Guardian: The Ministry of Defence is at the centre of a conservation storm after reportedly destroying marine life and threatening the habitat of endangered birds by blowing up old ordnance off the coast of Gibraltar. Protesters say the "wanton and destructive" blasts, carried out in a designated UK-Gibraltar SCI (Site of Community Importance) left hundreds of dead fish floating on the sea’s surface. "Thousands of marine animals are likely to have been killed and left to rot on the seabed," …

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