Restoring Biodiversity - 2/6/2024
Super pigs from Canada will soon be in the U.S. Another huge award against Roundup. Why farmers sell their weapons and buy donkeys. And more.
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Here is what we’ve been reading, watching and writing about over the past week…
Articles
Hard-To-Eradicate ‘Super Pigs’ in Canada Threaten to Invade the US
Super pigs from Canada will soon be in the U.S. These animals can’t be eradicated but they can be controlled - if we allow them into the commercial food chain like any other domestic species. If not, there will soon be a northern 'feral pig problem'.
Bayer Ordered to Pay $2.25 Billion After Jury Links Herbicide Roundup to Cancer
Another huge award against Roundup (glyphosate).
A jury handed down a $2.25 billion verdict, including $2 billion in punitive damages, against agrochemical giant Monsanto, according to the lawyers of a man who said he developed cancer from using the company’s weed killer, Roundup.
Videos
This is Why Farmers Sell Their Weapons and Buy Donkeys
As described in this video, burros make excellent guards against wolves and coyotes.
Tense Moments as Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Charges Ranger
Video footage has surfaced showing a Yellowstone National Park ranger firing projectiles at a grizzly bear after the bruin had charged the officer as he was outside his vehicle attempting to control traffic.
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