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Renata M Riva

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Author of fantasy adventures. Always playing for the good guys' team. Posting about Books, Animals and Nature, occasionally Video Games.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 06/08/2026
Tell the North Carolina legislature that you support red wolves and think a license plate is a great way to celebrate their success while investing in their future 🐺➡️ bit.ly/4ghioBG
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Help Red Wolves With a Special License Plate
Red wolves are the most endangered wolves on the planet: Only 22 remain in the wild. Tell the North Carolina legislature that you support red wolves and think a license plate is a great way to celebra...
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Renata M Riva @renatariva.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
No new oil and gas in our seas. Offshore drilling causes hundreds of toxic spills, deafens whales, and won't even lower our energy bills. It's time to stop letting Big Oil profit at the expense of our ocean. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop Big Oil billionaires polluting our seas for profit
The Government must keep its promise to ban new offshore oil and gas. Drilling harms marine wildlife, causes toxic spills, and won't lower our bills. Add your name to protect our ocean!
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Renata M Riva @renatariva.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
🚨Energy Transfer is suing Greenpeace organisations for hundreds of millions of dollars for solidarity with the ongoing Indigenous-led resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline. Tell Energy Transfer and other corporate bullies to stop their attacks on free speech. Sign the petition: act.gp/3Hrx6Ye
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NO more corporate bullying! - Greenpeace International
Tell Energy Transfer and other corporate bullies to stop their attacks on free speech. Sign the petition now.
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Renata M Riva @renatariva.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
For sale: one cute baby gibbon – mother probably killed by poachers www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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For sale: one cute baby gibbon – mother probably killed by poachers
Rising demand for exotic pets is pushing many gibbon species to extinction, with their strong family bonds making them especially vulnerable to the brutal trade
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Renata M Riva @renatariva.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
‘The greatest ambassador for life on Earth’: Tributes paid to David Attenborough on his 100th birthday xn--the-mo0a birthdaywww.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/may/08/david-attenborough-100th-birthday
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‘The greatest ambassador for life on Earth’: Tributes paid to David Attenborough on his 100th birthday
Naturalist says he has been ‘overwhelmed by greetings’ as milestone is marked with event at Royal Albert Hall
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Renata M Riva @renatariva.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Save the Emperor Penguins. action.eko.org/a/antarctic-...
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People's Trust for Endangered Species @ptes-org.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Create hedgehog havens: Choose a corner to give back to nature and watch as the wild thrives. #HedgehogWeek Step 1: Choose a wild corner ☘️ Step 2: Sit back and relax! 😎 Take the Hedgehog Pledge👇 www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/take-the-hedgehog-pledge-this-spring-sign-up-form
Overgrown garden path surrounded by dense green foliage and flowering plants under a clear blue sky. 📸Jessica Johnstone
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Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · 04/05/2026
The Star Wars Day x Medieval Monday mash up that no-one asked for or wanted... May the Fourth be with you. All images available on Digital Bodleian: MS. Douce 178, fol. 049v; MS. Bodl. 264, fol. 79r; MS. Bodl. 264, fol. 21v; MS. Bodl. 264, fol. 79v #MedievalMonday
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We Geek Girls @wegeekgirls.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Happy Star Wars Day! May the 4th be with you! [Art by Wonder Doodles] #StarWarsDay #StarWars #MayThe4thBeWithYou
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Amazon Watch @amazonwatch.org · 19/03/2026
“Ecuador should take immediate steps to suspend oil extraction in Block 43 and fully comply with the court’s ruling to respect the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Yasuní national park.” @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2026/03...
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Ecuador: Government Defies Court-Ordered Oil Ban
Ecuador is failing to comply with key provisions of an Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruling to protect the Tagaeri and Taromenane Indigenous peoples.
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Renata M Riva @renatariva.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Tell Big Banks: Protect the Amazon! amazonwatch.org/take-action/...
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Tell Big Banks: Protect the Amazon! | Amazon Watch
Call on major bank CEOs to defend the Amazon Soy Moratorium.
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Renata M Riva @renatariva.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Canada has some of the worst animal protection laws in the Western world. Urge decision-makers to adopt meaningful legal protections for animals on farms. action.animaljustice.ca/page/190221/...
