• Farmer rescues sick rare Philippine Eagle

  [A weak Philippine eagle was found crawling in an open area in Trento, Agusan del Sur. (Photo from Handout via John Uson)] COTABATO CITY: A farmer on Thursday turned over to barangay officials a weak Philippine Eagle he found crawling in an open area in his farm in Trento town in Agusan del Sur, PhilStar reported. Rey Borlaza told reporters he is convinced that the raptor (scientific name: Pithecophaga jefferyi) is sick since it did not have any wound or a broken wing or leg. Borlaza turned over the eagle to Joyren Duron, chairperson of Barangay Pangyan in Trento on Thursday morning. Duron, in turn, endorsed the eagle to their local government unit.The municipality of Trento is not distant from tropical rainforests that are natural habitats of endangered bird and animal species.

• DA declares bird flu outbreak in PH

  [Agriculture Secretary William Dar said duck and quail farms in Central Luzon farms are mostly affected by bird flu, which he reiterated, was caused by migratory birds visiting the country. (Photo from Department of Agriculture)] The Department of Agriculture (DA) declared on Wednesday, March 30, an outbreak of Avian Influenza (AI) or H5N1 in the country. This, as the DA reported an increasing number of avian flu cases mostly in Central Luzon, Manila Bulletin reported. Agriculture Secretary William Dar said duck and quail farms in Central Luzon farms are mostly affected by bird flu, which he reiterated, was caused by migratory birds visiting the country. “Most ducks and quails in Central Luzon were infected. We already provided assistance to farmers affected by the outbreak,” Dar said over Laging Handa briefing. In an earlier statement, the DA chief said that the agency had already issued a memorandum circular (MC) to intensify its containment and control of the disease. Under the MC, the DA “will regulate the movement of ducks, quails, chicken, and other poultry in bird-flu-affected areas, especially commodities from within the one-kilometer (km) quarantine area.” To properly implement the guidelines under the MC, the department and its attached agency, the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), has also coordinated with concerned local government units (LGUs), Regional Field Offices (RFOs), and other poultry industry stakeholders.

• Abandoned animals join Ukraine's war exodus

  [More than two million of those crossed the border to Poland, where AFP has witnessed droves of animal lovers ferrying dogs, cats, parrots and turtles to safety. Some people who fled the war left their pets behind. (Photo by=AFP/Aleksey Filippov)] LVIV: At the "Home for Rescued Animals" in the city of Lviv, exotic creatures are now sheltered alongside everyday pets - those left behind in the rush of refugees fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine.The United Nations estimates more than 3.7 million Ukrainians have fled the country since the war began a month ago, BBC reported. More than two million of those crossing the border to Poland, where AFP has witnessed droves of animal lovers ferrying dogs, cats, parrots, and turtles to safety. Lviv - just 70km (45 miles) from the border - has been the final stopover on Ukrainian soil for many making the journey out of the war zone. Some soon-to-be refugees felt unable to take their pets further. Zalypskyy estimates his shelter has taken in 1,500 animals since the war began, from migrants and shelters in "hot spots" to the east. Between 10 and 20 were collected from Lviv's train station - the locus of chaos in the first days of the war, where carriages and platforms heaved with desperate passengers. However, the animals left here do not languish. Around 200 have been adopted by the locals of Lviv, while most of the rest are taken onwards by volunteers to Germany, Latvia, and Lithuania. There are currently no cats available for adoption - they are all bound for Poland.

• Missing dog Zoey reunited with owners after 12 years

  [Zoey had been missing since 2010 when she was about a year old. (Photo by=SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE)] Zoey had been missing for so long the microchip company had listed her as dead since 2015, San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office said. Officer Brandon Levin, who scanned Zoey, got her owner's contact details from the chip firm, and found she still had the same mobile number. He said: "She was in complete shock."BBC reported that the dog was found about 60 miles from where she had gone missing in 2010, her family home in Lafayette. Michelle said: "We got her and her twin sister from the pound when they were six months old, she was with us for about six months. "We went to the store for about 20 minutes and came back and she was missing. "I'm excited to hopefully bring her back, get her healthy and let her live the rest of her life."

