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https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2165724/greenpeace-occupies-indonesia-palm-oil-plant-rock-band

Greenpeace ‘occupies’ Indonesian palm oil plant with rock bandThey painted “Dirty” in large letters and dropped a banner that read “Drop Dirty Palm Oil Now” on storage tanks owned by Singapore-listed Wilmar International, the world’s biggest palm oil trader

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/may/24/expert-guide-eating-out-vegan

How to eat out if you're veganWhich are the best cuisines for vegans? Our chefs and writers’ tips on what to order, what to avoid and what to ask. Plus, the best vegan-friendly restaurants around the country and where to eat on the high street

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/apr/22/chantelle-nicholson-vegan-vegetarian-recipes-peanut-butter-pudding-chocolate-sorbet-tempura-romesco-aquafaba

Adventures with aquafaba: Chantelle Nicholson’s vegan recipesTredwells’ chef-patron Chantelle Nicholson is neither vegan nor vegetarian. So here’s why she’s written a cookbook of only plant-based recipes

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2018/sep/25/dont-save-aquafaba-for-scrabble-heres-how-to-use-the-vegan-miracle-ingredient

Don’t save Aquafaba for Scrabble - here’s how to use the vegan miracle ingredientAquafaba, AKA chickpea water, can be used instead of eggs, and has now made it into the Scrabble dictionary. Here are three recipes to try

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/25/specieswatch-basking-sharks-still-a-mystery-despite-being-largest-fish-in-british-waters

Specieswatch: basking sharks still a mystery despite being largest fish in British watersMore research is needed to help conserve the poorly-understood basking shark

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/25/australias-native-species-future-remains-vulnerable-law-council-says

Australia's native species' future remains vulnerable, law council saysSubmission to Senate inquiry urges reforms to ensure international obligations to protect biodiversity are met

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/25/yellowstone-grizzly-bears-endangered-species-restored

Yellowstone grizzlies safe from hunting as judge returns them to protected listRuling cancels indefinitely a controversial sport hunt of grizzlies in Wyoming and Idaho

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/sep/25/14-days-jail-for-killing-406-wedge-tailed-eagles-inadequate-animal-groups-say

14 days' jail for killing 406 wedge-tailed eagles 'inadequate', animal groups sayMurray James Silvester plead guilty to poisoning eagles over two years at Victorian property

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/judge-restores-protections-grizzly-bears-blocking-hunts-58054405

Judge restores protections for grizzly bears, blocking huntsA U.S. judge ordered federal protections restored for grizzly bears in the Northern Rocky Mountains on Monday, a move that blocks the first grizzly hunts planned in the Lower 48 states in almost three decades. Wyoming and Idaho had been on the cusp of allowing hunters to kill up to 23 bears...

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/orangutans-saved-as-malaysia-foils-smugglers

https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/2156840/north-korea-consumption-dog-meat-soars-during-hottest-months

In North Korea, dog meat consumption soars during hottest monthsOn both sides of the Demilitarised Zone, dogs used for their meat are raised on farms for that express purpose

https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/2164984/why-dog-meat-seller-switched-serving-vegan-menu-and-cambodias

From serving dog meat to a vegan menu: a couple’s change of heartEating dog meat is popular in Buddhist Cambodia, but animal rights activists are trying to change this. One couple was persuaded to drastically change their business

“September 26 has been named Dog Lovers’ Day by WDA, and it is the most important annual event for the charity since it was launched three years ago. In Cantonese, ‘9-2-6’ sounds phonetically similar to gau yi luk, which literally means ‘dogs are easily happy’, but can also be read to mean these four-legged animals can easily make people h…[Read more]

This Dog Lovers’ Day, let’s fight to end killing of canines for foodHong Kong-based charity World Dog Alliance launched annual September 26 event to seek international ban on consumption of dog meat

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/science/poaching-conservation-rhinos-elephants.html?action=click&module=Editors%20Picks&pgtype=Homepage

How to Stop Poaching and Protect Endangered Species? Forget the ‘Kingpins’Authorities keep arresting people said to be bosses of wildlife trafficking, but that isn’t making a dent in the problem.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/opinion/what-happens-when-you-give-lsd-to-an-elephant.html

Opinion | What Happens When You Give L.S.D. to an Elephant?Humans keep finding ways to justify giving drugs and alcohol to animals.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/24/police-consider-drones-to-monitor-badger-cull-protesters

Police consider drones to monitor badger cull protestersDevon and Cornwall police warn activists as cull zone is massively expanded

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/24/monsanto-weedkiller-harms-bees-research-finds

Monsanto's global weedkiller harms honeybees, research findsGlyphosate – the most used pesticide ever – damages the good bacteria in honeybee guts, making them more prone to deadly infections

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/24/small-tortoiseshell-butterfly-as-decline-continues

Fears grow for small tortoiseshell butterfly as decline continuesBig Butterfly Count records worst summer ever for the species, despite the heatwave providing a boost to most others

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/24/drugged-octopuses-animals-humans-ecstasy

These MDMA octopuses show how much animals and humans have in common | Peter Godfrey-SmithOur species might have diverged 500 million years ago, but octopuses on ecstasy behave just as people do in many ways, says scientist and author Peter Godfrey-Smith