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Rabbit owner banned from keeping animals for five years

A woman who neglected both her rabbit and dog has been banned from keeping animals for five years. By the time the rabbit, which had suffered for weeks, was taken to a vet it was in such ill health it had to be put down. The dog was infested with fleas and had alopecia.


Chinese zoo bear is filmed guzzling Coca-Cola in its cage, surrounded by empty plastic bottles

Anger is growing after a video emerged of a brown bear guzzling a bottle of Coca-Cola handed to it by a tourist at a zoo in China.


Heartbreaking moment foal gets its hoof stuck inside travel mug dumped in the New Forest

Heartbreaking footage shows a foal limping after getting her hoof stuck in a Doctor Who travel mug that was dumped in the New Forest by a careless tourist.


Kitten killer jailed and banned for life from keeping animals

A "sadistic" kitten killer has been jailed for 27 months after receiving what the RSPCA say is one of the longest-ever prison sentences of its kind.

Lewis Hudson, from Netherley, Liverpool, abused the kitten - called Binx - for eight months between 2021 and 2022.