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A haven for folks craving furry feline firm, a cat cafe in Dubai moreover doubles as an adoption centre for among the many United Arab Emirates’ many strays.

The Ailuromania Cat Cafe, which was the Center East’s first cat cafe when it opened in 2015, hopes the pleasing properties of its 25 rescue and shelter cats will help discover them their ceaselessly houses.

“Anybody who’s burdened simply has to discover a cat. All of your stress will go away,” said Omnia Fareed, whose two cat-loving sisters Allaa and Iman started the cafe after school, taking inspiration from comparable establishments in Korea and London.

The cafe’s genuine residents had been strays taken in by the family over time. Now Ailuromania hosts cats from a government-run animal shelter throughout the neighbouring emirate of Ras al Khaimah, hoping to increase adoptions.

The cafe’s title Ailuromania is a play on the Greek-derived English phrase for a lover of cats: ailurophile.

The cafe has widespread shoppers who come on the lookout for leisure from the stresses of life, or on account of they’ll’t protect a cat at home.

“They’re so cute, they love taking part in,” said buyer Shaasthra. She said she appreciates how the cafe takes care of the cats’ welfare by advising of us to not preserve them or wake them up.

One other widespread buyer, a avenue cat who would stare in by the window, was moreover invited and at last adopted.

Since Dubai began lifting coronavirus lockdown measures last summer season, the cafe re-opened with functionality and sanitisation restrictions.

Target: Secretary of State of Transport RT Hon Grant Shapps MP

Goal: Stop construction of high-speed railway that threatens the environment.

One hundred and eight ancient woodlands are threatened by plans to develop a second high-speed railway in the UK, known as HS2. The project is being promoted as a greener alternative; however, only 5% of passengers would have otherwise driven or flown. It is predicted that construction of HS2 will likely destroy 693 local wildlife sites and its use is expected to result in the emission of 1.49 million tons of carbon dioxide, meaning we will never be able to achieve carbon neutrality.

HS2 will be extremely costly to the public and has no way of aligning with climate goals set in the Paris Agreement. Environmental activists have gone to great lengths to protest its construction. Sign this petition to demand that plans to develop this railway be terminated in favor of actually meeting climate goals.

PETITION LETTER:

Dear Mr Shapps,

While HS2 has been promoted as a greener alternative, the reports made available tell another story. In fact, according to analysis, the high-speed railway would take several steps back in terms of meeting climate goals set in the Paris Agreement-goals you are accountable to. Destroying 693 wildlife sites and 108 ancient woodlands for a project that has no way of reaching carbon neutrality is counterintuitive to say the least.

World Ocean’s Day celebrated worldwide on the 8th of June is an important occasion for the human population to recognise the important role oceans play in our existence. The United Nations officially accepted a proposal of a concept floated by Canada’s International Centre of Ocean Development (ICOD) and Ocean Institute of Canada(OIC) back in 1992 demanding a dedicated day for international discussion on the management of oceans. Several events are conducted all around the world particularly on beaches and in aquariums and zoos highlighting the significance of the role of oceans. The participation of the youth is considered of paramount importance in the Ocean’s Day celebrations and a host of art contests and film festivals are held to get them on board. World Oceans Day 2020: From Avoiding Plastic to Joining a Beach Cleanup; 7 Things You Can Do to be a Contributor in Saving Our Oceans.

On Ocean’s Day, we take a look at some interesting facts about oceans.

• A mountain with the length 40,390 miles is found in the oceans and is the longest mountain range present on the planet.

• Oceans have 95 % of the living beings on earth which highlights the organisms on land make up for a very small number.

• It is believed the oceans have a deposit of 20 million tonnes of gold with a concentration of a few parts per trillion and is highly diluted.

• The blue colour of the ocean is due to the fact that the blue wavelength of the sun’s rays penetrates deep into it and gives it a bluish tint.

• Communication cables are spread along the flat surface of the ocean and this is how the world is connected to the internet.