All news on the topic: Animals

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Moment leopard goes on rampage through village before it mauled six victims
Terrified villagers chased the big cat as it entered a house in Marauli Katheria village in India's Uttar Pradesh district before it went on to injure six other people
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Dog sanctuary's oldest pooch named Bruno is desperate for a final forever home
Bruno the Staffordshire bull terrier is looking for his final family home after spending 13 years at the Dogs Trust in Loughborough
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Fury as one of world's oldest lions speared to death aged 19 by herders
The 19-year-old lion, known as Loonkiito, was speared to death when he strayed too close to livestock in the Amboseli National Park and succumbed to his injuries
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Giant snapping turtle nicknamed 'Chonkosaurus' spotted by kayakers
Kayaker Joey Cantore had been paddling down the Chicago River in illinois, US, when he saw the massive turtle basking on a rusty chain and quickly got his camera ready to film it
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Vet's urgent warning against dog bedtime mistake that could prove dangerous
A vet has issued an urgent warning to pet owners about a common bedtime mistake they often make with their dogs - as it could actually prove dangerous for your pooch
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'My super-smeller boyfriend forces me to wash sheets every time he comes over'
The woman, who thinks her partner has a better sense of smell than most, reckons it's the reason why he regularly complains when visiting her home - but social media users have other ideas
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Joanna Lumley leads celebrities urging Rishi Sunak to keep animal welfare vows
The TV star leads a host of celebrities and animal welfare campaigners calling on the Government to deliver on its pledges about protecting animals and cracking down on abuse
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'On night at emergency vets I saw attacks, euthanasia and ingested objects'
Working in an emergency vets is stressful and emotional but so rewarding, as Mirror writer Nia Dalton discovered spending an evening in animal A&E - from tragic accidents to the 'privilege' of euthanasia
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National Dog Survey 2023: Help dogs by talking about yours
By filling in Dogs Trust's National Dog Survey, you can help paint a clearer picture of the changing dog owner landscape and the challenges faced, so the charity can do more to assist
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Confused cops rush towards screams for help but find 'very upset' goat
The two cops rushed to the scene of a "person" crying for help but they quickly realised it wasn't a human
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Photo emerges of Taser victim cuddling two dogs who were shot dead by police
Louie Turnbull cuddles the two dogs on a London Underground tube in the clip, filmed before the pooches were shot dead by a Metropolitan Police officer in Tower Hamlets
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Scientists find 26 new worm species - some so small you'd be lucky to see them
The roundworms which are just 1mm long were found at the inlet near the city of Porirua in New Zealand. As well as the 26 completely new species, 29 others species never seen in the country before were also spotted
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'Big little fish' species found by scientists - which was unnoticed for a reason
The Microichthys Grandis is a new and previously unrecorded species, say scientists, who conducted an annual survey to assess stocks of blue whiting in part of the Atlantic Ocean
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DNA test is 'definitive proof' huge black panthers are prowling UK countryside
Documentary-makers, who had been investigating sightings across the country, said a recent DNA test has confirmed the existence of black panthers and other big cats living in the UK
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Heartbreaking note left alongside abandoned spaniel dumped in a cage by owner
A dog who was abandoned in Oxfordshire had a heartbreaking note attached to his cage as the RSPCA announce animal abandonments are up almost 10 per cent from this time last year
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India's tiger numbers double in 50 years after crucial poignant intervention
By 1972, when India’s then-Prime Minister Ms Gandhi made the tiger the national animal in place of the lion, the big cat faced extinction
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Terrified dog swallowed by 50ft sink hole miraculously saved by twist of fate
Gemma Lampard was out walking six dogs in Farningham Woods in Dartford, Kent, when she heard the wayward pooch desperately barking for help from a fenced-off sinkhole
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'My fiancee wants to teach kids meat eating is 'wrong' - but I don't agree'
A man has taken to social media to share how his wife wants to raise their future children on a vegetarian diet because as she believes eating meat is as bad a slavery
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Bedbugs 'force mum and kids out of new home' after 'crawling out of skirtings'
Emily Bushby has now been moved back to her former flat after allegedly finding bedbugs at the house in Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, which is owned by housing association BPHA
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Shein fans in stitches over strange hamster accessories – including headphones
Shein has launched a series of accessories for hamsters, and people on social media are going wild for the tiny bits and bobs you can buy - including hammocks and headphones
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Spycam show goes beneath the waves to capture footage from the deep
At the size of a small cow, the sperm whale is the largest and most ambitious of the animatronic camera-carrying creatures to be built so far
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Man charged after being tasered by cops who shot his two dogs dead
WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: The Met Police defended its officers after a suspect was tasered and two dogs were shot in Tower Hamlets saying it is "never an easy decision to take"
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Woman struggles to afford rent for pet food bank after feeding 16,000 meals
Tyesha Muncaster, 24, set up a pet food bank to help struggling owners amid the cost of living crisis last year - now she says her £100 monthly rent for storage is becoming a worry
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Adorable pictures of cute 'rare' frogs born at UK zoo for the first time
The Cotswold Wildlife Park has become the only zoological collection in the world to successfully breed the species in the last year
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Adorable rare baby penguin hatches at UK zoo in 'important' birth
The endangered bird is the very first chick of the breeding season born to parents Pinny and Bruce at Edinburgh Zoo in an important step to protect the rare species