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Animals News tagged with england

Life in UK Proves Fatal to Reindeer
Animals  (tags: reindeers, england, illness, diseases, farm animals, dying, wild animals )

Simone
- 9 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
Reindeer imported to Britain for Santa's grottoes and festive parades are dying prematurely after exposure to diseases from British farm animals, a senior government vet has warned. An official investigation has revealed a sharp increase in deaths in
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Register Online Against the Repeal of the UK Hunting Ban.
Animals  (tags: wildanimals, wildlife, suffering, protection, abuse, fox, hunting, Uk, England, ban )

Anne
- 11 days ago - campaignfordecency.org.uk
They have caught her in a cage trap. She is confused, frightened, and alone. If this were about 'pest control', they could shoot her now - cleanly and humanely - but they won't. They want to have some 'fun' with her first.
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ACTION ALERT: End Cruelty to Circus Elephants in the UK!!!
Animals  (tags: circus elephants, abused, tortured, end animal circuses, laws, legalisation, protection, england )

Simone
- 96 days ago - all-creatures.org
All animals in circuses are compromised by the traveling and temporary nature of the circus, with severe confinement inevitable and physical abuse commonplace. They have no legal protection, as there are no regulations to protect them under the Animal
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Animal Poisoning Cut 'Not Enough'
Animals  (tags: scotland, england, birds, animals poisoning, cruelty, suffering, numbers rising, endangered, willdlife, eagles )

Simone
- 105 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The number of animals in Scotland deliberately poisoned last year dropped slightly to 23 - 12 fewer than in 2007. The figures, released by the Wildlife Incident Investigation Scheme, included deliberate attacks on 11 birds of prey. Environment
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BBC NEWS -Pet Charity 'Saved' By Cat Lover
Animals  (tags: sanctuary, England, house sale, cats, animalwelfare, goodnews )

Raffi
- 114 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The future of Oxfordshire Animal Sanctuary could be safe for another 12 months thanks to a man who left his home to charity. Vivian Kirk's home in Jericho, Oxford, was bequeathed to the charity six years ago when he died in return for looking after
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ACTION ALERT: Ban Snares! How Many More Animals Must Die in Agony Before They Are Banned?
Animals  (tags: snarees, scotland, england, wild animals, pets, strangled, suffering, goverment, cruelty, ban )

Simone
- 140 days ago - e-activist.com
Snares are thin wire nooses that are set to trap any animal perceived to be a pest or threat. The primitive design of a snare silently garrotts its victims and often leads to a painful and lingering death. Commonly used by gamekeepers to catch foxes.
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Oil Hunters Started Decimating Whale Populations as Early as 1800
Animals  (tags: animals, whales, oil, hunters, environment, endangered, extinction, humans, orcas, blue, sharks, thresher, porpoise, dolphin, new zealand, england, ocean, sea, fishing, science, investigation, research, study, discovery )

Tom
- 183 days ago - thaindian.com
One of several astonishing reconstructions of ocean life in olden days suggests that the ocean around New Zealand teemed with about 27,000 southern right whales, about 30 times as many as today, before oil hunters started to whaling in the early 1800s.
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The Saturday Strangeness : African Big Cats In London?
Animals  (tags: animals, big cats, sightings, England, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 234 days ago - londonist.com
For more than twenty years I have researched sightings of mystery animals across London, Kent and Sussex. I am the UK's only full-time 'big cat' researcher. And yet never, in all my moments of collating evidence, going out in the field and appealing for
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Otters : Highways Agency Give a Helping Hand With Special Crossing for Threatened Wildlife
Animals  (tags: otters, threatened, special crossings, England, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 242 days ago - cambs24.co.uk
The east of England's threatened otter population is receiving support from a wildlife protection scheme developed by the Highways Agency and the Environment Agency.
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Amorous King Snake on the Loose
Animals  (tags: england, wildlife, serpents, king snake, on the loose, looking for love )

Jacquelin
- 254 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
An amorous snake is on the loose after it escaped from its home in a bid to find a mate. Trio's owner Phil Bennett believes the snake picked up the scent of two females in a vivarium underneath his enclosure and fought his way out. The king snake,
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Protest Over Circus Elephant Show
Animals  (tags: england, circus, wildlife, wild animals, elephants, AnimalCruelty, animaladvocates, extinction, endangered, humans, protection, suffering, sadness )

Jacquelin
- 254 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Animal rights campaigners have protested outside a circus that uses elephants in its show. The elephant act at the Great British Circus is the first in the UK for more than 10 years. A spokesman said the animals had "the best possible care". The c
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The Lion Who Lived in Our Flat: The Incredible Story of the Flatmates Who Raised a Cub
Animals  (tags: england, wildlife, wild animals, big cats, lions, Christian the lion, endangered, extinction, humans, protection )

Jacquelin
- 255 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
The extraordinary footage of an enormous lion running to greet two men with hugs and licks in the African wilderness has become one of the most popular videos on YouTube - notching up an amazing 44 million hits. Filmed in 1971, the scene showed the em
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Destined to Die, the Horses Middle-Class Owners Can No Longer Afford to Keep
Animals  (tags: england, animals, horses, recession, destined to die, sadness )

Jacquelin
- 255 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Cash-strapped horse owners unable to care for them during the economic downturn are being told to have the animals put down. A leading animal charity has seen a five-fold increase in the number contacting them for help and have advised most that the b
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Rats! Rodent Population Booming Across UK
Animals  (tags: england, animals, rats. pests, population booming, habitat, humans )

Jacquelin
- 258 days ago - news.sky.com
The rodent population of Britain is booming - local councils received more than half a million complaints about them in the past year.That is according to the latest National Pest Technician Association (NPTA) survey. It shows the rat population is at
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Get Shorty! The Tiny Pony Who Keeps Sparking 999 Calls ... Because People Think She's Stuck in the Mud
Animals  (tags: england, animals, pony, short legs, shorty, 999 calls to rescue )

Jacquelin
- 258 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
For a tiny pony, Shorty is certainly causing a lot of bother. Her legs are so short that when she's standing on a marshy riverbank passers-by keep thinking she's sinking in mud and then call 999. This has meant that fire crews have been called out four t
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