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LONDON, May 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Holidays may be impossible for many at the moment – but you can still go around the world of teas and sample some home-brewed delights from far-flung places, like Japan, Sri Lanka and Malawi. The UK Tea and Infusions Association is marking
International Tea Day – starting on 21
st April – with a series of podcasts called Around the world in 80 teas - the first few stops in which Dr Sharon Hall, Chief Executive of the UK Tea and Infusions Association, and her co-host, Will Battle, author of the World Tea Encyclopaedia, discuss some very different teas from around the world that are all produced from Camellia Sinensis tea bushes.
By Ifham Nizam
The killing of fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) is on the rise countrywide mainly because they resemble leopard cubs. They also end up as road kill.
The Sinhala term for fishing cats–– ‘Handun Diviya’––gives the jitters to many villagers who fear that the animals are leopards and a threat to them, according to researcher cum conservationist Chaminda Jayasekara.
Following the death of a farmer in a leopard attack recently, fishing cats are also being increasingly targeted and killed especially in some parts of the hill country.
“In some parts of Nawalapitiya, children fear to go out when word gets around that ‘Handun Diviyas’ were lurking in the vicinity,” Jayasekera said.
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