Animals
Small dog surrounded by six police officers and tasered but it still escapes
November 18, 2020To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video This is the shocking moment half a dozen police officers surround a dog in the street before attempting to taser it. Footage shows the hapless officers trying to catch the dog with a wire loop pole. Onlookers […]
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‘Lonely’ animals at London Zoo ‘miss seeing visitors during lockdown’
November 18, 2020Animals at London Zoo are ‘lonely’ in lockdown as they miss interacting with human visitors, keepers say. London Zoo closed its doors in December for the second time this year, taking away the steady source of attention and stimulation hundreds of species are familiar with. While some of the more indifferent animals, such as the […]
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Much loved Southwark Cathedral cat Doorkins Magnificat laid to rest
October 28, 2020She started out as a street cat, stealing scraps from market traders. Then, 12 years ago, the small tabby made her home in Southwark Cathedral where she reached celebrity status: meeting the Queen, starring in a children’s book and having her own social media accounts. The extraordinary journey of Doorkins Magnificat from mangy moggie to […]
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Deer kicks posing musician using Richmond Park as a backdrop for photo
October 19, 2020A singer was kicked by an ‘aggressive’ deer as she posed for photos in Richmond Park amid rutting season. Gemma Louisianna, 28, had been taking part in a photoshoot for her music when a deer started eating food out of one of her bags. It then suddenly shoved her with its legs, leaving her with […]
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When the Durrells and their menagerie lived on our top floor | Letter
September 22, 2020Sara Holdsworth recalls the time her parents rented a flat to Gerald and Jacquie Durrell The naturalist Gerald Durrell with a lemur at Jersey Zoo (now the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust). Photograph: Alamy As a footnote to your article (Gerald Durrell honoured with blue plaque at childhood home in London, 18 September), my parents rented […]
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Children ‘screaming in pain’ after being stung by toxic caterpillars in park
July 2, 2020Two children were left ‘screaming in pain’ after being stung by toxic caterpillars while playing in a park. Caroline Berry and her two children Annie, two, and George, five, developed painful rashes after they came into contact with the caterpillars of oak processionary moths. The children came in contact with the insects, which are covered in poisonous […]
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David Attenborough fronts £12,000,000 bid to save London Zoo from ‘extinction’
June 22, 2020Sir David Attenborough has stepped in to help save London Zoo from ‘extinction’ by leading a campaign to raise millions amid the coronavirus pandemic. The 94-year-old renowned naturalist is at the forefront of the desperate appeal aiming to raise £12 million as part of a £25million rescue package to save more than 18,000 animals at […]
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Cygnet dies after being kicked in head by a jogger in London park
June 11, 2020Police have launched a manhunt to catch a jogger was seen booting a newborn cygnet out of his way which later died from severe head injuries. The man, in his 60s, was also seen kicking another young swan while jogging on Monday at around 5.30pm in Richmond Park, south west London. The second cygnet survived […]
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Battersea dog and cat foster carers – photo essay
May 22, 2020Battersea Dogs and Cats Home has a network of more than 1,000 volunteers and foster carers to call on when necessary. In normal circumstances, an average stay is 34 days for dogs and 25 days for cats. The home has had lots of generous offers from people willing to open their homes to its animals […]
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