• COVID-19 mask swallowed by sea turtle caught off Japan coast

  [In the paper published in the Marine Pollution Bulletin earlier this month, the team also confirmed that commercially available masks contain stabilizers to prevent plastic from deteriorating due to ultraviolet rays. The additives are considered to be endocrine disruptors, meaning they can interfere with hormonal systems of organisms. (Photo by=Martina)] TOKYO: A disposable mask has been found in the feces of a juvenile green sea turtle caught off Japan's northeastern coast, a study by a team of Japanese researchers recently showed, raising concerns that COVID-related plastic debris is contaminating the marine ecosystem, Kyodo reported.While sea turtles have been known to accidentally ingest plastics for some time, no face mask had been found during the 15-year-survey of the region prior to the pandemic, according to the team from the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology and the University of Tokyo. Reports of disposable masks entering the ocean have increased in coastal areas around the world since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. The juvenile green turtle was by-caught alive in a net off Iwate Prefecture in August 2021, and is currently being kept in captivity. The item later confirmed to be a non-woven polypropylene mask was found in its feces by Takuya Fukuoka, a researcher at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. Hideshige Takada, a professor at the same university who was also involved in the study, said the findings suggest that marine life is being exposed to chemical substances through the accidental ingestion of plastic debris.

• Dog trainer installs "poop posts" to make city more pet friendly

  [Akari Tanaka's goal is to create an environment where pets, who are often seen as members of the family, can be accepted in communities, and "poop posts" are only the first step. Tanaka stands in front of a "poop post" for disposal of dog waste in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, on Dec. 10, 2021. (Photo by=Kyodo)] AOMORI: A dog trainer in northeastern Japan has taken it upon herself to make her city more pet-friendly by installing "poop posts" for owners to dispose of their dogs' waste.Akari Tanaka, a 37-year-old resident of Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, is hoping her project will help create a society where people can live comfortably with their pets as she says locals have struggled to "take the initiative to clean up after their dogs." Tanaka put up the first "poop post" outside her dog-grooming salon in July 2020. It stands about 90 centimeters tall, is 50 cm wide, and comes with plastic bags that people can use to pick up excrement. After setting up the post, Tanaka found that people naturally started to use it without being asked, and locals told her that they even gained the courage to pick up waste from other owners' dogs too. As the posts came with plastic bags attached, using them to pick up dog excrement took little effort.Tanaka used online crowdfunding to collect around 650,000 yen ($5,600) for the "poop post" project and has since been able to establish posts in three locations in the prefecture. She’s now in negotiations with municipalities to expand the posts to roadside rest areas and public parks.

• Farmer rescues sick rare Philippine Eagle

  [A weak Philippine eagle was found crawling in an open area in Trento, Agusan del Sur. (Photo from Handout via John Uson)] COTABATO CITY: A farmer on Thursday turned over to barangay officials a weak Philippine Eagle he found crawling in an open area in his farm in Trento town in Agusan del Sur, PhilStar reported. Rey Borlaza told reporters he is convinced that the raptor (scientific name: Pithecophaga jefferyi) is sick since it did not have any wound or a broken wing or leg. Borlaza turned over the eagle to Joyren Duron, chairperson of Barangay Pangyan in Trento on Thursday morning. Duron, in turn, endorsed the eagle to their local government unit.The municipality of Trento is not distant from tropical rainforests that are natural habitats of endangered bird and animal species.

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  2022-04-04

• DA declares bird flu outbreak in PH

  [Agriculture Secretary William Dar said duck and quail farms in Central Luzon farms are mostly affected by bird flu, which he reiterated, was caused by migratory birds visiting the country. (Photo from Department of Agriculture)] The Department of Agriculture (DA) declared on Wednesday, March 30, an outbreak of Avian Influenza (AI) or H5N1 in the country. This, as the DA reported an increasing number of avian flu cases mostly in Central Luzon, Manila Bulletin reported. Agriculture Secretary William Dar said duck and quail farms in Central Luzon farms are mostly affected by bird flu, which he reiterated, was caused by migratory birds visiting the country. “Most ducks and quails in Central Luzon were infected. We already provided assistance to farmers affected by the outbreak,” Dar said over Laging Handa briefing. In an earlier statement, the DA chief said that the agency had already issued a memorandum circular (MC) to intensify its containment and control of the disease. Under the MC, the DA “will regulate the movement of ducks, quails, chicken, and other poultry in bird-flu-affected areas, especially commodities from within the one-kilometer (km) quarantine area.” To properly implement the guidelines under the MC, the department and its attached agency, the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), has also coordinated with concerned local government units (LGUs), Regional Field Offices (RFOs), and other poultry industry stakeholders.

