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                                         From :- BBC World News                                      By :-  Sophie Hardach                                   Edited by :- Amal Udawatta Vladimír Čech Jr A rare wildcat photographed in the Doupov mountains in the Czech Republic (Credit: Vladimír Čech Jr) Wildcats are so elusive, they were thought to be extinct in parts of Europe. But they are making a comeback in some areas – and photographers and scientists are capturing unprecedented images of them. In 2020, wildlife photographer Vladimír Čech Jr was trudging through the snow in a military zone in the Doupov Mountains, a remote and rugged area in the Czech Republic. His goal: to take photos of the E...

   From :- BBC World News    By :-   Mayeni Jones ( Africa Correspondent, Cape Town)    Editted by :- Amal Udawatta    Cape Town Pelagics Albatrosses are particularly vulnerable to being harmed by fishing boats On a small boat in the Atlantic, about 27 nautical miles (50km) away from South Africa's Cape Point, a group of bird watchers are calling out seabird names: "Atlantic yellow-nosed! Black-browed albatross!" The tour boat takes bird watchers from Cape Town to see endangered seabirds, including albatrosses, that are hard to find on the mainland. It's a warm summer's day and the sky is blue and clear, perfect conditions for bird-watching. The skipper is speaking on his radio - he's looking for fishing trawlers. He soon finds one, and makes a beeline towards it. The closer the boat - operated by Cape Town Pelagics, a non-profit organisation - gets to the fishing vessels, the more seabirds appear. As he stops right next to the fishing b...