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“‘Meat was always, if you will, on the table as another resource that would allow them to get more out of every animal,’ said Rob Wallace, a director at the Wildlife Conservation Society in Bolivia, a nongovernmental group that helped the Tacanas develop the conservation plan for the caiman. The hunt, which goes on for several weeks in October,…[Read more]

It’s Dinnertime in the Amazon. Look at What’s on the Chef’s Menu.Some of the most celebrated chefs in the Andes ventured deep into the Amazon on a quest for exotic ingredients. If the river turtle is too gooey, try the caiman.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/world/asia/india-tiger-dead.html

Man-Eating Tiger Is Shot Dead in IndiaThe female tiger, which was believed to have killed at least 13 people, was the subject of one of the longest and most expensive tiger hunts in India in recent memory.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/nov/18/scientists-unravel-secret-of-cube-shaped-wombat-faeces?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX0d1YXJkaWFuVG9kYXlBVVMtMTgxMTE5&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayAUS&CMP=GTAU_email

Scientists unravel secret of cube-shaped wombat faecesResearchers investigate why excrement emerges in awkward-shaped blocks

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/nov/18/man-dies-after-stingray-attack-while-swimming-near-hobart?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX0d1YXJkaWFuVG9kYXlVS19XZWVrZW5kLTE4MTExOA%3D%3D&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUK&CMP=GTUK_email

Man dies after stingray attack while swimming near Hobart42-year-old suffered a cardiac arrest after apparently being stung on his lower abdomen

https://www.care2.com/causes/the-greatest-showman-home-city-bans-wild-animals-in-circuses.html

P.T. Barnum’s Hometown Bans Wild Animals in Circuses | Care2 CausesThe city of Bridgeport, Connecticut - once home to "The Greatest Showman", P.T. Barnum - has officially banned the use of wild animals in circuses.

16 November 1923: Words of advice from George Bernard Shaw
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/nov/16/vegetarianism-george-bernard-shaw-1923

Vegetarianism: not all rice pudding and cabbage - archive, 16 November 192316 November 1923: Words of advice from George Bernard Shaw including never tell a hostess you are a vegetarian

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/nov/17/amsterdam-official-pet-photographer-isabella-rozendaal

Meet Amsterdam’s official pet photographerIsabella Rozendaal realised there was something missing from Amsterdam’s population archive. She tells of her life – and new book – as the city’s first official pet portraitist• See a gallery of Isabella Rozendaal’s photographs

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/17/badger-patrol-cattle-bovine-tb-gloucestershire

Out on the dark Gloucestershire hills on badger patrol as culling row returns…With the number of cattle infected with bovine TB still rising, farmers and campaigners remain divided on the cause

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/16/secret-videos-reveal-workers-beating-sheep-on-english-and-scottish-farms

Secret videos reveal workers beating sheep on English and Scottish farmsWool-shearing footage, filmed by campaigners on 49 farms, shows animals being kicked, slapped and beaten with metal clippers

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/nov/15/why-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-perfect-vegan

Why there’s no such thing as a perfect veganAlmost everything we eat involves some kind of animal suffering – but we can do our best to minimise it

“So far, the team has collected more than 40,000 photos, mostly from Rock Creek Park: foxes, coyotes, deer, squirrels, raccoons, people walking dogs. But so far, they’ve only captured one cat photo — black and white, a large well-fed feline slinking through the woods. ‘I was expecting to find a little bit more in these natural areas,’ says t…[Read more]

To Decrease Bird Kills, Cat Lovers Team Up With Bird Lovers In D.C. Cat CountOutdoor cats kill as many as 4 billion birds each year in this country. But how many cats are there, really? Now a team of technicians is trying to count Washington, D.C.'s feral felines.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/17/habitat-loss-biodiversity-wildlife-climate-change

Habitat loss threatens all our futures, world leaders warnedBiodiversity experts say mass extinction of wildlife is as big a danger as climate change

https://cooking.nytimes.com/68861692-nyt-cooking/445045-a-vegetarian-thanksgiving-117-recipes?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

A Vegetarian Thanksgiving, 117 RecipesA Vegetarian Thanksgiving, 117 Recipes is a group of recipes collected by the editors of NYT Cooking

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2018/nov/17/vegan-aquafaba-recipe-bean-water-recipe-food-waste-tom-hunt?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX0d1YXJkaWFuVG9kYXlVS19XZWVrZW5kLTE4MTExNw%3D%3D&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUK&CMP=GTUK_email

Aquafaba: the miracle ingredient you’ve been throwing away | Waste Not with Tom HuntThe cooking water from chickpeas is nutritious, delicious and whips up into a brilliant mayonnaise

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/15/cats-onomichi-art-museum-japan

Curious cats bring fame to Japanese museum that won't let them inPlucky pair have been trying to enter Onomichi gallery for two years, to no avail

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/16/sad-surprise-amazon-fish-contaminated-by-plastic-particles

'Sad surprise': Amazon fish contaminated by plastic particlesScientists in Brazil find first evidence of plastic pollution in Amazon basin freshwater fish

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/15/alberta-rat-catcher-phil-merill-canada-pest-free?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX0dyZWVuTGlnaHQtMTgxMTE2&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GreenLight&CMP=greenlight_email

'We're winning': how a Canadian province the size of France stays rat-freeAlberta is one of the world’s only places without a breeding population of rats – thanks to skilled pest controllers and a take-no-prisoners approach

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/16/gulls-gulls-gulls-how-the-seaside-birds-took-over-urban-britain?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX0dyZWVuTGlnaHQtMTgxMTE2&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GreenLight&CMP=greenlight_email

Gulls! Gulls! Gulls! How the seaside birds took over urban BritainIn the last 30 years, gulls have come among us as never before. But is their moment coming to an end as we tackle our waste problem?

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2018/nov/16/theres-no-such-thing-as-humane-meat-or-eggs-stop-kidding-yourself?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX0d1YXJkaWFuVG9kYXlVUy0xODExMTY%3D&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUS&CMP=GTUS_email

There's no such thing as humane meat or eggs. Stop kidding yourselfMany people think they consume humane meat, but only a tiny fraction actually do. The majority of consumers are totally wrong about what they eat

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Is coke vegan? And other urban drug myths busted - BBC Threesesh myths