A new study shows that global trade in wild animals and plants is at least twice as large as previously assumed, generating annual revenues of up to 300 billion US dollars, while illegal activities cause estimated losses of up to 39.5 billion dollars. #Wildtierhandel #Naturschutz #Biodiversität (translated)
The front page headlines & nonstop scandal they we would have, were we a serious country with either a media or a political system designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party, is that this is wildly illegal, unconstitutional behavior that should immediately end any presidency.
How wild it must be now at Spiegel, Tagesspiegel & Co. that after the Greens and SPD, now the Left is also in favor of starting coalition negotiations. Will they raise the stakes even further in their campaign? (translated)
The trade in wild species of animals, plants, and fungi is more extensive than previously assumed. (translated)
In this article, Jean-Pierre Geelen examines whether wild animals, such as leopards and tigers, are aware of the fact that humans are different from them, following recent incidents in which these predators attacked their caretakers. #dieren #natuur #empathie (translated)
Emergency services were massively called for a rubber boat full of migrants off the Zeeland coast, where the occupants did not want to go to the Netherlands, but to another destination. #Vluchtelingen #Mensensmokkel #Cadzand (translated)
Emergency services were deployed for a rubber boat full of migrants off the Zeeland coast, but the occupants absolutely did not want to land in the Netherlands, while the cause of their journey and the destination remained unclear. #vluchtelingen #migratie #Cadzand (translated)
A rudderless migrant boat with 38 occupants, which did not want to disembark in the Netherlands, was towed into the port of Cadzand, where local authorities received them and arrested two people for human trafficking. #Migratie #Vluchtelingen #Cadzand (translated)
The Bangka-Plumplori, a toxic night monkey that was considered missing for almost 90 years, has been rediscovered on the Indonesian island of Bangka, where scientists have now gathered evidence of its survival in the form of more than 90 documented sightings. #BangkaPlumplori #Artenschutz #Wildtierarten (translated)
Newsmax journalist Shelby Wilder on the situation in Oleshky: Russia is using this humanitarian operation as a propaganda opportunity. Moscow wants to portray itself as the rescuer of civilians in a city that it occupies, one it has destroyed and plunged into this humanitarian crisis.
Isack Hadjar was spoken to by the stewards after he pushed away a fan who wanted to take a selfie with him, while team boss Ayao Komatsu of Haas calls rumors about Oliver Bearman 'complete nonsense.' #F1 #IsackHadjar #OliverBearman (translated)
people have joked the AI CEOs don’t want you to own a computer because they’ve made them so expensive. but it’s still wild to hear sam altman just come out and say it. it’s pretty obvious why: he wants people to be stuck using chatgpt instead of running a smaller, more targeted model locally.
14-year-old tennis prospect Elizaveta Anikina from Estonia reached the semifinals at the W15-category World Tennis tournament in Sweden, defeating the top-seeded Swedish player Caijsa Wilda Hennemann in the quarterfinals. #tennis #Eesti #noorsport (translated)
A 55-year-old dog rescue programme that has found missing hikers and children in the Canadian wilderness was axed as part of government budget cuts. #ParksCanada #AvalancheDogs #SearchAndRescue
14-year-old Elizaveta Anikina achieved a significant victory at the W15 tournament in Sweden, defeating the world's 237th-ranked Caijsa Wilda Henneman in two sets, and advanced to the semifinals. #tennis #Eesti #noorsport (translated)
Univers Tennis stated that Grigor Dimitrov, 35 years old and ranked 124th, had taken the wild card from Moïse Kouame for the qualifying rounds of the 2026 Rolex Paris Masters. The media reminded that Dimitrov was a finalist in 2023. https://t.co/VQ0sYSWdka #Tennis #RolexParisMasters #GrigorDimitrov (translated)
Univers Tennis indicated that 17-year-old Moïse Kouame had been invited to the main draw of the Rolex Paris Masters after Jakub Mensik withdrew. Quentin Halys had entered directly into the draw, and his wild card had been reallocated to Kouame. https://t.co/40U0VOqvTx #RolexParisMasters #Tennis #WildCard (translated)
Nine orangutans rescued from devastating wildfires in Indonesian Borneo have returned to the forest after weeks of rehabilitation. Among them are four mothers with their young, including three females expecting another baby. #OrangutanRescue #WildlifeConservation #EndangeredSpecies
The author said they had wondered whether AI agents might one day scam people to build up resources for themselves.
Absolutely fantastic news: the @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social have hit their £30m fundraising target to buy the vast Rothbury Estate in Northumberland. A former grouse moor owned by the Duke of Northumberland’s heir, it will now be rewilded. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
