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has dismissed as baseless news of the coup has drawn strong international condemnations it's nothing short of. deeply disturbing this is unacceptable the international community rejects what is after. that leaders of the world or united in their. illegal act. on the streets of me and more the coup is seen as a sad setback for many little more than a decade after it celebrated its transition to democracy. suddenly now you know that you don't have i feel the army assaulted people when it states this killing when the civilian government and a government elected by our people. are not then you are countries just a bird learning to fly now all the army programs got to go oh my god i don't think i can i. ask me in mars catapulted towards an uncertain future
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many are rushing to stock up on essential bracing for an end to democracy as they know it. and let's get more now we're joined by dave who is a journalist who spent many years reporting from myanmar he joins us now from malaysia what else can you tell us about this coup how it has been organized and how it's unfolding. yeah well you've really got to just begin by pointing to the commander in chief of the military senior general min long he gets the mandatory retirement age of 65 later this year and it's no secret that he had his eyes on the presidency but given the results of the november elections where the nationally for democracy won more than 80 percent of the a valuable seats and won by a landslide there really seemed to be no way he could get there legitimately any time soon as you said a minute ago the military it was making strong accusations a week ago saying that there was a lection of fraud but the election commission rejected when i say strong they were
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being strong about what they're alleging they didn't show any proof of this so the election commission rejected saying there was no widespread voter fraud and then there were real concerns since last week that we could have a coup those concerns seemed to tamp down over the weekend with statements like came out of the military but then we saw what happened early this morning with political leaders being detained put under guard some little black that was detained as well and how about the people of myanmar how is this likely to impact them. well a huge blow to these people while the military does have some supporters and that's the overwhelming majority of this population clearly supports. some sushi and actually for democracy clearly against this coup now there was a statement released today by the end of the end her name where she calls the actions to the country called putting this and puts it back under dictatorship and urging people not to accept this the question is are we going to see at some point
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some some real protests public protests and demonstrations by the people that would be quite a move to make because this is a country keep in mind it spent close to 50 years under a repressive military dictatorship that in some cases not only put down public demonstrations not only violently but in some cases using deadly force given all of that given all of that background and context i mean the military says that they will be taking control for at least a year do we have any indications of what they are planning. so i mean this they are things are very opaque in me m r in the military and it's always been that way but the military has got to try attempt to somehow try to bring some legitimacy to what they're doing they're talking about what they claim was widespread elections fraud we're going to have to
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try to keep bringing bringing that up but the simple fact is this is that the people there's going to be very little changing of minds over this the people who are with aung san suu kyi believe that the end all be won that election legitimately they're going to dig in deeper and the people who support the military they're going to dig in deeper so now the military is going to be left as an unpopular leading the leaders in this country how are we going to manage that how they're going to manage the economy which they completely mismanaged during 50 years of june to rule and how they're going to manage the health crisis going on with a pandemic as well off questions really up in the air right now so many open questions day is going to be putting it into context for us so we really appreciate that. and let's get more now we're joined by kaylee long she joins us from london from the human rights group amnesty international says she's a researcher on me on mar welcome to the program and thank you so much for joining us and we understand that amnesty says this is an ominous moment for me on maher
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what are your fears for the people there people on the ground obviously communications has been patchy then people are really worried and man man has such a history of racial military dictatorships and so there are a lot of people that it's serious a lot of bills and you can see that in the response from the international community and it's the situation as always this is fluid and kind of unclear at the moment that this is definitely cause for concern for a new military that has such a bad track record with human rights into unity indeed you've mentioned the reaction world leaders have of course condemned to the military actions but what can the international community really do. this is really going to be a critical moment and a big test for the international community that we see in. international accountability for atrocities by the military against the revenge and rakhine state but at this stage i think everyone will be watching it very closely and hopefully
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speaking up on any human rights abuses and violations of international law. we know that unsung suchi has allegedly presided over human rights abuses and me on mar amnesty international is calling for her release just give us the background there yes i have for many years on something she had been a political prisoner herself and then we've been very critical of her during her time in government and the human rights violations have government has overseen so we actually rescinded the award that she was given had for being a human rights icon and so now they face detentions but the government and significance do have to be illegal and so we're calling for their release i'm conditionally. kaley long from the human rights group amnesty international joining us from london thank you so much for sharing that perspective.
