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Animals News tagged with Australia

Stay Safe Near Snakes
Animals  (tags: australia, wildlife, wild animals, reptiles, snakes, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, protection )

Jacquelin
- 2 hours ago - thedaily.com.au
Don't try to kill them - and don't try to catch them. That's the top advice from professional snake handler and catcher Joel Keady. The fact is, we share the Coast with thousands of love 'em or loathe 'em snakes of many species and they have as much
Puppies Rescued During Carpet Store Fire
Animals  (tags: australia, animals, pets, puppies, rescued, store fire )

Jacquelin
- 5 hours ago - thedaily.com.au
A total of 33 puppies have been rescued from a pet store threatened by a blaze in neighbouring carpet business south of Brisbane. Firefighters were called to the blaze in Logan Road, Underwood, about 8.20pm (AEST) on Saturday and six crews worked to co
Sea-Dragon Pic Tops the Lot
Animals  (tags: australia, marine wildlife, photo contest, sea dragon )

Jacquelin
- 5 hours ago - news.com.au
SHANNON Conway's relationship with a stunning leafy sea-dragon was much more than a brief encounter. The professional underwater photographer, based in South Fremantle, has won the underwater section of the 2008 ANZANG (Australia, New Zealand, Antarcti
Crocodile Victim Search Suspended as Catchers Lay Traps
Animals  (tags: australia, wildlife, wild animals, crocodile, habitat, humans, man missing, traps )

Jacquelin
- 1 day ago - news.com.au
THE crocodile suspected of killing Vietnam veteran Arthur Booker will be held in captivity once trapped by hunters in the Endeavour River. Wildlife ranger and croc expert Scott Sullivan yesterday deployed gated land traps and a floating cage in an atte
Owner Finds Pet Rabbit Decapitated
Animals  (tags: australia, animals, pets, rabbit, decapitated, suffering, sadness, killed, AnimalCruelty, abused )

Jacquelin
- 2 days ago - theaustralian.news.com.au
A PET rabbit has been decapitated and its head discarded in a Sydney schoolyard, the RSPCA New South Wales says. The RSPCA said a man arrived at his home in Kareela in Sydney's south today to find his pet rabbit beheaded. The head was later discove
7yr Old Breaks Into Zoo & Kills Animals
Animals  (tags: abuse, AnimalCruelty, habitat, killing, killed, slaughter, boy, zoo, Australia )

Christine
- 2 days ago - news.aol.com
THIS IS DISGRACEFUL!!! A 7-year-old boy broke into a popular Outback zoo, fed a string of animals to the resident crocodile and bashed several lizards to death with a rock, the zoo's director said Friday. The 30-minute rampage, caught on the zoo's
Boy Feeds Aussie Zoo's Animals to Croc ~ Video
Animals  (tags: australia, zoolife, wild animals, wild life, boy, reptil, crocodiles, crime, AnimalCruelty, abused, animaladvocates, suffering, sadness, killing, humans, habitat, protection )

Jacquelin
- 2 days ago - edition.cnn.com
A 7-year-old boy broke into a popular Outback zoo, fed a string of animals to the resident crocodile and bashed several lizards to death with a rock, the zoo's director said Friday.The 30-minute rampage, caught on the zoo's security camera, happened early
Sadistic Boy, 7, Feeds Live Reptiles to Crocodile, Parents to Face Charges
Animals  (tags: australia, zoolife, humans.oy, reptile, animals fed to alligator, parents, charges, AnimalCruelty, abused, AnimalWelfare, sadness, killed, protection )

Jacquelin
- 2 days ago - news.com.au
PARENTS of a seven-year-old who fed lizards to a crocodile during a reptile park break-in are likely to face civil action. The boy broke into a Northern Territory reptile farm and sadistically fed a stream of its main exhibits to the resident 3m crocod
Fewer Male Reptiles Due to Warming -- And That's Good?
Animals  (tags: reptiles, Australia, global warming, animals, fewer males, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 2 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
A trend toward more females and fewer males in a type of Australian reptile may actually benefit the species in the short-term, a discovery that's contrary to previous research, a new study says.
Mobile Phones to Eavesdrop on Koalas
Animals  (tags: australia, wildlife, wild animals, koalas, cell phones, bellows, study, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, protection )

Jacquelin
- 3 days ago - thedaily.com.au
Mobile phone technology is helping Queensland scientists unlock the mystery of why koalas bellow. The deep grunts and bellows of male koalas are a distinctive sound in Australian forests in spring, but researchers still don't understand what they mean.
Flannery's Wild Side
Animals  (tags: australia, safari park, wildanimals, wildlife, white rhino, flannery, handful, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, protection )

Jacquelin
- 3 days ago - thedaily.com.au
Kawana product Chris Flannery has been leaving a path of destruction on English league fields ever since he signed with St Helens. But apparently his impact has been nothing compared to his four-legged namesake. As revealed in the Daily last month,
Croc Cull Pointless - Expert
Animals  (tags: australia, queensland, wildlife, wild animals, reptiles, crocodiles, cull, human, missing )

Jacquelin
- 3 days ago - news.com.au
CALLS for a cull of crocodiles in far north Queensland after a suspected fatal attack earlier this week are ill-advised, an expert says. Police and State Emergency Service volunteers are searching for 62-year-old holidaymaker Arthur Booker, who is beli
'Shy' Croc May Have Snatched Holidaymaker
Animals  (tags: australia, wildlife, wild animals, crocodile, charly, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans )

Jacquelin
- 4 days ago - smh.com.au
Authorities fear a normally "shy" 5.5m crocodile named Charlie may have snatched a holidaymaker from a riverside campsite in North Queensland. Arthur Booker, 62, and his wife, from Logan, south of Brisbane, were on a two-day holiday at the Endeavour Ri
Kangaroo on the Climate Change Menu
Animals  (tags: australia, wildlife, wild animals, kangaroos, climate change, survival, kangaroo meat, endangered, extinction, humans, protection )

Jacquelin
- 4 days ago - news.com.au
KANGAROO meat could become the staple diet for some households forced to give beef and lamb the chop to survive climate change. And families will be shocked by a dramatic rise in electricity prices of up to $450 a year as the cost of climate change hit
Dugong Washes Up on Mooloolaba Beach
Animals  (tags: australia, marine wildlife, dugong, death, endangered, extinction, protection )

Jacquelin
- 4 days ago - thedaily.com.au
Sailors apparently used to mistake dugongs for mermaids. But not surprisingly, there were not too many takers stepping up to resuscitate the dugong washed up near Ocean Beach caravan park at Mooloolaba yesterday afternoon. Not the most glamorous cre
 

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