Brazil floods: horse stranded on roof is rescued as death toll rises to 107 people
Animal dubbed ‘Caramelo’ was trapped for days, balancing on two strips of slippery asbestos after flooding hit the Porto Alegre area Emergency workers have rescued...
Category : Animals
British tourist injured in shark attack is ‘aware and can communicate’
Peter Smith is in intensive care after suffering damage to an arm, leg and hand and puncture wounds to abdomen A British tourist who was...
Briton in critical care after ‘unusual’ shark attack on Tobago
Man, 64, being treated for injuries to arm, leg and stomach after attack in shallow waters A British man is in intensive care after an...
Europeans care more about elephants than people, says Botswana president
Westerners see elephants as pets, said Mokgweetsi Masisi, whose government threatened to send 30,000 elephants to Germany and the UK to demonstrate their dangers Many...
Fox bones at ancient burial site suggest animal may have been kept as pet
Clues at Argentina site raise possibility mammal was buried with human owners about 1,500 years ago The remains of a fox unearthed at a human...
Orca stranded off Canada’s west coast dies despite efforts to save her
Residents and marine officials in British Columbia hope a changing tide will save her orphaned calf A killer whale stranded off Canada’s west coast has...
Charity steps in to rehome 300 cats from ‘overwhelmed’ man in Canada
Man says he ended up in ‘a crazy situation’ after he began taking in cats abandoned during Covid pandemic An animal welfare charity in western...
Single orca seen killing great white shark off South African coast
Attack on juvenile is thought to be first known time a lone orca has hunted down a great white It is a smash and grab...
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 indicative of the conditions animals endure Authorities in Cape...
British Columbia bids to stop spread of fatal ‘zombie deer disease’
Chronic wasting disease, which affects deer and other cervids, confirmed in Canada but experts divided over risk to humans The Canadian province of British Columbia...
