Since the wolf’s return to the Netherlands in 2018, at least 41 animals have been killed by poachers, according to a new report by the independent research firm EcoJust. According to the researchers, this is not an isolated incident, but a systemic problem in which wolves are being killed on a large scale and with little risk.
The heat wave in France has already claimed the lives of at least 20 people who died from drowning. Marina Ferrari, Minister of Sports, Youth, and Social Life, announced this on Monday on France Inter.
Praise is being heaped on the zookeeper’s heroic actions. The 55-year-old co-owner of the park reportedly jumped from a height of 4.5 meters to save a child.
Protests in Albania have been ongoing for more than twenty days. Angry demonstrators have taken to the streets carrying signs featuring flamingos to oppose plans for a so-called Trump resort, but the underlying discontent extends beyond this single project. The planned luxury resorts by Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, the daughter and son-in-law of the U.S. president, would be built in a protected nature reserve known as a habitat for flamingos. The European Union is also viewing the plans with concern: according to Brussels, proceeding with construction could affect Albania’s chances of joining the EU.
Starting on Sunday afternoon, 35 French departments will be under a red heat alert. The French weather service Météo-France expects Monday to bring the highest temperature ever recorded in France.
Whaling returns to Iceland following a two year hiatus.
A “heat dome” is currently making nearly all of Western Europe sweat. And it’s also exceptionally warm in the Netherlands.
Moscow was dealing with a dark, ominous sky in the early morning hours.
It will be exceptionally hot in the coming days, and recent figures released by the United Nations last week demonstrate that a heat wave can have serious consequences.
In the fight against mass tourism and to protect the ecosystem, a coastal town on the Italian island of Sardinia has enacted a unique measure: on certain beaches, beach umbrellas are banned for people between the ages of 10 and 65.