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  2022-04-01

• Abandoned animals join Ukraine's war exodus

  [More than two million of those crossed the border to Poland, where AFP has witnessed droves of animal lovers ferrying dogs, cats, parrots and turtles to safety. Some people who fled the war left their pets behind. (Photo by=AFP/Aleksey Filippov)] LVIV: At the "Home for Rescued Animals" in the city of Lviv, exotic creatures are now sheltered alongside everyday pets - those left behind in the rush of refugees fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine.The United Nations estimates more than 3.7 million Ukrainians have fled the country since the war began a month ago, BBC reported. More than two million of those crossing the border to Poland, where AFP has witnessed droves of animal lovers ferrying dogs, cats, parrots, and turtles to safety. Lviv - just 70km (45 miles) from the border - has been the final stopover on Ukrainian soil for many making the journey out of the war zone. Some soon-to-be refugees felt unable to take their pets further. Zalypskyy estimates his shelter has taken in 1,500 animals since the war began, from migrants and shelters in "hot spots" to the east. Between 10 and 20 were collected from Lviv's train station - the locus of chaos in the first days of the war, where carriages and platforms heaved with desperate passengers. However, the animals left here do not languish. Around 200 have been adopted by the locals of Lviv, while most of the rest are taken onwards by volunteers to Germany, Latvia, and Lithuania. There are currently no cats available for adoption - they are all bound for Poland.

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  2022-03-28

• Missing dog Zoey reunited with owners after 12 years

  [Zoey had been missing since 2010 when she was about a year old. (Photo by=SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE)] Zoey had been missing for so long the microchip company had listed her as dead since 2015, San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office said. Officer Brandon Levin, who scanned Zoey, got her owner's contact details from the chip firm, and found she still had the same mobile number. He said: "She was in complete shock."BBC reported that the dog was found about 60 miles from where she had gone missing in 2010, her family home in Lafayette. Michelle said: "We got her and her twin sister from the pound when they were six months old, she was with us for about six months. "We went to the store for about 20 minutes and came back and she was missing. "I'm excited to hopefully bring her back, get her healthy and let her live the rest of her life."

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• COVID-19 mask swallowed by sea turtle caught off Japan coast

  [In the paper published in the Marine Pollution Bulletin earlier this month, the team also confirmed that commercially available masks contain stabilizers to prevent plastic from deteriorating due to ultraviolet rays. The additives are considered to be endocrine disruptors, meaning they can interfere with hormonal systems of organisms. (Photo by=Martina)] TOKYO: A disposable mask has been found in the feces of a juvenile green sea turtle caught off Japan's northeastern coast, a study by a team of Japanese researchers recently showed, raising concerns that COVID-related plastic debris is contaminating the marine ecosystem, Kyodo reported.While sea turtles have been known to accidentally ingest plastics for some time, no face mask had been found during the 15-year-survey of the region prior to the pandemic, according to the team from the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology and the University of Tokyo. Reports of disposable masks entering the ocean have increased in coastal areas around the world since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. The juvenile green turtle was by-caught alive in a net off Iwate Prefecture in August 2021, and is currently being kept in captivity. The item later confirmed to be a non-woven polypropylene mask was found in its feces by Takuya Fukuoka, a researcher at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. Hideshige Takada, a professor at the same university who was also involved in the study, said the findings suggest that marine life is being exposed to chemical substances through the accidental ingestion of plastic debris.

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  2022-02-10

• Dog trainer installs "poop posts" to make city more pet friendly

  [Akari Tanaka's goal is to create an environment where pets, who are often seen as members of the family, can be accepted in communities, and "poop posts" are only the first step. Tanaka stands in front of a "poop post" for disposal of dog waste in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, on Dec. 10, 2021. (Photo by=Kyodo)] AOMORI: A dog trainer in northeastern Japan has taken it upon herself to make her city more pet-friendly by installing "poop posts" for owners to dispose of their dogs' waste.Akari Tanaka, a 37-year-old resident of Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, is hoping her project will help create a society where people can live comfortably with their pets as she says locals have struggled to "take the initiative to clean up after their dogs." Tanaka put up the first "poop post" outside her dog-grooming salon in July 2020. It stands about 90 centimeters tall, is 50 cm wide, and comes with plastic bags that people can use to pick up excrement. After setting up the post, Tanaka found that people naturally started to use it without being asked, and locals told her that they even gained the courage to pick up waste from other owners' dogs too. As the posts came with plastic bags attached, using them to pick up dog excrement took little effort.Tanaka used online crowdfunding to collect around 650,000 yen ($5,600) for the "poop post" project and has since been able to establish posts in three locations in the prefecture. She’s now in negotiations with municipalities to expand the posts to roadside rest areas and public parks.

