Invasive Species
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TheJournal.ie : Should grey squirrels be killed in Dublin and Wicklow? Officials want to hear from you
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Portrays invasive species as harmful and in need of control
The article consistently links grey squirrels to ecological damage, using causal language to associate them with the decline of red squirrels and harm to woodlands.
“Biodiversity Ireland said that grey squirrels compete with native red squirrels for food and habitat, and can also carry squirrel pox virus, which is harmless to grey squirrels but often fatal to reds.”
NZ Herald : The fight to euthanise Pablo Escobar’s hippos in Colombia
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Invasive species portrayed as endangering native ecosystems
[loaded_language] The term 'invasion' frames hippos as aggressors encroaching on natural order, heightening sense of ecological threat.
“As the invasion of hippos accelerates, there’s going to be higher probabilities of accidents”