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Turkey feeds stray animals during Covid-19 outbreakAs the people of Turkey stay at home to contain the spread of Covid-19, the government is tackling the question of who will feed the country's hundreds of thousands of stray animals.The interior ministry has decided that the job falls to local councils nationwide, and has ordered them 'to "bring food and water to animal shelters, parks, gardens, and other areas where animals are found''.The ministry insists that "all necessary measures must be taken to ensure stray animals don't go hungry", adding that the animals' shelters and dens should also be disinfected.Activists, volunteers and residents usually feed Turkey's army of strays, but self-isolation and restrictions on movement have hit animal welfare hard.
Coronavirus: China declares dogs are companions and should not be eaten, signalling possible end to brutal meat tradeAgriculture ministry cites ‘progress of human civilisation and public concern’China has stated that dogs should be treated as pets, not livestock, for the first time – a move campaigners hope could signal an end to the country’s brutal cat and dog meat trade.It comes after Chinese authorities imposed an immediate ban on eating and trading wild animals in response to coronavirus, which is believed – but by no means conclusively proven – to have first spread to humans at a “wet” market in Wuhan.
High winds kill thousands of migrating birds in 'disaster' over GreeceSwallows and swifts on their annual flight from Africa to Europe have been found dead across Greece
Brown hares and chickens ‘treated as gods when they first arrived in Britain’Brown hares and chickens were considered gods when they first arrived in Britain during the Iron Age, research suggests.Instead of being seen as food, the creatures were associated with deities, and buried with care and intact.Archaeological evidence shows no signs of butchery on bones examined, and the ongoing research suggests the two animals were not imported for people to eat.Work by experts from the Universities of Exeter, Leicester and Oxford is revealing when brown hares, rabbits and chickens were introduced to Britain, and how they became incorporated into modern Easter traditions.
Expert recommends against widespread use of gloves and masksGreece’s coronavirus spokesman and expert on Thursday reiterated recommendations against the widespread use of face masks by the general public as a means of protection against the highly contagious novel coronavirus.Infectious disease professor Sotiris Tsiodras said that the Health Ministry’s panel of experts is in agreement with European health authorities in advising that masks be used by the general public only if an individual is sick or finds him or herself in a crowd.Tsiodras also warned against the widespread use of disposable gloves, saying that they can do more harm than good by creating a false sense of security.
Wholesale power prices highest in EUGreece has the highest wholesale electricity rates in the European Union according to European Commission data for the last quarter of 2019.Compared to countries in Central Europe, the Greek wholesale market is 50 percent more expensive.The data are particularly disappointing concerning the competitiveness of Greek exporting industries, especially energy-intensive ones that have to compete with rivals in countries where power costs almost half the amount it does in Greece.
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