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Wolf killed by Swiss mountain train

This content was published on Jan 10, 2020 A female wolf has been hit and killed by a Rhaetian Railways train in southeastern Switzerland, local officials have announced.

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What are the sounds coming from this frozen Swiss lake?

This content was published on Jan 9, 2020 Lake Sils, in south-eastern Switzerland, makes sounds like something from outer space!

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Winter Youth Olympics set to start in Lausanne

This content was published on Jan 8, 2020 On your marks, get set, go! The 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games start Thursday, and this time it’s happening in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Plastic bottle recycling gets easier in Switzerland

This content was published on Jan 7, 2020 The Swiss PET Recycling association set up 3,000 new collection points last year, taking the total number to over 53,000 across the country.

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V-Cableway: Grindelwald’s construction controversy

This content was published on Jan 6, 2020 Could a large development project in Grindelwald mean the death of the last vestiges of the untouched landscape surrounding the Eiger North Face?

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Mountain hare

This content was published on Jan 6, 2020 Also known as the Alpine hare, this animal is brown in summer and turns white in winter as a form of camouflage.

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Trout and wildcat given special status for 2020

This content was published on Jan 3, 2020 Pro NaturaExternal link’s choice of the wildcat reflects the animal’s revival from near extinction to gaining a toehold in the Swiss forests of the Jura mountains in the northwest of the country. From there it is hoped the furtive creature can spread to central Switzerland and the foothills of the Alps. Conservationists have redoubled their…

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Deer found with six kilos of plastic in stomach

This content was published on Dec 17, 2019 A deer killed by wildlife services in Arosa, southeast Switzerland, was found to have six kilogrammes of plastic waste in its stomach.

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Samuri solution identified for destructive fruit bug

This content was published on Dec 12, 2019 Fruit harvests, particularly pears, have been devastated by the Marmorated Tree Bug, an unwanted import from Asia. Thurgau, the second largest cantonal pear producer, has had a quarter of the crop decimated in 2019. The trail of destruction has also been witnessed in cantons Zurich, St Gallen, Aargau, Lucerne and Zug. The Swiss Fruit AssociationExternal…

Man takes picture of forest, from hilltop

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When trees defy gravity

This content was published on Dec 12, 2019 If you’ve been reading my newsletters of late, you could rightly accuse me of having an obsession for land and rockslides as well as avalanches.

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