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A feather-filled surprise 🦢
Crufts is the world’s largest dog show, with around 28,000 dogs taking place in the competition every year. 2019 sees the introduction of three new breeds: the Russian Toy, the White Swiss Shepherd and the Black & Tan Coonhound.
Good old Dream, living up to her name 😍🐶
An animal rescue group says the plus-size German rodent simply had too much 'good food'.
The world’s largest bee has been rediscovered by a team of biologists, more than 160 years after it was first seen on an Indonesian island. Last seen in 1981, Megachile pluto is as long as an adult’s thumb and four times larger than a honey bee.
Travis Kauffman tells the tale of how he took on a mountain lion which had been tracking him as he walked a mountain trail. He had to jam his foot onto the animal's neck and hold it there until the cat quit thrashing and died. Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers retrieved the dead cat and Kauffman was taken to hospital.
Edinburgh Zoo welcomed their new tapir calf on 31 January. Born to mother Sayang and father Mowgli, he’s the eighth tapir calf to have been born at the zoo since 2007.
Plastic litter incidents affecting animals are at an all-time high, according to a report by the RSPCA. The animal welfare charity found a 22% increase in incidents, from 473 in 2015 to 579 in 2018. For seals, the increase has been fourfold in the same period.
Residents who didn't normally talk had their mood lifted after meeting them 🦙
New RSPCA figures show a "shocking" increase in animal casualties.