A heartbreaking investigation revealed that Trump's Bureau of Land Management is systematically rounding up thousands of America's wild horses, then quietly selling them off to buyers who are shipping them to slaughterhouses abroad. Before, the U.S. government rarely sold wild horses. But since Trump took office, government sales have more than doubled. Slaughterhouses pay up to $750 a wild horse, the investigation found. The Bureau of Land Management is nominally in charge of protecting the 73,000 or so wild horses who roam America's public lands in the West. Under Trump, the Bureau is sending our wild horses to the slaughterhouse. (Source: New York Times)

So many people knew Hayden Panettiere as an actress, but many may not know that she was also an incredibly passionate advocate for dolphins and whales. In 2007, at just 18 years old, Hayden traveled to Taiji, Japan, where she joined a group of activists who paddled directly into the infamous cove in an attempt to stop a group of dolphins from being killed. She wasn’t there playing a role. She put herself in the middle of what was happening because she believed it was wrong. The confrontation was captured on camera and would later become part of the Academy Award-winning documentary The Cove. I’ve talked about The Cove many times over the years, and tonight I’m at a loss for words. Millions of people will remember Hayden for Heroes, Nashville, Scream and the many characters she brought to life. I hope she’s also remembered for the things she cared about when the cameras weren’t supposed to be rolling. Rest in peace, Hayden. 🤍

Scotland has just done something quietly brilliant for its birds 🐦 New buildings across the country will now have to include "swift bricks", hollow bricks built straight into the walls that give birds a safe place to nest. It sounds like a small thing but it isn't. Swift numbers in the UK have fallen by around 60% since the mid-1990s, and one of the biggest reasons is heartbreakingly simple: modern buildings have nowhere for them to go. Swifts have always nested in the nooks and gaps of our houses, and as those disappeared, so did they. The birds themselves make it worse by being loyal to a fault. Swifts return to the exact same nest site year after year, having flown thousands of miles from Africa to get there. When they arrive to find it sealed up, some will keep flying at the spot again and again, sometimes injuring themselves in the process. The bricks cost about £30 each. They need no maintenance, they don't affect insulation, and once they're in the wall, you'd never know they were there. Sparrows, starlings and house martins use them too, all species in trouble for the same reason. One RSPB conservationist put it starkly. In his part of Glasgow, not a single swift bred in 2025, the first time in his 30 years there. He called it "nothing short of heartbreaking." Scotland is the first country in the UK to write this into law. Campaigners are now hoping the rest follows.