Animals

Boys, 11 and 12, arrested after animals killed at college and barn owl escapes

Craig MunroPublished Feb 28, 2024, 7:37am|Updated Feb 28, 2024, 7:38am Two boys aged 11 and 12 have been arrested after a college in West London was broken into and several animals killed. The children have since been released on bail following the incident at Capel Manor College’s Gunnersbury Park campus on Sunday. Enclosures containing creatures […]

Man holds up London street by riding a camel down the road

Danny RiggPublished Feb 26, 2024, 6:06pm|Updated Feb 27, 2024, 9:04am In today’s edition of ‘Only in London, but maybe New York too’, a man was spotted riding a camel in the middle of the road as part of a ‘music video’. Pictures and videos shared on social media showed two of the desert animals strolling […]

Man banned from owning pets after dog was ‘literally eaten alive by fleas’

Katie BoydenPublished Feb 22, 2024, 5:30pm|Updated Feb 22, 2024, 5:32pm A man has been banned from having a pet ever again after his dog had to be put down because it had been ‘eaten alive by fleas’. The poor Shih Tzu dog, called Chewie, had been neglected over several months after Darren Hughes abandoned him […]

Map reveals places in London where pets are most likely to be stolen

Our interactive map shows where in London saw the highest number of pet thefts in 2023. The borough of Hounslow tops the list, with 95 animals stolen last year. Coming in second is Brent with 50 pets taken, while third place goes to Islington with 39. At the other end of the list, Richmond had […]

Dead XL bully dog dumped after being beaten over the head with blunt weapon

Jasper KingPublished Jan 20, 2024, 11:31am|Updated Jan 20, 2024, 12:19pm WARNING: Distressing content The body of a dead American XL Bully female puppy has been found dumped on a pavement with serious head injuries. The puppy, thought to be between six to nine-months-old, was found by a dog walker at Halcot Avenue in Bexleyheath, south […]

Woman spotted casually walking a camel down the street in Chingford

Sarah HooperPublished Dec 20, 2023, 10:26am|Updated Dec 20, 2023, 5:50pm A woman was speechless after looking out her window in Chingford, east London – and spotting a camel strolling down the street. Asia Brown’s daughter told her she had spotted a camel out on the road, but had brushed it aside as her imagination. But after glancing […]

Picture-taking park visitors seen getting slightly too close to massive stags

When you spot the UK’s largest mammal striding proudly through long grass and holding up its huge rack of antlers, human instinct should tell you to stay away. But that wasn’t the case for a group of people who were recently pictured on a visit to Richmond Park in south-west London. One image shows a […]

Tasered man whose dogs were shot by police given suspended sentence

A man whose two dogs were shot dead by police has been given a suspended sentence for owning dangerously out of control animals. Viral footage circulated of Metropolitan Police officers killing Louie Turnbull’s dogs beside an east London canal in May this year, which sparked outrage in the local community. The 47-year-old pleaded guilty to […]

Cyclist shocked police said he should wear a helmet after being knocked off bike

Fox breaks into dog cafe, trashes the place, and is found asleep in cupboard

A mischievous fox broke into a cafe after falling through a roof hatch and wreaked havoc inside after he tried to escape. Alicia Ung, founder of the Pawsitive Cafe in Westbourne Grove, London, was shocked to find the scared fox curled up asleep when she opened up last Sunday morning. The animal had knocked over a jar of […]