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• Dozens of Indian turtles die in suspected poisoning

  [Indian flapshell turtles are not particularly rare but are a protected species. (Photo from India On News Website)] MUMBAI: Deliberate poisoning is likely to blame for the death of dozens of turtles at a lake near Mumbai, Indian wildlife experts told AFP on Sunday (Jan 23).Conservation workers were alerted to the incident after a local politician asked them to investigate a foul smell around the body of water in Kalyan, about 50km (30 miles) east of India's entertainment capital. Suhas Pawar of the Wild Animal and Reptile Rescue conservation group said 57 Indian flap shell turtles had been killed while another six were rescued. He told AFP that locals likely killed the reptiles to stop them from eating fish they were illegally breeding in the lake. "Everything is being investigated now, a post-mortem and scientific analysis will reveal the exact cause of these deaths," Pawar said.He added that COVID-19 restrictions over the past two years had likely led to a surge in the local turtle population. "Restrictions on human activity likely increased the fish stocks at the lake and these turtles were now growing in numbers by feeding on them, which angered some locals," Pawar said. Meanwhile, Indian flap shell turtles are not particularly rare but are a protected species under the Wildlife Protection Act.

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  2022-01-25

• Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam defends Covid hamster cull

  [Some 2,000 hamsters and other small mammals are set to be culled because of the outbreak linked to the pet shop. Officials say it may be an example of animal-to-human Covid transmission. (Photo by= BBC)] Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has warned that Covid-19 infections could be growing exponentially in one part of the city and more cases spreading due to an outbreak in pet hamsters, BBC reported.Earlier this week, authorities ordered a hamster cull following the outbreak. Hong Kong pursues a "zero-Covid" strategy to eliminate the disease. Ms. Lam urged people to avoid gatherings ahead of next week's Lunar New Year as the territory also tackles an outbreak of the Omicron variant. The Asian financial hub has some of the world's tightest coronavirus rules as it follows mainland China's tough zero-Covid policies. "We are worried that the exponential growth of cases that we have seen in other parts of the world is now happening in Kwai Chung," she is quoted as saying by Reuters news agency.Kwai Chung is a highly-populated residential area north of the city's Kowloon peninsula. She said cases involving the Delta variant were also rising because of the hamster outbreak. Thousands of people have signed a petition against the move, and thousands more have offered on social media to save the pets. Meanwhile, the virus that causes Covid-19 - Sars-Cov-2 - can be caught by animals including dogs, cats, ferrets, and rodents, all commonly kept as pets. But there is no clear evidence that pets can easily pass the infection to humans.

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  2022-01-24

• Peru oil spill after Tonga eruption an 'ecological disaster'

  [A government-led clear-up of around three kilometers of beaches is underway. Peruvian authorities fear major damage has been done to protected animal and plant life zones. (Photo by= EPA)] An oil spill off the Peruvian coast has caused an "ecological disaster", authorities have said. The La Pampilla refinery leaked over 6,000 barrels of oil after a tanker was hit by waves linked to Tonga's volcanic eruption on Saturday, BBC said. Authorities have sealed off three beaches damaged by the spill and say they have discovered scores of dead animals covered in oil.Foreign ministry officials have urged operator Repsol to pay compensation. The company's communications director, Tine Van Den Wall Bake, denied responsibility for the leak during an interview on Wednesday, saying the spill was "limited". But Prime Minister Mirtha Vásquez later told reporters that the company "apparently" did not have a contingency plan to deal with a large oil spill. Prosecutors announced that they have opened an investigation into Repsol's role in the incident, amid warnings from the environment ministry that the Spanish energy giant could face fines totaling more than $34.5m (£25.3m).Meanwhile, officials say the leak has harmed some 18,000 square kilometers (6,950 square miles) of protected zones containing a variety of rare plant and animal life. A government-led clear-up of around three kilometers of beaches is also underway. La Pampilla is built just off the town of Ventanilla in the Lima region and is Peru's largest refinery. It provides for more than half of the local fuel market.

