{"id":24653,"date":"2023-02-08T14:38:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T13:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/?p=24653&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=24653"},"modified":"2023-02-13T10:16:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T09:16:05","slug":"news-up-down-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/2023\/02\/08\/news-up-down-7\/","title":{"rendered":"News: Up &#8211; Down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\"><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"565\" height=\"728\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/01\/49ac3d4e-d7df-4f65-a56f-82a212ab284f.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-24368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/01\/49ac3d4e-d7df-4f65-a56f-82a212ab284f.jpg 565w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/01\/49ac3d4e-d7df-4f65-a56f-82a212ab284f-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead\"><strong>Big cat bill <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Efforts to curb private ownership of big cats, such as lions and tigers, have increased following the hit Netflix series <em>Tiger <\/em><em>King. <\/em>The Big Cat Public Safety Act, a bill revising the requirements governing the trade of big cats in the USA, passed by unanimous consent in the Senate. It was signed into law by President Joe Biden in December 2022. <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/10\/Layer-11.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-21455\" width=\"136\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/10\/Layer-11.png 206w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/10\/Layer-11-146x300.png 146w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 136px) 100vw, 136px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"566\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/01\/7e190676-dcf1-475a-8590-082fb9064c45.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-24370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/01\/7e190676-dcf1-475a-8590-082fb9064c45.jpg 566w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/01\/7e190676-dcf1-475a-8590-082fb9064c45-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead\"><strong>Below the radar <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">A preliminary investigation suggests that UK earthworm populations are shrinking. Studies on population trends in this ecologically important group are sparse, but after collating the little data that has been collected over the past century, the British Trust for Ornithology found evidence of significant declines in abundance and have called for better monitoring. <\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"footer\">TIGER: GETTY; EARTHWORM:NPL <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big cat bill Efforts to curb private ownership of big cats, such as lions and tigers, have increased following the hit Netflix series Tiger King. The Big Cat Public Safety Act, a bill revising the requirements governing the trade of big cats in the USA, passed by unanimous consent in the Senate. 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