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COVID-19 and animal ban threaten French circuses

February 15, 2021545 Views

William Kerwich hasn’t performed a circus show since March. Instead, his family’s travelling circus has been parked on a plot of land in southern France, his lions and tigers confined to their pens and his main tent packed up. Kerwich can only guess when the COVID-19 crisis will ease enough for the government to allow his circus to resume entertaining crowds. Even then he faces another threat to his livelihood: a likely ban on wild animals in circuses. “We might lose our animals, but also our profession, our tradition,” he told Reuters. William Kerwich, owner of the Royal Circus and President of the Circus and Shows Animals Union, feeds Molly the hippopotamus at the circus home base in Senas as circus shows remained shut as part of COVID-19 restrictions measures to fight the coro...

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Beating the blues on the Blue Trail

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February 9, 20211223 Views

Desperate to escape the pandemic lockdown, thousands of Hungarians have flocked to the country’s famous National Blue Trail to savour the calm, open air of the woods. Meandering for about 700 miles from Hungary’s western border with Austria to the northeast, the Blue Trail originated in 1938 and was recognized as Europe’s first long-distance trail. Tibor Miklosi and his family hike on National Blue Trail along the Pilis Mountains, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, near Pilisszentlaszlo, Hungary, February 6, 2021. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo It was featured by National Geographic in 2020 among the best trips to take in the world. While in previous years between 6,000 and 8,000 people bought the Trail’s booklet to collect stamps proving they had hiked various secti...

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कड़क सर्दी में रहें आइस होटल में

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February 7, 20212022 Views

यह केवल होटल नहीं है बल्कि अपने आप में एक कलाकृति है। यहां बर्फ के एक से बढ़कर एक अनूठे शिल्प गढ़े जाते हैं। ऐसे शिल्प, जिनके साथ आप रहते हैं, रात गुजारते हैं। पहले यह अनूठा होटल केवल सर्दी के मौसम में ही खुलता था। लेकिन अब आप पूरे साल यहां टिक सकते हैं तापमान शून्य से कई डिग्री नीचे हो और मैं आपको कहूं कि आज की रात जरा ऐसे होटल में बिताई जाए जिसमें सब तरफ बर्फ की दीवारें हों, और सोने के लिए बिस्तर भी बर्फ की सिल्लियों का बना हो तो आप या तो मुझे पागल मानेंगे या फिर आप समझेंगे कि मैं आपको पागल बनाने की कोशिश कर रहा हूं। लेकिन, नहीं जनाब। इन दोनों में से कोई बात नहीं। मैं हकीकत बयान कर रहा हूं, एक ऐसे होटल की जो पूरी तरह बर्फ का बना है। वहां हर तरफ सिर्फ बर्फ है। और यह पागलपन नहीं क्योंकि वहां लोग आते हैं और ठहरते हैं, पूरे लुत्फ के साथ। हाल यह है कि इस होटल में टिकने के लिए काफी पहले से...

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Cruise operators hope to save summer season

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February 4, 2021325 Views

Greek cruise lines hope a swifter vaccination rollout and the government’s proposed vaccine certificates scheme can help get ships out of the docks where they have been idling empty for the past year and back to sea for the vital summer season. With international travel now at a near-standstill, saving at least part of the summer season will be vital, said George Koumpenas, Chief Operating Officer for Celestyal Cruises, a medium-sized operator that offers trips to the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean. Celestyal’s ships have been docked at the cruise terminal of Piraeus port in Athens since February last year and while it has sent crews home, daily maintenance fees just to keep the vessels operational run to 15,000 euros ($18,016.50). “It’s crucial for the company to get its v...

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Swiss cruiser turned into vaccine ‘shot ship’ for lakeside towns

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February 3, 20211065 Views

An 89-year-old passenger ship, out of commission due to the coronavirus pandemic, was re-purposed on Tuesday as a COVID-19 vaccination centre for thousands of residents from cities on Lake Constance. The 500-passenger MS Thurgau normally carries tourists and commuters between German and Swiss cities on Europe’s third-largest lake. In coming weeks it will serve as a floating inoculation hub for northern Swiss towns Romanshorn, Arbon and Kreuzlingen. MS Thurgau excursion boat with a COVID-19 vaccination center onboard is moored in the harbour of Romanshorn on Lake Constance, Switzerland February 2, 2021. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann Regional officials emphasized the ship’s practicality since it can sail from harbor to harbor, earning it the nickname “vaccine vaporetto” with some locals. ...

