minnesota.The US district court judge Brian Morris said he struggled to come up with a sentence for Arthur “Jack” Schubarth of Vaughn, Montan
  
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• Search for missing emu Irwin amid fears bird fell into Wiltshire river

  01-10-2024 12:24
  People in Malmesbury asked to keep eye out for Irwin, who vanished from animal sanctuary on MondayA search is on for an emu called Irwin feared to have lost its footing and slipped into a swollen Wiltshire river.Malmesbury Animal Sanctuary said emus were strong swimmers. The sanctuary hopes the bird has clambered out of the water and is sheltering in a garden. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘We look to the past to move forward’: the ancient method boosting cuttlefish numbers in the Mediterranean

  01-10-2024 07:00
  
  A project on Spain’s Costa Brava is reviving dwindling populations of the prized seafood – and keeping small-scale fishers in businessClinging to almost vertical cliffs on the Costa Brava in north-east Spain, the resort of l’Estartit has a dramatic location but the real drama is unfolding under the waves, where an innovative approach to ancient techniques is helping to revive declining populations of prized cuttlefishCuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) are a valuable catch for Spani
  
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• Country diary: The air transformed into eloquence and beauty | Mark Cocker

  01-10-2024 06:30
  
  Gradbach, Staffordshire: Autumnal drifts of motes and dancing shoals of midges give a precise geography to the transparent fluidity of spaceThe heavens had been pure blue all day but, as dusk fell, they acquired a smoky quality at lower elevations. I sat to watch four red deer across the slopes opposite, until I happened to glanced westward.The heart of that woodland scene was burnt out by the brilliance of the low-angled sun, but to either side of the glare, I could operate with binoculars and
  
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