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Greater monitoring needed after poaching traps found in city countryside, posing a cruel threat to animals and people. Stiffer fines could work but only if offenders think they will be caught

  • Farmers in Yamagata prefecture have complained their herds are vulnerable to bloodsucking insects, elevating the stress levels of cattle
  • Researchers say cattle painted with artificial stripes were irritated fewer times than those without stripes, with one farmer declaring the improvement is ‘plain to see’
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Ibrahim K. was sentenced to 18 months in jail for kicking to death a stray cat, but was released for good behaviour, sparking indignation among animal welfare groups.

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CCTV footage showed the teen, 19, inserting his hand and arm into the vulvas of the horses on multiple instances during his visits to the stable in Thalang district.

Up to 5.5 billion wild animals are being farmed in terrible conditions and exploited for tourism, and for their fur, feathers, meat, or bile in the case of bears, according to a World Animal Protection report.

The cat was captured on security cameras entering the Nomura Plating factory, and could have climbed onto a sheet covering a tank of hexavalent chromium before falling in.

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Team finds genetic mutation in Bace2 gene appears to cause unusual colour variation in China’s most beloved animal, and they say the research could ‘guide scientific breeding’ of the rare bears.

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Readers argue that tech is as much a positive as a negative disrupter, warn of TikTok algorithms shaping our taste, and insist the ‘mob wives’ trend won’t set back faux fur

Marine biologists are trying to determine why sperm whales have strayed into the shallow and congested waters of Osaka Bay, with three having died in consecutive years.

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The Indian court asked that the lions, named after a Hindu goddess and a Muslim emperor, be given different monikers after a right-wing Hindu organisation campaigned against interfaith relationships.

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Bobi, a purebred Rafeiro Alentejano, had his title as ‘world’s oldest dog’ revoked after Guinness World Records said it found no evidence he had in fact lived for more than 31 years.

The giant marine mammals have specialised voice boxes that other animals don’t have, which could be the key to the long-time mystery.

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India’s only elephant hospital and a nearby conservation and care centre provide sanctuary for 32 rescued animals, offering educational tours and volunteer holidays during which visitors can muck in.

Indian police say increasing amounts of the toxin have been seized at the Bangladesh border en route to China for use in traditional medicines – and as a rave drug – but venom experts aren’t so sure.