6+ hour, 6+ min 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....

3+ day, 17+ hour 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…...

6+ day, 5+ hour 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…...

6+ day, 5+ hour 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…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (800+ words) One thing the human species unfortunately is exceptionally skilled at: the eradication of the animal kingdom. Back in the 1950s there were 500, 000 lions in Africa. Today they number 23, 000 " i. e. a 95 per cent drop in the population in 70 years. There are only 6, 000 cheetahs…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (468+ words) A woman enjoying a lunchtime sandwich was slapped with a "150 fine after tossing a crust to a pigeon. Holly Piper, 36, said she was approached by two council enforcement officers while watching the birds peck at the discarded morsel. The officers…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (794+ words) A luxury shisha bar has agreed to relinquish a parrot it was keeping following complaints from animal rights activists that the bird was being kept in a glass box. Gardens, a self-described 'luxury dining and shisha experience' near Manchester city…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (445+ words) The event was part of Nottingham's Great Big Green Week at the city's Central Library and touted as an 'electronic snail racing demo' that was both 'light-hearted' and 'educational'. People were encouraged to bring in snails from their gardens for…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (592+ words) By BEN ENDLEY, REPORTER A holidaymaker has been accused of grabbing a seagull out of the air then punching it to death after it snatched his pasty. Outraged locals posted pictures of the man claiming he killed the innocent seagull…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (574+ words) By JADA BAS, REPORTER Helena Wehner and Johannes Fritz are part of an Austrian conservation group known as Waldrappteam, which is dedicated to bringing the Northern Bald Ibis to Europe. The endangered birds are raised in Germany'and then made to…...