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Tell the Federal Government: Farmed Animals Need Real Laws
Canada has some of the worst animal protection laws in the Western world. Urge decision-makers to adopt meaningful legal protections for animals on farms.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The symmetry of a turn in the air. Yellow Warblers (Setophaga petechiae) are small birds known for their splendid "circling flight" while building their nest. [📷 Glen Noyer] Original post
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 15/04/2026
America's public lands are not for sale. But former Rep. Steve Pearce, Trump’s nomination for director of the Bureau of Land Management, thinks they should be. We can't let him oversee this agency. Urge your senators to oppose Steve Pearce as director of the BLM. ➡️ biodiv.us/4enoHmH
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Renata M Riva @renatariva.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds
Analysis shows whales’ coda vocalizations are ‘highly complex’ and remarkably similar to our own
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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Justice for wildlife depends on accountability and this falls short. Until there are real consequences for harming wildlife, wolves and other species will remain at risk. We must keep fighting for stronger protections. 🔗 bit.ly/4cexi8S
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UPDATE: Cody Roberts Sentenced To 18 Months Supervised Probation In Wyoming Wolf Killing Case - World Animal News
Update: 4/8/26 Cody Roberts was sentenced this morning at 9 a.m. MT in Sublette County, Wyoming, after pleading guilty to felony animal cruelty for killing a gray wolf. Roberts injured the wolf by run...
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Amazon Watch @amazonwatch.org · 23/03/2026
Will you be at the 37th Annual Bioneers Conference in Berkeley? 🌿 Amazon Watch will be there with partners from the Amazon — join us! 📅 Thursday, March 26 | 3–4:15pm Fossil Fuel Phase Out and a Just Transition from California to the Amazon 🎟️ Register and use code 360b20 for 20% off your ticket.
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Compassion in World Farming UK @ciwf.org.uk · 19/03/2026
We are excited to announce our official partnership with A Dairy Story Film, a documentary about a pioneering farm that keeps dairy calves with their mothers. 🐮💚🐮 Read more: bit.ly/4cVc1D9
New film ‘A Dairy Story’ spotlights the farm keeping dairy calves with their mothers.
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Renata M Riva @renatariva.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Don’t let the Extinction Committee hide behind closed doors and doom critically imperiled marine species to extinction: Tell Interior Sec. Bergum to cancel this meeting. act.biologicaldiversity.org/taTnzCrJUkag...
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Save Whales From the Extinction Committee
Don’t let the Extinction Committee hide behind closed doors and doom critically imperiled marine species to extinction: Tell Interior Sec. Bergum to cancel this meeting.
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Vegan FTA @veganftaofficial.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Major UK restaurant chains, including KFC, Burger King, and Nando’s, have abandoned a commitment to improve chicken sourcing standards in the UK. 🐔 👉 Read more: veganfta.com/articles/2026/03/10/se… #chicken #animalwelfare #chickens
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Renata M Riva @renatariva.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Free the Dolphins at Hyatt Ziva in Cancún! action.eko.org/a/free-the-d...
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Hyatt: Stop abusing dolphins for profit!
Blue seas, white sandy beaches, and sunny skies -- the Hyatt Ziva Hotel in Cancún sells us a dream vacation. But it is also hiding a horrendous reality of animal abuse at the heart of its resort.Cramp
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Renata M Riva @renatariva.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
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Help me end hunting with dogs
Hunting with dogs was supposed to be banned 20 years ago, but in reality it never stopped. Hunts have continued to chase and kill wild animals as if the law never changed.
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The New Lede @thenewlede.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
“It’s becoming abundantly clear that the political appointees at the EPA are more invested in protecting pesticide company profits than the health of Americans,” said Nathan Donley of @biologicaldiversity.org. www.thenewlede.org/2026/03/epa-...
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EPA chief met with Bayer CEO over Supreme Court fight, agency records show
Top US regulators met with Bayer’s CEO last year to discuss “litigation” issues - including “Supreme Court Action” over its glyphosate weed killer - just months before the Trump administration took a ...
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Amazon Watch @amazonwatch.org · 09/03/2026
📣 In Condorcanqui, 800+ Indigenous girls & boys are survivors of sexual abuse. When the state tried to shut down the prosecutors' offices handling their cases, Awajún Wampís women marched — and forced a reversal. They are still waiting for justice. ⚖️✊ youtube.com/shorts/UGniJ...
