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Red panda found in luggage of smuggling suspects at Thailand airport
Bangkok customs officers arrest six after finding 87 animals, including lizards, birds, a monkey and snakesThai...
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‘Haven’t seen anything like it’: shock as great white shark washes up on NSW beach
Four-metre shark euthanised after becoming beached on shore at Kingscliff on Tweed CoastFollow our Australia news...
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Pigs don’t fly: Louisiana piglet rescued after being thrown in Mardi Gras
Lieutenant governor ‘pardons’ animal and Republican local politician adopts it after it’s saved in New OrleansA...
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Cape Town hit by ‘unimaginable’ stench from 19,000 cattle on live export ship
Animal welfare groups say smell from the build-up of faeces and ammonia on the ship are...
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Hindu nationalists go to court over lion named after Muslim emperor in India
Controversy in West Bengal centres around Akbar and Sita, named for a Hindu deity, being placed...
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British Columbia fights to stop spread of fatal ‘zombie deer disease’
Chronic wasting disease, which affects deer and other cervids, confirmed in Canada but experts divided over...
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Polar bears risk starvation as they face longer ice-free periods in the Arctic
Bears use ice to access food, but study of animals in Canada shows them struggling to...
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Airport K9 sniffs out mummified monkeys at Boston airport
Passenger returning from the DRC said luggage contained dried fish, but inspection revealed four dead monkeysA...
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Raccoon plunges parts of Toronto into darkness after mishap at power utility
Mammal ‘made contact with equipment’, disrupting a subway line and shutting off water in latest escapade...
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Greater glider put on path to extinction by NSW environmental watchdog, experts say
Ecologists condemn watchdog decision, accusing it of making reckless changes to allow easier logging of state...
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Cranes, UK’s tallest bird, bred in higher numbers last summer than for centuries
At least 80 pairs recorded in 2023 after species began breeding again in 1979, having disappeared...
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Vets urged to stop giving pesticide flea treatments after river pollution study
Exclusive: Pet owners risk contaminating their hands with neurotoxins for at least 28 days after application,...
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Stranded live export ship to offload some of 16,500 animals in WA before resuming journey to Middle East
Serious animal welfare concerns over exporter’s plan to resume journey, MP says, with animals set to...
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‘Unacceptable greenwashing’: Scottish farmed salmon should not be labelled organic, say charities
Open letter calls for Soil Association certification to be removed from industry, amid concerns of negative...
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Zebras and camels, oh my! Animals rescued after fire on Indiana highway
A truck and trailer en route to Fort Wayne for a Shriner’s event caught fire, prompting...
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Jack Russell terrier who loves to surf makes a splash on beaches of Peru
Four-year-old dog named Efruz ‘loves the sea’, according to his owner, and often perches on a...
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Thai woman charged over lion cub filmed cruising resort in Bentley
Sawangjit Kosoognern charged with illegal possession after video showing animal being driven around Pattaya gains 2.6m...
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Lions making fewer zebra kills due to ‘chain reaction’ involving invasive ants
Hunting by Kenyan lions impeded in ‘ecological chain reaction’ as big-headed ants fail to stop elephants...
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Just two northern white rhinos remain. The species’ first IVF pregnancy could save them from extinction
The first successful embryo transfer in a southern white rhino paves way for using technique to...
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Benito the giraffe begins long journey for better weather in central Mexico
Conditions at Ciudad Juárez zoo on US-Mexico border not suitable so container takes Benito to conservation...
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Cat dies after being thrown off Russian train by conductor
State-owned railway company RZhD apologises as conductor faces calls to be sacked and potentially prosecutedA cat...
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Ruby to the rescue as dog helps save owner who fell in frozen Michigan lake
Quick-thinking state police officer enlists pet canine to carry rescue equipment to man who fell through...
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More than 160 elephants die in Zimbabwe, with many more at risk
Drought in Hwange national park was the cause of most of the deaths, and wildlife experts...
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Global heating pushes mountain goats into more nocturnal lifestyle
University of Sassari research suggests change in habits might expose animals to more predatorsGlobal heating is...