NEWS AND VIEWS – MATLOCK, DERBYSHIRE UK: This is the sad tale of a “lost” dog whose name is Toby. He lives with a 93-year-old woman who called Derbyshire police twice over the weekend of October 10 and 11th in a very distressed state saying …
Britain’s only sperm-sniffing dog, Billie, a cocker spaniel is retiring after six years in the role as reported by The Times (the BBC reported that he started in March 2016 which means he worked for just over 4 years). He was trained to detect seminal …
NEWS AND VIEWS – GREAT YARMOUTH, UK: Mr and Mrs Gant, 77 and 74 respectively, kept a pack of eight whippets. Neighbours recorded the dogs barking more than 900 times in one hour. As they had already been convicted by Norwich magistrates of breaching a …
A scientist has uncovered how birds cope so well with turbulence with the help of a barn owl called Lily. Dr Shane Windsor discovered that their wings provide “suspension and respond mechanically to gusts” (The Times author Tom Whipple-science editor). Indeed, Dr Windsor describes the …
About three years ago I wrote about the high suicide rate among animal rescue workers in America. Research indicated that it was the highest suicide rate of all American workers and equal to that of police officers and firefighters. An unhappy statistic because the people …
$1 million worth of endangered shaheen falcons and a houbabra bustard have been seized by the authorities in Pakistan. They were destined for the Middle East, a country which drives illegal trafficking in birds of prey. Also, the buzzard mentioned is used as a prey …
A huge Chinese fishing fleet of 300 vessels has ‘raped’ the oceans around Galapagos taking several thousand tonnes of fish.
Background People should know by now that cows can be dangerous. It is well known that cows, all cattle, can be a risk to people in their vicinity particularly cows with calves. There have been several high-profile deaths of walkers by cows recently in the …
It has been suggested in a new research study that the death of hedgehogs on British roads might be three times the amount previously estimated and that there may be local extinctions as a result. Previous research indicated that 113,000 hedgehogs are killed annually on …
