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It is a sport conceived originally by the founder of the modern Olympics to help cavalry riders to develop the skills needed to survive behind enemy lines. But after 109 years, modern pentathlon’s governing body has voted secretly to remove horse riding and replace it with cycling.

ANIMAL experts have called for people not to feed pumpkins to wild animals now that Halloween is over.

The warning has come after a number of posts on social media started circulating telling people to take their pumpkins to wild spaces for animals to eat after Halloween celebrations were over.

Two recent deaths of giraffes at the Dallas Zoo may be connected, the zoo said Monday morning.

Necropsy results from giraffes Jesse and Auggie, who died within a week of each other in October, indicate both animals suffered liver damage. The zoo is investigating whether the pair were exposed to toxins or a contagious zoonotic disease.

At least 300 sea turtles have washed up dead on Mexico's Pacific coast.

Preliminary exams suggests that the olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) drowned, an official with Mexico's environment ministry said.