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Annick Hus
@annick-hus.bsky.social
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Journalist and researcher on animal welfare, biodiversity, wildlife and livestock - MSc in Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law (Winchester) - MSc in Biodiversity, Wildlife & Ecosystem Health (Edinburgh) in progress.
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Annick Hus @annick-hus.bsky.social · Aug 13
It’s #InternationalWolfDay — a good time to share my latest story with support from @journalismfund.bsky.social. The wolf’s return stirs emotions: symbol of nature’s recovery or living threat? Or does it simply expose our reluctance to share space with wildlife? In Dutch — but #chatgpt can help.
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Annick Hus @annick-hus.bsky.social · 5d
Seven out of nine planetary boundaries have been exceeded. Imagine rolling back environmental laws right now... Oh, wait... That's exactly what the EU is doing! 😅🥹
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Annick Hus @annick-hus.bsky.social · 5d
The Baltic Sea is under pressure from oil drilling projects.

As well as posing an immediate risk of spills, such plans contradict climate goals and put fragile marine ecosystems under strain.

Protect our seas and our future! ✍👇
action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-10...
Keep the Baltic Sea clean and safe!
Imagine your favourite beach crowded with oil rigs and spills 😢 I just signed a petition to stop drilling in the Baltic - let’s keep our seas clean and safe for wildlife, climate, and our future! 🌊💚
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Annick Hus @annick-hus.bsky.social · 7d
On this #WorldVegetarianDay… a little food for thought.
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 8d
🚨 NEW: By the end of this video, Europe will have lost 2850m² of land to construction. That’s almost half a Premier League football pitch.

This rate of loss, amounting to 600 football pitches a day, is 1.5 times higher than official EEA estimates.

This is the #GreenToGrey project. [1/3]
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 14d
Gray wolves are making a comeback in the U.S. state of California after a century-long absence. Conservationists say their return is a success, but it’s putting pressure on ranchers and rural communities as wolf attacks on livestock mount, Mongabay wildlife staff writer Spoorthy Raman reported.
Gray wolves’ return to California tests human tolerance for coexistence
Gray wolves are making a comeback in the western U.S. state of California after a century-long absence. Conservationists say their return is a success, but it’s putting pressure on ranchers and rural…
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Journalismfund Europe @journalismfund.bsky.social · 14d
What does it really mean for people, politics, and ecosystems to have Europe’s bison back? A new cross-border investigation peels back the easy narrative of “return to wild” and reveals conflicts and trade-offs that may define whether the success lasts. #earthinvestigations #biodiversity
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apache/ @apache.be · 15d
“De Vlaamse Regering kiest er niet voor om burgers beter te informeren.”

@mondiaalnieuws.bsky.social verliest al zijn Vlaamse subsidies en @fondspascaldecroos.bsky.social, dat onder meer onderzoeksjournalisten ondersteunt, verliest een vijfde van zijn middelen.

apache.be/2025/09/23/v...
Vlaamse besparingen verschralen het media-aanbod verder
MO*Magazine verliest haar Vlaamse subsidies en ook het Fonds Pascal Decroos moet inleveren.
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Annick Hus @annick-hus.bsky.social · 16d
At the Climate Arena Conference, organised by @journalismarena.eu, journalists & scientists will come together to share their knowledge and experiences of the climate crisis. Like last year, I’ll focus on the intersection of animal welfare and climate change.
More info: share.google/9MDH4bZt7Zzc...
Climate Arena 2025 Budapest programme
The Climate Arena Conference unites journalists, scientists, and researchers, with the shared goal of improving climate reporting in Europe. It is a working conference intended to plant the seeds of…
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 23d
Another orca pushes a dead calf through the Salish Sea in WA | The Seattle Times
Another orca pushes a dead calf through the Salish Sea in WA
An orca calf born to J36, aka Alki, died within the past three days, the Center for Whale Research reported Saturday. Both were sighted in Rosario Strait.
www.seattletimes.com
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24d
‘You’re going about your day and suddenly see a little Godzilla’: Bangkok reckons with a giant lizard boom
‘You’re going about your day and suddenly see a little Godzilla’: Bangkok reckons with a giant lizard boom
Viral videos have shifted public opinion about water monitors, long held in contempt in Thai culture, even as rising numbers of the reptiles pose problems for residents
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Green European Journal @greeneujournal.bsky.social · 29d
Conservation brought back Europe’s wolves and bears from the brink, but politics is threatening them once again. The EU has moved to weaken protections despite evidence that coexistence with large carnivores is possible. Read the investigation on our website⬇️
The Unravelling of a Success Story: How Politics Is Killing Europe’s Wolves
The EU’s fresh support for culling threatens wolves and bears and fails to ensure co-existence between humans and large predators.
www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu
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Journalismfund Europe @journalismfund.bsky.social · 29d
A cross-border investigation reveals how political narratives of dangerous wolves are overriding science, driving EU conservation rollbacks and risking decades of biodiversity progress: t.ly/CTHXC
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#WolfConservation #Biodiversity #WildlifeProtection #EUpolitics #c
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Annick Hus @annick-hus.bsky.social · 29d
4/ Across Europe, prevention is sidelined and politics dominates. The wolf has become the test case for whether EU nature laws are based on science or will collapse under pressure.

