Bird flu is a huge disaster and it’s normal to find it distressing and sad. How can we deal with this grief? | First Dog on the Moon

The Guardian Environment Friday 14 August 2026, 06:14 UTC By First Dog on the Moon 1 min read

Key Points

Firstly you can just grieve – it’s not your fault because you used a plastic straw that one timeSign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are publishedGet all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue reading...

Firstly you can just grieve – it’s not your fault because you used a plastic straw that one time

Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are published
Get all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints

First Dog (ORG)

Originally published by The Guardian Environment Read original →

Twenty-one birds released on Bodmin Moor where it is hoped they will one day return to produce their own youngThey took a little coaxing at first – after all, they had got used to a safe, comfortable aviary tucked away in woodland on the edge of Bodmin Moor. But after a few minutes, the birds stepped out into freedom and the bolder ones were soon soaring into the blue, the first white storks to be released into the wilds of Cornwall. Yan Swiderski, the founder of the Cornwall Stork Project,...

The Guardian Environment 50m ago

Weather forecasts once gave Britons something safe to chat about. Not any more | Andy Beckett

Our once-mild climate is increasingly extreme – and how we talk about it is now another front in the culture warsIn this fragmented but supposedly mild country, watching and talking about the weather forecast is meant to be a reassuring, unifying activity. Collectively, we have created and maintained a national climate narrative of small disappointments and pleasures. The first weather forecaster to appear on British TV, George Cowling, made his debut on the BBC in January 1954, predicting...

The Guardian Environment 1h ago

Wind farm workers detail photo with accused farmer after alleged triple murder

Wind farm workers took selfie with accused Bogie farmer after alleged triple murder In short: Two wind farm workers and a grazier with a missing gun have given evidence in the Supreme Court trial of a man accused of murdering three people and attempting to murder a fourth. Darryl Valroy Young, 63, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. The trial heard the wind farm workers were at Mr Young's vast Bogie property at the same time the farmer is...

ABC Australia 2h ago

Binman says rubbish 'won't be collected' if 1 item is spotted in recycling waste

Binman says rubbish 'won't be collected' if 1 item is spotted in recycling waste A binman has told rubbish may not be collected if a common item is spotted in recycling waste. It's information worth knowing unless you want to risk hitting a spot of bother We all have to take the bins out and there are legal rights when a neighbour hasn't emptied their trash. But despite it being a regular task, it can be easy to commit some big recycling errors.

Daily Mirror 2h ago

Bird flu is a huge disaster and it’s normal to find it distressing and sad. How can we deal with this grief? | First Dog on the Moon

Related Stories

‘They do look majestic’: tears and pride as first white storks set free in Cornwall

Weather forecasts once gave Britons something safe to chat about. Not any more | Andy Beckett

Wind farm workers detail photo with accused farmer after alleged triple murder

Binman says rubbish 'won't be collected' if 1 item is spotted in recycling waste