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  2022-01-21

• Thousands in Hong Kong volunteer to adopt hamsters amid COVID-19 fears

  [The local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), which runs veterinary clinics, told Reuters "numerous" worried pet owners have been contacting them for advice."We urge the pet owners not to panic or abandon their pets," SPCA said in a statement. (Photo by=AFP/FREDERICK FLORIN)] HONG KONG: Thousands of people in Hong Kong volunteered on Wednesday (Jan 19) to adopt unwanted hamsters after a mass cull order from the government over COVID-19 fears raised the alarm that panicky owners would abandon their pets, Reuters reported.Authorities ordered on Tuesday 2,000 hamsters from dozens of pet shops and storage facilities to be culled after tracing a coronavirus outbreak to a worker in the Little Boss pet shop, where 11 hamsters subsequently tested positive for COVID-19. Scientists around the world and Hong Kong health and veterinary authorities have said there’s no evidence that animals play a major role in human contagion with the coronavirus. But having pursued a policy of zero tolerance for COVID-19, Health Secretary Sophia Chan said on Tuesday she couldn’t rule out any transmission possibilities and therefore the government could take no chances. Ocean, 29, a hamster owner and the administrator of Hong Kong the Cute Hamster Group on the Telegram social media app, said the group was contacted by almost 3,000 people willing to take care of unwanted animals temporarily. Bowie, 27, one of the group volunteers, is now the owner of two new hamsters. "This is ridiculous," said Bowie, who already owned three other hamsters. "Animals’ life is also life. Today it can be hamsters or rabbits, tomorrow it can be cats or dogs.”

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  2022-01-21

• Collarwali: Remembering India’s ‘super mum’ tigress

  [Conservationist Vivek Menon calls her the "face of Pench", crediting her unusual "temperament that allowed so many visitors and photographers to document her and her cubs". (Photo by=VARUN THAKKAR)] One of India’s most famous tigers, Collarwali died during the weekend aged 16. She played a big role in changing the fortunes of the sanctuary where she lived, Pench Tiger Reserve in the central state of Madhya Pradesh, BBC said.So named because of the radio collar she wore, she gave birth to 29 cubs in eight litters over her lifetime, a "prolific" legacy, according to one expert. She became one of India's best-known tigers after starring in the BBC Wildlife documentary, Spy in the Jungle, which tracked the lives of four tiger cubs over two years. The documentary sparked a surge in visitors to the park, many of whom would ask after Collarwali and her charismatic mother, said Prabir Patil, a naturalist whose association with Pench began in 2004. Collarwali died on Saturday evening due to complications caused by old age.Naturalists, forest officers and wildlife photographers speak fondly of an animal they had watched grow up in the reserve, the same forests that are believed to have inspired Rudyard Kipling's classic, The Jungle Book. She's born in 2005 as T-15 - her mother, known as "badi mata" or "big mother" was also a famous tigress. Her father's name was T-1. India is home to more than 70% of the world's tigers; numbers have been in decline but have now risen to 2,976, according to the most recent government estimate.

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  2022-01-19

• Hong Kong orders hamster cull after COVID-19 hits pets

  ["Pet owners should keep a good hygiene practice, including washing hands after touching the animals, handling their food or other items, and avoid kissing the animals," Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department director Leung Siu-fai Leung also told reporters. (Photo by= AFP)] HONG KONG: Hong Kong ordered a cull of 2,000 hamsters on Tuesday (Jan 18) and warned pet owners not to kiss animals after a new cluster of COVID-19 cases was traced to a pet shop. The outbreak of Delta variant cases in humans linked to the shop worker prompted tests on hundreds of animals, with 11 hamsters showing up positive. That has brought a pet rodent clampdown on Chinese-ruled Hong Kong, which is following the mainland's zero-tolerance approach to COVID-19 even as much of the world shifts to living with it. The territory's Health Secretary Sophia Chan stressed at a news conference that there was no evidence domestic animals can pass the disease to humans, but authorities were anyway acting out of caution to ban imports and sales of pet rodents. Hundreds of samples were collected from animals also including rabbits and chinchillas, but only the hamsters have tested positive so far. Leung said about 2,000 hamsters in 34 pet shops and storage facilities would be put down "humanely". Anyone who purchased a hamster after Dec. 22, 2021, should hand them over to authorities for culling and not leave them on the streets, he added. A hotline for COVID-19 inquiries related to hamsters is also being set up.

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  2022-01-19

• Twin pandas born in Tokyo zoo make public debut

  [Twin giant panda cubs "Lei Lei" and "Xiao Xiao", born last June, are pictured during a public viewing event for the twin pandas at Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo, Japan Jan12, 2022. (Photo from Agencies via China Daily)] TOKYO: The twin giant pandas born at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens last year made their public debut Wednesday, but will be on view for only three days and to a limited number of visitors amid a resurgence of coronavirus infections, Kyodo reported.The male cub Xiao Xiao and his sister Lei Lei, who were born in June, now weigh around 13 to 14 kilograms each. They were shown to visitors together with mother Shin Shin at the Tokyo metropolitan government-run zoo. Members of the public who had won a chance to see the pandas in a lottery began entering the panda facility at 10 a.m. Under the zoo's policy to prevent the spread of infections, each visitor only has around one minute to see the cubs.