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in other news the kremlin says that many of those involved in protest against the jailing of opposition politician alexina volley are hula cans and provoke a tourist spokesperson dmitri peskov was speaking a day after tens of thousands rallied in cities across russia to call for and of all news release more than 5000 people were arrested during the demonstrations critics accuse the police of using excessive force. they were warned but they marched anyway anti-government protesters all over russia demanding the release of opposition leader alex saying of all me they defied a ban by the kremlin the response was brutal and a show of force many were arrested some are beaten some hit with tears alike devices. over here in moscow alone thousands marched constantly changing their route in an attempt to evade the police some gathered outside the prison were all like scene of ali is being held for many of them the protests are
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about more than just the opposition leaders arrest protesters also say they are marching against corruption and for more democratic freedoms in russia. in a political battle for used to being told what to do being controlled or whatever but young people used to organizing themselves that's why i came here today because i want to take in what is happening in my country you're watching over go ready it's a disgrace. they've stolen everything from us. i live near oil and gas fields and they're just standing is all of that i mean i have a 2 year old son and they've put in stays in power for the next 16 years since he's climbing through there my son will grow up with him and i don't think anything will come of that little 4 years old. moscow was still asleep sunday when protests started in russia's far east in siberia as dawn spread across russia phone of on the rallies spanned across the country's 11 time zones but so did the forceful
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response by the authorities to. russia's 2nd largest city st petersburg was no exception. some call this russia's most aggressive and fear inducing nationwide operation but others say the government's attempts to overwhelm the protests might actually fuel the flames of the russian opposition and the voices calling for change. let's bring in the deputy correspondent emily sheryl when emily a walk us through the russian government's reaction here. well sara we heard today as you said from the kremlin spokesperson who called the protesters hooligans and provocateurs he basically said that the police force that we saw yesterday was justified because you can't talk to hooligans and what we also
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have been seeing is a bit of a crackdown even over the past few of the past week since the last protest that happened last week on opposition activists on protesters with criminal cases being opened with administrative cases being opened for taking part in an unsanctioned rally for a blocking traffic and for breaking the rules of gathering during a pandemic to day. news wife was fined for taking part in the protests that apparently blocked traffic so we've been seeing and we continue to see now a bit of a crackdown on the opposition and on state t.v. the reporting has basically just been painting these protesters small very insignificant and also painting the protesters as violent. given that reaction and really just could just put it into context for us how how big of a threat is this unrest to these protests pose to vladimir putin. i think
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that any protests are real threat to the kremlin basically street protests are the kremlin's nightmare i would say and these peaceful mass protests that we've been seeing that we saw this weekend that we saw last weekend as well are particular threat because they're not just taking place in moscow and st petersburg which is the normal scenario for russia they're also spread much wider over cities across the country over 11 time zones you know from cities in the far east and vladivostok to siberia to the urals so that's a new an unprecedented elements to these protests and also it seems that a lot of the new people have been coming out people who usually don't take part in opposition protests a lot of the speak people that i spoke to here in moscow said it was their 1st time last week and this week as well apparently around 40 percent of protesters last
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week had never taken part in opposition protests before and many of the people that i spoke to said that this is about much much more than me they said that this is about corruption in the ruling elites also the way that alex enough viney has been treated by the prison service by the court system which many perceive as unfair and they say they just want a different russia more democratic russia and we just briefly what is likely to happen to not only. well there's a court hearing tomorrow that could turn his suspended sentence into real prison time we'll have to wait and see whether he gets that jail time and how long he'll be put in prison and i think that most likely the kremlin people in the kremlin are thinking about what to do with him especially after these big protests they don't want to make a martyr of him and cause more people to take to the streets correspondent emily
