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Hero Staffy mounts epic 34 MINUTE rescue

A hero Staffy saved its doggy friend from drowning in a backyard swimming pool in South Africa.

CCTV footage showed the black pooch mounting an epic 34-minute rescue of the Pomeranian who had fallen into the pool in Boksburg City on April 8.

 


The secret life of chickens

Assumed to be the lowest in the avian-intelligence pecking order, chickens are, in fact, more like feathered imitators
of Sherlock Holmes, says John Lewis-Stempel.

Why did the cockerel cross the track? To get to the barn, where the chicken feed is now stored.


Rare Mouse deer born at Zoo is the height of a pencil

A tiny mouse deer, born during lockdown at Bristol Zoo, is only 20cm (8ins) tall to its shoulder, the height of a pencil.

The lesser Malayan mouse deer was born to first-time mother Brienne and father Jorah almost a month ago.


Wildcats will be reintroduced to English woodlands

The European wildcat could be reintroduced into the wild in the UK outside of Scotland for the first time in over two centuries thanks to the work of conservation groups.