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Charity 'alarmed' at surge in animal rescues amid cost of living crisis
The SSPCA has seen an “alarming” surge in rescues amid the cost of living crisis with owners forced to give up their pets due to their financial circumstances.
Chimps use more plant medicines than any other animal
For several decades, evidence has accumulated that animals turn to medicinal plants to relieve their ailments. Chimpanzees (and some other species) swallow leaves to mechanically clear the gut of parasites. Chimps also rely on the ingested pith of an African relative of the daisy, Vernonia amygdalina, to rid themselves of intestinal worms.
Can you find Earth's 'lost' birds?
Scientists are turning to the public to locate more than a hundred of Earth's 'lost' birds.
The animal shelter case that shocked Spain
The judicial process of Parque Animal, the fake shelter in Torremolinos where hundreds of dogs and cats were killed for money, has lasted almost 15 years.