All news on the topic: Animals

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Morocco plans to kill three million dogs in a brutal street clean-up ahead of the FIFA World Cup
A top conservationist has condemned Morocco and urged FIFA to take action over the slaughter of three million street dogs ahead of the 2030 World Cup.
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Two dangerous animals captured in Scotland after illegal release
Two lynx which were illegally released into a Scottish Highlands have been captured.
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Police seize 6,000 illegal wild bird eggs in largest haul in UK history
Part of an international initiative to combat organised wildlife crime, similar seizures in Australia and Norway have recovered more than 50,000 eggs
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Notorious South Lakes Safari Zoo, where a tiger fatally mauled a keeper, to shut down permanently
Animal rights campaigners have welcomed the move to shut South Lakes Safari Zoo which gained infamy after keeper Sarah McClay was killed by a Sumatran tiger that gained access to an enclosure
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13 ’dangerous dog’ incidents reported in 48 hours, including owner attacked by his own American bulldog
South Yorkshire Police have confirmed 13 reports relating to ’dangerous dogs’ in just 48 hours.
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A 10-year-old girl has died after being attacked by her family’s dog at home
A 10-year-old girl has died after being mauled by her family’s dog.
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Reports of XL bully cruelty surge since ban, including cases of decapitation and being left for dead in a cage
Reports of intentional harm towards the breed have risen 164% and abandonments have gone up by 692%, says the RSPCA.
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55-year-old man fatally mauled by bear while mushroom picking in Slovakia
A 55-year-old man has been killed by a wild brown bear while foraging for mushrooms in a Slovakian forest.
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Rogue otter pulls child underwater during morning walk with mother
A river otter dragged a child on a dock underwater and viciously attacked the mother who intervened in the near-drowning.
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A team of scientists has begun a search for great white sharks off the UK coast, investigating a series of reported sightings
For decades, the possibility of great whites in British or Irish seas has remained a mystery
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The beloved Russian "spy whale" is believed to have been shot and killed by poachers
A famous white whale accused of being a Russian spy was shot to death by poachers, animal rights groups claim.
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Hvaldimir: Russian ’spy’ whale found dead in Norway
Hvaldimir was first spotted near the Norwegian island of Ingoya in April 2019. He was wearing a harness and what appeared to be a mount for a small camera which read "equipment St Petersburg".
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Inside Argentina’s largest wildlife trafficking bust
On the outskirts of Dolores, a small town in the northeast of Buenos Aires province, Argentina, on a recent night in August, a bunch of police teams gathered at a gas station to go over the final details of the largest anti-wildlife trafficking operation in Argentina’s history.
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RFK Jr. faces calls for an investigation into claim he chainsawed off a whale’s head
Activists say Kennedy could’ve committed felony violation for allegedly driving with whale skull strapped to car roof
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’Notorious’ trophy hunter boasts about killing cheetah cubs and posts pictures of their bodies online
Cameron Hopkins shamelessly posted images of the three dead big cats despite there being just 7,000 of the animals left in the African wild - and campaigners have responded calling for an ’immediate ban’
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Vets extend strike in first industrial action to hit Britain’s pet-care sector
Staff at a practice in Wales have accused its private-equity-backed owner of poor pay and overcharging customers
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The attack happened in the Flathead National Forest about 2 miles north of Columbia Falls
A man picking berries shot and killed a grizzly bear after it attacked in a surprise encounter.
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Large pod of pilot whales almost wiped out after stranding on Orkney beach
Rescuers including vets rush to save 12 survivors from 77-strong group lying on Sanday shore
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Military horses have run loose again in central London
Military horses have broken free and run loose through central London for the second time since April.
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Home Secretary denounces disturbing video of police car ramming a cow
The horrific moment an escaped cow is rammed by a police car twice has caused outrage after being posted to social media.
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Animal rights activists paste Wallace and Gromit image over king’s portrait
Two Animal Rising supporters cover monarch’s face with Wallace character in protest against RSPCA-assured farms
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Iceland issues license to the country’s last whaling company to hunt 128 fin whales
Conservationists criticise ‘disappointing’ and ‘dangerous’ move to allow harpooning of fin whales after curbs last year
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Ten dogs found dead in bag pulled from canal
Ten dogs were found dead in a bag pulled from a Leeds canal, nine months after an almost identical incident in the same waterway, the RSPCA has said.
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Owners who do not microchip cats face £500 fines
All cats in England must be microchipped and registered on a database from Monday under new laws.
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Baby girl ‘critical’ after being mauled by dog at her home in Cheltenham
Cops have seized the ’large’ dog while the probe the horror attack