Although, in the UK, the chemical metaldehyde has been banned from slug pellets from the Spring of 2020, because it is just too toxic to animals, there will be old stocks of pellets in garden sheds which contain the chemical and I’m sure that in …
There is a sinister story in the newspapers today about the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un declaring in July that pet ownership is a “tainted trend of bourgeois ideology”. It is reported on a Asian newspaper website that North Korea has launched a clampdown on …
Wales’s last golden eagle has been found dead. It is believed that she was 15 or 16 years old. The cause of death is being investigated but it appears to be natural. She was found by a walker after she had spent 12 years flying …
Locusts have been trained to detect explosives and to send back a signal wirelessly to an operator. It sounds like science fiction but locusts have an excellent sense of “smell” (they don’t use a nose to sniff the odour!). They can detect and track new …
A tiny marsupial, a mouse-like creature, called the black-tailed dusky antechinus, might have been wiped out by the summer bushfires that ravaged Australia and which were so well publicised. Scientists have searched the habitat of this marsupial and failed to find any of them. They …
CALIFORNIA, USA – NEWS AND VIEWS: This is an amazing video. The man, Jose Guzman, pushed past firefighters to get into the burning home of his grandparents who he was visiting with his family. His dog was inside and he was outside. As he pushed …
NEWS-VIEWS: It is reported that there has been a 65% increase in stolen dogs during the coronavirus pandemic lockdown compared to the same period last year. The report comes from the charity Doglost. And to compound the problem, it appears that some adopters of dogs …
The wolf howl is a beautiful sound. Dogs howl when left alone because they are performing the “howl of loneliness” in the words of Dr Morris. This serves the same function as a howl when it is made to bring a pack together after they …
Shelly Beach in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia: Chantelle Doyle was enjoying a Saturday-morning surf with her friends when she was attacked by a 10 foot juvenile great white shark. The shark had grabbed her by her right leg. She instantly suffered severe injuries …
