🚨🔵⚪️ BREAKING: Thiago Silva to FC Porto, here we go! The Brazilian defender is back in Europe as planned.
Agreement signed on short term deal for Thiago, new centre back for Farioli and strongly wanted by André Villas-Boas.
🇧🇷 Deal until June 2026 plus option until June 2027.
New Zealand just declared war on feral cats.
In a decision that has ignited global controversy, New Zealand has officially added feral cats to its Predator Free 2050 target list—a nationwide effort to eradicate invasive predators threatening the country’s unique native species. Until this week, cats had never been included.
Conservation Minister Tama Potaka described feral cats as “stone-cold killers.” These are not domestic pets; they are fully wild animals that survive without human care and hunt relentlessly. Their toll on biodiversity is devastating.
In a single week near Ohakune, feral cats killed more than 100 short-tailed bats—one of the country’s rarest mammals. They have driven the southern New Zealand dotterel to the brink of extinction. Beyond wildlife, they spread toxoplasmosis, a parasite that infects dolphins and other marine mammals, poses risks to human health, and causes significant losses in sheep and cattle farming.
The control methods under consideration are uncompromising: poison baits and trigger-activated toxin spray traps. Proponents argue the measures match the scale of the crisis, with feral cats now present in virtually every habitat across the country, from beaches to high-country forests.
Critics have raised serious ethical concerns and warned of potential collateral impacts, but public support is overwhelming—over 90% of submissions in a recent national consultation favored tougher action against feral cats.
Authorities have repeatedly stressed that the plan targets only feral populations. Domestic pet cats are explicitly excluded, and the focus for owners remains responsible practices: desexing, microchipping, and keeping pets contained or away from sensitive wildlife areas.
A coffee shop in Singapore invented the "Sweet Little Rain."
This coffee or tea is served with a puff of cotton candy.
The steam from the coffee rises to dissolve the cotton candy, and the puff begins to "rain" onto the coffee cup.