More than 80 individuals were caught from Ylöjärvi’s cat population in August, but several dozen cats remained in the wild.
What to do with abused, semi-feral cats? What does it cost?
The volunteers of the Cat Corner association had to think about the issue in Pirkanmaa after a herd of more than a hundred semi-feral cats was found in the countryside of Ylöjärvi at the end of August.
More than 80 cats were lured from the herd at one time. Dozens of cats were still left wandering in nature, and they are going to be lured today, Friday. Such a large herd has never come to Kissankulma (http://www.kissankulma.com/) at one time before.
Rescuing the cats and then food, chipping, vaccinations, sterilization and other care is a multi-thousand-euro expense item for the Kissankulma association.
Individuals of the large cat population found in Ylöjärvi have been placed, for example, in the Katajankulma foster home in Hattula. …
Humpback whales learn the complex songs of other populations quickly and accurately when they hear them along their migrations. An equal cultural exchange is known only from humans.
A diver and a humpback whale in the waters of Tonga in the South Pacific. An adult humpback whale is about 15 meters long and weighs 30 tons. …
The leading candidates strongly disagree about the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. The election will decide whether we will start fighting forest destruction or let it continue. In the worst case scenario, the Amazon rainforests are on the road to drying out and atrophying.
In the world’s largest rainforest, the Amazon in Brazil, the worst forest fires in 15 years are raging.
Illegal land grabbers set fires to clear the forest for cattle grazing and soy plantations.
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One of the biggest reasons for the devastating forest fires has been the reluctance of President Bolsonaro’s administration to protect the environment: the country’s economy is growing at the expense of the Amazon rainforest.
The past five years have seen extensive deforestation in the forests of Brazil. Rainforest cleared for fields along the road leading to Itaituba in 2019. …
The hot August took away the mushrooms, but suitable rains can still bring them back.
– I’ve been walking here for seven years, and I’ve never seen a forest so empty of mushrooms at the turn of August and September, says Korhonen.
The past summer and early autumn have been quite special when it comes to mushrooms. At the end of July, mushroom baskets were filled with delicious chanterelles in different parts of Finland.
The hot period in August stopped the mushroom season almost completely.
– There is still hope. When the water comes, the mushrooms still rise. Not in a day or two, but in a week from the rains, Jarkko Korhonen reminds.
September is the best mushroom month in southern and central Finland.
– Measured in milliliters, the rain has been quite reasonable in recent days. I think the mycelium is starting to flow and produce a crop. I just have to hope that the night frosts don’t come too early.
Jarkko Korhonen is a Finnish mushroom expert and writer. …
The city of Vantaa has decided to sell the 50-hectare forest area in Lope to the Natural Heritage Foundation. The forest will be bought and protected with the funds of the Blue Forest collection launched by the Natural Heritage Foundation and the Von Hertzen Brothers band in February.
Musician Kie von Hertzen explores the river that runs through the Blue Forest. …
Herring is an important food fish, but suffers from the effects of climate change. The decrease in salt content has changed the diet of herring.
A new explanation is being found for the poor condition of herring in the Archipelago Sea.
Back in the 1980s, herring was twice as plentiful as it is now. Reasons for the silverfin’s weight loss have been searched for a long time.
There are several factors behind this, but the latest observation is the decrease in iodine concentration in the Baltic Sea.
Heavy rains dilute the Baltic Sea
It has already been observed that a decrease in salinity is harmful to herring.
At the turn of the millennium, it was noticed that climate change has an effect on the life of herring. Due to climate change, the amount of precipitation has increased and with it the salinity of the Baltic Sea water has decreased.
When water moves away from the Baltic Sea more regularly, salt pulses occur less frequently. When no new salty water comes from the Danish straits, the salinity of the Baltic Sea water is further diluted.
Due to the lower salinity, the diet of the herring has changed. Because of that, the herring lives in constant hunger. In 40 years, the herring has lost up to 50 percent of its weight.
Jari Hänninen heads the activities of the Archipelago Sea Research Institute on the island of Seili. …
The reason for this is the fir’s good cone crop during the previous few summers. The squirrel population has been calculated using game triangles and it describes the strength of the population in forest areas, but not in urban environments.
The squirrel is a declining species elsewhere in northern Finland, but in Kainuu the population has increased fivefold. …