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International Women's Day 2025
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Renata M Riva @renatariva.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
The government is finally asking if they should ban cages for hens in the UK. 🐔🐔 Lobbyists are trying to block it, so we need huge numbers to show them that the public wants this ban NOW: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
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Days left to act: Ban cruel cages for hens
Right now we have a unique opportunity to stop this industrial-scale torture: The UK government has proposed ending the use of cages for hens, and they have launched an official consultation to ask th...
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Amazon Watch @amazonwatch.org · 04/03/2026
Criminal networks are invading the Amazon, displacing and threatening Indigenous communities. But resistance is alive. 🌿✊ Read the full story ⬇️ amazonwatch.org/news/2026/03...
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When Criminal Networks Invade the Amazon, Indigenous Autonomy Resists | Amazon Watch
More than 60 Indigenous leaders from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru gathered in the Peruvian Amazon to confront a rapidly growing threat.
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Amazon Watch @amazonwatch.org · 23/02/2026
🎉🎉After more than a month blockading Cargill's grain terminal, Indigenous peoples in Brazil have won a major victory. President Lula has revoked Decree 12,600/2025 🧵👇
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Renata M Riva @renatariva.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
🚨Energy Transfer is suing Greenpeace organisations for hundreds of millions of dollars for solidarity with the ongoing Indigenous-led resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline. Tell Energy Transfer and other corporate bullies to stop their attacks on free speech. Sign the petition: act.gp/3P8i6lx
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NO more corporate bullying! - Greenpeace International
Tell Energy Transfer and other corporate bullies to stop their attacks on free speech. Sign the petition now.
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Compassion in World Farming UK @ciwf.org.uk · 27/02/2026
Clean water can’t wait. Farming pollution, sewage, and toxic chemicals are choking our waters. So we've joined with over 40 other orgs to launch the #CleanWaterNow campaign. Find out more and take action: bit.ly/4r9dskU
Join the campaign for clean water now.
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Renata M Riva @renatariva.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
‘The river won’: how campaigners in Brazilian Amazon stopped privatisation of waterway www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘The river won’: how campaigners in Brazilian Amazon stopped privatisation of waterway
Local river defenders force U-turn by occupying grain terminal operated by one of US powerhouses of world trade
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Compassion in World Farming UK @ciwf.org.uk · 26/02/2026
Farming pollution, sewage, and toxic chemicals are choking our waters. So we've joined with over 40 other orgs to launch the #CleanWaterNow campaign. ⬇️
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Renata M Riva @renatariva.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Ban snares now. Please write to the Minister straight away and ask them to implement the promised ban. action.animalaid.org.uk/page/186570/...
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Ask the Minister for a total ban on snares
Please write to the Minister straight away and ask them to implement the promised ban. Thank you
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Amazon Watch @amazonwatch.org · 23/02/2026
“Rivers are not export channels: They are a source of life, sustenance, memory, and identity..” Indigenous peoples wrote in a letter, demanding Brazil revoke Decree 12,600, which would open Amazon rivers to dredging and threaten water and fisheries. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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Indigenous protesters occupy Cargill's Santarem port terminal in Brazil
Indigenous protesters have occupied Cargill's Santarem river port terminal in Brazil's Para state and "completely" interrupted operations at the site, the U.S. grain trader said in a statement on Satu...
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Amazon Watch @amazonwatch.org · 11/02/2026
.@lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social inspired hope for the Amazon. Now is the moment to honor that promise by standing with Indigenous peoples and revoking Decree 12,600, which threatens Amazon rivers for agribusiness profit. Defend the Tapajós. Protect life. #nãoaodecreto12600
Indigenous protest in Santarem with Celia Xakriabá. ©Apoena Cultural Collective
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Renata M Riva @renatariva.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/th...
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The time for change is now: end fox hunting
Hunting was supposed to be banned over 20 years ago, but the hunts have carried on chasing and killing wild animals with dogs like the law never changed. This government was elected on a promise to fi...
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Renata M Riva @renatariva.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/th...
