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Thanks to many volunteers, more than 700,000 new trees have been planted in Saxony since 2022. A good 5,000 people have taken part in the Forest Championship campaign so far, the initiators announced on Sunday. The initiative of the Forest for Saxony ..
For the first time since the outbreak of African swine fever in Saxony, the endangered areas set up for containment have been significantly reduced in size. The European Commission approved Saxony's preliminary application last week, the Saxon Minist ..
One looks fluffy but is spiny, the other has a shell that is soft at first: two special baby animals were born at Hoyerswerda Zoo in April. Visitors can now observe a small spherical armadillo and a young so-called tree spiny lizard, as the zoo annou ..
People in Saxony have to be prepared for significantly more mosquitoes this year. "The mild winters and higher annual temperatures create favorable conditions for most mosquito species," said Matthias Nuß, insect researcher at the Senckenberg Museum ..
In Saxony, the number of the endangered white-tailed eagle population has been increasing for years. In Upper Lusatia alone, the population of the large bird species currently stands at 27 pairs, according to a spokesperson for the Upper Lusatian Hea ..
Leipzig has by far the highest number of veterinarians in Saxony. As of December 31, 2023, there were 475 veterinarians, including 140 in private practice, i.e. with their own practice or employed by a practice, according to the State Statistical Off ..
By next summer, a modern indoor riding arena with grandstands should be ready for use by the Moritzburg State Stud. This includes jumping, riding and warm-up halls for training and further education as well as a new feed storage facility, as announce ..
The approval for the connection pipeline for the controversial Rügen terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) is legal in the opinion of the Federal Administrative Court. The court in Leipzig dismissed complaints by Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) and Nat ..
Wildcats are back in Saxony's forests. The wildcat was thought to be extinct in the Free State, but is now gradually returning to its old habitats, said Marlen Schmid from the Saxony Wildcat Rescue Network of the German Federation for the Environment ..
In the past year, 138 animal experimentation projects were approved in Saxony. 30 of these underwent a simplified approval procedure, for example because an animal experiment is required by law for the research purpose, as the Saxony State Directorat ..
Four illegally killed wolves have been found in Saxony in the current observation year. Since May 2023, three cases have been registered in the district of Bautzen and one in the district of Görlitz, as the Wolf Unit of the State Office for Environme ..