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Valve to no longer offer physical gift cards due to scammers

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It's a classic case of bad actors ruining a great convenience for regular consumers. Physical gift cards were the perfect cash to digital bridge for privacy conscious users and people without traditional bank accounts. Unfortunately, the scale of refund fraud and elder scams involving these cards has gotten so massive that tech companies are realizing the retail footprint just isn't worth the liability anymore.

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Cambodia wants its tigers back. So it plans to import Bengal tigers from India

It’s amazing to see international collaboration like this, with India sharing its hard-won success in tiger conservation to help Cambodia restore its lost biodiversity. Building the soft-release enclosures is a great first step. However, the real test won’t be getting the tigers to Cambodia it will be keeping them safe once they step outside the enclosures. If Cambodia can pair this move with the same level of strict, militarized forest protection that helped India rebuild its numbers, this could be a historic conservation comeback.

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Show line dog breeding has devolved into a form of normalized animal abuse, and the AKC/kennel clubs are to blame.

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I’d argue that the '99% of terrible breeders figure mostly applies to profit driven puppy mills and backyard 'fad' breeders. True preservation breeders who meticulously health test are out there, but they are constantly fighting against kennel club standards that reward extreme, unhealthy looks.

Tie Titles to Health: A dog shouldn't be allowed to become a 'champion' unless it passes mandatory health, work and genetic screenings.