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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Germany: Protect the North Sea and its harbour porpoises! actions.eko.org/a/germany-pr... Beyond belief. Exxon want to do sound blasting in the North Sea, for carbon storage, and it would harm porpoises with the wretched noise. Just so the horrible company can continue producing fossil fuels. Sigh

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Germany: Protect the North Sea and its harbour porpoises!

Harbour porpoises are among the smallest marine mammals, once abundant in the North Sea, and recognizable by their cute little squeaks they make when surfacing. They are shy and rely heavily on echolo

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The campaign group, Foodwise, is gathering in Parliament on 19th October, asking people to come and meet their MP, to call for an end to factory farming in the UK. With MP champions Terry Jermy (Lab), Adrian Ramsay (Green), and Wera Hobhouse (Lib Dem) & more action.foodrise.org.uk/page/200042/...

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📢 Join our Lobby Day to end factory farming

We're gathering in Parliament on Monday 19th October, to call for an end to factory farming in the UK. We know that factory farms are detrimental to local communities, animals and our environment. Ex...

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Over the past years & months, I have learned about the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, aquatic life & other animals. Now, due to the huge demand for chicken meat, the Government wants to expand Big Chicken. Sign the Petition to stop it 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

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Stop Big Chicken Choking our Rivers

Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big ...

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Right now, "reef safe" labels on sunscreen don’t actually mean it's safe for corals 🌊 The EU can change that by banning harmful sunscreen ingredients and ending misleading labels. Sign the petition, to several key European Union officials, to protect our seas: action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-07...

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Ban coral-killing sunscreen!

Share the petition and you'll help multiply the impact of this campaign: Ban coral-killing sunscreen!

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Letter from Chair of SAWC (Scottish Animal Welfare Commission) to: Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Rural Affairs. Says it's “unaware of a humane way” to kill the birds and urges "consideration of the wider animal welfare implications" www.gov.scot/publications...

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Scottish Animal Welfare Commission: letter to Cabinet Secretary regarding the Guga Hunt

Letter from the Scottish Animal Welfare Commission (SAWC) to Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Rural Affairs and letter from the Humane Slaughter Association to the SAWC regarding animal welfar...

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Artist Fred Brown used nothing but sand to create this powerful statement against the Guga hunt – the annual killing of Gannet chicks in Scotland.

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Please help ban horse drawn carriages in Mallorca: petauk.org/mallorcahorses It is horrible that people make horses pull heavy loads of tourists, who don't know any better, in sweltering heat. Some collapse. It is cruel and should not longer be allowed.

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Call for a Ban on Horse-Drawn Carriages in Mallorca

Dozens of horses on the Spanish island are forced to pull tourist carriages until they collapse from exhaustion. Join us in calling for a ban on this cruel practice.

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

People are invited to ask their MP to support the latest EDM on toxicity testing. Currently licences are granted, regardless of knowing the harm to benefit ratio. If the harm-benefit analysis is not robust, the experiments should not be allowed. action.animalaid.org.uk/page/193804/...

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Ask your MP to support an EDM on Toxicity Testing

I have asked my MP to support the latest EDM on toxicity testing, please can you do the same.

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

The Cockrow bridge has soil & plants excavated and transplanted from the heathland on either side. Heather is already springing up, and may support the area’s insects & reptiles - with food, cover & areas to bask to they can breed on both sides of the road. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘Six lanes of tarmac and vehicles doing 70mph’: can ‘green bridges’ help animals cross the UK’s motorways in safety?

