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Attacks on livestock increased: Return of wolves to Germany pits farmers against environmentalists

Emily Schultheis
The Guardian
Sun, 17 Feb 2019 11:17 UTC
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More than a century ago, wolves were hunted to extinction in Germany. These days, they're back - and their presence is a source of political strife.

Wolf attacks on livestock increased drastically in 2017, according to government statistics released at the weekend: they carried out 472 attacks, an increase of 66% over the previous year. The number of killed, injured or missing livestock - mostly sheep and goats - rose 55%, to 1,667.

The issue of how to deal with wolves is pitting farmers who want to protect their livestock against environmentalists who priorities the protection of vulnerable species.

Julia Klöckner, the agriculture minister, said the latest figures proved the government needed to act. Germany should shift its regulations to make it legal to remove individual wolves from a pack, she told the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung.
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Squaw Vallley in California sets February snowfall record before the month is over at 17 feet

Justin Scacco
Sierra Sun
Sat, 16 Feb 2019 14:09 UTC
Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows set a record for snowfall in February with 205 inches for the month.

Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows set a record for snowfall in February with 205 inches for the month.
The latest storm to hit the Truckee-Tahoe area dropped another 30 inches of snow at Squaw Valley's upper mountain, breaking the record at the resort for most snowfall in February.

This month, Squaw Valley has been hit with 205 inches of snow at its upper mountain and more is currently coming down. The previous record was set in February 2017 when Squaw received 196 inches of snow.

Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows has also received more than 462 inches of total snow at Squaw this season, according to the resort, which is 171% of its average snowfall for this date, and already more than the season average of 450 inches at the mountain.

"We're about halfway through the season and already past our average," said Liesl Hepburn, public relations director for Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows. "Based on that, we're projecting a long spring ski season."
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Snowflake

Storm snow totals surge to 5 feet at some Lake Tahoe area ski resorts in 48 hours


Tahoe Daily Tribune
Sat, 16 Feb 2019 13:23 UTC
Skiers enjoy the fresh powder Saturday at Sierra-at-Tahoe
© Sierra-at-Tahoe
Skiers enjoy the fresh powder Saturday at Sierra-at-Tahoe
With an additional 2 feet on Friday, snow totals from an ongoing winter storm have surged to 5 feet at some Lake Tahoe ski resorts.

An additional 2 feet could fall Saturday and early Sunday morning before a winter storm warning expires at noon Sunday.

A winter storm that started Wednesday brought rain to elevations up to 8,000 feet. By Thursday morning snow levels dropped to lake level. On Friday morning resorts reported receiving nearly 3 feet of snow in 24 hours.
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Farmer snaps rare 'ghost apples' in Michigan orchard

Miranda Aldersley
Daily Mail
Wed, 13 Feb 2019 10:15 UTC
ghost apple
© Andrew Sistema
Apple-shaped ice casing created in an orchard following an ice storm are pictured in Michigan
The 'once in a generation' freeze hit that the Midwest of the country earlier this year saw frozen lakes, record breaking temperatures and large-scale travel disruption.

But a Michigan farmer also captured one of the weather's more beautiful phenomenons - the 'ghost apple'.

Andrew Sistema said that while pruning his apples trees on his Kent County farm, he noticed a perfect shell of ice coating the fruit.

A peculiar and rare product of the recent influx of cold weather from the polar vortex, ghost apples form when rain freezes perfectly around the skin of the fruit.
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Ice Age Farmer Report: Retail food prices pop - Meat as taboo - Hawaiian snow - Decentralized food!


Ice Age Farmer
Thu, 14 Feb 2019 21:33 UTC
Rare snowfall on low elevation area of Hawaii

Rare snowfall on low elevation area of Hawaii
"Eat your meat outside, earth-killer!" Former UN calls to banish meat eaters.

Historic snow in Hawaii.

150 homes destroyed by hail in India.

1,600 cattle lost in Yakima.

Whole Foods raising prices. Start growing your own food and forming resilient communities today.


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Arrow Down

Mudslide kills at least 57 gold miners in Liberia


African Daily Voice
Wed, 13 Feb 2019 21:11 UTC
In spite of the glaring safety risks, alluvial miners relentlessly swarm the area, looking for gold.

