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Adopt a goat scheme in France looks for landowners to save animals
A scheme that enables people in France to ‘adopt’ a goat has saved more than 1,000 animals from the abattoir. It has also “created joy”, says its founder.
Dogs can understand the meaning of nouns
Dogs understand what certain words stand for, according to researchers who monitored the brain activity of willing pooches while they were shown balls, slippers, leashes and other highlights of the domestic canine world.
Rescue centre forced to stop taking in dogs
A dog rescue centre in Worcestershire has stopped taking in new arrivals as people keep returning dogs to them.
Harsh Mongolian winter leaves 4.7m animals dead
Mongolian herders have endured months of extreme cold, known as the “dzud”, that have already claimed the lives of about 4.7 million livestock animals, according to Mongolia’s Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), prompting an emergency appeal for assistance from the Red Cross.