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Dog 'trembling in fear' in rusty crate dumped

A TERRIFIED dog has been dumped at the gates of a rescue centre just weeks before Christmas


Geronimo DIDN'T have TB

The alpaca whose fate divided the nation amid a four-year legal battle did not have tuberculosis, it can be revealed.

Geronimo was put down by Government vets in August over disputed claims he had the disease.


Endangered whale gives birth while caught in fishing rope

Scientists spotted an endangered right whale dragging a length of fishing rope caught in its mouth as it swam with a newborn calf off the Georgia coast, a rare confirmation of a birth by an entangled whale that experts determined they can't safely attempt to help.


Planned mega-prisons threaten Essex wildlife hot-spot

The government has been accused of reneging on commitments in the Environment Act to stop the decline of wildlife by proposing the development on the old Wethersfield airfield, which has become an important space for nature near Braintree, Essex.