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An animal rights group has slammed a police force after seizing a kitten it believed was a rare species of Scottish wildcat. 

A project asking people to count squashed bugs on their car number plates suggests flying insects have declined by nearly two-thirds in less than 20 years.

Albania's last 'restaurant bear' has arrived in a wildlife sanctuary after spending 20 years in captivity, where he lived on a concrete floor and had cracked teeth from biting the bars.

Thousands of people living in Spain, including expats, fear they may have to put their much-loved pets down as the government prepares to announce tighter laws on keeping animals in homes.

Spain already has a tight list of animals that cannot be kept as pets due to their endangered or protected status. But they are expected to add to this list in coming weeks. Details have not yet been released but it has been reported this new list could include hamsters, rats, lizards, and snakes.