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sure when with the view from moscow thank you for. that go check of some other stories from around the world hong kong pro-democracy advocates and media tycoon jimmy lie it has appeared in court he is contesting an attempt by the government to keep him in jail while facing charges under a sweeping new national security law it is the 1st major legal challenge to the legislation imposed by beijing last year the hold after months of silence india's prime minister narendra modi is condemning the country's long running protest against agricultural reforms farmers have been demonstrating for more than 3 months events took a deadly turn last tuesday thousands of farmers descended on the capital delhi and clashed with police $100.00 died hundreds were injured. thousands of brazilians took to the streets on sunday demanding president i had a pulse and arrows resignation they accuse the government of mismanagement in the
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country's coronavirus vaccination program many say the lack of leadership has led to an oxygen supply crisis in the amazonian capital. german vaccine developer buy on tac has pledged that it will ramp up deliveries to the european union by up to $75000000.00 doses in the 2nd quarter of the year the news from the company which is partnering with the u.s. pharmaceutical giant pfizer comes as the e.u. battles to buy more vaccine now the german government is holding talks later with vaccine producers to try and speed up an occupation's as we were poor at the rollout is beset by problems. in berlin this exhibition centers being used as a massive vaccination clinic taxis delivers seniors to receive the shots it looks like everything's going smoothly but appearances can be deceptive jim and city say the country's rollout has been plagued by logistical problems. we need to know when
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the vaccines are arriving and in what quantities said that we can schedule appointments it would reduce the public frustration gets off the top. 3 vaccines now approved in germany but they all in short supply german politicians now want to work closely with the pharma companies to overcome the shortfall. but it's not enough to tell companies to sky lab we have to come up with them urgency plan be prepared to pay compensation for redirecting manufacturing capacity we have to do more than to. the plan could involve the state ordering pharma companies to produce vaccines even vaccines developed by they compared to were in other words state intervention in the manufacturing process the green support that idea they say companies haven't done enough to speed up manufacturing. to me for. companies really doing enough to scale up operations that would mean increasing
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manufacturing gradients training the barber tree capacity and then vaccine production we have to take a close look at all of the state has to get involved with things out working out including by forcing them to license their products to of the. left parties also in favor of piling political pressure on vaccine produces useem god and upon to me this pandemic is proving that the idea of the invisible hand of the market solving everything doesn't run but that doesn't mean the government should do it for them companies must be for stacked health minister can make them jim and lauren powers him to do so. much is at stake at the german government vaccination summit as people white impatiently for their jobs chief political correspondent linda crane has the view from berlin melinda as we've been hearing there germany's vaccination far behind that of its other european countries where is the sense of urgency to
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speed up the rollout. well 1st of all the e.u. gave regulatory approval later than some other countries like the u.k. or the u.s. so the vaccine rollout here in germany didn't get going until just before new years and until then vaccination was something of an abstraction and after that it took a while for the gaps in the in the fission sees to become apparent germany's federal system divides up responsibility for vaccine procurement and distribution and that contributed to lack of transparency and accountability for bottlenecks but the fact is the sense of urgency and frustration definitely is now present and in the run up to this summit as we heard in the report the heads of several federal states have been calling for decisive action including a road map with quantities and dates detailing exactly how the federal government plans to meet its goal of administering vaccine to all citizens who want it by the end of the summer the health minister though is practicing expectation management
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saying he doesn't expect concrete solutions to emerge from today's summit we're also hearing about you know some radical proposals from politicians namely an outsourcing of vaccine production directed by the state how exactly would that work and is it even realistic. indeed some leading politicians from both governing and opposition parties and bear in mind that we are at the outset of an election year in germany are calling for the government to intervene to compel firms to produce increased quantities of x. seen and to collaborate with another in doing so which would normally be problematic under patent laws in theory the government does possession such emergency powers but the fact is this is unlikely to happen and there has been a good deal of pushback by both industry and politicians including the health minister put into context for us if you will some of the more promising news that
