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Jimmy Buffett’s Music Lives On, but What of His Beloved Manatees? – Mother Jones

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A West Indian manatee surfaces for air in Tampa, Florida.Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times/Zuma

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

The second line started at four, but it was five o’clock somewhere. 

Hundreds of people gathered here on a September Sunday—their Hawaiian shirts and flip-flops brightening the city streets—to participate in a walking parade in remembrance of Jimmy Buffett, who spent much of his childhood

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‘Heartbroken’ family pay tribute to ‘incredible’ father, 45, who was ‘murdered when dognappers broke into his home and stole family’s beloved £1,000 white labradoodle’ – as police rescue dog

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Heartbroken family members have paid tribute to an ‘incredible’ father who was killed when suspected dognappers tried to steal his beloved pet labradoodle.

Officers were scrambled to an address in Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, at 10.30am on Tuesday to reports raiders were trying to snatch the white dog. 

Upon searching the end-of-terrace property, police found the body of 45-year-old Donald ‘Prentice’ Patience. He was pronounced dead at the scene. 

The labradoodle – puppies of which can sell for between £700 to

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Devastated Wilko shoppers say beloved chain never recovered from the pandemic with shelves often empty since it reopened after lockdown as 400 stores face closure

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Devastated Wilko shoppers said the beloved chain never recovered from the pandemic as it plunged into administration today.

Shoppers and people who worked at Wilko said shelves were often empty since it reopened after lockdown.

Wilko’s troubles put 12,000 jobs and 400 stores at risk, with devastated shoppers fearing it will become ‘another Woolworths’.

The chain, which had been owned by the Wilkinson family since it was established as a single hardware store in Leicester in 1930, has now appointed

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Statue of Queen Elizabeth with her beloved corgis will be unveiled as first official moment to late monarch

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Throughout an historic reign that spanned decades, one constant in the Queen’s life has always been her unwavering love for her Corgis, so much so the pets have become a symbol of British royalty around the world.

It was announced yesterday that the Queen, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, had died at the age of 96. She will be remembered as a dutiful monarch who put the country before her own needs and rarely showed her softer side. 

However, that side was

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Statue of Queen Elizabeth II with her beloved corgis to be unveiled | Royal | News

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A new statue of Queen Elizabeth II and her beloved corgis will be unveiled in the first dedicated memorial to the late monarch.

British sculptor Hywel Brân Pratley is the artist behind the 7ft tall clay sculpture which will go on display outside Oakham Library, in Rutland once completed, the Telegraph reports.

Throughout her 70-year reign, the Queen became known for her love of corgis, owning more than 30 in her lifetime.

Lord Lieutenant of Rutland, Dr Sarah Furness commissioned

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s beloved daughter has her very own ‘Lili Land’ at home | Royal | News

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are devoted parents to both of their young children, Prince Archie, four, and Princess Lilibet, two, but it is their daughter who reportedly has an entire section of their kitchen kept just for her.

In his memoir Spare, published in January, Harry describes their Montecito home’s ‘Lili Land’ as he recalled an incident when a hummingbird flew into the kitchen.

He wrote: “[The hummingbird] swooped around our kitchen, and flitted through the sacred airspace we

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Dog owner issues urgent warning after her beloved pet was left paralysed when he jumped from the window of a moving car

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A woman, whose dog has been left partially paralysed after jumping out of the window of a moving car, has issued an urgent warning to fellow owners. 

Hannah James, 48, and her partner Damon, 54, from Oldham, have been left devastated since their beloved dog, Ozzy, 4, launched himself out of the vehicle after allegedly opening the window with his paws.

Damon was doing the everyday run to pick Hannah up from work when their Shar Pei, Ozzy, jumped out

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Miranda Lambert mourns the loss of her beloved dog Thelma as she says ‘goodbye’ to pooch in emotional tribute – eight years after adoption

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Miranda Lambert mourns the loss of her beloved dog Thelma as she says ‘goodbye’ to pooch in emotional tribute – eight years after adoption

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Miranda Lambert is mourning the loss of her beloved dog Thelma.

The country songstress, 39, sadly said goodbye to Thelma on Monday, eight years after adopting the Great Pyrenee to look after her farm near

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Hurricane Ian destroyed Florida’s beloved ‘dome home’ that was originally built to survive storms

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For decades, the remaining ghostly husks of Florida’s legendary ‘dome home’ welcomed boaters, locals and pelicans alike as beloved landmark of Cape Romano. 

The unique sci-fi structure was originally the brainchild of an oil businessman turned hobbyist inventor named Bob Lee who completed the self-sufficient structure as a vacation home in 1981, using sand from the local beaches as concrete. 

He left no stone unturned in its 2,400 square-foot design. It was equipped with solar panels, a cistern, two refrigerators

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