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In order to provide safe food for critically endangered vultures, Pakistan has opened a “vulture restaurant.” After 95% of the vulture populations in India, Nepal and Pakistan were lost due to poisoning by the drug Diclofenac, the idea of “vulture restaurants” have been catching on. Vulture restaurants serve up the carcasses of cattle that have [...]
As August rapidly approaches, summer is heating up! New Yorkers have found a unique way to cool off. The New York Times explains: On a rented lot that’s hidden from the street they have erected what they call a lo-fi urban country club: three connected pools housed in Dumpsters; a boccie court; some lounge chairs, [...]
In the largest debt-for-nature swap the U.S. government has organized so far under the U.S. Tropical Forest Conservation Act, the United States has signed an agreement with Indonesia to forgive nearly $30 million in debt. The U.S. government has agreed to forgive $30 million in Indonesian debt in exchange for Indonesia’s agreement to protect Sumatran [...]
Sable Antelope Bull in Kafue, Zambia The Giant Sable Antelope has been positively sighted for the first time in decades, proving that it is not extinct, while a less threatened species was sold for almost half a million dollars. The Sable Antelope The Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger) is an antelope found in the wooded savannah [...]
