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@pubity Think this is likely to be very harmful 😢 - not thought through sadly

Animal conservationists in Ireland have come up with a brilliant idea to keep hedgehogs from going extinct: cute little backpacks. Instead of chipping them, Ulster Wildlife came up with adorable, non-invasive GPS backpacks to make sure they stay safe in the wild.

@DrTOMontgomery Appalling 😡

Dr. Cliffe: “In the necropsy reports, there was evidence of damage to the spinal cord on a large number of them, and that comes from being violently ripped from the canopy and thrown at great height down to the ground.” And that was just the start of their terrible ordeal.

@DrTOMontgomery So so sad 😢

Another sloth from Sloth World—Dumpling—has died.

@Arnbeg @SamaHoole Same with horses - can still cause accidents

@SamaHoole I’ve had… “my dog is a toy poodle… not capable”… but yes it is… ALL dogs are capable… they don’t have to catch sheep to do damage 😔

On the second Sunday of April, a couple from Birmingham walked the footpath that crosses Brian's fell. Their dog, a young border collie named Otis, was off the lead. There were sheep in the field. Otis went after the sheep. The owners called Otis. Otis did not return. Otis was, in dog terms, six months into a lifelong relationship with sheep that had, until that moment, consisted entirely of seeing them on television. Otis chased a small group of younger ewes for approximately eighty metres, which is, in Otis's own assessment, a successful afternoon. Doris, who was on the section above the wall, observed this. Doris did not run. Doris walked, deliberately, at a measured pace, to a position approximately fifteen metres from where Otis was, by then, pursuing the younger ewes in a circle. Doris stopped. Doris looked at Otis. Otis stopped. There is, in the literature on livestock guarding behaviour, a phenomenon known as the calm interdiction. It does not require aggression. It does not require display. It requires only a confident, settled animal placing itself in the path of the disturbance and refusing, with absolute mildness, to be impressed. Otis, who had, until that moment, been having the best afternoon of his short life, was suddenly looking at a Texel ewe who was not running. The category had broken. Otis sat down. The owners reached Otis approximately two minutes later. Otis was on the lead by then. The owners apologised, profusely, to Brian, who had walked up from the gate at a measured pace and was holding his stick in the way that people who have not been to agricultural college nevertheless know how to hold sticks. Brian: "You'll need to keep him on the lead from now on." Owner: "Yes. Of course. We're so sorry. We didn't think." Brian: "Most don't." He could have said more. The law gives him the right to shoot a dog worrying livestock. The literature on stress-induced lambing failure is extensive. The young ewes, by the time Brian reached them, were panting hard enough that Brian made a mental note to check them again in the morning, and to tell the apprentice to do the same. He didn't say any of this. He said: "Have a nice walk." He went back down to the gate. Doris, by then, was already grazing again. The young ewes recovered. The lambing in autumn was unaffected. British footpaths cross approximately 140,000 miles of farmland. They have done so since some of them were carved by mediaeval cattle. The system depends on dogs being on leads near livestock, on walkers closing gates, on the basic countryside code that takes about four minutes to read and is, somehow, still not being read. Doris has not read it either. Doris does not need to. Doris simply stops, and looks, and the dog stops with her, and the system holds for one more afternoon. It would be nicer if it didn't have to.

@bbcpress @scottygb Oh no 😢

Remembering Gone Fishing’s Ted - Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse pay tribute More ➡️ bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/20…

@WorldAnimalNews There should be no trade in these beautiful creatures

Sloth World Orlando Shuts Down After The Death Of 31 Sloths—Calls Grow To Ban Wild Sloth Trade 💔🦥 READ MORE: 🌍👉 worldanimalnews.com/2026/04/28/slo…

@DrTOMontgomery Horrifying 😢

#Sloths A legal sloth shipping crate. From Georgetown, Guyana → Miami, Florida, likely time in crate: Best case: ~18–36 hours But could be: 48+ hours Extremely sensitive to stress, noise and temperature, you can see why they can die in transit.

@Centralflzoo These poor creatures should never have been placed in this situation where your interventions are necessary 😢

🦥 Sloth Update: Day 4 of quarantine and the majority of the sloths are still stable. Our most critical sloth, Bandit, made it safely through another night in our medical building. Shout out to our vet team and Dr. Straub for their expert care of these animals as they acclimate.

