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CBC
Halifax mobile home park under boil-water order loses bid for licence
When Taylor Forrest and her partner first moved into Springfield Estates mobile-home park, the Halifax-area couple was excited to own their first home.But just months later, in December 2021, the Middle Sackville land-lease community was placed under a boil-water advisory that has remained ever since.”It’s not fair that anybody should be living like that,” Forrest said Thursday. “To not even be able to drink our water, like, it’s pretty upsetting.”The water issues have meant Springfield Estates
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Storyful
Wildlife Trapper Captures Massive Alligator in Florida Backyard
An 11-foot, 480-pound alligator was removed from the backyard of a south Florida home on Tuesday, April 9.The Homestead, Florida, homeowner, Thien Nguyen, told CBS Miami that he was alerted to the nuisance alligator when his dogs started barking.He called 911, who then contacted Todd Hardwick of Pesky Critters Wildlife Control.Thien Nguyen filmed as Hardwick’s team corralled the large reptile, securing its mouth shut and binding its legs to its body.Hardwick told CBS Miami that the animal was not injured during the capture, and the alligator will either be placed in captivity or “harvested.”The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission deems an alligator a nuisance if it is at least four feet long and poses a potential threat to people, pets, or property. Credit: Thien Nguyen via Storyful
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The Telegraph
How climate change is bringing more whales to British waters
Centuries of hunting, habitat loss and persecution have left the UK and Ireland among the world’s most nature-depleted nations. But although we’ve lost our bears and wolves, great auks and Irish elks, the British Isles remain remarkably rich in whales and dolphins. Indeed, around a quarter of all known marine cetacean species occur in our waters. So when news broke from Cornwall recently of a humpback whale trapped in fishing gear, it highlighted that these massive beasts are closer to home than
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