News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
The American Ornithological Society has banned the naming of birds after people and, in true Year Zero style, has set about renaming the 263 species already so tainted by their association with white men.
Cambridge University is seeking to 'decolonise the dodo' by hiring a PhD student to delve into the imperial connections of specimens, highlight racial ideas, violent colonial activities and resource exploitation.
One of India’s iconic large birds, the great Indian bustard, is feared to be about to go extinct due to the growth of electric transmission lines from wind and solar power. Just 150 birds may remain.
Hundreds of bald eagles and other large birds are being killed by wind turbines across the U.S. every year, but green activists don't seem to care, as California rolls back its protections yet further.
Some say insect and bird numbers have dropped precipitously in recent decades. Others point out some species are burgeoning. What's the truth about the 'insect apocalypse'?
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