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  2022-01-13

• Magawa, the landmine-sniffing hero rat, dies aged eight

  [Magawa was awarded the PDSA medal for gallantry - sometimes described as the George Cross for animals.Magawa was capable of searching a field the size of a tennis court in just 20 minutes - something Apopo says would take a person with a metal detector between one and four days. (Photo by= POSA)] Magawa, the famous mine-clearing rat who was awarded a gold medal for his heroism, has died at the age of eight. BBC said that in a five-year career, the rodent sniffed out over 100 landmines and other explosives in Cambodia.Magawa was the most successful rat trained by the Belgian charity Apopo to alert human handlers about the mines so they can be safely removed. The charity said the African giant pouch rat "passed away peacefully" at the weekend. It said Magawa was in good health and "spent most of last week playing with his usual enthusiasm". But by the weekend "he started to slow down, napping more and showing less interest in food in his last days". Bred in Tanzania, Magawa underwent a year of training before moving to Cambodia to begin his bomb-sniffing career. There are thought to be up to six million landmines in the South East Asian country. In 2020, Magawa was awarded the PDSA Gold Medal - sometimes described as the George Cross for animals - for his "life-saving devotion to duty". He was the first rat to be given the medal in the charity's 77-year history. Meanwhile, Apopo has been raising its animals - known as HeroRATs, to detect landmines since the 1990s.

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  2022-01-12

• Malaysian villager killed in tiger attack

  [WWF Malaysia estimates there are fewer than 200 Malayan tigers left in the wild. (Photo by=AFP/Jimin LAI)] KUALA LUMPUR: An indigenous Malaysian villager has been killed in a tiger attack, with government rangers shooting dead the critically endangered creature after it also charged at them, authorities said, AFP reported.The 59-year-old victim, Anek Along, was attacked on Friday (Jan 7) near the town of Gua Musang in the northern Malaysian state of Kelantan. The 120kg creature then charged at other villagers, who threw spears to fend the creature off, wounding its face, according to wildlife officials. Rangers arrived a few hours later and shot dead the tiger after it also charged at them. Kelantan wildlife department director Mohamad Hafid Rohani told AFP, authorities were "sad" they were forced to kill the creature "as tigers (in Malaysia) are dying out". Meanwhile, the Malayan tiger is classified as critically endangered by the protection group the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Attacks on humans by the tiger are rare, but such incidents have been known to occur in areas where developments encroach on the animals' habitat. About 3,000 Malayan tigers once roamed the country's jungles in the 1950s, and the big cat is regarded as Malaysia's national animal. However, its population declined over the decades due to a loss of habitat from development and agricultural expansion, as well as poaching.

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  2022-01-11

• Tiger shot and dies at Naples Zoo in Florida after biting cleaner's arm

  [Malayan tigers are classed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Fewer than 200 of the animals remain in the wild, according to the World Wildlife Fund. Tiger attacks at zoos are rare but not unheard of. Eko the tiger, pictured in February 2020. (Photo by= NAPLES ZOO/REUTERS)] A tiger was shot and later died after biting the arm of a cleaner in an enclosure at a zoo in Florida. BBC said that Eko, an eight-year-old Malayan tiger, was found with the man's arm in its mouth at Naples Zoo.The sheriff's deputy tried to get the animal to let go of the arm but was "forced to shoot," officials say. They said the cleaner, who was in an "unauthorized area" and may have tried to pet or feed the animal, had severe injuries and was airlifted to hospital. The cleaner, working for an outside company hired by the zoo, appeared to have put his arm through the enclosure's fencing. The sheriff's office added that trying to pet or feed the animal was "both unauthorized and dangerous activities," the sheriff's office added. The zoo said third-party cleaning is allowed to clean toilets and the gift shop, but not animal enclosures. After shooting the animal, it retreated to the back of its pen, where it was sedated and later died. Responses on social media said it was tragic that the tiger had to be killed. Eko had lived at Naples Zoo since early 2020 after its purchase was funded by efforts to save wild tigers. At the time, the zoo called the tiger "a great ambassador for his species."

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