Larry the cat, born in January 2007, has served as Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom at 10 Downing Street since 15th February 2011. The tabby brown and white cat was recruited from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home on the recommendation of his mousing skills. Larry has seen four prime ministers…
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A total ban on trade of ivory has come into effect in an “important conservation victory” for the world’s elephants. The export and import and dealing of elephant ivory items of all ages not only those produced after a certain date – is now illegal, unless they have been registered or have an exemption certificate.…
The cost of chicken food, energy, and transport increasing, and fast food chains like KFC, Mcdonald’s, and Nando’s have already put some prices up. James Mottershead, boss of Co-op supermarkets has warned poultry could become as expensive as beef or lamb, as chicken prices increased from £2.50 to £3 per kg in the past two…
The gargantuan black hole that lives at the centre of our galaxy known as Sagittarius A, the object is a staggering four million times the mass of our Sun. The hole resides in the central dark region, circled by the light coming from super-heated gas accelerated by immense gravitational forces. The ring is roughly the…
Amazon Deforestation in Brazil has reached record levels for the month of April according to preliminary government data revealed on Friday. In April deforestation in the region totaled 1, 012.5 Km²(390Miles²) according to the National space research agency Inpe. Destruction of the Brazilian Amazon in the first four months hit a record of 1, 954…
https://youtu.be/2VbOZ7S2kZ0 Seven-and-half golden elephants, “Ezhara Pannana procession” held during the annual festival at Ettumanoor Sree Mahadeva Temple at Ettumanoor, Kerala, which is often referred to as “God’s Own Country”. Several of the temples have unique traditions and most hold festivals on specific days of the year. Temple festivals usually continue for several days and some…
Eighteen-year-old, Amelie Osborn-Smith, from Andover, Hampshire, who was whitewater rafting on the Zambezi river in Zambia when a crocodile clamped on to her leg and tried to drag her under the water on last Tuesday. The teenager said her brain went into “overdrive, and people say that you see your life flash before your eyes,…
