04/05/18

[Maik]

Undercover footage of goats being mutilated at farms prompts clothes retailers to stop selling mohair products
'Baby goats were left screaming in pain and fear on the shearing floor, all for mohair sweaters and scarves'

Some of the world’s largest clothing retailers have pledged to stop selling products made with mohair fabric over allegations of animal cruelty at farms.

Topshop, Gap, H&M and Zara said they would ban mohair garments, made from the lush hair of Angora goats, after footage released by Peta showed the animals being mutilated and violently handled at farms in South Africa.

In the video, some of the goats filmed by the animal rights charity are heard crying as they are forcibly shorn before being thrown across the floor by workers.

Others have their throats slit or necks snapped by farm staff while fully conscious.

https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/peta-footage-angora-goats-mutilated-mohair-ban-topshop-hm-zara-gap-stop-selling-a8335016.html

[Maik]

Turkey’s swimming Van cats soon to have their own pools

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/2018/05/03/turkeys-swimming-van-cats-soon-to-have-their-own-pools

Pics in link, scroll up/down on pics to view

[Maik]

Official visit schedule of Prince Charles and Camila in Greece
Royal couple to be in Greece on May 9-11

http://en.protothema.gr/official-schedule-of-prince-charles-and-camila-in-greece/

No mention of them visiting Kef! 

[Maik]

Evacuations ordered after Hawaii volcano erupts

http://www.itv.com/news/2018-05-04/evacuations-ordered-after-hawaii-volcano-erupts/

[Maik]

Twitter urges its 330 million users to change their passwords after 'internal bug'

http://www.itv.com/news/2018-05-03/twitter-bug-password-change/

[Maik]

Nudist Airbnb Comes to Greece

The naked version of Airbnb, called NaturistBnB — where clothing is optional — has recently arrived in Greece.

The website has been running for a few months and there are already properties on offer in France, Spain, England, Canada, the U.S. and lately in Greece.

Properties are being advertised in Messinia, the Peloponnese and Kefalonia.

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/05/04/nudist-airbnb-comes-to-greece/


Pic in link is this one from Vassaliki Naturist Club, Klismata: viglanatura.com/

[Maik]

Man ‘trying to take selfie' with bear is mauled to death

Forest ranger Dhanurjaya Mohapatra said... “The bear is being treated for its injuries.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/man-bear-selfie-video-mauled-death-selfies-india-odisha-asia-a8335806.html

[Maik]

Greece busts cancer drug theft gang, 21 arrests include doctors

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece has broken up a criminal gang that stole cancer drugs from hospitals and smuggled them to other European countries for resale at a premium, potentially depriving patients of life-saving medicine, police said on Friday.

Twenty-one people aged between 22 and 70 have been arrested, among them doctors and nurses, according to the police.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-greece-crime-cancer/greece-busts-cancer-drug-theft-gang-21-arrests-include-doctors-idUSKBN1I520V

[TonyKath]

Greece busts cancer drug theft gang, 21 arrests include doctors

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece has broken up a criminal gang that stole cancer drugs from hospitals and smuggled them to other European countries for resale at a premium, potentially depriving patients of life-saving medicine, police said on Friday.

Twenty-one people aged between 22 and 70 have been arrested, among them doctors and nurses, according to the police.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-greece-crime-cancer/greece-busts-cancer-drug-theft-gang-21-arrests-include-doctors-idUSKBN1I520V

Shocking. 

Well done the cops!

Tony