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PDSA urges drivers to clear spills of antifreeze
An animal charity is urging drivers to be careful with anti-freeze as they prepare their cars for winter.
PDSA, the veterinary organisation for pets in need, says the solution is ‘highly toxic’ and it treated tens of cases last year where animals had been poisoned.
Guinea pigs dumped in Islington street
A pair of "healthy and well cared-for" guinea pigs were found abandoned near a children's play area.
Hundreds of small shelter animals were likely frozen and used as snake food
Hundreds of small animals that were shipped from California to Arizona for adoption likely ended up frozen as snake food, officials have confirmed.
Jack Russell survived off chipmunks and insects while guarding his dead owner's body
A loyal dog stayed by her dead owner's side for nearly three months on a hiking trail - and the starving pup weighed just 6lb after surviving on insects and chipmunks, and fending for herself in the Colorado mountains.