Animal welfare

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Guardians of the Gibbons: animal-human harmony hangs in the balance

For over a century the villagers of Barekuri, north-east India’s biodiversity hotspot, have coexisted with the country’s only ape species, the hoolock gibbon. But this harmony stands in fragile ecological balance. Mohit Chutia, a 55-year-old farmer and…

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Animal behaviourAnimal welfareAnimalsBiodiversityClimate crisisConservationDeforestationEndangered habitatsEndangered speciesEnvironmentIndiaIUCN red list of endangered speciesOil and gas companiesPrimatologyScienceSouth and Central AsiaWildlifeWorld news

Guardians of the Gibbons: can India save its only ape species from extinction?

For over a century the villagers of Barekuri, north-east India’s biodiversity hotspot, have coexisted with the country’s only ape species, the hoolock gibbon. But this harmony stands in fragile ecological balance. Mohit Chutia, a 55-year-old farmer and…

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How killing vultures endangers humans – video

Africa has lost about 90% of its vultures over the past 50 years. It’s a rapidly growing crisis, and the decline is not down to natural causes. Most of these birds are being poisoned, often unintentionally, by humans. We know the impact that mass vultu…

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‘It felt like wringing a dry sponge’: India’s dairy farmers face searing heat

Milk and cheese output from world’s largest producer faces catastrophic decline unless more heat stress resistant cattle are bredKailas Ramasamy gently guides his cows into a hangar-sized shed, tethers them to their posts, lays out their fodder and cl…

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