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Lincolnshire Police investigates suspected bird of prey poisonings
Lincolnshire Police's Rural Crime Action Team (RCAT) is investigating the suspected poisoning of three birds of prey in the Belchford area of Horncastle.
Earth’s wildlife populations plunge
Earth’s wildlife populations have plunged by an average of 69% in just under 50 years, according to a leading scientific assessment.
From the open ocean to tropical rainforests, the abundance of birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles is in freefall, declining on average by more than two-thirds between 1970 and 2018, according to the WWF and Zoological Society of London’s (ZSL) biennial Living Planet Report. Two years ago, the figure stood at 68%, four years ago, it was at 60%.
Rehoming slows amid cost-of-living crisis
New data reveals more pets are being relinquished to shelters at a time when fewer animals are being rehomed.
Post-lockdown lives coupled with the cost-of-living crisis has resulted in an increase in dogs and cats being given up for adoption, as well as a decrease in people looking to adopt.
Police seize 35 dogs, two cats, a horse, a lamb a terrapin and a grey parrot
An illegal dog breeder who made £150,000 while keeping more than 40 animals in squalid conditions at a farmhouse has been jailed.