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1. Trust celebrates birth of rare lemur quadruplets

“The trust said red ruffed lemurs were only found in a small area of the northeast of Madagascar and were "critically endangered". It said the birth of quadruplets was incredibly rare, occurring in fewer than 6% of births worldwide. [...] It added alongside being part of the breeding programme, Shaldon Wildlife Trust directly supported the protection of the animals in the wild through their field conservation partner, the Lemur Conservation Association.”

2. Colorado Gov. Polis Signs New Conversion Therapy Ban, Defying Supreme Court

“The bill [...] allows survivors to sue the practitioners who subjected them to [conversion therapy], using a private right of action—notably, the same legal mechanism first pioneered by Republicans to get around Roe v. Wade in Texas. [...] Once it takes effect, it should immediately make conversion therapy financially prohibitive in the state, as any practitioner who engages in it faces unlimited civil liability with no statute of limitations on claims.”

3. A ‘Reforestation Pipeline’ in New Mexico Trains Seedlings to Survive in Burn Scars

“[First, researchers] find seeds from trees of various species that have already survived drought, wildfire or temperature extremes. [… Then, the nursery] toughens seedlings up so that they’re better prepared for the extreme conditions they’ll face outside[….] Toca and his team are exposing seedlings to controlled drought, which causes them to create a larger root system that can absorb more underground moisture[….]”

4. 8 crested ibises released in Japanese town decades after extinction in Japan

“The eight birds have been raised at a conservation center on Sado Island in the neighboring prefecture of Niigata following a successful captive-breeding program. Ten more birds are waiting to be released. [...] The birds went extinct on the Honshu main island in the 1970s[....] In 1999, artificial breeding by a pair donated from China successfully led to the first Japanese crested ibis chick born in captivity[....]”

5. Thanks to two new laws, more Virginians can save with community solar

“The legislation expands subscription-based solar farms from 250 to 875 megawatts[….] “You can tuck this [solar array] in a farmer’s back 40 where it can’t be seen from a road[….” and the income enables the farmers] to retire comfortably. […] The measures include allowing plug-in balcony solar units, reining in local restrictions on large solar farms, and pushing for better utilization of the state’s existing network of poles and wires.”

Wulver (Werewolf Type)

A variant of werewolf, the Wulver is found in Scotland, and is a close cousin in design to the Irish Faoladh. Wulvers, like Faoladh, have a much changed form in comparison to the common werewolf, warped by the same rune-tattoos that both used to warp their curse. However where the Faoladh warp the aggressiveness of their lycanthropy into protectiveness and defence, the Wulver warps it to an acceptable violence, using it’s human-like hands to and it’s werewolf speed to hunt and catch rabbits, fish and even boar and deer, which they give to the needy.

Wulvers are most common on the Shetland Islands, where, historically, Scottish werewolves who were caught were often sent before the development of the Wolfsbane Potion. On the most isolated of the Islands they worked together to make the first rune-tattoos, and once they were proven effective all of the Shetlands werewolves did likewise, and began to travel freely, sharing the knowledge of their rune-tattoos with other werewolves. Even now Wulvers are fairly common in Scotland, with many preferring the usefulness of the Wulver form and purpose to the simple freedom of Wolfsbane, though there are some who use both.

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