In spite of the glaring safety risks, alluvial miners relentlessly swarm the area, looking for gold.
At least 57 gold miners have been killed by a mudslide in eastern Nimba County in Liberia, sources said Wednesday.

Local media reports say at least 45 gold miners have been buried underground by a mudslide as the men dug for gold in the Kartee Gold Mine.

Reports say 12 gold miners were said to be the first group of victims, who lost their lives a few days before the latest incident which occurred at the weekend.

The mine is located in Gboanipea located about 10 kilometres away from Tappita, in eastern Nimba County along the border with Cote d'Ivoire.
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Attention

Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano lights up the night sky


SBS News
Fri, 15 Feb 2019 20:43 UTC
Popocatepetl volcano
Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano unleashed a powerful explosion.

The first of a long series of explosions started about 9pm local time and went on for more than three hours.

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Attention

Signs and Portents: Calf born with two heads and two mouths in Himachal Pradesh, India

Claire Gilbody-Dickerson
Mirror
Thu, 14 Feb 2019 17:32 UTC
The calf was miraculously born with two heads

The calf was miraculously born with two heads
This bizarre footage claims to show a baby calf born with two heads, four eyes and two mouths.

The rare creature was born on February 7 in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh.

The animal's owner, from the village of Shimla, can be seen examining his new pet in the video.

India has in the past hear made the headlines for its deformed calves.

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Cloud Precipitation

At least 60 feared dead in mine flood after dam collapses following heavy rainfall in Zimbabwe (UPDATE)


NewsdzeZimbabwe
Thu, 14 Feb 2019 11:55 UTC
mine flood
Twenty-three illegal miners are feared to have died on Tuesday evening when interlinked shafts and tunnels at two mines in Battlefields, Kadoma, were flooded after the collapse of a dam wall due to excessive rains received in the area.

The dam wall reportedly collapsed around 11PM on Tuesday night flooding shafts at the RioZim-owned Cricket Mine and another one owned by a Mr Baxter.

The two mines have three linked shafts said to be 30 metres deep and 20 metre-wide tunnels.

There are, however, fears that more miners could have perished in the disaster while reports also indicated that the water in the shafts and tunnels was rising.

Mashonaland West provincial administrator Mrs Cecilia Chitiyo yesterday confirmed the incident.

She said the local Civil Protection Unit had been activated to offer assistance.


Comment: Update: NDTV on the 16th of February reports:
At least 60 illegal gold miners were missing feared dead in Zimbabwe on Friday after water flooded two disused shafts in a mining town southwest of Harare, a government minister said.

Between 60-70 miners were in the two shafts when they were flooded on Tuesday, Local Government Minister July Moyo said.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa, had declared a "state of disaster", he added.

A government mining engineer, Michael Munodawafa, told AFP outside the mine, 145 kilometres (90 miles) southwest of the capital, that "hope of finding anyone alive is very slim since it happened Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. It's almost over 24 hours".

Moyo said "frantic efforts were being made to pump out water from the flooded shafts before retrieval of the victims".

The government has launched an appeal for $200,000 to be used "to pump out water, feeding the bereaved families and the (rescue) teams on the ground, transportation and burial of the victims", he said.

"Given the magnitude of this disaster, we kindly appeal to individuals, development partners and the corporate world for assistance in cash and kind," he said.

Zimbabwe is the throws of a deep economic crisis, the worst in a decade.

The country has valuable platinum, diamond, gold, coal and copper deposits.

Zimbabwe President had declared a

Zimbabwe President had declared a "state of disaster": Officials.


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Wolf

Woman injured in suspected wolf attack in Red Lake, Ontario


CBC News
Tue, 12 Feb 2019 12:22 UTC
Wolf
© wikipedia
Ontario Provincial Police have confirmed a 38-year-old woman was attacked by what was believed to be a wolf in Red Lake on Thursday.

The incident happened shortly after 7 p.m. February 7, in the vicinity of the Red Lake Margaret Cochenour Memorial Hospital, said Sgt. Mike Golding, community safety and media relations coordinator for the OPP North West Region.

"The victim had apparently been walking her dog when a large black animal, described as a wolf in her view, squared off against her dog and she decided to step in between to protect her pet and at that time the animal attacked her and she received a number of injuries to her legs and her back which required some medical assistance," he said, adding the woman has been released from hospital.
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