Cockrow Bridge in Surrey will open in the coming weeks to provide wildlife, including lizards and insects, with the ability to move between fragmented habitats

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Novel way to look at the lives of various UK wildlife - trying to think of the ways in which they have to find food, shelter etc in our human-dominated, often fragmented, often damaged landscapes theguardian.com/environment/... Revelation seeing how hard humanity has made life for many wild animals

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‘Emotional and horrific’: volunteers ‘live’ as Somerset animals to study wildlife risks

People trained to experience world as otters, salmon and other River Tone creatures for pioneering research

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Denmark. Mette Frederiksen’s new government promises overhaul for animals – in home of ultra-intensive pig farming. It is hoped that welfare standards will be raised and pigs will not be kept in quite such terrible conditions or treated quite so badly www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

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How campaigners beat industrial farming in Denmark’s ‘pig election’

Mette Frederiksen’s new government promises overhaul for people – and animals – in home of ultra-intensive farming

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Shocking. Yet another developer needlessly destroying swift nests in Dorking, when it could have been avoided. Swifts are declining, and need all the protection we can give them. This company (Hill Group of house builders) should be heavily penalised www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Noted swift nesting site destroyed by contractors in peak season

Campaigners say builders’ demolition of nest site highlights weak protection of wildlife from development

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Pfas and other "forever" chemicals are found at disproportionate concentrations in sea foam. The chemicals are attracted to the water/air boundary. So sea foam anywhere can have high Pfas levels. Worth noting. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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It has the highest levels of toxic Pfas in drinking water in Scotland. But how did this remote island become awash with forever chemicals?

Scientists believe they may now have found the cause of Fair Isle’s pollution – and warn that it should be ringing alarm bells in other coastal areas

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

It is frustrating & depressing, that the bulk of "news" on the news channels, newspapers etc focuses on trivial, transient issues (some crime, some sexual impropriety), when there are massive existential issues facing the Earth. eg. human food production. news.climate.columbia.edu/2018/07/25/c...

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How Climate Change Will Alter Our Food

As the world population continues to grow, global demand for food could increase dramatically by 2050. Yet the impacts of climate change threaten to decrease the quantity and quality of our food suppl...

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Google plans to release 32 million sterile male mosquitoes, to prevent Aedes aegypti from breeding, spreading diseases to humans. But what impact on the insect life available for bats, birds etc, with even fewer insects? Would this negatively affect them? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Debugging: Google requests permission to release 32m mosquitoes in California and Florida

Company asks US government to release army of sterile male mosquitoes to lower number of illness-spreading bugs

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Quite interesting. Indonesia. Why the world’s most ambitious coal phase-out deal has failed – and what it means for climate finance. How it is unlikely that middle income countries will get rid of their cheap coal, emitting more CO2 theconversation.com/why-the-worl... The ConversationUK

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Why the world’s most ambitious coal phase-out deal has failed – and what it means for climate finance

The $20 billion climate flop: a flagship plan to phase out coal in Indonesia hasn’t shut a single power plant.

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

There are only 800 Geometric Tortoises left. There is the opportunity to buy an area of 190 acres, where many live, adjacent to a reserve where they are already protected. This would hugely help to conserve the species. Donations are needed. UK charity www.rainforesttrust.org/urgent-proje...

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Expand Protection for South Africa’s Rarest Tortoise – Rainforest Trust

Rare species face extinction in the biodiverse shrublands of Africa’s Cape Floral Kingdom.

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Ban Gas Chambers. Sign the petition: action.projectslingshot.com/petition-ban... #ProjectSlingshot #EndFactoryFarming People who eat port, bacon etc may not be aware of how the pigs, whose bodies they eat, are killed. Rightly, we're horrified on hearing of gas chambers used in WW2, by the Nazis.

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Sign the petition: Ban Gas Chambers for Pigs

We, the undersigned, demand that the Secretary of State for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) immediately ban the use of CO₂ gas chambers to kill pigs in UK slaughterhouse...

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ClientEarth Europe @clienteartheur.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

EU law is clear: govts must protect sensitive areas from destructive human activities. Yet Dutch bottom trawlers are still allowed to fish there, even without permit. So we took the Dutch govt to court with @doggerland-fdn.bsky.social @ark-rewildingnl.bsky.social @bluemarinef.bsky.social and won.

