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30 wonderful wildlife holidays for 2021 From polar bears to butterflies, these wildlife holidays put animals in the spotlight Lions in Welgevonden Game Reserve, South Africa Credit: Getty From leopards, lions and wildebeest to flamingos, whale sharks and giant morpho butterflies, Brian Jackman guides you around the world in 30 species to mark World Wildlife Day. 1. Bengal tiger No other image sums up the Indian subcontinent more dramatically than Shere Khan, as Rudyard Kipling called him – the ultimate carnivore, 440lb of molten copper, with curious round eyes that seem to drill deep into your soul. From an all-time low two decades ago, Bengal tigers have bounced back to about 3,000. Your best chance of seeing them is in the national parks and tiger reserves of Madhya Pradesh. ....
Melbourne Magistrate s Court on January 27. Photo: Zane Alcorn About 60 people gathered outside the Melbourne Magistrates Court on January 27 to support Refugee Action Collective member Chris Breen, who is on trial for “inciting” people to participate in a car cavalcade to support detained refugees. The cavalcade on April 10 went past the Mantra Hotel where 65 refugees were detained. Thirty participants were fined $1652 each, a total of nearly $50,000. Most are planning to challenge the fines. See also Breen was arrested before the cavalcade began and held for nine hours. The incitement charge relates to his creation of a Facebook event advertising the car cavalcade. ....
Advertisement Twenty more refugees have been freed from hotel detention a day after the surprise release of 45 men locked up in Melbourne for more than a year. However, 14 other men remain detained at the Park Hotel in Carlton, having been denied visas, but not told why. Medevac detainees Subeshan Kanagalingam (left) and Parkeerathan Palasingam have been released from a Melbourne hotel after years in immigration detention. Credit:Rachael Dexter Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said the government had decided to release many of the refugees into the community as it was cheaper than paying for their prolonged stay in hotels or detention centres. ....
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