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we've heard from vaccine producers this morning for example by on tax and bio indeed german pharma giant tobiah just announced that it will help cure back produce up to $160000000.00 doses of cure vax covert $1000.00 vaccine that would essentially be implementing on a voluntary basis exactly that kind of cross industry combat operation that some politicians are calling for the government to mandate and we've also heard today that biotech pfizer will be delivering up to 75000000 doses more in the 2nd quarter of this year so those announcements bear out something we've been hearing for a while from germany's health minister which is that things will be tough for the next 8 weeks but will start easing up after march chief political correspondent melinda crane thank you and another development in the pandemic around 2000000 people in australia have entered a strict
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a lockdown after the discovery of one corona virus case in perth china has recorded its lowest daily increase in new coke in 1000 cases in more than 3 weeks and israel has extended its 3rd nationwide coronavirus lock down the country of 9000000 people and still registering more than 5000 new cases per day. along with the frustration of the slow pace of vaccination in many e.u. countries some people are also angry about government measures to try and slow the spread of the virus the netherlands has witnessed scenes of rioting and violence in recent weeks the vast majority of people there support the government's efforts to protect the population but as you to back sanda reports a small minority is determined to challenge the rules. don't mistake this for a festival this is a protest that each of the participants showed up with their very own message there
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is no virus you cannot stop the spread of an iris it's impossible so i find the measures the government takes disproportionate it's not a matter of that we deny coronado but we think there's a different way and. it's going too far at the moment the one thing that unites them is their discontent with how the dutch government is handling coronavirus for the 3rd time now this an authorized event has drawn different groups of people to the museum plain square in amsterdam police presence is high this afternoon and with reason. a week ago cities across the netherlands were overrun by protesters rioters attacked police said vehicles on fire and broke into shops 3 nights in a row and 9 o'clock curfew that was put in place by the government on january 23rd is believed to have triggered the protests the rioting and the looting here in the netherlands has stopped for now but boarded up shops like these service
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a constant reminder that the threat isn't over yet violent episodes like these shouldn't necessarily come as a surprise sociologist jacqueline french declan burke tells us we have to like a little bit a little bit and then there's closed and then that close and then sport's course not allowed anymore and so on and but that was never never a full package it might well be that eventually. people got extremely fucked up with it by the by the curfew being on top of it and you know in the netherlands freedom is a big thing. this man is worried about his freedoms as well. as one of the initiators of the protest a museum plain but because of last week's violence he's not participating today to underline his peaceful intentions he asked to meet us at the national monument for the victims of world war 2 the rules are too heavy for the problem ok there is
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a problem as i say there is a grown up fighters is there and it is a problem but the rules are too heavy 14000 deaths people means 0.08 percent and if you see the problems we're having in the whole country. shops are dying it's terrible for everybody. and supporters want to see restrictions rolled back and they're good to government leave office following the elections in march. but with a majority of dutch people still in favor of both the government and its pandemic strategy this seems very unlikely to me why. across town riot police have cleared the square this protest might be over but the next one will follow soon. trickle minder of the top story we're following for you here on news the military has carried out a coup d'etat in the on march they have seized control of the country and detained key government officials including de facto leader aung sang suu chain they cues
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the government of family to act on voter fraud in last november's election. and coming up on state of the union is our globalization magazine global 3000 with a look at the fight against illegal mining in peru there's also always more on our website p.w. dot com you can not follow us on twitter and instagram as well at your neighbors i'm sorry kelly in berlin i'll be back again at the top of the hour to care and sissies.
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in the fight against illegal gold diggers. in peru's jungles this takes heavy weapons the price of gold skyrocketed during the pandemic and the number of forbidding mines is exploding. with company a special unit in their dangerous work against reckless environmental destruction.
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global 3000. next on d w. eco india. this is what the delhi sounds like a single day. but that said to change. because noise pollution makes people and animals you know. more calm for metropolises how can that be achieved. in 60 minutes on d w. why are people forced to hide in trucks.
