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Fires in the Amazon have already impacted 90% of plant and animal species
MongaBay
September 21, 2021
Fires in the Amazon have already impacted 90% of plant and animal species
by Suzana Camargo – MongaBay – Creative CommonsNew study addresses the effects of fires on biodiversity loss in the world’s largest forest during the last two decades.Researchers measured the impacts on…
Nigeria seizes scales from 15,000 dead pangolins
MongaBay
August 11, 2021
Nigeria seizes scales from 15,000 dead pangolins
by Mongabay.com – MongaBay – Creative CommonsAuthorities at the Nigeria Customs Service have announced the seizure of 7.1 tons of pangolin scales that smugglers were attempting to ship out of the…
Florida man arrested for attacking alligator he stole from mini-golf course to ‘teach it a lesson’
Crime News
July 18, 2021
Florida man arrested for attacking alligator he stole from mini-golf course to ‘teach it a lesson’
(The AEGIS Alliance) – Police arrested a Florida man on a number of charges after he purportedly assaulted an alligator he stole from a Daytona Beach mini-golf course on Wednesday evening.William…
Two former Maine cops get jail time for killing porcupines with batons while on duty
Crime News
July 17, 2021
Two former Maine cops get jail time for killing porcupines with batons while on duty
(The AEGIS Alliance) – A couple of ex-Maine police officers got jail time for brutally beating porcupines with their police batons until they died while on the job.31-year-old Michael Rolerson…
Georgia woman discovers 18 snakes living underneath her bed
News
July 16, 2021
Georgia woman discovers 18 snakes living underneath her bed
(The AEGIS Alliance) – A woman in Augusta, Georgia, embraced the Indiana Jones within her after she became terrified when she found a family of 18 snakes residing underneath her…
More than 100 dogs and cats found dead on Georgia woman’s property
Crime News
July 3, 2021
More than 100 dogs and cats found dead on Georgia woman’s property
(The AEGIS Alliance) – A woman in Georgia was arrested earlier this week after police discovered greater than one hundred dead cats and dogs on her property that was functioning…
Pennsylvania woman looking to adopt pet at shelter, finds dog she lost two years ago
News
June 28, 2021
Pennsylvania woman looking to adopt pet at shelter, finds dog she lost two years ago
A woman that was wanting to adopt a family pet from an animal shelter in Pennsylvania wound up finding a pet dog she’d lost 2 years earlier.Asha Nieves was trying…
New bill seeks to end Hong Kong’s days as an illegal wildlife trade hub
Crime News
May 26, 2021
New bill seeks to end Hong Kong’s days as an illegal wildlife trade hub
Elizabeth Claire Alberts – MongaBay – Creative Commons(MongaBay) – In 2019, Hong Kong customs authorities inspected a cargo ship bound for Vietnam. Hidden beneath slabs of frozen meat were 8.3…
South Carolina Man filmed himself sexually assaulting dog, then posted video online, sheriff says
Crime News
March 12, 2021
South Carolina Man filmed himself sexually assaulting dog, then posted video online, sheriff says
(The AEGIS Alliance) – A South Carolina educator’s assistant is implicated in performing sex acts with his pet dog in a sickening abuse that he purportedly recorded and also shared…
Barn fire kills giraffes in suburban D.C. zoo
Environment
March 9, 2021
Barn fire kills giraffes in suburban D.C. zoo
(The AEGIS Alliance) – A couple of giraffes died Monday due to a barn fire at a suburban zoo in Washington, D.C.Roer’s Zoofari in Vienna, Virginia, grieved the fatality of…