95 m. ago More than 60,000 penguins starve to death near Africa after fall in sardine numbers

African penguins need sardines to fatten up before a three-week moulting period on land

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5 h. ago 60,000 African penguins starve to death after sardine numbers collapse – study

Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research findsMore than 60,000 penguins in colonies off the coast of South Africa have starved to death as a result of disappearing sardines, a new paper has found.More than 95% of the African penguins in two of the most important breeding colonies, on Dassen Island and Robben Island, died between 2004 and 2012. The breeding penguins probably starved to death during the moulting period, according to the paper, which said the climate crisis and overfishing were driving declines. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago 60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed – study

Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research findsMore than 60,000 penguins in colonies off the coast of South Africa have starved to death as a result of disappearing sardines, a new paper has found.More than 95% of the African penguins in two of the most important breeding colonies, on Dassen Island and Robben Island, died between 2004 and 2012. The breeding penguins probably starved to death during the moulting period, according to the paper, which said the climate crisis and overfishing were driving declines. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago 'Mum's last birthday was in Greece, now she's starving to death in Iran jail'

British couple Lindsay and Craig Foreman have been detained in Iran for nearly a year, and to mark her birthday, which they will spend apart son Joe has penned a devastating open letter to his mum

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1 week ago Teen girl starved to death by mum was 'left for days' on bathroom floor before cops discovered her

Kyneddi Miller had been taken out of school during the pandemic, but investigators discovered Kyneddi had left the house just two times in the four years that followed before her death

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1 week ago Inside 'house of horrors' where obese family 'filmed girl nearly starving to death'

A 14-year-old teenage girl was allegedly locked in her bedroom by her morbidly obese family, who watched her through a camera, and starved for at least two years,

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1 week ago Ireland vs South Africa live: Springboks survive madcap clash as brave Ireland fall short

Ireland 13-24 South Africa: The Springboks prevailed in a crazy encounter in which the hosts were reduced to 12 men

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1 week ago The horrifying life of skeletal teen 'nearly starved to death by obese family'

The 14-year-old was so malnourished that cops initially thought she was six to eight years old.

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1 week ago Inside grim 'house of horrors' where obese family feasted as they filmed girl, 14, nearly starve to death

The 14-year-old girl was found at her home in Wisconsin, suffering damage to her organs, and said that she had not been outside in at least two years.

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1 week ago Tragic life of skeletal teen 'nearly starved to death by obsese family'

A skeletal 14-year-old girl has been rescued from a house of horrors, where it's been alleged she was nearly starved to death by her obese members of her own family, in what officers have described as the worst case of neglect officers have ever seen

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2 w. ago Parents 'starved son, three, to death "after abusing him in the most gruesome way" after fortune teller convinced them he was a demon'

Elias, born in Tyrol, Austria, died weighing only seven kilograms as a result of months of malnutrition and dehydration, an autopsy found.

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2 w. ago Toddler found dead in pile of laundry and rubbish as mum says 'I should have done more'

Nichole Lynn Boyer is accused of letting her disabled toddler starve to death has pleaded not guilty to murder after police found the boy’s decomposing body hidden in filthy piles of laundry and rubbish

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2 w. ago Schoolgirl, 11, 'starved' before death as body found inside bin a year later

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Jacqueline 'Mimi' Torres-Garcia was found in Conneticut, tied up inside a plastic bin with authorities believing the young girl may have been dead for a year

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4 w. ago Appalling state of dog left starving to death tied to tree with wire

An animal sanctuary said he was around a third of his normal weight and staff had to stay up all night to keep him alive

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