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Positive news round-up
Ubuntu Thoughts / 5 Min read
October 7, 2022
Callum Berry
Content & Media Manager
Content & Media Manager
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We’re back for another weekly instalment of our Positive News Roundup. This week, we’re looking at next-level ocean clean-up operations, a renewed hope for rescue dogs, and a surge in some big feline friends.
Let’s jump straight in!
Let’s jump straight in!
A great Pacific cleanup
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a wide swath of ocean between the U.S coast and Japan, is an enormous vortex of — you guessed it — garbage.
A system of currents surrounds the area and sucks debris and litter into its rotation, trapping hundreds of millions of kilograms of plastic waste within a 20 million square kilometres. The Ocean Cleanup (an organisation we’ve reported on previously), have engineered a slow-moving apparatus called System 001 designed to wade through the patch to retrieve garbage with a massive net, and have subsequently released an update (System 002) which has removed more than 100,000 kilograms of plastic as of July 2022.
But the ocean’s biggest clearing operation hasn’t stopped there. In a recently released concept video, The Ocean Cleanup has shared how their System 003 will consist of three vessels working with drones to identify waste hotspots. The ships will haul a massive 2,500-metre wide and four-metre deep net system that sweeps the targeted areas to gather debris and funnel it to a large retention zone.
Another incredible feat in not only innovation but ingenuity that takes us a big step closer to improving the health of our oceans.
A system of currents surrounds the area and sucks debris and litter into its rotation, trapping hundreds of millions of kilograms of plastic waste within a 20 million square kilometres. The Ocean Cleanup (an organisation we’ve reported on previously), have engineered a slow-moving apparatus called System 001 designed to wade through the patch to retrieve garbage with a massive net, and have subsequently released an update (System 002) which has removed more than 100,000 kilograms of plastic as of July 2022.
But the ocean’s biggest clearing operation hasn’t stopped there. In a recently released concept video, The Ocean Cleanup has shared how their System 003 will consist of three vessels working with drones to identify waste hotspots. The ships will haul a massive 2,500-metre wide and four-metre deep net system that sweeps the targeted areas to gather debris and funnel it to a large retention zone.
Another incredible feat in not only innovation but ingenuity that takes us a big step closer to improving the health of our oceans.
Big dog dream
This one’s for our fellow dog lovers out there: Big Dog Ranch Rescue — the largest cage-free, no-kill rescue in the U.S — is opening a 100-acre facility in Alabama.
The ranch will be located at the former home of a greyhound training facility in Shorter in Macon County and will serve as a rescue, rehabilitation, medical and adoption centre for dogs across the south.
Big Dog Ranch Rescue Founder and CEO, Lauree Simmons, said the facility is desperately needed.
“Record numbers of dogs are being brought to shelters resulting in overcrowding and a record euthanasia rate for these former family pets. Higher costs for everything from fuel to food are prompting owners to surrender their dogs,” Simmons said, adding the Alabama property will allow the rescue to save an additional 5,000 dogs each year.
Big Dog Ranch Rescue Founder and CEO, Lauree Simmons, said the facility is desperately needed.
“Record numbers of dogs are being brought to shelters resulting in overcrowding and a record euthanasia rate for these former family pets. Higher costs for everything from fuel to food are prompting owners to surrender their dogs,” Simmons said, adding the Alabama property will allow the rescue to save an additional 5,000 dogs each year.
The wonderful thing about tigers
Nepal’s National Tiger and Prey Survey 2022 has found there are now 355 wild tigers in the country — a 190% increase since 2009.
The exhaustive survey covered 18,928 square kilometres, more than 12% of the country, and required 16,811 days of field staff time.
Ginette Hemley, senior vice president for wildlife conservation at the World Wildlife Fund — US, told CNN the announcement represents a major win for conservationists and tigers alike.
“Tigers in Nepal and everywhere else that they live in Asia, about 10 countries, were on a steady decline because of two key reasons,” said Hemley. “The most immediate reason was poaching for the illegal animal trade. The second reason was loss of habitat.”
The exhaustive survey covered 18,928 square kilometres, more than 12% of the country, and required 16,811 days of field staff time.
Ginette Hemley, senior vice president for wildlife conservation at the World Wildlife Fund — US, told CNN the announcement represents a major win for conservationists and tigers alike.
“Tigers in Nepal and everywhere else that they live in Asia, about 10 countries, were on a steady decline because of two key reasons,” said Hemley. “The most immediate reason was poaching for the illegal animal trade. The second reason was loss of habitat.”
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