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A cow needed urgent rescue from firefighters at Bodmin Community Fire Station this week (August 11), after it was spotted stuck in the mud on Bodmin Moor. Three appliances were sent out to help the cow return to its nearby herd.

A litter of Pallas's cat kittens have been born at a wildlife park in Oxfordshire for the first time.

The Cotswold Wildlife Park's breeding pair, Tull and Penelope, welcomed the kittens, who are the first cats to be born since the species arrived at the park in 2010.

A European environmental organisation is looking to expand its number of rewilding landscapes – areas where endangered wildlife is reintroduced and protected – after being awarded a grant of £4.1m.

Trains have faced delays and cancellations for a host of reasons recently including extreme heat and strikes. But passengers on a train heading to Norwich were left in disbelief when their train was halted due to a Giant African Spurred Tortoise making his way across the tracks.