@HedgehogCabin @pricklelodge That’s a really good idea - working with the open garden scheme to provide information to people 🦔

@pricklelodge Absolutely fabulous. This work saves so many lives, and educates so many people who otherwise wouldn't be reached. It takes so much work beforehand, and is exhausting on the day, but is worth so much. Thank you, from all the little lives you changed.❤️🫂

Another wonderful afternoon with PrickleLodge supporting #ngsopengardens . This wildlife garden is located at Brick Kiln Cottage RG25 2PR and is absolutely stunning. #hedgehog #wildlife

@DottySeaCat @HedgehogCabin @RadarLanark Agree trapping is cruel. Hedgehog’s don’t eat snails unless it’s the only food available to them to avoid starvation- if you have them you are very lucky - cat biscuits and water will be much appreciated 🦔

@HedgehogCabin @Silvasbuddy @RadarLanark We redirected the moles into the field as their tunnels made our garden collapse and the ground became dangerously unstable. I would rather redirect than trap. We have lots of hedgehogs who kindly eat the snails.

Tonight I discovered what's been uprooting bits of my lawn. 🦔

@RadarLanark You are so lucky - follow @HedgehogCabin for expert advice

@DottySeaCat @RadarLanark Why on earth would you try to repel hedgehogs 😢

@RadarLanark We had a mole problem a few years ago until we bought these. primrose.co.uk/product/_/pest…. Work really well with the moles, might do the same with hedgehogs!

@DrTOMontgomery Thank God

It's over — Sloth World is shut down.

@RepMaxwellFrost Appalling- poor creatures deserved better

I am appalled to hear about the 31 sloths who died under the “care” of the not yet opened Sloth World in Orlando. These sloths — naturally solitary animals — were put in the worst conditions possible. They were taken from their natural habitats to a packed warehouse that wasn’t properly heated and allowed for the spread of deadly viruses, leading to a stress-induced death. My office is looking into this tragedy, and we will coordinate with local officials to determine how to best move forward. fox35orlando.com/news/31-sloths…

@DrTOMontgomery @ExtinctionR Disgusting 😢

#Sloths 31 sloths have been found dead in the despicable Sloth World in Florida. Two sloths were dead on arrival after one shipment from Peru. Eight sloths "appeared emaciated and in very poor health" — and later died, according to the report. Florida wildlife officials discovered them after a routine and unannounced inspection. They say the sloths died from cold exposure and poor conditions. Under Florida statutes, Sloth World had no obligation to report the deaths. Sloth World should not exist. Sloths are uniquely unsuited to exposure to the stress of long transport and captivity. Would people flock to visit if they knew of the extreme cruelty, starting with brutal capture from their forest home?

@ethicalfarmIE @Rosslareuroport So unnecessary 😢

📢 Volume up! This truck full of unweaned calves was seen heading to @Rosslareuroport this afternoon, over 4 hours before the ferry departure time. They are bawling their heads off, already hungry and stressed. They will have been fed in the morning but it will be at least another 24 hours before they get another feed, if the ferry leaves on time. You can see some calves have weepy eyes and one has signs of diarrhea. Two recent studies have shown that the fitness for transport checks conducted by DAFM vets are wholly inadequate, with large numbers of calves found to have lung damage before, during and after transport. These journeys breach legislation and cause immense harm and suffering 🐮 @BrittanyFerries #StopLiveExport

@racehorsesrace1 @BHAHorseracing They could always donate it to a racehorse charity 🤔

And because Gold Dancer passed the winning line, in front, with a broken back, his connections not only received the winning prize-money of £67.5k, but also a @BHAHorseracing incentizised £20,000 bonus It sits well with them, does it sit well with you? 🤔

@sam_angelina22 Everyone could see he wasn’t right 😢

This is agonising news. Poor, poor Gold Dancer💔

@sam_angelina22 So sad 😢

@icod Especially if they had to negotiate a replacement bus service!

I'm wondering whether other countries will have their own #RaceAcrossTheWorld here where people will meet people in Stoke-on-Trent bus station trying to get to Land's End