# Die Hooggeregshof in Nieu-Seeland het die skuldigbevinding omgekeer van die eienaars van ‘n vulkaan wat in 2019 uitgebars en die lewens van 22 mense geëis het. Vyf-en-twintig is beseer. Die bestuursgroep Whakaari is in 2023 skuldig bevind aan versuim om besoekers veilig te hou, en met tien-miljoen-rand beboet. Hulle moes ook 50-miljoen-rand se skadevergoeding […]
# Die Hooggeregshof in Meksiko het ‘n dieretuin beveel om die gesondheid van ‘n Afrika-olifant genaamd Ely te verbeter. Kenners meen dit kan ‘n presedent skep, want dit erken diere het regte. Ely is al 13 jaar in die dieretuin in Mexikostad nadat sy uit ‘n sirkus gered is. Die diereregte-aktivis, Diana Valencia, sê sy […]
# The conviction against the owners of a New Zealand volcano that erupted in 2019, killing 22 people and injuring 25 more, was thrown out by the country’s High Court. Whakaari Management Limited was found guilty in 2023 of failing to keep visitors safe and fined ten-million-rand. They were also ordered to pay 50-million-rand in […]
# Mexico’s Supreme Court has ordered a zoo to improve the health of an African elephant named Ely. Experts believe it could set a precedent in Mexico recognising that animals have rights. Ely has lived at the zoo in Mexico City for 13 years since being rescued from a circus. Animal rights activist Diana Valencia […]
# Die brandweerdienste van die Kaapse Wynland-distriksmunisipaliteit sê die veldbrand in die berge bo die plaas Weltevrede is nog nie geblus nie. Brandbestrydingspanne het oornag hulle hande vol gehad om opvlammings op die brandlyn in bedwang te kry. Die munisipale woordvoerder, Jo-Anne Otto, sê helikopters is ingespan, maar hulle kon nie help om die brandlyn […]
# Oseane, wat altyd beskou is as onbeperk, is tans onder druk weens oorbevissing, aardverwarming en besoedeling. Dit is volgens ʼn marienebioloog aan die Universiteit van die Wes-Kaap, professor Gavin Maneveldt. Byna 90-persent van die wêreld se seevisvoorraad is volledig uitgeput of oorbevis. Maneveldt sê wetenskaplikes oorweeg ander voedsel- en energiebronne terwyl die wêreldbevolking na verwagting […]
# The Cape Winelands District Municipality’s Fire Services says the wildfire line in the mountains above the Weltevrede farm continues to burn. Overnight, fire crews had their hands full in efforts to contain flare-ups on this line. The municipality’s spokesperson, Jo-Anne Otto, says aerial resources were deployed on Thursday, but this was ineffective in cooling […]
# Oceans, once thought to be limitless, are now under severe pressure from overfishing, global warming and pollution. This is according to University of the Western Cape marine biologist, professor Gavin Maneveldt. Nearly 90-percent of the world’s marine fish stocks are either fully fished or overfished. Maneveldt says scientists are exploring alternative food and energy sources […]
# Oxbridge-akademici lei ʼn veldtog om klimaatsverandering in alle skoolvakke te integreer as deel van die Arbeidersparty se leerplanhersiening. Die Britse minister van Onderwys, Bridget Phillipson, word in ʼn brief gevra om klimaatsverandering by die leerplan in te sluit. Meer as 150 akademici in die Verenigde Koninkryk, onder andere 29 professors van Oxford en Cambridge, […]
