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Offbeat News tagged with Australia

Get Up Close With Endangered Animals
Offbeat  (tags: bengal tiger cub, swimming, australia, endangered animals )

Simone
- 1 day ago - dailytelegraph.com.au
TO ZORAN the bengal tiger, Ben Britton is just another big cat, up for fun in a swimming pool on a warm Sydney day.
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Idiots Swim Into Baited Croc Trap
Offbeat  (tags: idiots, young people, australia, baited crocodile traps )

Simone
- 3 days ago - ntnews.com.au
THE reckless idiots pictured have taken croc trap surfing to a dangerous new level - swimming into the cage. The image of the three drongos risking their lives and limbs surfaced yesterday after they were posted on Facebook.
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TV Stars on Cruelty Charges for Killing and Eating Rat
Offbeat  (tags: tv presenters, celebrity chiefs, killed, ate rate, charged, australia, animal cruetly )

Simone
- 24 days ago - abc.net.au
Two stars of a British celebrity reality TV show filmed in the Australian bush have been charged with animal cruelty by New South Wales police. Celebrity chef Gino D'acampo who won the I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here TV contest and soap star
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Camel Couple Embrace Isolation of 'the Best Kept Secret in Australia'
Offbeat  (tags: Australia, camels, interesting, off-beat, unusual )

Sally
- 24 days ago - canberratimes.com.au
IF YOU see a couple leading four camels through Canberra today, you're not hallucinating. Robert and Bernadette Sutton and their camels have spent five months travelling south from Gympie, Queensland, on the Australian Bicentennial National Trail
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Students Rush to Become Panda Guides
Offbeat  (tags: australia, adelaide zoo, giant panda, guides, university students )

Simone
- 34 days ago - city-messenger.whereilive.com.au
Hundreds of students from Adelaide University will help show off the state's most talked about new residents, giant pandas Wang Wang and Funi.
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World's Oldest Sheep, Lucky, Dies in Australia at 23
Offbeat  (tags: australia, oldest sheep, lucky, died, heatwave )

Simone
- 34 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The world's oldest sheep has died in Australia at the age of 23 - twice the normal life expectancy - after succumbing to a record heatwave. Lucky hit the Guinness record in 2007 and was a celebrity in her hometown of Lake Bolac, near Melbourne.
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Rogue Roo a Fearful Combatant in Dam Attack
Offbeat  (tags: Kangaroo, VIctoria, Australia, fighting, dog, man, injured )

Sally
- 36 days ago - smh.com.au
Chris Rickard, 49, of Arthurs Creek, sustained deep cuts to his abdomen and face after being attacked by the kangaroo as he tried to free his dog, which was being held underwater by the animal.
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Call for Cat Shooter and Mayor to Be Sacked
Offbeat  (tags: mildura council, australia, mother cat, kittens shot, mayor rspca )

Simone
- 37 days ago - theage.com.au
A COUNCIL officer who shot six kittens and cats in an animal shelter should be sacked immediately and the mayor should go too for defending him, the RSPCA says. Mildura Council has defended the shooting of the
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Mistaken Identity: Hunters Kill Endangered Pygmy Hippo During Pig Hunt!
Offbeat  (tags: pygmy hippo, pig hunters, australia, wild animals, killed, mistaken for pig )

Simone
- 38 days ago - ecoworldly.com
According to reports, a pygmy hippopotamus was shot and killed when hunters allegedly mistook it for a pig during a pig hunting expedition in Australia!
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Australia Dust Storm Turns Sky Over Sydney Deadly Red
Offbeat  (tags: australia, dust storms, sydney, red dust, weather )

Simone
- 97 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
An outback dust storm has swept across eastern Australia, shrouding Sydney in a dramatic red glow. It's also been wreaking havoc, disrupting transport and placing health authorities on alert for widespread respiratory illness. International flights
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45 New Species of Snails Found on Western Australian Islands
Offbeat  (tags: animals, discovered, snails, Australia, environment )

Cher
- 108 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Western Australian scientists and traditional Kimberley land owners are rapidly discovering new species in the State's north as part of the Kimberley islands biological survey. With field work almost complete, the survey has confirmed that the Kimberley
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Polly the Dog Swallows 1000 Magnets, Computer Mouse and Gloves
Offbeat  (tags: australia, blue heeler dog, surgery, swallowed, magnets, survivor )

Simone
- 122 days ago - news.com.au
POLLY the iron-guts pooch has animal magnetism. The blue heeler swallowed 1000 magnets, weighing a kilogram, forcing life-saving emergency surgery. The blue heeler swallowed 1000 magnets, weighing a kilogram, forcing life-saving emergency surgery.
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Man Loses Licence Riding Horse Drunk
Offbeat  (tags: australia, lost licence, drunk, riding horse, crime, bizarre )

Simone
- 123 days ago - ntnews.com.au
A TERRITORY man has been banned from driving after he was caught riding a horse while drunk. Martin Graham was banned for six months from riding his horse in public places by a Tennant Creek magistrate last week. It was alleged before he lost his
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Killer Ants Under Attack in Australia!
Offbeat  (tags: australia, governemnt programme, fire ants, destruction, high tech equipment )

Simone
- 139 days ago - ecoworldly.com
Destructive and deadly ants are being attacked down-under from up above. As part of the National Fire Ant Eradication Program (NFAEP), the Australian government is going high-tech to eradicate the fire ant. NFAEP, which began in 2001, is a national
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Meet Koda, the Little Horse Who Could
Offbeat  (tags: koda, smallest pony, tiny, companion, veternarian, australia )

Simone
- 139 days ago - abc.net.au
It is not uncommon for workplaces to have pets. Perhaps a fish or a bird, or at most a dog or cat roaming around the waiting room of a vet's clinic. But the Yarrambat Veterinary Hospital, north of Melbourne, has its very own horse who trots around the
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