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Yahoo
6 days ago
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- Yahoo
DLNR says injury to endangered Hawaiian hawk was suspicious
COURTESY DLNR This endangered Hawaiian hawk was found in Mountain View with its upper beak missing. Experts determined the injury to be human-caused. COURTESY DLNR This endangered Hawaiian hawk was found in Mountain View with its upper beak missing. Experts determined the injury to be human-caused. State conservation officers are looking for leads on a potential case of human-caused injury to an endangered Hawaiian hawk on Hawaii island. The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources said that last month, a Mountain View resident found an emaciated Hawaiian hawk, or ʻio, on her property with the upper portion of its beak missing. The injured hawk was taken to the nonprofit, which contacted the DLNR Divisions of Conservation and Resources Enforcement and Forestry and Wildlife. Upon examination, experts determined the injury was not natural, but human-caused. The hawk had to be euthanized because it was no longer able to feed itself. 'I just want to make people aware that these types of abuses are happening in our backyards and if community members see something, please say something, ' said DOFAW wildlife biologist Raymond McGuire in a news release. The Hawaii Wildlife Center received a tip the previous week of a free hawk being offered on Craigslist in Mountain View. Posted photos of the hawk showed similarities to the one admitted, but with its full beak. Officials said the post has since been deleted, and it has not been determined if the two are related. In Hawaii, endangered wildlife such as the io are protected, and intentionally harming or killing them are prohibited by law and punishable. DLNR is encouraging community members to report suspected cases. 'We've received several reports in recent years of shootings and other harmful misconduct aimed at Hawaiian hawks, ' said McGuire. 'We can all contribute to the protection of our native io and stop the trend of abuse if we keep our eyes open and speak up.' Tips can be reported to the DLNR hotline at 808-643-DLNR (3567 ) or via the free DLNRTip app. See more : 4 Comments By participating in online discussions you acknowledge that you have agreed to the. An insightful discussion of ideas and viewpoints is encouraged, but comments must be civil and in good taste, with no personal attacks. If your comments are inappropriate, you may be banned from posting. Report comments if you believe they do not follow our. Having trouble with comments ? .
Yahoo
24-05-2025
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Baby hawk rescued from Chatham highway
PITTSBORO — Thanks to the quick thinking and teamwork of two Chatham County Sheriff's Office employees, a young hawk is safe and receiving care after a dangerous brush with traffic. CCSO Investigator Jon Murray was heading home after his shift on May 15 when something unusual caught his eye near the intersection of NC 22 and NC 42. Sitting motionless in the road was a baby hawk, vulnerable as vehicles passed close by. 'It wasn't trying to fly away,' Murray said. 'It just sat there while cars went right by it.' Realizing the bird was likely injured or too young to fly, Murray carefully secured it in a blanket and contacted the Chatham County Sheriff's Animal Resource Center for assistance. Animal Resource Officer Justin Green responded and took custody of the hawk, which appeared to have fallen from its nest. Green transported the raptor to Holly's Nest Animal Rescue, a local licensed wildlife rehabilitation center, where it will remain until it's old enough to survive on its own. 'We're grateful Jon spotted it when he did,' Green said. Holly's Nest, 309 Lazy Waters Lane north of Sanford, specializes in the care and rehabilitation of injured or orphaned wildlife and partners regularly with local agencies to ensure animals receive the help they need.
West Australian
20-05-2025
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- West Australian
Helping hands in orange: Geraldton SES volunteers recognisedduring National Volunteer Week
Laura Green and Joey Mihaly are prime examples of the unifying force of volunteering, with a shared passion for service to the community bridging the generation gap. It is National Volunteer Week (May 19-25), a chance to shine a spotlight on those who dedicate their skills and time to helping others. The Geraldton/Greenough State Emergency Service unit proudly celebrates its team of around 60 volunteers. Among them are SES logistics officers 20-year-old Ms Green and semi-retiree Mr Mihaly. Ms Green's emergency service journey began at the age of 13, when she joined the local fire brigade cadets. When she turned 16 she heard the SES were looking for younger volunteers and didn't hesitate to step up. 'From there, I've just done everything that's really been offered. There are good opportunities for everyone, every skill set,' she said. Mr Mihaly's path to the SES began after he caught a news segment about the organisation that showed volunteers in 4WDs tackling rough terrain. Immediately he knew he'd like to be a part of it, and in 2020, he signed up. 'I remember years and years ago I was watching TV. There was a news report about SES doing something and this LandCruiser came on, just bouncing around through the dirt and scrub and I thought 'that'd be so cool to be able to do that',' he said. 'And it just stuck in the back of my brain for a long, long time.' Just recently Mr Mihaly was deployed to South East Queensland after tropical cyclone Alfred wreaked havoc on the coast. 'Most of the jobs were chainsaw jobs, because it's just trees down all over the place, and we really didn't do anything else but chainsaw work,' he said. 