Animals
Bunny ‘so terrifying’ that owner is forced to give it up
June 30, 2024A woman who bought an ‘aggressive’ dwarf rabbit on Gumtree was forced to give it away because she became terrified of the animal. She bought the 14-month-old Netherland Dwarf rabbit – one of the smallest breeds – after seeing an advert on the popular website. The woman had the rabbit, called Midge, for six months […]
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‘They take no prisoners’: The dive-bombing crows that haunt London street
June 16, 2024The crow might have thought David Cooper’s black coat was a rival, prompting it to swoop down and attack. ‘Suddenly I felt this thing yank at the hood, and then the fluttering of wings on the back of my head,’ the finance worker, 50, told Metro. David fell victim to south London’s most notorious angry […]
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Pensioner thought XL Bullies would kill her during terrifying doorstep attack
June 8, 2024Sam CorbishleyPublished Jun 8, 2024, 11:46am|Updated Jun 8, 2024, 12:17pm
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Family of mum, 50, killed by XL bullies ‘begged her to give them up’
May 21, 2024Sam CorbishleyPublished May 21, 2024, 2:11pm|Updated May 21, 2024, 8:49pm The woman mauled to death in an XL bully attack at her home in east London has been named as mum-of-two Angeline Mahal. Horrified neighbours watched on as paramedics fought to save the 50-year-old after she was mauled in Cornwall Close, Hornchurch, just after 1pm […]
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Woman mauled to death by her two XL Bully dogs
May 20, 2024A woman has been mauled to death by her two XL Bullies in what is just the latest gruesome attack involving the banned breed. The assault happened in Havering, east London, at around 1.10pm this afternoon. When paramedics arrived at her home at Cornwall Close in Hornchurch, there was nothing they could do to save her and […]
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Driver opens car door on busy motorway to rescue dog and reunites him with owner
April 15, 2024Jasper KingPublished Apr 15, 2024, 9:44am|Updated Apr 15, 2024, 9:45am To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video This is the moment a driver stopped to save a dog from being run over on a six-lane road. The video posted on TikTok shows the dog […]
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Squirrels use scaffolding to break in and raid food from block of flats
March 27, 2024Jasper KingPublished Mar 27, 2024, 2:06pm|Updated Mar 27, 2024, 2:49pm Squirrels have taken over a block of flats because they can climb up scaffolding and into people’s windows. The scaffolding at Sumner Buildings in central London was erected 18 months ago to replace 100-year-old windows. It was meant to take six to eight weeks but […]
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Botswana threatens to send 10,000 elephants to Hyde Park in trophy hunting row
March 21, 2024Katie BoydenPublished Mar 21, 2024, 9:39am|Updated Mar 21, 2024, 9:40am
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Moment huge swarm of rats crawl out from bins in London street
March 18, 2024A video shows the unsettling moment a huge swarm of rats burst from under bins in east London. The footage was filmed in Whitechapel on Saturday evening, where locals have previously complained of a rising rat problem. The camera initially focuses on four or five rodents inspecting some discarded takeaway boxes before panning out to […]
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Guinea pig abandoned at busy London Tube station with heartbreaking note
March 2, 2024An adorable guinea pig was found at a London Underground station with a note that read, ‘I need a new owner’. Staff at Canning Town station in east London discovered the little brown and white pet sitting inside a cage at 4.20pm on February 18. RSPCA inspector, Shahnaz Ahmad, collected the animal and took him […]
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