French butchers want protection from vegans

Butchers in France have called on the police to provide
protection from “militant vegans”. The request by the French
Confederation of Butchery, Butchers and Delicatessens follows a
number of attacks on butcher shops, including vandalism and
anti-meat slogans.

Fish dead after distillery collapse

Officials in the US have reported that nearly 1,000 fish have
been killed, following an accident in a Kentucky distillery. One
section of the distillery’s warehouse collapsed, spilling thousands
of litres of bourbon, some of which has found its way into a local
river.

Music festival halted by bird’s nest

Set-up for a 10-day music festival in Canada has been halted,
after the discovery of a bird’s nest with four small eggs in it at
the site where the main stage is to be erected. The nest belongs to
a protected species, and authorities are trying to decide whether
the nest can be moved, or if the eggs should be incubated.