NATURAL EVENTS
Turkey earthquake, rescue team rescues cats from building debris: photos
On February 6, a large region of Turkey was destroyed by a very violent 7.8 magnitude earthquake. The damage in terms of human lives was incalculable, representing one of the country's greatest tragedies.
In addition to the cost in human lives, there were also millions of displaced people, homeless after their homes collapsed. In fact, in addition to the main quake, there followed a series of aftershocks that continued to do damage for days.
Rescuers also focused on rescuing animals trapped under the rubble, thanks to volunteer veterinarians who took great risks to do their work. Their bravery made it possible to save so many puppies.
Turkey earthquake, rescue team rescues cats from building rubble: photos
On February 6, a large region of Turkey was destroyed by a very violent 7.8 magnitude earthquake. The damage in terms of human lives was incalculable, representing one of the country's greatest tragedies. In addition to the cost in human lives, there were also millions of displaced people, homeless after their homes collapsed. In fact, in addition to the main quake, there followed a series of aftershocks that continued to do damage for days.Rescuers also focused on rescuing animals trapped under the rubble, thanks to volunteer veterinarians who took great risks to do their work. Their bravery made it possible to save so many puppies.
Turkey earthquake, rescue team rescues cats from building debris: photos
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey on Feb. 6, followed by a series of earthquake and aftershocks, causing more than 47,000 deaths in Turkey and Syria and leaving millions homeless.
Turkey earthquake, rescue team rescues cats from building debris: photos
Volunteer veterinarians take care of a domestic cat evacuated from a damaged apartment. Great work by members of Breaking The Chains and Turkish animal rescue volunteers, February 22, 2023 at Hatay, Turkey.
Turkey earthquake, rescue team rescues cats from building debris: photos
Breaking The Chains is a nonprofit organization that specializes in extracting animals of all types and sizes from harsh and dangerous conditions around the world. It was founded by British Army veteran Tom S-N who made it his life's mission to make the world a safer place for all animals.
Turkey earthquake, rescue team rescues cats from building debris: photos
Even several days after the earthquake, people continued to be found alive, as well as many pets that survived the collapse of houses and were trapped under the rubble.
Turkey earthquake, rescue team rescues cats from building debris: photos
The International Organisation for the Protection of Animals (Oipa) with its volunteers also took action for the animal rescue. A special fundraiser was also activated for this special mission.
Turkey earthquake, rescue team rescues cats from building debris: photos
The cats, as can be seen from the photos, receive initial care on the spot, to make sure they are not seriously injured. Then they are transported to special areas, makeshift veterinary clinics, where they receive care before looking for a new home.
Turkey earthquake, rescue team rescues cats from building debris: photos
Tom S.N, a member of the British organization Breaking The Chains, carries a domestic cat with a box after a successful evacuation operation on Feb. 22, 2023 in Hatay, Turkey.
From the Road
18/06/2024
Prisons are one of the sad institutions on which, unfortunately, modern society is based. Removing individuals who are dangerous to the community, and enclosing them all together in one place for the purpose of surveillance and re-education, is one of the ways our ancestors found to ensure the safety of the population.
They remain places, albeit atrocious, that are nonetheless fascinating because of the peculiarity of their rules, the micro-world they inhabit, and also because of the many fictional works, films, books and many others, that have prisons as their main setting.
But which are the most famous prisons in the world? Among the largest, the most luxurious and the bloodiest, one can really find all possible and imaginable types.
Natural Events
08/06/2024
A meteorite crater (also called astroblem, impact crater or basin) is a circular-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite, asteroid, and in general a celestial body, on the surface of a planet.
Evidence of many of these craters, which have impacted our planet over geological eras, can be found on planet Earth. One of the most famous, for example, is the one believed to have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs (called the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction).
Some of these craters can be found underground today, or at least the traces they left behind. Others have become beautiful lakes, others are still desolate and remote places today. But which are the largest in the world by diameter?
Home page
07/06/2024
We are all realising that our way of life, the one our parents, who were born and raised especially after the Second World War, taught us, is no longer sustainable. There are too many of us in this world now, and nature can no longer provide us with everything we need.
Capitalism, or consumerism for short, is forcing us to submit to environmentally worn-out logics that would not be sustainable even in the long run, but are even less so in the short time we have left before everything falls apart. Our way of life must change radically if we are to allow the survival of mankind. For example, the introduction of the law in Europe allowing the sale of insect meal aims at exactly that, at sustainability.
Therefore, it is necessary for all of us, while there is still time, to change certain behaviours to help the world. Here, then, are some tips for leading a greener and more sustainable life.
From the Road
06/06/2024
According to theMain Streets Across the World 2022report, which analyzes the main shopping areas of 92 cities around the world, New York Fifth Avenue is the most expensive route in the world followed by Hong Kong's Tsim Sha Tsui. Post pandemic, the most expensive street in Hong Kong loses the top of the ranking and records the worst drop ever, -41%.
In detail, with an average annual fee of 14,547 euros per square meter, the Via Montenapoleone in Milan ranks ahead of New Bond Street in London and Avenue des Champs Élysées in Paris, respectively in fourth and fifth place in the global ranking of the most expensive streets in the world.
Via Montenapoleone in Milan, has earned the title of the most expensive shopping street in Europe and the third overall worldwide, with a jump of two positions compared to the last research of 2019.