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Dutch Court rules against free pass for destructive bottom trawling in Marine Protected Areas

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ClientEarth Europe @clienteartheur.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

We just won a landmark case to protect one of Europe’s most important marine sanctuaries: the Dogger Bank. 💫 The court ruling sets a precedent for governments across Europe and sends a clear message: protected must mean protected.

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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 06/05/2026

Local people are speaking up 📣 Petitions from campaigners across the country to their local MPs are in - and the verdict? MPs must stand by their promise and back this Bill again!

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

People in the UK should stop eating fish. There is no reason for us to eat it. MCS claims about some fish being OK to eat are dubious. The fishing industry does so much damage, that is not only the killing of the actual target fish. If people actually understood (and cared) they would not eat it

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Half the UK’s top 10 fish stocks are being overexploited, new research shows. Overfishing is decimating fish populations. It's a political choice. @OceanaUK is asking people to email the Prime Minister, to get him to end overfishing in UK waters. act.oceana.org/page/178303/...

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🚨 Half the UK’s top 10 fish stocks are being overexploited, new Oceana UK research shows

Overfishing is emptying our seas of life, and it's a political choice 🐟 That's why I’m joining Oceana UK in calling on the Prime Minister to end overfishing in UK waters.

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

There is almost nowhere these whales are able to live peaceful, normal lives without being affected by our sway over the planet. Pollution, climate change, ship noise, fishing gear, fishing. Our relentless push for resources kills them in their thousands, www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Stranded and dying, the German whale is a parable of our troubled relationship with these sea giants

Even as we empathise with these intelligent animals, our relentless push for resources kills them in their thousands, just as whalers once hunted them to the brink of extinction

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Why do the authors of this article @ruththurstan @MaraFischr not tell people in the UK to do the decent thing, and NOT buy or eat ANY cod from anywhere? Or any fish at all? Ever. New advice on avoiding British cod: hoping it has been sustainably sourced theconversation.com/new-advice-o...

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New advice on avoiding British cod: how to make sure your fish and chips are sustainably sourced

Even where quotas are reduced, cod recovery is hampered by how many fisheries operate in practice.

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Claire's beloved horse Tango died in terror when holiday-makers set off a firework display at a nearby cottage. Sign her petition to protect animals and vulnerable people from the shock and terror of unexpected explosions. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...

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Thousands are signing this viral petition after this beloved horse died

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Loss of prey could drive Atlantic Forest jaguars to extinction. The species they eat (like deer, peccaries and tapirs) are being illegally hunted, so numbers are low. This can push jaguars toward livestock, increasing conflict and the risk of retaliation news.mongabay.com/2026/04/loss...

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Loss of prey could drive Atlantic Forest jaguars to extinction

Conserving the dwindling jaguar population in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest won’t be possible without protecting its prey. That’s the conclusion of a new study, which found that the absence of deer, peccar...

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal declared Endangered, largely due to climate change, with ice melting too early, so penguins do not have safe breeding places. The penguins do not depend on krill, but Antarctic fur seals so. Krill is being decimated. focusingonwildlife.com/news/emperor...

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Emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal declared Endangered | Focusing on Wildlife

Emperor penguins and Antarctic fur seals are both now categorised as Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

The wretched things can harm hedgehogs. Several German urban areas have already outlawed night-time use of robotic lawnmowers, including Cologne, Leipzig and Munich, but a recent attempt by the Greens to impose a statewide ban in Bavaria failed to pass. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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German mayors call for night-time ban on robot lawnmowers to protect hedgehogs

Leaders say automated mowers’ blades threaten nocturnal animals as studies highlight risks to wildlife

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IPBES @ipbes.net · 01/04/2026

Is it a snake or a moth? 🐍🦋 In the dense jungles of the Americas, this caterpillar has a wild defence strategy. It's the Hemeroplanes triptolemus moth. When threatened, it expands its body to mimic a snake’s head with fake “eyes”. No, it's not an April Fool's joke; nature’s tricks are impressive.