'I remember being at a house, removing trees from the backyard and the next door neighbour was watching us like a hawk, screaming that we were ruining the bird's habitat. 'She was our next job, and by the end, she saw we were just trying to help her and then she realised, 'oh, you guys aren't killing everything in sight — you're not just chopping down trees for the hell of it'. We won her over. She actually gave one of our team members a hug.' Ms Green recounted one of her first, and to this day, most impactful deployments to the Carnarvon-Gascoyne Junction fires. 'I was fresh, as you could imagine, and I got the opportunity to go up there for a five-day deployment to do water bomber refilling and all the IT stuff out the back of where they're doing the incident base,' she said. 'And that opened my eyes a lot to SES and all the other agencies along with it.' Both volunteers said the best part of SES was learning hands-on experiences while making a real-world difference to people in crisis. 'We mostly get called out to smaller jobs like holes in roofs after big storms, flooding, transporting firies from place to place and even broken down cars,' Mr Mihaly said. 'But once a job is done you really do feel this massive sense of accomplishment, and as corny as it sounds, I really do love just helping people.' Ms Green added: 'When I'm in a good position, not everyone else is, and I have the capability to help people.' 'That's how I enjoy it. And you see so many different things, different people, different ways of life, while you're doing it. 'It's quite impactful, you see people in very vulnerable moments in their life, often pretty much the lowest they've been for some of them, but they'll turn around to people like us, and they'll be like, 'thank you for what you've done, you've done a little bit, but it's more than enough'.' The SES pair encourage anyone who may be thinking of joining the SES to look into it 'more closely'. 'Anyone can join. Any height, any gender, any disability we've got. We always make accommodations. There's always a place for people here,' Ms Green said. To celebrate volunteers like Ms Green and Mr Mihaly, WOW Day, or Wear Orange Wednesday, is on May 21.
BBC News
13-05-2025
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- BBC News
Flamstead Hawk update reveals he has 'calmed down'
A hawk that terrorised villagers for a month has "calmed down considerably" and is recovering at his new home since being Harris's hawk, named "Bomber", was trapped by a resident in the Hertfordshire village of Flamstead after attacking an estimated 50 people since the start of March, sometimes drawing blood and sending one man to unnamed falconer caring for the hawk provided an update on its condition from Flamstead Parish Council, saying: "There's still a bit of a journey ahead, but we're getting there.""He's a lovely little character and it's been a joy to watch him come into his own," they added. "Since being caught, he's calmed down considerably," the update said. "It's taken a lot of patience and gentle persuasion to move him away from his all-chicken diet, but he's now enjoying a much healthier, natural mix of food. "That's a big step forward for him."The hawk was still "slightly jumpy" when his carer has taken him outside on the glove, but he was flying confidently in a 30ft line. The update from Flamstead Parish Council referred to the bird as "Bomber". After he was captured his handler told the BBC he wanted to name him after Bomber Harris, the RAF commander responsible for the bombing of Dresden during World War anonymous falconer told the BBC that they had been working to capture the bird since January and it had been difficult as villagers had been feeding unusual violence was blamed on the fact he was hormonal or territorial. Follow Beds, Herts and Bucks news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Scottish Sun
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Scottish Sun
Now Kremlin makes chilling nuclear threat on Britain – as Zelensky says Putin is turning screws on Trump with Kyiv blitz
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) RUSSIA has issued a stark warning to Britain - forming a "coalition of the willing" in Ukraine could trigger a nuclear World War Three. The Kremlin won't tolerate foreign boots on the ground in Ukraine - and is ready to go nuclear, Putin hawk Sergei Shoigu warned on Thursday, just hours after Russian strikes killed nine people in Kyiv. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 5 The Russian missile strikes in Kyiv on Thursday morning left at least nine people dead Credit: Getty 5 Russian President Vladimir Putin and Sergei Shoigu, Secretary of the Russian Security Council and ex-Defence Minister Credit: AP 5 Zelensky arrived in South Africa on a foreign visit on Thursday but is already on the way back to Kyiv due to the missile blitz Credit: EPA 5 Intense recovery operations took place throughout Thursday morning Credit: Getty Shoigu, secretary of the Russian security council and ex-defence minister, says Moscow rejects Western 'peacekeepers' who plan to send their troops on the ground in Ukraine. The politician threatened Moscow is ready to use nuclear weapons - and even revive Cold War-era atomic tests in the Arctic. