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Encouraging platypus numbers on Kangaroo Island

UNSW researchers have been involved in a platypus survey on Kangaroo Island which was severely affected by bushfires 18 months ago.


Man strangles seagull after it grabbed doughnut

A man “with a northern accent” was caught on video strangling a seagull in front of horrified onlookers after it grabbed his doughnut.


Wisconsin’s wolf population plunges after protections removed

As many as one-third of Wisconsin’s gray wolves probably died at the hands of humans in the months after the federal government announced it was ending legal protections, according to a study released on Monday.


UK's new code of conduct for rabbit owners

Experts and MPs in England claim pet rabbits are being treated as 'second-class animals' and need better legal protection.