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AI startup Innefu Labs bags $30 million in funding from Panthera Growth Partners

The capital infusion, completed through a combination of primary and secondary transactions from Panthera, positions the national security-focused AI company for an initial public offering (IPO) and will accelerate its expansion into international markets, the New Delhi-headquartered firm said in a statement on Friday.

The Economic Times

A rare jaguar was spotted in Honduras for the first time in a decade, thanks to a remote camera trap

The elusive “cloud jaguar” was pictured in the highest reaches of the Merendón Mountain range – the first time a big cat has been seen in the Honduran wild for over a decade

Digital Camera World

13 camera traps, 6.5 years, and 1 rare clouded leopard: Photography once again helps wildlife conservation as researchers set a record for the longest a single animal has been studied

Scientists have tracked an individual Sundra clouded leopard for over 6 years using a network of camera traps on Borneo as part of a wider 15 year study

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Rembrandt lion drawing raises $18m for big cat conservation at US auction

Chalk artwork sold for record price at a New York Sotheby’s auction with proceeds going to the Panthera charity

The Guardian - US

Flat-headed cat not seen in Thailand for almost 30 years is rediscovered

Conservationists are celebrating the rediscovery of flat-headed cats in Thailand after camera traps recorded the endangered feline for the first time in almost 30 years.

LiveScience

Criminal charges against Australian debt collection company Panthera Finance dismissed

Consumer Affairs Victoria ordered to pay costs after firm successfully argues it is not technically engaged in debt collection owed to another person

The Guardian - AU

Owner of scandal-plagued Panthera Finance tells court it was not technically operating illegally in Victoria

Lawyers claim that because Panthera had ‘acquired’ the debts, it was not technically engaged in collecting debt owed to a third party

The Guardian - AU

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Debt collecting giant pursued 200,000 debts from Victorians while allegedly banned from operating in state

Thousands of people affected by actions of Panthera Finance, before it was acquired by new owners Francom Group

The Guardian - AU

Rembrandt’s rare 400-year-old lion drawing goes up for auction

A rare Rembrandt drawing, Young Lion Resting, could fetch up to $20 million at auction, with proceeds supporting wild cat conservation charity Panthera.

Euronews

Five failed Formula 1 entries that never made it to the grid

As rumours swirl of an improbable return of the Caterham name to Formula 1, we round up five other fledgling F1 projects that never made it to the grid

Motorsport

"Show me the money!" Five F1 entries that went nowhere

As news circulates of an improbable return of the Caterham name to the grid, we take a look at five other quixotic F1 projects

Autosport

Senegal's Lions Threatened By Illegal Trade Of Gris-Gris

Efforts to protect Senegal's critically endangered lion population from poaching and illegal trade driven by cultural beliefs in mystical powers.

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The Guardian - AU

Australian debt collection giant will cease to exist after claims it dodged its own blacklisting

Panthera’s new owners will seek to take a ‘strong moral and ethical focus, based on robust corporate social responsibility’

The Conversation

Giant pangolin rediscovered in Senegal

In March 2023, temperatures in eastern Senegal soared to 40°C, with the cooling rains still months away. Yet, for the dedicated field team from the NGO Panthera – committed to global feline conservation – and the Direction des parcs nationaux du Sénégal (DPN) (Senegal National Parks team), led by Mouhamadou…

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Debt collector taken to court after flouting trade ban

Victoria's consumer protection watchdog will take a debt collector to court after the company allegedly continued to operate in the state despite being banned.

The Guardian - AU

Debt collecting giant Panthera charged for allegedly flouting operating ban in Victoria

A blacklisting was imposed on the company in 2020 after a federal court found it had harassed consumers to pay disputed debts

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The Guardian - AU

Debt collection giant Panthera puts large parts of its business into administration

A Guardian Australia investigation has revealed Panthera had circumvented blacklisting designed to stop it operating in Victoria

The Guardian - AU

Revealed: How an Australian debt collection giant dodged its own blacklisting

Exclusive: Panthera Finance circumvented an order to cease buying and chasing debts in Victoria by passing on business to a sister company that hounded an autistic child

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Gaza genocide court case begins, blacklisted debt collector still operating, Trump’s courtroom outburst

Court hears Israel has shown ‘chilling’ intent to commit genocide in Gaza; Panthera entities still pursuing debts in Victoria; former US president launches diatribe at judge in fraud trial

The Guardian - AU

Top Australian debt collector still operating in Victoria despite blacklisting

Exclusive: Consumer Affairs Victoria investigating Panthera, which was fined $500,000 in 2020 after pursuing debts from people who were not liable

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How the FIA went from seven F1 new team bids to Andretti

And while there remain some big challenges ahead, because Andretti still needs to agree a commercial deal with FOM to be allowed to race, it is the closest F1 has had to a new team entrant for a while.

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Vulture surveillance system alerts Zambian park to poisonings

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