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The time for change is now: end fox hunting
Hunting was supposed to be banned over 20 years ago, but the hunts have carried on chasing and killing wild animals with dogs like the law never changed. This government was elected on a promise to fi...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem. Thank you. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Renata M Riva @renatariva.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Copyrighted art, mobile phones, Greenland: welcome to our age of shameless theft www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Copyrighted art, mobile phones, Greenland: welcome to our age of shameless theft | Jonathan Liew
The human impulse to steal has been accelerated by AI, inequality and our political leaders – with profound consequences, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
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Renata M Riva @renatariva.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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It's in our nature - 2026 Scottish election petition
It's in our nature to act. Scotland’s nature has shaped us. Now, it needs us. Protect Scotland’s nature. Sign the petition.
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Sherry w/ a whY @justiceforall.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
🪧💚 ‘The world needs more people who see wildlife as neighbors, not nuisances’ (Reminder: the leading driver of biodiversity loss & species displacement is animal agriculture) ⚖️ HowDoIGoVegan.com
An image showing a private property bordering onto forest, where a bear, fox deer and opossum are seen going about their lives. 
A sign 🪧 in the foreground says: ‘The world needs more people who see wildlife as neighbors, not nuisances’
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Renata M Riva @renatariva.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows
Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees
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Renata M Riva @renatariva.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/th...
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The time for change is now: end fox hunting
Hunting was supposed to be banned over 20 years ago, but the hunts have carried on chasing and killing wild animals with dogs like the law never changed. This government was elected on a promise to fi...
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 14/01/2026
You’ve heard of Big Oil & Big Tobacco. Meet ✨Big Ag✨ the king of more. More cows. More meat. More methane. More rainforest destruction. All for profit. Planet gets cooked, truth gets greenwashed. Ready to stop them? 👉 act.gp/4qgwV3V #StopBigAg
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Stop Big Ag - Greenpeace International
Join the call demanding world leaders take action to stop Big Meat and Dairy from driving climate breakdown.
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Renata M Riva @renatariva.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
The Trump administration just released a five-year plan for offshore oil leasing, setting the stage to auction off 1+ billion acres of public waters in the United States. More drilling will only push imperiled wildlife closer to extinction. Take action. act.biologicaldiversity.org/OvxlEQSpoEGj...
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Defend the Ocean From Offshore Drilling
The Trump administration just released a horrific five-year plan for offshore oil leasing, setting the stage to auction off 1.27 billion acres of public waters in the United States. More drilling will...
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Renata M Riva @renatariva.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
‘Cities need nature to be happy’: David Attenborough seeks out London’s hidden wildlife www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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‘Cities need nature to be happy’: David Attenborough seeks out London’s hidden wildlife
Attenborough, 99, enthuses about Tube-riding pigeons, foxes, parakeets and others in Wild London for the BBC
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Renata M Riva @renatariva.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Animals all around the country are being killed using catapults that have been easily bought in shops and online. We need to ban the sale of catapults to those under the age of 18 to stop these horrific killings. Add your name now: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
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Ban the sale of catapults to people under the age of 18 NOW
No more animals should have to suffer from this cruelty.
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Renata M Riva @renatariva.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Retain Reindeer Rights! I have asked my MP to take action today. Will you ask yours to do the same? action.animalaid.org.uk/page/183794/...
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Retain Reindeer Rights! Write to your MP!
I have asked my MP to take action today. Will you ask yours to do the same?
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Renata M Riva @renatariva.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Kindle’s New Gen AI-Powered “Ask This Book” Feature Raises Rights Concerns writerbeware.blog/2025/12/12/k...
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Kindle's New Gen AI-Powered "Ask This Book" Feature Raises Rights Concerns - Writer Beware
In a recent press release, Amazon noted that some new features were coming to Kindle. We’re adding new AI-powered reading features that preserve the magic of reading on Kindle. Story So Far lets you c...
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Renata M Riva @renatariva.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
I’ve spoken up for Scotland’s wildlife! The Natural Environment Bill should be our chance to restore Scotland's nature, not destroy it. action.rspb.org.uk/page/183453/...
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Ask your MSP to act for Scotland's wildlife.
As the Natural Environment Bill approaches its final stage, we have one last chance to make sure we get it right.
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Renata M Riva @renatariva.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
It’s the world’s rarest ape. Now a billion-dollar dig for gold threatens its future www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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It’s the world’s rarest ape. Now a billion-dollar dig for gold threatens its future
Tapanuli orangutans survive only in Indonesia’s Sumatran rainforest where a mine expansion will cut through their home. Yet the mining company says the alternative will be worse
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