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Brazil’s Big Cats Under Threat From Wind Farms. Jaguars and pumas face extinction in Brazil’s northeast as the fast-growing wind power industry frightens them off their land
Wall Street Journal ^ | September 17, 2023 | Luciana Magalhaes and Samantha Pearson

Posted on 09/17/2023 12:37:52 PM PDT by karpov

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To: joshua c

+1!


21 posted on 09/17/2023 1:37:53 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: peggybac

PETA cares about animals the way Democrats care about people. My guess is they’re cheering on the sidelines.


22 posted on 09/17/2023 1:40:59 PM PDT by Varda
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To: ClearCase_guy
I say we take off and nuke the whales from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

Let's not be too hasty about that. ;O)


23 posted on 09/17/2023 1:42:37 PM PDT by Bounced2X (Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
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To: karpov

What about millions of birds killed by wind turbines? And more workers have died falling from wind turbine towers than all nuclear accidents, far more.


24 posted on 09/17/2023 1:46:26 PM PDT by entropy12 (Career politicians like Desantis build wealth. Trump sacrificed his wealth to serve people. GO TRUMP)
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To: karpov

Around here, the bobcats happily dwell in suburban shrubbery, and the worst threat for big cats tends to be automobiles. I guess wild Texas felines aren’t like the scaredy cats of Brazil.


25 posted on 09/17/2023 1:48:11 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: FLNittany

I see what you did there......


26 posted on 09/17/2023 1:56:00 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: bobbo666

When did Bolsonaro go to jail, and on what charges?


27 posted on 09/17/2023 2:03:38 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: joshua c
The Watermelon Party:

”Green” on the outside
but RED on the inside!

28 posted on 09/17/2023 2:04:42 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: bobbo666

Same script.


29 posted on 09/17/2023 2:08:52 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: karpov

Until very recently only the cats who roar — lion, tiger, leopard and jaguar — were considered “big cats”.


30 posted on 09/17/2023 3:41:16 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: karpov

the same cat would probably shelter under an oil rig ironically


31 posted on 09/17/2023 4:02:33 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Pajamajan

Plus, the inside of the blades are filled with Balsa wood.
Balsa trees grow primarily in the Amazon Rainforest.
So, they cut the trees down, scare the cats away and maybe wack a few Condors when they are spinning around.


32 posted on 09/17/2023 4:15:28 PM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: karpov

Once had a cat —a very cool cat— who was absolutely freaked out by the ceiling fan in our new home. Would NOT go into that room, and would just stare at the thing from a distance. After six months, I took the thing down. Problem solved.


33 posted on 09/17/2023 4:22:15 PM PDT by drwoof
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To: drwoof

So the cut the trees down to put up wind farms. I would bet all the trees they cut for the wind farms took care of way more CO2. The cats are not leaving because of wind mills, they are leaving because there are no trees.


34 posted on 09/17/2023 4:27:15 PM PDT by pas
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To: karpov

This is the purest form of nonsense alarmism. Yes, the cats will bug out for a while, until they get used to the activity and sounds from the windfarms.

Not a wind power fan, but this is utter tripe.


35 posted on 09/17/2023 6:32:13 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn)
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To: beethovenfan

They are butt UGLY, too!


36 posted on 09/17/2023 6:34:01 PM PDT by Taxman (SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2023 AND 2024!)
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To: karpov

Thought these pinko-greenies loved nature?


37 posted on 09/17/2023 6:51:17 PM PDT by vpintheak (There is no Trans. There is only mentally ill)
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