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Off-leash dogs increase chance of human-bear conflict: study
A high-profile encounter with a grizzly bear that was caught on camera, and a new study analyzing human-bear conflicts that involved dogs, are highlighting the need to keep dogs on-leash when hiking. Source link
Solar eclipse glasses 'sold out everywhere' as people look for alternatives
Eclipse glasses can offer protection from harmful rays of sunlight but most high street stores have sold out. Source link
Jackie, the bald eagle who won hearts over livestream, has died at age 14
Jackie, one half of a bald eagle pair whose lives and parenting woes garnered millions of viewers through a livestream camera in Southern California’s Big Bear Valley, died Monday after weeks of veterinary treatment. Source link
Netflix's Love Is Blind is coming to Canada — and Canadians are already tagging their friends
Netflix said Tuesday that its hit reality dating series Love Is Blind is coming to Canada. If you’re single and interested, the pods are soon opening on this side of the border. Source link
Alberta says hunting bears with dogs will protect caribou. The province's former caribou manager disagrees
Letting hunters use dogs to hunt black bears is a move the Alberta government says will help caribou conservation efforts, but wildlife biologists aren’t convinced. Source link
Three ways to watch the solar eclipse safely without glasses
With some shops running out of stock, it may be too late to buy eclipse glasses – but you can still safely watch the spectacle using some household items. Source link
Congo battles fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak on record as deaths top 2,000
The Democratic Republic of Congo says that confirmed Ebola deaths have reached 2,011, the latest grim milestone in what health officials have described as the fastest-spreading outbreak on record. Source link
Wrong bear killed by RCMP after girl attacked in Maple Ridge, B.C.
Officials say they are still searching for the black bear that attacked a three-year-old girl in Maple Ridge, B.C., on Sunday, after confirming a bear RCMP killed wasn’t the one that did it. Source link
Somalia child hunger surges as aid drops, Doctors Without Borders says
Funding to tackle acute malnutrition in parts of Somalia has dropped by more than 80 per cent this year, Doctors Without Borders said on Tuesday, even though one in every four children screened in displacement camps in the southwest of the country is severely malnourished. Source link
Thames Water 'flagship' chalk stream rated as poor
The firm says it has invested in the chalk stream and water quality is “influenced by a range of factors”. Source link