BBC: Pregnant woman rescues husband from shark attack in Florida

• 24 September 2020

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Image captionA bull shark is believed to have carried out the attack on Mr Eddy

A pregnant woman dived into the sea in the Florida Keys to save her husband from an attacking shark.

Police said Andrew Charles Eddy, 30, was snorkelling on Sombrero Reef but was bitten by the shark almost immediately after entering the water.

His wife, Margot Dukes-Eddy, saw the shark's dorsal fin and her husband's blood filling the water, and dived in "without hesitation", officials said.

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WILD JUSTICE: Badger cull petition

 

Please sign our petition against Badger shooting   Wild Justice believes that the DEFRA Badger cull is ineffective in dealing with the scourge of bovine tuberculosis, but in any case it is an inhumane method of control, relying as it does on tens of thousands of Badgers being shot.     We are taking a legal challenge against the licensing of this inhumane practice and although we were refused permission for judicial review we are appealing that decision and have been allocated a date in late October for that appeal.   We cannot be sure that our legal challenge will succeed and so we want to add to the pressure on DEFRA and Natural England to think again about humane methods of disease control including better cattle testing, vaccination of Badgers and cattle, movement restrictions etc. To change the Government's mind we need a huge public outcry against the shooting of thousands of Badgers in the countryside.   So please look at our very simple petition, published only an hour or so ago, and support it if you can. Any UK resident can sign the petition, as can UK citizens living abroad. You'll have to fill in some details about yourself (not many and we do not get any of those details) and click the confirmation link that is sent to your email inbox for your voice to count.   If we get to 10,000 signatures (we expect we will quite quickly with your help) then DEFRA must respond; if we get to 100,000 signatures (which is our aim) then there will be a backbench debate in Westminster Hall with Shadow and Government Ministers making statements. We aim to put political pressure on government - and we can only do that with your help, please.     Please sign our petition against Badger shooting- click here Thank you!       Wild Justice (Directors: Mark Avery, Chris Packham and Ruth Tingay).     This email was sent to you because you subscribed to it through the Wild Justice website or through our recent e-action where you ticked a box.  Thank you. We will only use your personal details to send you the Wild Justice newsletter. We will not give or sell your details to anyone else.  You can unsubscribe at any time: there is an unsubscribe button at the foot of this email or you can reply to this email and ask us to remove you from the list (the former will happen immediately, the latter might take a few days).   Badger photo: Chris Packham

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MONGABAY: Two new Javan rhino calves are spotted in the species’ last holdou

BY BASTEN GOKKON 21 SEPTEMBER 2020

JAKARTA — Conservationists in Indonesia have reported the presence of two newborn Javan rhinoceros calves in the only place on Earth where the critically endangered species is still found, bringing…

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Australia whales: 90 dead in mass stranding off Tasmania

 

At least a third of 270 whales stranded off Tasmania have died and more are feared to be dying, rescuers in Australia say.

However, crews were able to save 25 of the animals on Tuesday and are aiming to escort more back into the sea.

The pilot whales were discovered in shallow waters off the west coast of the island on Monday.

It's unknown what drew the whales to the shore. Marine biologists say the rescue mission will likely take days.

Whale beachings are common in the region, but one of this size has not been seen in over a decade.

Tasmania last recorded a mass stranding in 2009 involving around 200 whales.

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Botswana: Mystery elephant deaths caused by cyanobacteria

 

BBotswana: Mystery elephant deaths caused by cyanobacteria

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Toxins made by microscopic algae in water caused the previously unexplained deaths of hundreds of elephants in Botswana, wildlife officials say. 

Botswana is home to a third of Africa's declining elephant population.

The alarm was raised when elephant carcasses were spotted in the country's Okavango Delta between May and June. 

Officials say a total of 330 elephants are now known to have died from ingesting cyanobacteria. Poaching has been ruled out as a cause of death.

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