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October 2021 Factfile | news, animals and more!

Hello, October is over and November is here - let's hope it's a cosy month full of stunning Autumn colours and beautiful rainy days! News Good news Judge postpones wolf hunt in Wisconsin Every year in Wisconsin there is a wolf hunt in autumn. But this year, something amazing happened: A judge halted the season. For years there has been a dispute, on one side environmentalists, and on the other hunters and farmers. The farmers claim that wolves destroy their crops and that killing them is the only solution. Environmentalists argue that wolf populations are too weak and that the animals shouldn't be killed. Let's hope that this is the first step toward stopping the wolf hunt altogether. Bad news Pacific islands are disappearing For many of us, the threat of climate change feels distant. But for the people of the Pacific islands, the terror is all too real. These are their homes, and they are rapidly becoming submerged b

New ideas, New editor and MORE | an update

Hi Everyone! Our blog has been going through some changes so in this post we are talking you through a few things that will be changing and how your vote can impact them! 1. We've got a new blog editor! There were already three of us writing on here but we recently invited MK to join us! They will be writing their own posts and taking part in joint ones too! This is very exciting for us and we hope that you will all enjoy having a new perspective and input. 2. Vote on Factfile's potential replacement- your vote matters! After doing animal of the week throughout 2020, we decided to move to monthly fact files, which we have been doing throughout 2021. So for 2022, we thought we could change it up a bit. We have so many ideas and we've put a few in a vote for you all to take part in, meaning you can have your say in what kind of monthly content you want to see from us. We could keep the fact file too and there is an option for that so,