Animals
Carrot Cake the cat narrowly avoids losing leg after mysterious accident
April 15, 2023A cat called Carrot Cake almost lost her leg after a bizarre accident while her owner was out of the house. Carrot Cake, a curious and zippy two-year-old domestic short-haired cat, lives with her owner in East Ham, east London. But after recently heading out for the day, Nathalie Kassoul came back to find the […]
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Huge stag plays beautiful game all by himself in Richmond Park
April 10, 2023This is the extraordinary moment a stag showed off its skills with a football in southwest London. A video taken by Katie O’Lone during a stroll in Bushy Park, in Richmond, shows the lone animal moving the ball across the water with its nose and horns. The mum managed to capture the rare footage during […]
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Commuter shocked to spot a skunk at London bus stop
March 29, 2023A skunk has made a shock appearance in north London – thousands of miles from its usual habitat. An early morning commuter was heard saying ‘f***’ as the black and white striped animal ran past her at a bus stop in Muswell Hill on Monday. Lauren O’Hara, 34, who was on her way to her […]
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London to get beaver safaris as part of plan to return furry critters
March 20, 2023Plans to ‘rewild’ the capital will allow Londoners to see wild beavers on public land for the first time since the 1500s. An alliance of conservationists are turning Paradise Fields, a 10-hectare wetland in Ealing, west London, into an ‘immersive beaver landscape’ set to open later this year. The site will be initially closed to […]
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Woman starving herself on just one meal a week so her cats don’t go hungry
March 17, 2023A woman says she is forced to go hungry due to the cost of keeping her six pet cats. Yasemn Kaptan, 46, said she only eats one meal a week consisting of barbecue vegetables like peppers, onions and salad. The rest of the time she said she drinks mint tea for breakfast, lunch and dinner […]
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Man denies cruelty after at least 20 dead cats found on London estate
February 16, 2023A man has been charged with animal cruelty offences after many cats were found dead in public spaces in London. David Avhanvhondo, 56, is charged with causing unnecessary suffering and carrying out a prohibited procedure on a protected animal. He was arrested at 4am on Sunday by undercover police officers on night patrols. Avhanvhondo appeared in […]
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Man started drawing book of animals and has taken more than 20 years to finish it
February 5, 2023A man who began drawing his own book of animals when he was a child has finally completed it more than 20 years later. Josh Gabbatiss, 30, a climate journalist from south London, began drawing and writing ‘Josh’es (sic) Book of Animals’ in 2001, and completed it last month. The animal enthusiast has shared his […]
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Woman shares heartbreaking moment four of her cats were killed in ‘fireball’
January 28, 2023A woman has described the horrific moment she watched four of her six cats die when a fire ripped through her London home. Heather Lennox’s cats, Mercury, Fairbairn, Jupiter and Sykes, were all killed after blaze engulfed her council flat in Camden just before Chirstmas. The 52-year-old was left clutching her two remaining pets, Minerva […]
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New dog café in London serves doggy afternoon teas and has a ball pit
January 8, 2023Dog owners looking for a new pet-friendly place might have just found the perfect destination. Pawsitive Café in Notting Hill has food, drinks and activities – and that’s just for the dogs. Designed to be ‘a positive and inspiring space for dogs and their owners alike’, there are plenty of stimulating play spots for dogs […]
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Penguins watch Elf to prepare for human visitors after lockdown
November 30, 2020Penguins are being shown Christmas films at the London Aquarium to prepare them for guests when the lockdown ends. They were treated to a showing of the iconic film Elf ahead of the aquarium’s big reopening on Wednesday. The gentoo penguins have been without their regular flow of human visitors since the aquarium closed for […]
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