Authorities closed schools and urged residents to stay in their homes last Wednesday as they tried to round up dangerous animals that escaped an Ohio farm. The animals escaped after their owner opened their cages and then committed suicide, officials said.
Lions, tigers, cheetahs and grizzly bears were among the 48 animals that ran loose last Tuesday near Zanesville in eastern Ohio.
Many of them were shot by authorities after a shoot-to-kill order was issued, but that order was lifted when daybreak came last Wednesday and hunters switched to tranquilizer guns.
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Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lut said his deputies had shot dead about 25 animals. One of them was a bear that attacked a law enforcement officer, Jack Hanna, director emeritus of the Columbus Zoo, told ABC News.
The farm’s owner, Terry Thompson, was found dead on the ground when authorities went to the farm to check on him last Tuesday following reports of animals running free.
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官員表示,當局上週三在企圖圍捕從俄亥俄州一座農場脫逃的危險動物的同時,關閉學校並呼籲居民待在家中。這些動物是在牠們的主人打開獸籠接著自殺之後脫逃。
包括獅子、老虎、獵豹與灰熊在內的四十八頭動物,上週二在俄亥俄州東部占茲維爾附近脫逃。
其中不少動物在當局下達格殺勿論令後已遭射殺,但該令在上週三白天解除,獵捕者也改用麻醉槍。
馬斯金岡姆郡警長麥特‧魯茲表示,他手下的警員殺死大約二十五隻動物。哥倫布動物園的榮譽園長傑克‧漢納告訴美國廣播公司新聞說,其中有一頭是攻擊執法人員的熊。
當局上週二接獲動物逃逸報案後趕往農場查看農場主人泰瑞‧湯普森的情況時,發現他已倒地死亡。
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The strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years killed at least 16 people and damaged dozens of buildings, but the destruction was largely contained thanks to decades of preparedness work. Taiwan sits on the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of intense seismic activity along the Pacific Rim, and — much like neighboring Japan — has a long history of catastrophic quakes. How does April 3 compare with other recent quakes? The April 3 earthquake, which measured 7.4 on the moment magnitude scale, was felt across Taiwan. It was the most severe since a 7.6 magnitude quake in 1999 killed
A: Artificial intelligence technology has been causing controversy lately: a student was caught cheating with AI to win the grand prize in an art contest. B: That’s so absurd. Does this mean that AI paints better than humans? A: Maybe. Luckily, the student was later disqualified. B: And more absurdly, it’s becoming more and more popular to use AI technology to “resurrect” people. A: Yeah, some netizens even posted videos featuring the late singer CoCo Lee, who was “resurrected” by them with AI software. A: 人工智慧的爭議不斷,有學生違規使用AI參加美術展,甚至贏得首獎。 B: 真誇張,這是不是代表AI比人類還強大? A: 或許吧,幸好得獎資格被取消。 B: 還有更誇張的︰讓死者重現的「AI復活」技術越來越熱門。 A: 對啊,還有網友製作已故歌后李玟「復活」的影片呢! (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
Around the time of the Dragon Boat Festival in June, the streets of Taiwan are filled with the delightful aroma of zongzi, a traditional snack made of sticky rice wrapped in leaves. The leaves are folded into a cone and then filled with sticky rice and other ingredients such as braised pork belly, peanuts and salted duck egg yolks. The filled leaves are then tightly tied with kitchen twine and ready for cooking. 每到六月端午時節,街頭巷尾就會飄出粽子的香氣。粽子是將糯米包進粽葉的傳統美食,先將粽葉折成圓錐狀塞入糯米,以及紅燒肉、花生、鹹鴨蛋黃等配料,用棉線綁緊後即可烹煮。 Dragon Boat Festival (n. phr.) 端午節 aroma
It’s another school day with the same ritual. You wake up to your smartphone’s alarm, scroll through messages during your commute, and listen to your favorite playlist with your wireless earbuds between classes. These devices, integrated smoothly into your daily routine, certainly make life more convenient. However, where do these devices end up after you replace them? In fact, the issue of electronic waste is a growing global concern. According to the United Nations, in 2019 alone, we generated an astonishing 53.6 million tons of e-waste—an average of 7.3kg per person. Projections hint at the figure soaring to 110