カテゴリー: Animals
Sawangjit Kosoognern charged with illegal possession after video showing animal being driven around Pattaya gains 2.6m viewsA Thai woman has been charged with illegal possession of a lion cub, police said on Friday, after a video of the animal cruising…
National assembly votes to end trade in dog meat, thanks to its canine-loving leadersLike most young South Koreans, Annie Ko rarely ate dog meat, but her annual visits to a restaurant serving the dish did little to trouble her conscience. And she was o…
Animal welfare campaigners hail decision as ‘historic victory’ after years of pressure at home and abroadSouth Korea’s parliament has voted to ban the production and sale of dog meat, in a decision campaigners hailed as a “historic victory” for animal …
Animals have been popping up on golf courses and surfing contests in Dunedin as they reestablish a foothold on the South IslandA growing population of sea lions in the New Zealand city of Dunedin is provoking “overlapping chaos” as their breeding seaso…
Photograph taken at wildlife reserve shows baby nestled with his mother after his return A baby elephant who was separated from his mother and the rest of his herd in a wildlife park in Tamil Nadu, south India, has been reunited with them by park offic…
Cameras capture 120 tigers in year to April 2023, but extinction risk remains in neighbouring countriesThe number of tigers spotted by hidden cameras in the core of Thailand’s biggest conservation area rose last year, while a rare sighting of a mother …
There are now seven known species of soft-furred hedgehogs, which look like a cross between a mouse and a shrewScientists have identified five new species of soft-furred hedgehogs from south-east Asia.Two of the species discovered are entirely new to s…
Dozens of the animals died after they were treated with anti-parasitic medicineA Japanese zoo has launched an investigation after apparently killing 31 of its 40 squirrels by mistake with treatments meant to kill parasites, officials said.Keepers at th…
Atsushi Ozawa accused of using car to kill common pigeon, which vets said died of traumatic shockTo some, they are another species of feathered friend; to others, they are rats with wings whose droppings deface historic buildings.But in Japan, pigeons …
After 12 years in Scotland, pandas to fly home amid ongoing dispute about purpose of zoos and ethics of China’s panda diplomacyAs soon as she heard that Edinburgh’s pandas were about to be flown home, Sarah Greenwood knew she had to see them. “I love e…
Beijing’s strained relations with the west are less easily mollified by loans of cuddly endangered bearsAs the UK’s only giant pandas leave Edinburgh zoo , returning to their native country after a 12-year sojourn away from China, the era of panda dip…
New Zealand’s national icon is also one of its most vulnerable birds and conservationists believe it was absent from capital for generationsTwo kiwi chicks have been born in the wild around Wellington for the first time in more than 100 years, one year…
Annual competition inundated with a record number of votes after comedian took the Australasian crested grebe under his wingNew Zealand has crowned a bird that grunts, pukes and has a highly unusual repertoire of mating rituals as its bird of the centu…
Long-beaked echidna with spines of a hedgehog and snout of an anteater photographed on last day of expeditionScientists have rediscovered a long-lost species of mammal described as having the spines of a hedgehog, the snout of an anteater and the feet …
Bedbugs were almost eradicated via nationwide campaign in 1960s but thanks to lifting of travel restrictions after Covid-19 pandemic they’re backSouth Korea’s government has declared war on bedbugs, amid reports that an infestation is causing panic in …