All news on the topic: Animals

Ham may be kept in a pen outside but his hilarious and human-like antics - including sitting down to drink cups of tea - make him another member of the family

Authorities in South Africa are trying to locate a tiger after it escaped from its enclosure near Johannesburg. It killed a dog and mauled a man who survived but was taken to the hospital

Teresa and Michael, who had been married for 34 years, would regularly walk the route during their lunch breaks as they worked from home during lockdown

You never know what you might find when you are out shopping, but Alan Watson was not expecting to witness this sight over his IKEA meatballs on Sunday afternoon

Piers Morgan proudly held two kittens in a sweet Instagram post. After a debate over the cats' names, he decided to name one after Dennis Berghamp and another after Robert Piers

Hamsters face "injustices" their pet owners say, as the RSPCA has urged owners to be aware of the dangers some bedding can pose as they may be seriously injured if it gets "tangled around their limbs"

The 11 stone Leonburger, named Shiva, is reportedly one of eight dogs in police care following Thursday's tragedy in Caterham, Surrey in which a 28-year-old woman was mauled to death

Iggy, 75, revealed his Moluccan salmon-crested cockatoo can hit 130 decibels – equal to a plane taking off or close-range gunfire - and the singer seeks sanctuary in a second home nine miles away

The three boa constrictors, known for squeezing their prey to death, were found in concerning circumstances next to a pile of rubbish by a loch near Glasgow, Scotland

Frasier is getting a reboot on Paramount+ and Only Fools and Horses legend Nicholas Lyndhurst has been announced as the first star to join

Syed Rizwan, 44, has been on hunts all over the world. He claimed the trophy hunting industry protects wild creatures, such as rhinos, from falling into the hands of poachers

Michael Bay has strongly denied that a pigeon was killed on the film set of his movie 6 Underground in Rome in 2018, amid reports the Transformers and Ambulance director has been charged by Italian police

The Grand National-winning handler has given some of his young equine recruits monikers after famous Dad's Army and Porridge characters including Sergeant Wilson and Norman Fletcher

Susan Jones was stunned at how her pooch Lottie found a missing dog in the Peak District. The clever cocker collie cross sniffed out Gracie at the bottom of a five-metre hole

Armed police and the National Police Air Service swooped into a park in Surrey yesterday afternoon following reports of a dog attacking people - one woman who is believed to have been walking a 'number of dogs' tragically died at the scene

British man Morgan Keane was shot by Juien Feral who was given a two-year suspended sentence and banned for hunting for life after the involuntary homicide in Cahors, France

Armed police and the National Police Air Service (NPAS) swooped into a park at Gravelly Hill, Caterham, Surrey yesterday afternoon following reports of a dog attacking people

Ollie the pitbull was found lifeless a teenager Jaylee's bedside a week after his family's home caught fire in the city of Corpus Christi, in Texas, USA on New Year's Eve

Patrick Murray, best known for playing Mickey Pearce in the hit BBC comedy, previously opened up about how his lung cancer had been cured in May last year

Ariana Giampietro couldn't understand why foster dog Monty wouldn't listen to her commands when she brought him home from the shelter - she later realised they don't 'speak' the same language

But the child was not even slightly intimated by the beasts sitting just inches away behind the glass, and instead reached his hand out towards the lioness, as this video shows.

Paul O'Grady lives with his husband and many animals in a cosy home in Ashford. He shares adorable photos of his pets with fans on Instagram

A mum has been left heartbroken after her son's school teacher was overheard mocking his name - she is debating reporting the teacher to the headmaster for cruel unprofessionalism

Pregnant Jessica Fisher says that mice have nibbled her daughter's toes and destroyed her toys by leaving droppings everywhere, before dropping dead all around her flat

Katherine Bacon, 32, had gone to the kitchen to start preparing a meal at dinner time but she got much more than she bargained for when she spotted the reptile on the inside of the pack