All news on the topic: Animals

The life-sized statue was placed outside the Houses of Parliament to highlight the potential of using cow poo as a renewable energy source

Billy the goat predicts the future using special animal tarot cards with the help of his owner - and there is bad news for those wanting the Royal Family to reconcile

Dotty, a four-month-old puppy, was stolen from a garden in Greater Manchester while a little girl played there. Following a police appeal, the pet has now been located

WARNING - UPSETTING CONTENT: Travis the chimp was treated like their own child by Sandra and Jerome Herold and was loved by all who met him - then he snapped and brutal attacked the couple’s friend Charla Nash

Ant McPartlin reportedly came to the rescue when four puppies ran off near a busy road in Richmond Park, as he walked his own pet pooches with wife Anne-Marie Corbett

Sheep in a Gloucestershire village have 'terrorised' residents for nearly a decade and locals have had enough of the flock, calling for cattle grids to be installed to stop the menacing beasts

To raise awareness of Earth Day, Princess Eugenie published a photo of her son August Brooksbank and her niece Sienna Mapelli Mozzi at the London Zoo as they look at the penguin pool

Sandy Thomson's stable lost Hill Sixteen in the Grand National at Aintree. On Saturday he has two runners in the Scottish version at Ayr, Empire Steel and Flower Of Scotland

Some people let their pets urinate in their gardens, but it can cause a problem for the grass, plants and flowers you have there. Garden experts have shared their best tips for protecting grass from dog and cat urine with The Mirror

Andy Lumb, from Crewe, has told how 60 seconds later it could have been a very different story after he had just managed to put his children into his house before a bull charged at him

Glasgow University, UK Health Security Agency and UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology have been awarded £1.25million to better understand how climate change could increase the risks from mosquitos

Hundreds of dogs and fans of Paul O'Grady lined the streets in Aldington, Kent today, as the much-loved star made his final journey alongside his emotional husband and beloved pet dog

Families in Burnley, Lancashire, claimed their homes have been overrun with giant rats that help themselves to food from their cupboards, as they were told to "close windows"

Nearly half of dog owners believe you can't teach an old dog new tricks - but animal experts say it is important to do exactly that as they reach their golden years

Conwy Council ruled that despite the animals' unruly behaviour, it is landowners' responsibility to protect their properties from the roaming Great Orme Goats.

Battersea Dogs & Cats Home ambassador Paul O'Grady is being laid to rest at a funeral in Aldington, Kent today after the TV star died age 67 at the end of March

In a clip posted on Instagram, which has racked up 9.2 million views and more than 980,000 likes, the adorable baby can be seen giving a cuddle to its new carer.

Mahri and Colin Paterson were walking on the Isle of Arran in Scotland with their dogs Kaia and Bree, when a snake bit their six-year-old dog's face, leaving her in pain, before they rushed to the vet

When Patches the morbidly obese cat came to be adopted, two people were needed to lift him. He was rescued from his previous owner by Richmond Animal Care and Control, a animal rescue centre in Richmond, Virginia

Staff at the Scottish Seabird Centre in East Lothian raised the alarm after they spotted the mammal floating in the water before it came ashore near the harbour

A bull was seen charging at people on Wells Avenue in Haslington, Cheshire, yesterday morning, and pupils in a nearby primary school were put into lockdown before the animal was shot dead by police

Dr Tom O'Shea, 35, from Frome in Somerset, filmed the large wild cat on his return to Cornwall for a visit, near to where the fabled Beast of Bodmin Moor is said to reside

Animal lover Paul O'Grady will be laid to rest today in a private service at a safari park in Kent and a dog-themed nod to him in his hometown of Birkenhead

Taz, a 10-month-old, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, was taken from his own property in Derry, Dublin, on March 17 at 8.30am after being allowed into the garden to toilet

A rare black fox has been seen wandering the streets of Barry in Wales. The sighting prompted the RSPCA to ask the public to think carefully about keeping foxes as pets due to their wild nature