Chasing a camel!
Police car chasing a camel.
While coronavirus remains persistent, the virus appears to have spread from humans to white-tailed deer, where it is evolving rapidly. In a new study, researchers looked for SARS-CoV-2 infections by swabbing noses of free-ranging deer across Ohio. Using nasal swabs, 1,522 deer in 83 counties were tested, and 10 percent of the deer were found to test positive. The researchers also collected blood samples and estimated that nearly 24 percent of the deer were infected with SARS-CoV-2. "We generally talk about interspecies transmission happening very rarely, but this was not a large sample, and we can document 30 spillover effects. The virus seems to transmit quite easily between humans and animals," said Andrew Bowman of Ohio State University. The virus also evolves more rapidly in deer, meaning it could evolve and return to us, but the vaccine is thought to offer protection. Although there is no danger to us, this new finding could pose a risk to wildlife and pets.
A stunning elephant conservation project has been created in Thailand. Elephant World is a governmental project in Surin which includes a village for the ethnic Kui, a museum, a field for growing elephant food, as well as initiatives to restore the devastated forest. After decades of wandering the streets of tourist towns begging for food and money or working in unethical elephant camps, Elephant World should provide a source of stable income for the Kui and their elephants through monthly salary. Boonserm Premthada, principle and architect of Bangkok Project studio, says: “Within elephant world, there are various buildings and Bangkok Project studio was responsible for three buildings in total, the elephant museum, the observation tower, and the cultural courtyard.”
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