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Fishermen in the Faroe Island have continued their horrifying annual tradition of slaughtering whales, turning the sea red with their blood. On the shore of Torshavn, the capital city of the Faroe Islands, Pilot whales were driven toward waiting hunters, beginning the annual slaughter. So far, up to 150 pilot…
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There's plenty to love about dogs. Unless you're allergic to them or have had a particularly bad experience, I believe almost anyone can be converted into a dog lover as long as they're in the company of one long enough. Coming home from a long day at work to a…
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Sometimes a picture is so perfectly timed, it's like the fates themselves planned it. This type of divine interference can perhaps be used to explain Steve Biro's photo. The amateur photographer recently went viral with an incredible image of a bald eagle named Bruce, with the bird said to be…
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You could be mistaken for thinking it's footage from a gritty reboot of Jaws, but this footage of a shark circling a swimmer out in the ocean is real. Very real. Out in Panama City beach along the Gulf of Mexico, a swimmer can be seen kicking their way through…
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It's fair to say that plastic pollution is one of the gravest environmental threats facing us today. Although we often hear about the critical state of our oceans, and the effect that fossil-fuel-derived materials have on the creatures of the seas, the fact is that land-dwelling flora and fauna are…
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A heartbreaking series of images of a dog cuddling the pillow of his deceased brother after he passed away from cancer has gone viral on social media. Spencer and Rocky were inseparable for the better part of a decade. However, after a visit to the vet, a scan revealed that…
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A giant all-white albino panda has been spotted in China for the very first time, the New York Times reports. Li Sheng, from the Species Survival Commission of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, said that the animal was the first fully white giant panda to be documented in…
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Footage of a man pretending to stroke a cat and then dropkicking it through the air has gone viral. This is the clip, which was posted to Twitter by animal right's group Protect Wildlife: In the footage, the man, who is dressed in a red cap, sneakers, and sportswear, can…
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Animal charity RSPCA is investigating distressing footage showing a man violently drop-kicking a cat after pretending to stroke it. The charity is hoping to identify the individual in the video so that criminal charges can be made. The short but very upsetting clip was shared by the Protect All Wildlife…
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After Crime Stoppers received an anonymous tip, authorities rescued nearly 600 pit bulls and roosters from two properties in Indiana, Fox59 reports. On Thursday morning, investigators raided the Morgan County home of Martin Anderson and rescued one pit bull. Then they searched his nearby farm in Owen County, recovering nine…
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When you visit Florida, you expect to see Florida men doing all kinds of crazy stuff, and alligators. However, Georgia resident George Jacobs spotted one of the creatures in a very unusual setting: lounging on a brightly colored alligator shaped pool float. Jacobs and his family were visiting South Miami…
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A man in Plymouth, Pennsylvania has turned himself into police for baiting fish hooks with food and feeding it to stray cats, Fox 43 reports. The investigation began when volunteers with Happy Hearts and Tails Safe Haven Animal Rescue found a stray cat with a fish hook embedded in its…
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The government of Botswana has made the controversial choice to lift the national ban on elephant hunting, first introduced in 2014 by then-president Ian Khama, The Washington Post report. The Botswana Democratic Party has justified the move by claiming that the local pachyderm population has recently increased, which has had…
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Let's be honest here; the idea of giant spiders roaming around have always terrified us. Your average spider already doesn't have the best PR, with many people harbouring a serious phobia of anything eight-legged and hairy. But the bigger they are, the more they frighten us, and humungous critters abound…
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Remember that scene where Rocky Balboa, played by veritable acting legend Sylvester Stallone, buys a couple of turtles from a pet store in the 1976 Oscar-winning movie Rocky? If your memory needs a little refreshing, this is the scene with Stallone and his then-baby turtles: Well, as it turns out,…
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Bees may scare some people due to their painful stingers, but they also pollinate crops, which makes them key to food production. Pollinating insects play a crucial role in growing a third of our food, including vegetables, fruits, nuts, spices and edible oils. However, over the past few decades, experts…
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A creepy crawly scare led a woman to jump out a moving van and crash her vehicle into a river. The unidentified Georgia woman was backing her Kia van down a boat ramp to put her kayak in a river in Kingston on Sunday when she was started by a…
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Usually, if you want to enjoy watching a film with a glass of wine in your hand and sleeping puppy in your lap, you have to stay home. (Or get really good at sneaking things into the theater.) However, K9 Cinemas in Plano, Texas allows dog-lovers to take their four-legged friends…