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described Russia's massive missile assault in Kyiv - the deadliest strike on the capital in months - as a move to "pressure" the US. "Russia understands that Ukraine is standing up, defending its rights and (it) is putting pressure on our people. It is also putting pressure on America," Zelensky said. The Ukrainian president is rushing back to Ukraine after the deadly strike. Across the border in Russia, Shoigu gave Western countries chilling warnings about meddling in the war in Ukraine, in his interview with Kremlin-owned news agency TASS. He even claimed Europe is secretly preparing for war against Russia by 2030. On Western troops being sent to Ukraine, he warned: 'Sensible politicians in Europe understand that the implementation of such a scenario could lead to a direct clash between NATO and Russia and subsequently to World War Three." It is 'more correct' to call such British and EU forces 'contingent interventionists or occupiers', Shoigu said, referring to Sir Keir Starmer's "coalition of the willing". 'Where will these 'peacekeepers' come from? 'They will be units of the same NATO countries, against the presence of which Russia opposed even before the [war], which began largely because of this threat - the deployment of NATO military infrastructure in Ukraine, on our historical territory.' Shoigu argued the UK had military presence in Ukraine even before the war began. He said: 'the same British even before the [war] began were very actively building their naval base in Ochakiv in the Mykolaiv region [of Ukraine], where they not only trained naval special forces of the Ukrainian Navy, but also conducted their operations against us. "It turns out that they will be able to return there again, but already under the flag of peacekeeping forces?' The ex-defence minister warned: 'This is exactly what French President Emmanuel Macron means when he says that Ukraine has the right to ask for the introduction of NATO contingents without consulting Russia.' "What will these 'peacekeepers' protect in Ukraine? 'The Nazi regime, marches and torchlight processions with symbols of SS divisions? 'Support the persecution of Orthodox Christians? 'Depriving the Russian-speaking population of the right to speak their native language, to preserve their own culture and traditions? 'This is not a peacekeeping mission. Apparently, also for these reasons, the states that make up the real world majority do not express any particular desire to participate in such 'peacekeeping' initiatives.' Shoigu says Europe is secretly preparing for war against Russia Shoigu claimed: 'An undisguised campaign is unfolding in Europe to prepare for a military conflict with the Russian Federation. 'Possible timeframes for such a clash are being announced at various levels - from three to five years. 'As early as 2030, European politicians and the military want to be ready to fight us.' He said Ukraine is on the brink of economic collapse, and neither Europe nor Britain can afford to bail it out or keep supplying military aid. He warned Russia has the right to use nuclear weapons in case of aggression against it or ally Belarus, and was 'closely following the military preparations of European countries'. This was a reason the new nuclear-capable 'wonder weapon' Oreshnik had been deployed in Belarus, he said. 5 Trump's seven-point plan THE US has drafted up a seven-point plan which, it hopes, will draw a path to peace between Ukraine and Russia. A source with knowledge of the plan revealed the content of the main points, reports The Telegraph: Immediate ceasefire in Ukraine Direct talks between Ukraine and Russia Ukraine to be barred from joining Nato US to formally recognise Russian sovereignty over Crimea US to give de-facto recognition of four Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia along current lines of control Ukraine to sign minerals deal to share profits on natural resources with the US All US sanctions lifted on Russia and both countries co-operate on energy Shoigu doubts a new era for US-Russia relations Shoigu spoke ahead of Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff's visit to Moscow for "peace talks" with Putin. He said he's cautious to believe a new era had begun with US-Russia relations amid Donald Trump's alleged pro-Moscow stance on the war. 'We welcome such an approach and are ready for reciprocal steps. 'Time will show whether the Americans are ready to resolve the existing systemic problems which require resolution. 'This is a difficult and long process. 'The history of our relations with the United States shows that we can trust only concrete actions rather than verbal statements.' He refused to rule out new Russian nuclear tests. 'Our position on this matter depends on the United States' actions in this area,' he told TASS. 'Now, warranty periods for some types of their nuclear munitions are expiring and the development of new types of weapons is underway. 'This may push Washington toward resuming nuclear tests. 'In such an event, Russia may follow their lead as a response step.' The USSR conducted its last nuclear test on the Arctic archipelago Novaya Zemlya on October 24, 1990. Thereafter, it declared a moratorium on nuclear tests which Russia continues to observe. In a period from 1949 to 1990, the Soviet Union conducted 715 nuclear tests. The threat comes after Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council and former president, warned of nuclear retaliation against countries, including Britain, that back the ICC's war crimes arrest warrant for Putin. He said: 'what may follow the execution of an illegal ICC judgement against a head of state who is not a party to the statute of the court. 'The very enforcement of such a judgement may be seen as a casus belli against the countries involved in its adoption,' Medvedev said. 'It is worth mentioning the danger of such decisions with regard to the leadership of a nuclear power and a permanent member of the UN Security Council.' He warned that those who issued the warrant 'can and should be prosecuted by the investigative and judicial authorities of the country whose leadership is being illegally prosecuted'.