Close-up macro photo of a snake-mimic caterpillar (Hemeroplanes triptolemus, Sphingidae) clinging to a green plant stem. The yellow-green larva curves downward, expanding its front segments to reveal a snake-like head with large, black bulging eyes and brown-grey patterned markings, including visible light reflections on the eyes. Blurred green leaf in background. Photo credit: © 2016 Andreas Kay.

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

UK’s smallest bird of prey, the merlin, among 200 species at risk of extinction, study finds - unless climate change is halted, and land use practices are not so damaging. The way we destroy and damage habitats is vitally important www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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UK’s smallest bird of prey among 200 species at risk of extinction, study finds

Merlin could disappear in worst-case scenario, with British isles facing ecological ‘point of no return’

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

An authoritative film, including the massive damage cats to our wildlife, if overdue. Now at last, the harm done to birds by the UK's about 9.5 million cats is explained. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio... The cats may kill as many as 55 million birds per year. Birds are struggling anyway

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‘We didn’t want to be preachy’: David Attenborough’s unexpected new show – which might enrage cat lovers

The great naturalist, who is about to turn 100, is still surprised by wildlife in his new series about British gardens. But not every pet owner will be happy with his top tips

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

There is a nice documentary on BBC iPlayer about finding the Caelocaths. It shows that even they, living deep in the ocean, are being affected by plastic & eating plastic. Danaged by it. And they'd be alive on the oceans for hundreds of millions of years. Now in danger. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

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Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth

David Attenborough looks into the ocean's depths to discuss the coelacanth, a primeval fish hidden for 400 million years.

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I never use AI if I can help it, or look (consciously) at images it creates, but this is interesting. AI creates artificially prettied-up images, leaving out reality. The article shows what a real image of some rewilded land might look like, with the messiness theconversation.com/ai-makes-rew...

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AI makes rewilding look tame – and misses its messy reality

You need to already know what a rewilded landscape should look like, in order to generate a convincing image of one.

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Very good episode of the (excellent) "Rare Earth" programme on BBC Radio 4, about zoos @helenczerski.bsky.social Good points made by Born Free's about why zoos should be dramatically changed, if they cannot be abolished. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Well worth listing to

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Rare Earth - Should we still have zoos? - BBC Sounds

Tom Heap and Helen Czerski ask what the role of zoos is in the 21st century.

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Extreme heat now affects one in three people globally, at least part of the year. Rising temperatures making it hard even for young, healthy people to safely do normal physical tasks in many regions. And how about the impacts on animals? And plants? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘A sobering preview’: extreme heat now affects one in three people globally, study finds

Rising temperatures making it hard even for young, healthy people to safely do normal physical tasks in many regions

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Africa’s vulture safe zones face tough test across vast landscapes. There are some vulture-safe zones in Asia and in Africa but it is difficult to protect the vultures against all the threats they face, including poisoning and diclofenac used on livestock focusingonwildlife.com/news/africas...

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Africa’s vulture safe zones face tough test across vast landscapes | Focusing on Wildlife

Protecting vulture populations in Africa presents some unique challenges for conservationists. These slow-breeding and ecologically vital scavengers range

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Waitrose suspends sale of Mackerel, as it is over-fished. However, they still encourage people to eat other fish, including sea bass, which itself is in decline. We really do NOT need to eat fish. Our seas and oceans have been decimated, due to fishing www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Waitrose suspends sale of mackerel because of overfishing

Supermarket chain says it will point customers to herring and other species to protect threatened Atlantic stocks

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Mondelēz, the company that makes Oreos, is using a lot of palm oil for its horrible biscuits. It is not clear about the sources of its palm oil, or its cocoa, making tracing the origin difficult. It is likely to be contributing to deforestation in Indonesia action.eko.org/a/mondelez-s...

