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Editorial cartoon of an Austrian firefighter in full gear standing in a dried-up riverbed, holding a limp flat hose heroically while displaying a phone showing a social media appeal for a slurry tank, with a barn fire burning in the background and a rusty slurry tank on a trophy pedestal.

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Austria: The Fire Brigade Has No Water and Is Begging Facebook for a Pig Tank

Austria's Jeging Volunteer Fire Brigade posted on social media asking for a used slurry tank after the Mattig river dried up completely, leaving them with no firefighting water. The Hydrographic Service confirms most Upper Austrian waterways are well below average, with no relief in sight.

Satire & commentary · 2026-10-17

Editorial cartoon caricature of an anthropomorphic crow in a hospital gown sliding a blister pack of pills across a government desk to a sweating city councillor who stamps it APPROVED, while a crossed-out kill-tally scoreboard hangs on the wall behind him and a queue of crows with numbered tickets waits in the hallway.

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Malaysia: Klang Shot 6,000 Crows. Now It Wants to Put Them on the Pill.

After gunning down nearly 6,000 crows this year - including 3,083 in a single day - Malaysia's Klang Royal City Council admits the killing spree didn't work and is now proposing oral contraceptives for the birds. Wild avian family planning: the sequel nobody voted for.

Satire & commentary · 2026-10-17

Austria: The Fire Brigade Has No Water and Is Begging Facebook for a Pig Tank

Malaysia: Klang Shot 6,000 Crows. Now It Wants to Put Them on the Pill.

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