カテゴリー: Animals
Animal rights campaigner Dominic Dyer claims intense lobbying of No 10 led to Johnson overruling ministerAn animal rights campaigner closely involved in the rescue of Pen Farthing and his animals from Afghanistan said he was confident “pressure had bee…
Continuing our series looking behind the headlines of 2021, the former Royal Marine on his perilous evacuation of hundreds of dogs and cats during the fall of Kabul – and how he answers the scepticsSee the Observer’s faces of 2021 in fullFrom his home …
Penalties increased for feeding wild pigs as city struggles to control the animals, one of which bit a police officer last weekHong Kong authorities have captured and euthanised seven wild boars as they began a campaign to reduce their numbers in urban…
Authorities say health worker has been dismissed from role, amid accusations they are overreacting as China pursues zero-Covid strategySee all our coronavirus coverageThe killing of a pet dog whose owners were in quarantine has sparked outrage on Chine…
Police say the animal, thought to be either an escaped pet or a juvenile, kept charging at the woman when she left her houseA possum has been released without charge after it held a woman “hostage” at her home, New Zealand police say.Officers received …
No stunt, say organisers, who wanted to raise awareness of the pekapeka-tou-roa, which faces the same threats as native birdsIn a huge upset to New Zealand birds, but a win for one of the country’s only native land mammals, a bat has swooped in “by a l…
Winged mammal is the first non-bird to be included in the beloved annual poll, which has been running for 16 yearsNew Zealand’s bird of the year competition has been hit with a flurry of controversy, after a species of native bat was granted entry into…
A mynah bird that arrived in UAE with a young Afghan refugee has found sanctuary – and a new word – at the ambassador’s residenceA mynah bird that was brought from Afghanistan by a girl fleeing the Taliban has learned to say “bonjour” after finding a n…
Ngātiwai tribal leaders formally listed as official naming authorities for the tiny creature A tiny candy-stick coloured pygmy pipehorse, discovered in a small area off New Zealand’s north coast has been given a Māori name by the local iwi (tribe) – in…
Airport workers occasionally remove stray cats and racoon dogs from the runway but turtle sightings are rareTurtles on a Runway probably will never rival Snakes on a Plane for dramatic effect, but one reptile has made headlines after an innocent amble …
Moon Jae-in, a dog-lover, says ‘time has come’ for traditional practice to endThe South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, has raised banning the eating of dogs in the country, his office said, a traditional practice that is becoming an international embar…
Glue and duct tape used to fit rat snakes with dosimeters and GPS movement trackers to help researchers understand long-term effects of radiationResearchers have used snakes fitted with tracking devices and dosimeters to measure radiation levels in the…
Ex-Marine had accused government aide of ‘blocking’ efforts to evacuate dogs and cats from animal shelterA former Royal Marine has admitted his emotions “got the better” of him when he left an expletive-laden message for a government aide while trying …
MoD says founder of Kabul animal shelter has passed security at airport but does not mention charity staff and familiesPaul “Pen” Farthing, who founded an animal shelter in Kabul, has made it through the airport’s security and is awaiting a flight out …
UK defence secretary says Paul Farthing, his team and animals can leave on chartered planeA former Royal Marine who has been campaigning to have dozens of people and hundreds of animals at his sanctuary evacuated from Afghanistan has been offered a gli…