Read the full story on the @greeneujournal.bsky.social website.
🙏 With support from @journalismfund.bsky.social
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Annick Hus @annick-hus.bsky.social · 29d
3/ Wolves are keystone predators and are vital for biodiversity. Yet fear and misinformation are fuelling calls for culls, even though coexistence is working: in Flanders, for example, wolf-related damage to livestock has dropped by 50% over three years thanks to preventive fencing.
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Annick Hus @annick-hus.bsky.social · 29d
2/ In 2022, Brussels rejected Switzerland's proposal to downgrade wolf protection, deeming it "scientifically unjustified". However, by 2024, the EU had made the same proposal, giving in to farmer discontent and party agendas.
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Annick Hus @annick-hus.bsky.social · 29d
🐺🇪🇺 How Europe Turned Against Its Wolves

1/ Once hailed as a conservation triumph, Europe’s wolf comeback (from ~12,000 in 2012 to +21,000 today) is now under attack. Politics, not science, is driving this rollback of protections.
www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/how-politics...
The Unravelling of a Success Story: How Politics Is Killing Europe’s Wolves
The EU’s fresh support for culling threatens wolves and bears and fails to ensure co-existence between humans and large predators.
www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu
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Steven Vanden Bussche @stevabu.bsky.social · Sep 8
'Grant consultants' grazen uit de ruif Europese publieke middelen bestemd voor wetenschap en innovatie (en maakten zich 'onmisbaar' door gelobby). Onluisterend stuk van @kaspernollet.bsky.social en @thordeyaert.bsky.social over hun businessmodel. @fondspascaldecroos.bsky.social
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Belga_English (Belga News Agency) @belgaenglish.bsky.social · Sep 6
Is a Eurasian lynx roaming the Ardennes?
Is a Eurasian lynx roaming the Ardennes?
Deep in the Semois Valley, on the southern edge of the Belgian Ardennes, researchers are using artificial intelligence to track down one of...
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Belga_English (Belga News Agency) @belgaenglish.bsky.social · Sep 1
Transparency rules in the spotlight amid questions over missing text messages
Transparency rules in the spotlight amid questions over missing text messages
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen relies on auto-deleting text messages, according to revelations by the Dutch investigative...
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Belga_English (Belga News Agency) @belgaenglish.bsky.social · Aug 27
Wolf attacks in Flanders spark political row over protection status
Wolf attacks in Flanders spark political row over protection status
A wolf pack in the Belgian province of Limburg has reignited the debate surrounding the protection of the species after nine ponies were killed in...
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Annick Hus @annick-hus.bsky.social · Aug 27
Although it was predictable that the wolves would start preying on livestock and ponies at this time of year, neither politicians nor local residents expected it...
www.belganewsagency.eu/wolf-attacks...
Wolf attacks in Flanders spark political row over protection status
A wolf pack in the Belgian province of Limburg has reignited the debate surrounding the protection of the species after nine ponies were killed in...
www.belganewsagency.eu
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 27
Toothless sharks? Ocean acidification could erode predator’s vital weapon, study finds
Toothless sharks? Ocean acidification could erode predator’s vital weapon, study finds
Sharks could struggle to feed themselves efficiently in future, affecting marine ecosystem stability, researchers say
www.theguardian.com
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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · Aug 26
Europe’s most powerful political party has picked an unexpected enemy: NGOs. After it claimed Brussels was secretly bankrolling green lobbyists, journalists Lise Witteman and Hans Wetzels of Follow the Money found a very different story. Discover the full investigation in our latest podcast episode.
Podcast | How Europe’s largest party made an enemy out of NGOs
Europe’s most powerful political party has picked an unexpected enemy: NGOs. After it claimed Brussels was secretly bankrolling green lobbyists, Follow the Money journalists Lise Witteman and Hans Wet...
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Annick Hus @annick-hus.bsky.social · Aug 26
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European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) @efjeurope.bsky.social · Aug 25
Join us tomorrow 26/08 at 11.30 at Mont des Arts #Brussels to honour the 200+ journalists killed in #Gaza and demand: Israel, stop killing journalists!

A public reading of the names of the journalists killed in Gaza will pay tribute to their courage, condemn their murder and call for justice.
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