“They roam about like cats”: Spanish cities try to halt wild boar invasions
Barcelona, SpainReuters Large groups of wild boar are now a common sight in some Spanish cities and authorities say they have no option but to capture and put them down as they pose a danger to humans but have become too used to scavenging to live back in the wild. Attracted by garbage bins and […]
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Wild boars invade Rome mayoral election race
Rome, ItalyReuters All roads lead to Rome, or at least so it seems for wild boar. Sightings of boars trotting along the streets have become so commonplace in some neighbourhoods of the Italian capital that the problem has spilt over into campaigning for Rome’s mayoral election. Wild boars roam a street foraging for food in […]
US faith-based film company reportedly looking to make film about Thai cave rescue
Pure Flix, the US faith-based film company behind the God’s Not Dead franchise as well as films including The Case for Christ, is reportedly seeking the movie rights to the story of the Thai cave rescue. Twelve teenage boys and their soccer coach were rescued in small groups from a cave system in Chiang Rai […]
Thai cave rescue draws attention to country’s “stateless” children
Thomson Reuters Foundation The rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded Thai cave, which gripped the country and the world, has also drawn attention to the plight of “stateless” children in the country. At least three of the boys, as well as their coach, are refugees. Like tens of thousands of others […]