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7 hours ago · After failed negotiations, the British attempted to conquer the Aro Confederacy in 1899. By 1901, the tensions were especially intensified when British prepared for the Aro Expedition. The invasion of Obegu (in Igboland) was the last major Aro offensive before the start of the Anglo-Aro War. In November 1901, the British launched the Aro ...
7 hours ago · 1926 [ 415 ] Extermination campaign. The Great Plains wolf has been later determined to be continuous morphologically [ 410 ] and genetically [ 416 ] with the still existing Mexican wolf, which would use the name C. l. nubilus if placed in the same subspecies, due to being the older one. Red-moustached fruit dove.
7 hours ago · Cusco was long an important center of indigenous people. It was the capital of the Inca Empire (13th century – 1532). Many believe that the city was planned as an effigy in the shape of a puma, a sacred animal. [18] How Cusco was specifically built, or how its large stones were quarried and transported to the site remain undetermined.
7 hours ago · An animal rescue charity said it was helping people keep their pets rather than rehoming them, to help stop the influx. Animals In Need in Little Irchester, Northamptonshire, said it was focusing ...
7 hours ago · World Animal Protection claims that factory farms are on the rise. Its nationwide Confined in Cruelty research found that factory farms have increased by at least 13% in the last 5 years, with 209 ...
1 day ago · Gaspar Frutuoso wrote Saudades da Terra, the first history of the Azores and Macaronesia, in the 1580s.. A small number of alleged hypogea (underground structures carved into rocks) have been identified on the islands of Corvo, Santa Maria, and Terceira by Portuguese archaeologist Nuno Ribeiro, who speculated that they might date back 2,000 years, implying a human presence on the island before ...
17 hours ago · A wild elephant strayed into a residential neighbourhood at Amalagiri, near Peruvanthanam, under the Erumeli forest range in Idukki on Wednesday morning. The elephant was spotted in front of the ...