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Feral chickens were left to die in a cage after the Parks member of staff looking after them went on sick leave, Government said yesterday.
The Department of Parks blamed a breakdown in communication for the neglect of the animals in the Botanical Ga...
DATE: Sep 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The SPCA has raised suggestions of animal cruelty after two dead chickens and several more emaciated birds were discovered in a Government aviary in the Botanical Gardens.
Inspector Glyn Roberts said the birds had apparently been locked up without fo...
DATE: Sep 04, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A NOAA research team plans to leave Bermuda today to study how African winds affect the Atlantic, and potentially improve hurricane forecasting.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association vessel Ronald H Brown is scheduled to depart from St George’...
DATE: Sep 01, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Divers and accountants teamed up for a clean-up operation at John Smith’s Bay.
Members of Bermuda Sub-Aqua Club and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants collected several bags of garbage from the beach, and four plastic chairs, rope, gl...
DATE: Aug 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bus passengers will be able to pick up energy saving tips thanks to a new advertising campaign from the Department of Energy which focuses on energy efficiency.
The campaign titled ‘Did You Know?’ features small advertisements on bus handles Island-...
DATE: Aug 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Government’s failure to implement emissions legislation makes a mockery of its pollution testing project, according to Shadow Environment Minister Michael Fahy.
Senator Fahy urged Government to quit delaying the introduction of a new law cracking dow...
DATE: Aug 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Areas on Elbow Beach have been cordoned off with yellow tape due to a safety hazard caused by erosion.
The wall on the public entrance of Elbow Beach has crumbled, and is now a danger to people who decide to go near it. The Department of Conservation...
DATE: Aug 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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A scientist appealed to Bermuda’s mariners for help yesterday to find a $120,000 glider lost in the ocean, so he can continue important research.
Breck Owens and a team from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Center in Massachusetts had to give up hunting ...
DATE: Aug 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Government aims to eradicate the problemn of feral chickens by 2015, Minister of Public Works Michael Weeks announced today.
It is estimated there are about 30,000 feral chickens on the Island and previous attempts to control the population have not ...
DATE: Aug 15, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Five unsuspecting turtles yesterday are participants in the Bermuda Tour de Turtles, a three-month race through the Island’s waters.
Each was fitted with a satellite transmitter to monitor which travels the farthest in the inaugural race as the final...
DATE: Aug 15, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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