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there are many transit. there are many answers. and there are many stories. god make good by. the law but. still made for mines. welcome to global street alpha. mediæval beliefs in today's world in kyrgyzstan sons of priced possessions what about georgia's. northern mexico was once home to the mexican gray wolf with
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a lot of help the creatures and now returning. but we start in the peruvian as and where there's gold to be found how can locals put a stop to illegal gold mining. gold is the epitome of wealth and decadence and we have an age old fascination with it in ancient times it was prized for its beauty and constancy and it's held an allure for many people ever since in the 19th century of gold diggers headed to north america to seek their fortune. gold is still regarded as a highly general commodity and a safe investment in periods of crisis the gold price always rises during the current pandemic its value has surged. that's attracted criminal gold diggers looking to make big bucks like in peru the world's 6th largest gold producer.
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the fight against illegal gold mining in peru is bringing out the big guns this special unit is on its way to raid gold mine is hidden deep in the jungle. it's a mission fraught with danger they need fuel and they need lots of it. it's the start of a 3 day rate for park ranger vladimir ramirez and a platoon of soldiers are going real we're going to use small boats to travel the river to where the miners are. bringing elite soldiers with us but if i was there i might even that. ramirez is the director of the amazon reserve tumble part. on the way the group passes through military camp a year ago this was a come full of illegal minus. here in the intact jungle of the tumble part a reserve it's still pleasantly cool.
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but just to columbus has down the track the sun beats down on the scorched desert. it's a scene of massive environmental destruction with the help of the military ramirez was able to drive the criminals out of here a year ago. on this moonscape there were hundreds of gold mining machines operating. around 6000 illegal miners working just in this. this oil is contaminated with mercury which the mine is used to separate the precious metal from the rock. the park rangers have started reforestation another declaration of war against the gold mine. then the 1st way station in the intact part of the time apart and nature conservation area $2700.00 square of
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staggering biodiversity. at 6 o'clock the next morning they're on with 10 elite soldiers from the navy without their protection ramirez could not possibly carry out this raid risk you're willing to every time we find the gold miners they recognize us and they've threatened me and my park rangers these threats are not to be taken lightly. from here on it gets tricky the money no ski river is gold digger territory on the back they see the 1st winding towers of the illegals. ramirez has been doing this job for 14 years but it's only one year since the government has given him military backup. the man in the headscarf is the state prosecutor he's allowed to rest mine is deep in the jungle. now there's a hot lead a man was spotted on the bank he quickly disappeared into the underbrush. the
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soldiers follow his trucks. and here they find a camp concealed in the forest clearly the criminals have left in a hurry. the soldiers destroy everything they can find food clothing the troops the government prosecutors disappointed that the criminals were able to flee . the market i'm going to get off it's a mafia and the people in this camp work for the miners who are operating further along the river you know some of the images to get on to serve this campus as a lookout for the gold miners the 71 that. the arrival of the team here is no longer a secret the gold mining syndicates has a radio communications network which provides warning as everything burns the soldiers are eager to keep moving. the state prosecutor has seen
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suspicious pale patches on satellite images of the jungle i hear and. then they strike it lucky recently used mining gear. the soldiers inspect the tower a minus clothes lie hastily abandon next to it. as i thought they suck the mud up with a strong pump out of a water hole there and they pump it up into the washing slows the gold particles get caught in a piece of carpet for most of the family. there's no trace of the motor that annoys ramirez because that's the only way they can really put the set up out of action permanently. a quick photo then on weights through more and more of these gaping wounds in the rain forest. the water is full of highly toxic mercury
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the amazon ecosystem will take many years to recover and the illegal gold mining boom continues unabated. yes really the gold prices climbed around 40 percent since the pandemic began so obviously many people have joined the gold rush was furious i got all. the destruction of the rain forest has been accelerating even more as the coronavirus crisis ramps up the gold fever the soldiers also know that in another hole they've discovered a powerful engine 4 kilograms of dynamite should do the trick. and is splitting explosion which the miners will have heard from their hiding places but they'll be back soon ramirez says and he will too to carry on the fight against them. and. now we had from the amazon to the mountains of mexico home to the mexican wolf
