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Protesters outside a Canterbury hunting competition say they were appalled when they were confronted by 100 children parading their kill shouting “meat, meat, meat”. But organisers of the competition hit back, saying protesters called the children “murderers”and were partly to blame for provoking the incident. The controversy comes after the...

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  • June 25, 2023

Groups of orcas have been staging intentional attacks on sailing boats in Europe since 2020 Credit: Spanish Ministry of Transport, Mobility, and Urban Agenda) Killer whales, or orcas, are the largest members of the oceanic dolphin family. The intelligent mammals, which hunt in large pods, are known for their coordinated...

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  • May 25, 2023

When John Mestas’ ancestors moved to Colorado over 100 years ago to raise sheep in the San Luis Valley, they “hit paradise,” he said. “There was so much water, they thought it would never end,” Mestas said of the agricultural region at the headwaters of the Rio Grande. Now decades...

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  • May 24, 2023

Believe it or not, but by the 1700s, deciding whether or not to take sugar with your tea had become a political statement. While sugar-free diets are now all the rage, the motivations behind this health trend are a far cry from those of the anti-saccharites during the abolitionist sugar...

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  • May 21, 2023