Golf course evacuated, game stopped at Hampshire cricket ground, public told to stay indoors
Armed police head off for hunt in golf buggy
'It looked like they were going on safari'
Marwell Zoo experts on hand with tranquilliser darts
When members of the public rang in saying they had...
With the weather brightening up and two long weekends on the way, there’s every reason to smile and here are some pictures of some cute animals to start you off.
Kalea the dachshund seems to have got the message. The five-year-old has been grinning since she was a puppy.
‘Kalea is by...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The venomous Egyptian cobra that slithered its way to fame by escaping its enclosure at New York's Bronx Zoo for a week before being recaptured has been given a name -- Mia, as in "missing in action."
The winning name announced on...
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A pair of pandas that arrived from China a few weeks ago made their first public appearance at a zoo in Tokyo on Friday, providing a little light relief for victims of the tsunami that hit the country in March.
About 300 people who were forced from their...
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A missing cobra in New York City has been 'tweeting' about its adventures via a spoof microblogging account that's racked up nearly 100,000 followers.
The 20-inch snake escaped from the Reptile House at Bronx Zoo, run by the non-profit Wildlife Conservation Society, at the weekend...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – It may be weeks before the escaped cobra from New York's Bronx Zoo is found, but the highly poisonous snake has seized the pop-culture moment with a fake Twitter account of her sightseeing adventures around Manhattan.
The Twitter account BronxZoosCobra, purportedly posted...
Days after the sad death of much-loved polar bear Knut these cute cubs celebrated their first day out in front of the public with an arctic roll with their mum.
The polar bear cubs - Gregot and Aleut, now four months old - joined mum Vera as they met their fans for the first time at...
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This normally graceful flamingo got in a flap when his normally finely-honed balance failed him in spectacular fashion.
Usually known for their ability to stand on one leg without any trouble for hours at a time, this daft bird's balance totally escaped him as he took a tumble in a lake...
A troop of monkeys at Longleat Safari Park was given a battered old Mercedes to play with and they quickly set about dismantling it…
The meddling macaques haven’t had any cars to abuse for the past two years because their Monkey Jungle enclosure has been closed to the public while it was...
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Police investigating complaints about a man’s noisy pets found two adult lions being kept in his garden in Romania.
Owner Lorian Galcescu, 45, said: ‘I don’t know what the problem is – they weren’t hurting anyone.’
He said he bought the two Senegalese lions as cubs from a fair that...
The handlers donned the panda outfits to release giant panda Cao Cao and her cub Cao Gen into the Wolong Nature Reserve.
They have worn the outfits at all times when handling the creatures as it is thought that a healthy fear of humans will be good for them in the wild.
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A strict diet may help the Leipzig Zoo's opossum Heidi to lose the crossed eyes that have made her an international attraction.
The overweight white-haired opossum has been on a steady diet of lettuce, carrots and lean chicken to cut down on her fat -- which...
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