New Population Of A Rare And Endangered Long-Whiskered Owlet Found In Peru

February 5th, 2010

Wildlife Extra:

The Long whiskered owlet, one of the rarest birds in the world, has been filmed and photographed in January 2010 in the Neotropical Primate Conservation (NPC) main research area, La Esperanza, in Peru.
The owlet was observed by Shachar Alterman, an Israeli birdwatcher who joined the UK charity organization’s project for a month to carry out bird inventories in the region…

New Zealand Zoo Visitors Panic As Cheetahs Escape Enclosure

February 5th, 2010

Telegraph:

Startled visitors at a wildlife park in New Zealand were forced to take refuge into a zoo shuttle bus after three cheetahs escaped from their compound…

Dangerous Dogs Sold For £250 In London Pubs

February 5th, 2010

BBC News:

Dangerous dogs bred illegally are being sold to strangers in London pubs for about £250, an MP has said…

Homes Needed For ‘Puppy Farmed’ Dogs

February 5th, 2010

BBC News:

A Derby animal shelter is trying to re-home more than a dozen dogs that have been brought from a puppy farm in the west of Ireland…

Watchdog Bans Animal Rights Ad For ‘Unnecessary Shock Tactics’

February 5th, 2010

Guardian:

An ad campaign by the animal rights group Peta using an image of Steven Barker, one of the defendants jailed in the Baby P case, has been banned by the watchdog for using “unnecessary shock tactics” to highlight cruelty to animals…

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