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Mondelēz: Stop stuffing Oreos with deforestation

Mondelēz is double-stuffing its Oreo cookies with bulldozed orangutan habitat. The candy giant knows its palm oil is wiping out Indonesia’s last rainforests, but it’s falling short of real action. No

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

It is a terrible fate for an orca to be held prisoner in a concrete tank, to entertain visitors. The idea of releasing them into a sea pen sounds good, but it is fraught with problems. Not a perfect solution. Best NEVER to have orcas in any captivity awesomeocean.com/whales/why-s....

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This Is Why Sea Pens Are Not The Saving Grace For Orcas

Dive deeper into an ocean of awesome things.

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Living near humans, central Italian bears evolved to be less aggressive. Hundreds of hears ago they were cut off from other bears further north. It may be that the more aggressive bears were killed, leading to the remainder being less aggressive. focusingonwildlife.com/news/living-...

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Living Near Humans, Italian Bears Evolved to Be Less Aggressive | Focusing on Wildlife

Brown bears living near villages in central Italy have evolved to be less aggressive, according to a new study, the latest to show how humans are shaping the

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Interesting article about the native bees, dark bees, that were widespread across Europe, and in UK (where a few still remain) for a long time. They are better adapted than farmed honey bees, in many ways (temperature, climate, food) www.theguardian.com/environment/... @phoebeweston.bsky.social

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How an annual ‘wedding flight’ of 1,000 virgin queens is ensuring the revival of Europe’s dark bee

The Belgian ceremony attracts beekeepers from the Netherlands, France and Germany keen to boost dark bee numbers and stop the spread of the hybrid honeybee

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

In Spain Pescanova is still trying to set up octopus farms, to raise vast numbers of octopuses in totally unsuitable conditions, in order to make money by exporting to China etc, where demand is growing. It must be stopped. action.eko.org/a/shut-down-... More about it at www.vox.com/future-perfe...

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Stop this cruel octopus farm!

Octopuses are one of Earth’s most intelligent and sensitive animals. And now, a powerful seafood company, Nueva Pescanova, plans to trap one million of these creatures in barren, cramped tanks with no

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Watch 30,000 Monkeys IN OUR BACKYARD fromWell worth watching this 24 min film, about plans to build a farm for macaques, for medical research, in the USA. Includes some images of monkeys being subjected to horrible, pointless, invasive experiments watch.unchainedtv.com/videos/30-00...

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30,000 Monkeys IN OUR BACKYARD

30,000 Monkeys in Our Backyard is a chilling investigation into a proposed industrial-scale primate breeding facility in the small town of Bainbridge, Georgia—one that has ignited fierce opposition, n...

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Chicken in US is chlorinated to hide the high levels of bacteria, due to the intensive (nasty) way the hens are reared. Waitrose, Aldi, Co-op, Asda, M&S & Lid have all said they won’t stock it. But Sainsbury’s, Iceland, Morrisons, Tesco & Ocado need to. People are invited to sign. 38d.gs/kk6v

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No chlorinated chicken on our supermarket shelves!

I just signed the campaign to say NO chlorinated chicken on our supermarket shelves!

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

WHEN A WINTER VIRUS MEETS OUR MORNING EGGS The horror of the avian flu virus, created due to intensive poultry rearing, devastating wild birds that are struggling anyway. And even reducing the quality of life of "free range" chickens now philiplymbery.com/when-a-winte... @ciwf.org.uk

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WHEN A WINTER VIRUS MEETS OUR MORNING EGGS

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

6. Its misallocation of resources on climate has also been deeply shocking. It is sluicing public money into Carbon Capture and Storage not because it works (it doesn’t) but because it’s a finacial lifeline for the fossil fuel industry. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Labour’s carbon-capture scheme will be Starmer’s white elephant: a terrible mistake costing billions | George Monbiot

The supposedly green project – brainchild of the previous Tory government – will increase emissions, not reduce them, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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