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A cub sandwich! Baby foxes snuggle together in Surrey forest
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (238+ words) By SOPHIA STANFORD, NEWS REPORTER As the summer holidays roll on, many a disgruntled parent will be accustomed to moans from their children's bedrooms while on vacation. Disagreements about sleeping arrangements and air-con settings leave much to be desired on…...
Posh town's famous geese are set to be roasted for DINNER
12+ hour, 28+ min ago (551+ words) A Pennsylvania town is cracking down on a flock of unruly geese, approving a plan to 'harass,' and potentially hunt, the feathered troublemakers. Abington Township approved a plan with the US Department of Agriculture on July 9 to deal with aggressive…...
Hampstead Health security guards are threatened by irate swimmers
3+ week, 4+ day ago (807+ words) Hampstead Heath ponds offer a place to cool down amid the sweltering 36C heatwave engulfing the city this week. But rule breakers have sparked fury by turning wildlife havens into their own private diving ground. Ponds preserved for hundreds of years…...
Egg-cellent way to cool off! Emus snapped taking a dip at zoo
3+ week, 5+ day ago (316+ words) A pair of emus found the perfect way to beat the heat as they were spotted cooling off in the water at Hertfordshire Zoo in the UK. The giant birds took a refreshing dip as soaring temperatures gripped the country,…...
Traveller to pay £800 for possessing bodies of barn owl and kestrel
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1147+ words) By OLIVIA DAY, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR, AUSTRALIA A traveller has been ordered to pay £800 after he was convicted of possessing the bodies of a barn owl and a kestrel that were dumped alongside 50 dead hares outside a village shop in…...
From chronic pain to breast cancer, snakes inspiring a slew of drugs
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1519+ words) Could the Burmese python hold the secret to weight-loss jabs that are free of side effects? That’s the hope of research into the reptile’s remarkable ability to suppress its appetite. While the snakes can swallow their own bodyweight in one…...
Revealed: The quango that wants to cull EVERY wild pony on Dartmoor
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1653+ words) A dozen or so Dartmoor Hill Ponies are huddled in small groups on the misty moor before us, with tails swishing, nostrils flaring gently and tangled manes blowing in the breeze. Several are dozing with heads nodding low, bodies still....
Pub plagued by gulls divides opinion over no refunds for stolen food
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (657+ words) A pub plagued by hungry seagulls has had to put up signs warning punters they will not get refunds if their food is swiped. Visitors to The Glasshouse in Norwich, Norfolk, have complained about massive birds swooping down to nick…...
Divebombing buzzard attacks villagers and knocks cyclists off bikes
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (519+ words) An 'aggressive' buzzard is swooping on villagers in the East Midlands in a campaign of violence. Residents in the village of Coleorton, Leicestershire, said the bird of prey attacks locals 'almost every day'. One man suffered cuts across the top…...
Why bird attacks are suddenly on the increase - and we're to blame
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (1893+ words) By ANTONIA HOYLE, FEATURE WRITER Jonny Phillips was walking his dog Arlo in a park near his Bournemouth home last Monday morning when Arlo scampered after a murder of crows circling a nearby tree. ‘He’s for ever chasing birds but…...