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Month: August 2024

Killings of invasive owls to ramp up on US West Coast in a bid to save native birds

Associated Press U.S. wildlife officials beginning next year will drastically scale up efforts to kill invasive barred owls that are crowding out imperiled native owls from West Coast forests, under a plan finalized Wednesday that faces challenges from barred owls returning after they’ve already been removed. Trained shooters will target barred owls over 30 years

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Killings of invasive owls to ramp up on US West Coast in a bid to save native birds

Associated Press U.S. wildlife officials beginning next year will drastically scale up efforts to kill invasive barred owls that are crowding out imperiled native owls from West Coast forests, under a plan finalized Wednesday that faces challenges from barred owls returning after they’ve already been removed. Trained shooters will target barred owls over 30 years

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Wolf pack that attacked Colorado livestock to be relocated as reintroduction program stumbles

Associated Press Wildlife agencies are trying to capture and relocate the first pack of wolves that formed under Colorado’s ambitious wolf reintroduction program. The move comes after the animals repeatedly attacked livestock and marks an early stumble in the first year of the voter-driven reintroduction. The bid to capture them goes against Colorado’s wolf management

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José Mujica “se curó” del cáncer, pero su situación renal es delicada como consecuencia del tratamiento

Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El expresidente de Uruguay José “Pepe” Mujica “se curó” del cáncer de esófago que lo aquejaba, aunque “no está en sus mejores momentos”, dijo en rueda de prensa su médica tratante, Raquel Panone. “Tenemos fuertes convicciones de que el cáncer se curó, que no tiene más, porque le hicimos varias tomografías

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Biden authorized troubled Gaza pier operation as officials warned of weather and security challenges, watchdog finds

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden authorized the troubled Gaza pier operation as officials warned the humanitarian aid effort would face weather challenges in the Mediterranean Sea and security problems in an active war zone, according to a newly released government watchdog report. Officials from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) also feared that

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