"As urban areas continue to grow across the planet, many animals are finding creative ways to make the best of losing prime habitat to human infrastructure.
While we may see their presence as some kind of break in an imaginary border we've created between our own concepts of nature and civilization, the animals themselves make colder calculations based on survival and relative danger."
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/mama-bears-use-humans-keep-their-cubs-safe-180959575/
BREAKING: 21 year old Laura has been sentenced to 3 months jail in Newcastle court after shutting down the loading facility at the Coal Port on Sunday.
After more than 30 arrests as part of a sustained Blockade Australia mobilisation, Laura is the first to be sentenced to jail.
In the face of repression action becomes more important than ever. There are risks inherent in challenging this system but to risk standing idle is to risk everything.
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The network of climate defenders that was targeted by police is adamant it will not be silenced.
LONDON’S NATIONAL ANIMAL RIGHTS MARCH 2024
WHEN: 17TH OF AUGUST 2024 12PM
WHERE: MARBLE ARCH, LONDON, UK
Folks are organising the yearly National Animal Rights March in London and are aiming for huge numbers. Back in 2019, 12 thousand people took to the streets in the name of animal rights, let’s see if that number can be beaten!
Groups will be coming together, from hunt saboteurs to anti vivisectionists to outreach groups. Hear all about what other folks are working on and upcoming events. This is a great opportunity to network and spread the word about any campaign or public actions you have planned. Go with mates, your local AR group, or on your own.
There’ll be plenty of speakers, stalls, and an awful lot of banners. Dust off the megaphone, make some noise and take over London. *Friendly reminder that police will be information gathering at this event, so take steps to keep yourself and others safe. Be smart, don’t talk to cops!
THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED, NOT BROKEN
#BLOCKADEAUSTRALIA 5th consecutive day of action blocking the Port of Newcastle, Grace hangs from a bipod over a rail bridge with a banner that reads, "the system is rigged, not broken."
Grace is right... environmental disasters, climate change, pollution and inequality are not mistakes - they are symptoms of a system built to exploit, to benefit those in power over the many.
The system is working just as intended. Politicians, corporations and the rich profit from the exploitation of people and planet because it's in their job description.
She says, "I don't think l'd be able to look at myself, if I wasn't doing something.
If you agree, join the resistance!
"Laumer explained that the plant and related liana species, found in tropical forests of Southeast Asia, are known for their pain-relieving, anti-inflammatory, and other properties important to wound healing.
The plants are used in traditional medicine to treat various diseases, such as malaria, dysentery and diabetes, said Laumer, first author of the study published in the journal Scientific Reports.
The researchers observed no signs of wound infection in the days following the injury. They also saw that the wound closed within five days and fully healed within one month."
