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20 Jun: The exotic pet industry is booming, fuelled by global demand for rare parrots, reptiles and other wild creatures — but in Solomon Islands, one of the Pacific's most active wildlife trading hubs, it is under growing scrutiny, with concerns that weak regulation is driving biodiversity loss.... more
RUGBY Hurricanes co-captain Du'Plessis Kirifi has been rewarded with a first official All Blacks call-up, five years after he was first called in as injury cover More...
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