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Animal activists have been charged with aggravated trespass in their protest against using gas chambers to kill pigs which they claim is very cruel. In defence they say it is the people making lots of money out of animal abuse and suffering that should be …
It appears that Botswana’s president, in a fit of pique, has suggested that he offloads 20k elephants to Germany because Germany has decided to ban trophy imports which, incidentally is still being debated in the UK’s Parliament. In the UK, the bill reached committee stage …
In this story from the UK, a woman has been arrested and released on bail over the attack by seven dogs on a retired veterinarian. He was mauled to death in his garden by this pack of dogs. The dogs had been introduced to his …
Barred owls have a wingspan of 4 feet and grow to 2 feet in length. They are native to the eastern United States and they can be relatively aggressive. However, since the early 1900s they have steadily moved westward encroaching into the western states of …
A lot of people are irritated by the behaviour of seagulls at the seaside. They are bold and they steal chips out of the hands of holidaymakers enjoying fish and chips out of newspaper. I’ve seen people hit seagulls with their fists in order to …
The story of the male magpie, Molly, tells us that in Australia the answer to the question is a resounding NO because the wildlife authorities didn’t like the Queensland family rescuing and then adopting Molly who formed a close relationship with the family dog as …
Here are two stories from London, UK in which enterprising squirrels have made semi-redundant scaffolding their home and used it to enter apartments to find food to the consternation of the residents. Sumner Buildings Here’s the report on the “Scaffolding Turns Cheeky Squirrels into Cat …
Here is a summary of the event: Emma Keen, a 42-year-old British woman, was gored by a yak while hiking near Mount Everest. The attack occurred as she was Face Timing her family, leaving her with a severe three-inch gash in her leg. Despite the …
This is another episode in the story of a foxhunter who supervised the throwing of a live fox to a pack of hounds on Christmas Eve. Thomas Ledbury, 38, was working for the Avon Vale hunt at the time. He was employed as a terrier …