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it's not easy to capture these shiny creatures on camera these here are lone animals in an outdoor enclosure being prepared for a life in the wild having been driven out of their natural territory in the state of chihuahua it's time for el lobo as the wolves that called in mexico to make a return. christiane is calling out to the wolves about 35 mexican gray wolves or logos live in this area in the state of chihuahua. that is involved in a project to reestablish and grow populations of the. it can wolf or canis lupus by lead to give it its scientific name they are shy creatures it's hard to spot any here in the sierra madre occidental mountain range which extends over almost
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2000000 head tears. but says the evidence indicates some are nearby. one. is very much. believe it where you are the most here we see several sets of footprints. look quite fresh when you saw the wolves could still be here this shows that they're alive and looking for food. checks one of the camera traps and photos confirm what he suspected. well well groups of people here are a couple of young wolves they're looking good health. and behaving normally or if. they were. by me but my brother this camera only takes still photos others record video aguilar is pleased these walls look
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well fed that's good news the mexican gray wolf is an endangered species. he says the composition of their feces is also a good sign if ever. you can see the hairs from the animal in a. communal. wild turkeys are among the animals lobo's hunt in the wild along with deer squirrels rats and peccaries. latter will examine samples of wool feces in the lab he says the hairs probably come from a deer or a peccary. so it looks like the wolves here have plenty to eat. but i'm in favor of backing off lord means the wolves 100 cattle and that should help resolve the conflict with the cattle ranchers.
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ranchers and landowners had almost killed off the mexican wolf its natural habitat used to extend from the southern united states to southern mexico. dozens of organizations in the 2 countries have got together to reestablish populations in the wild of robust animals with enough genetic diversity to be genetically viable. eduardo pay yun is one of the few ranchers around here who would welcome more wolves. he's even made his land available to the project to wolves will be released here in a few days' time. while his father used to hunt
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wolves he says the environment would benefit if they returned and took their rightful place in the ecosystem. they are an important link in the food chain. the advantage for cattle ranchers would be that wolves would displace the coyotes they don't really belong in this ecosystem ilves our competition for them and would drive them away because wolves are the natural predators here on the ranch nor the preorders not but i'll is their theory then run to. wolves often leave remains of their prey behind providing food for scavengers species wolves also help maintain the health of the cattle because they tend to attack sick and weaken danimal so. christiane regularly visits ranchers and tries to convince them of the advantages of having wolves in the area it's no easy task especially when wolves have been
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spotted within 200 metres as happened here. is. that we live off our animals so we have to look after them. we have to protect ourselves from any predators that jeopardize our livelihood and that often means with guns. it was a. good look at the latter tells ranchers that under certain conditions they will receive compensation if a wolf kills livestock he also points out that wolves don't normally like to have cattle for dinner while pumas and coyote's certainly do and they in turn tend to move away from areas where wolves live. at the when i visited there cobra at wildlife facility in the neighboring state of sonora 11 wolves are being prepared for their return to the wild.
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today's exercise hunting wild turkeys brought into the enclosure especially for the purpose. the veterinarian foster of men time tries to observe the hunt from a distance. with but on the ground but i will up we're coming we're hoping they'll come out so we are and evaluate their behavior and their hunting skills. these wolves are about to be released into the wild. and we want to stimulate their hunting instinct with live prey. to survive in the wild they have to be good hunters it's important that as the wolves hunt they can neither see nor smell people nearby. when the you know i'm looking for them but i can't see them and that's a good thing it means they've run away from us or you're going to hold. the wolves
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shouldn't assume people will continue to provide them with food they need to fend for themselves. and it looks like they already are to judge by these turkey remains . back on pions ranch and sure well while the time has come to set 2 wolves free a male and a female. they leave their human carers and are now on their own they can join a pack or have pups and start one of their own. attitudes from the dark ages in 2021 the idea that women are less valuable than men not whether of being alive femicide is the name given to the killing of women for being women a state of emergency has been declared in puerto rico after 60 such matters last year in countries anchored in traditional moral concepts when men are seen as as
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and providers and daughters as a burden femicide often takes place in the womb.

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