Thailand: Supreme Court Backs 1.7 Million Payout
In a major victory, Thailand’s Supreme Court has ruled in favor of 14 Myanmar migrant workers who bravely spoke out about labor abuses they suffered on a poultry farm, ordering 1.7 million Baht ($53,000 USD) in compensation.[1]Yet while this is welcome…
Campaign launched to encourage tourists not to buy ivory
By Alicia Graef China implementing a full ban on the commercial sale of ivory more than a year ago was a major victory to celebrate. However, conservationists have found that while it’s been effective in reducing the trade, tourists are still buying ivory products…
Ocean pictures
Earth’s alien world revealed in the top undersea photos of 2018 Ocean pictures, alien world From Mashable If something lives in the icy waters sloshing around Europa – a large Jupiter moon suspected to contain a salty ocean beneath its icy shell…
US: Outrage grows over woman who dragged dog behind electric scooter
By Laura Goldman From Care2 As Brandon Sanders and his girlfriend bicycled down a Bakersfield, Calif., street on the afternoon of Jan. 6, they watched in shock as a woman riding a rented electric scooter passed by them, dragging a…
California town launches ‘Goat Fund Me’ campaign to prevent wildfires
By Laura Goldman From Care2 After the Camp Fire—the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California’s history—burned over 153,000 acres and took at least 88 lives in November, the little Northern California town of Nevada City (population: 3,136) came up with…
5 Animals that create art
By Kristina C. From Care2 Animals can paint and make sculptures. But is it art? In a study published in 2006, Gisela Kaplan and Lesley J. Rogers examined this question very carefully. The researchers considered how animals perceive colors — elephants only see two pigments, while humans can…
Wrong turn leaves Caribbean-bound bird in Abbotsford
By Ben Lypka From Langley Times Cape May warbler spotted at Mill Lake Park, attracting interest of Fraser Valley birders Imagine preparing for a winter full of sun in the West Indies, but instead ending up in Abbotsford’s Mill Lake Park….
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Georgia Bulldog Mascot nearly gored by Texas Longhorn Steer Mascot
By Laura Goldman From Care2 Before the Sugar Bowl kicked off in New Orleans on New Year’s Day, fans loudly cheered and camera flashbulbs popped as the two teams’ mascots were brought onto the football field for what was apparently…
Don’t worry, our cats won’t turn us into psychopaths
By Steve Williams From Care2 A 2012 article by the Independent shines a light on the already known, but still tentative, link between the cat parasite Toxoplasma gondii and a potential for psychological disturbances in those humans it infects. Furthermore, the article draws readers’…
Conch is making a comeback in Turks & Caicos
By Adrienne Jordan From Forbes The edible marine snail with beautiful conical shells are found throughout the Caribbean, but especially in abundance in the Turks & Caicos. The peach-and-cream colored conch are so popular, it is even illustrated on the…
