India Bans Captive Dolphin Shows as ‘Morally Unacceptable’ - Says they're highly intelligent & should be seen as ‘non-human persons’ with their own specific rights

I remember when few years ago India outlawed manual cleaning of latrines, which resulted in nothing. Everything besides decisions of Supreme Court of India can be easily ignored, in particular announces of the government. Government holds there very little power and is worthy of making fun of, because of edicts like this.

Disappearing European borders

FT article

Sedan weighting 28 tonnes

Detailed population density map of Africa

http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/atatem/index_files/Data.htm

Rabies in Europe in 2012

Cases of rabies in bat population in green, version.

Source

What are some short films that everyone should see?

She & Her Cat/Their Standing Points - 5 min

Want more? Voices of a Distant Star - 25 min.

Technique: Watercolor Pencil

http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Watercolor-Pencils