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A farewell to bulls! Spain’s Pamplona festival on verge of cancellation again

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February 2, 2021408 Views

Spain’s San Fermin festival, which attracts tourists from all over the world for the running of the bulls through the streets of Pamplona, will be cancelled for the second year in a row because of COVID-19, the regional head said on Tuesday. But amid much disagreement and handwringing across Spain over how strict pandemic restrictions should be, Pamplona’s mayor was quick to say no decision had yet been made. FILE PHOTO: A countdown clock and traditional red scarves are seen on balconies along the 875-meter course of the running of the bulls from a corral to the bullring, at Estafeta street during the San Fermin festival which was cancelled due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Pamplona, Spain July 7, 2020. REUTERS/Jon Nazca “An international festival like San Fe...

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Europe’s largest land mammal needs some rangers to take its care

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January 29, 2021862 Views

Conservationists in England are looking for the country’s first ever rangers to look after European bison, Europe’s largest land mammal, which is being introduced to Kent more than 15,000 years after its ancestors roamed the landscape. Kent Wildlife Trust and the Wildwood Trust are bringing a small herd of the animals to Blean Woods near Canterbury in Kent, the south-eastern county known as the Garden of England, to help naturally manage the habitat. A Bison is seen at Wildwood Trust, Wild Animal Park, Blean Woods, Canterbury, Britain, January 27, 2021. REUTERS/Paul Childs “These will be the first bison rangers in the UK probably ever,” said Stan Smith, wilder landscapes manager at Kent Wildlife Trust. “We’ve never had European Bison here in the past.” The ideal applicant woul...

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Davos ski resort eerily quiet without economic talkfest

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January 23, 20211091 Views

Student protesters who urged world leaders at the 2020 World Economic Forum in Davos to “Stop (f)lying to us” must be pleased this year, at least as far as the flying is concerned. The streets of the little Alpine town that welcomed around 3,000 business chiefs, political thinkers and state leaders for last year’s annual meeting lie deserted. Discussions have moved online, starting Monday, and COVID-19 restrictions are also keeping regular tourists away. A general view shows the the congress center, the venue of the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Alpine resort of Davos, Switzerland January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann “Look around, it’s empty. Normally, all hotels would be fully booked at this time,” Reto Branschi, head of Davos Klosters tourism, told Reuters in an intervi...

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French ski lifts may remain closed till the end of the season

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January 23, 20211296 Views

French ski lifts will not reopen on February 1 and it is not clear for now whether French people can start booking winter holidays in February, French Tourism Minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne said on Thursday. French ski resorts can welcome tourists but the lifts have not been allowed to open since the start of the season. With no mechanical means to lift them up the slopes, skiers and snowboarders have resort to trudging up the slopes with snow shoes. FILE PHOTO: People practice with snowshoes in the winter ski resort of Isola 2000 as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues in France, January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard Early January, the government said lifts would be allowed to reopen on Jan. 20 if the spread of the COVID-19 virus had been slowed, but in recent...

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Home is Where the Bard is

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January 22, 20211349 Views

Celebrate Scotland this Burns Night 2021 with a twist! 25th January is a highlight of Scotland’s winter calendar- it is the day that Scotland’s national bard, Robert Burns, is celebrated on his birthday with an evening of traditional food, drink and poetry. Although now is not the time to explore Scotland in person, there is nothing stopping Scotland fans from far and wide getting involved with the celebrations! In 2021, you can either throw your very own Burns Supper, put a spin on the classic and whip up a delicious Burns brunch, attend virtual events and raise a toast to the Bard of Scotland both virtually and in real life! This bronze statue was unveiled in 1892 and depicts Robert Burns (the national bard) holding a daisy in ode to the Poem ‘To a Mountain Daisy’. It stan...