Cat Returns From Spain Ferry Trip
A cat that went missing in Hampshire turned up on a cross-channel ferry as it arrived in Bilbao, Spain.
Sandy the ginger tom went missing from his home in Lee-on-Solent on 10 December.
He was discovered on the vehicle deck of the Pride of Bilbao as it docked at the Spanish port on Monday morning and returned to the UK the next day…
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)New Forest Animal Rescue Centre Must Raise More Funds Or Close
A New Forest animal rescuer has appealed for further festive funding in a bid to keep her vital service up and running into the New Year.
Kim Taylor, who runs New Forest Animal Rescue, says they cannot take any more cases over the Christmas period, putting animals’ lives at risk.
The service, which takes in cats, dogs and rabbits from across the area and finds them foster homes, could cease to exist due to rising costs and expensive veterinary bills…
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)Man Jailed For Killing Kitten
A man who abused and killed a kitten before putting it in a freezer was jailed today.
Joel Joshua White, 20, threw 10-week old kitten Pepsi, which belonged to the woman he was staying with, against a curtain before balancing it on a lampshade suspended from the ceiling and watching as it fell to the floor…
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A wolf hunt that will decimate Sweden’s lupine population has been sanctioned for the first time in nearly half a century.
The Swedish parliament has voted to allow 27 of the animals to be killed with special permits during a limited hunting season in January, after the authorities decided to limit the country’s wolf population to about 210…
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)Iqaluit City Council Allow Animal Officers To Destroy Unclaimed Strays
Canada – No stray dogs have been euthanized in Iqaluit since an emergency measure was enacted to control a parvovirus outbreak, according to a city official.
On Friday, Iqaluit city council passed a temporary bylaw amendment allowing animal control officers to destroy any loose dogs that are unclaimed after 12 hours…
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