Late March 2020, after lockdown, interest in taking a puppy home soared due to high demand prompting several breeders to raise their price and cash-in. Pets4Homes, based on 150, 000 adverts, showed average price being asked from March to September was £1, 883 compared to the same period last year the average price was £888.…
A dolphin came to see what was going on after jet skiers got into trouble in Weymouth, Dorset on Saturday, August 15. A statement on Facebook by Weymouth Lifeboat said “ Both our boats were called to reports of a jet ski on fire just off Ringstead yesterday. Once we got there, everyone was safe…
Fresh Start for Hens, a charity that rehomes chickens which started in London in 2008, said it had over 52, 000 requests for hens since lockdown began. The charity saves birds that have reached the end of their peak laying years and would face being slaughtered. Jaki Hann, Operations director said the huge demand was…
Shiekh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, also known as FAZZA, refused to use his Mercedes G-wagon SUV after doves built a nest on its windscreen. He shared a time-lapse video of the doves helping the chicks out of the eggs. On social media which had over one million hits in less than 24…
Ten-foot long crocodile spotted crossing a highway in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri in India. The reptile was spotted by the locals when they were accompanying the group cattle who were grazing and informed the forest officers who rescued the crocodile and released it in a pond.
Herds of wild goats take a troll over the bridge to cross the stunning natural archway on the Atlantic coast in East Skeam island in Roaring Water Bay, West Cork, Ireland. A ram keeps a watchful eye to ensure they are safe. In the fairytale story of Three Billy Goats Gruff, once upon a time,…
For the first time, scientists have decoded the buzz of a bee, revealing they are much noisier when pollinating flowers than they are when they make sounds for other reasons. Bees buzz loudly while they are pollinating flowers as it vibrates their bodies, shaking the plant and allowing more polling to cling to them. In…
India is now home to nearly 3, 000 tigers, a third more than it had four years ago according to the tiger census. India is home to around 70 per cent of the world’s tiger s and now one of the biggest and most secure habitats of the tiger. Wayanad a wildlife sanctuary in Kerala.…
According to World Wild Fund 2.46bn reptiles, 180m birds, 143m mammals, 51m frog were killed or displaced during Australia’s devastating bushfires of the past year. The findings meant it was one of the “worst wildlife disasters in modern history” said the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) which commissioned the report. Mega blazes swept across…
Wildlife photographer Mithun H, whose shot of black panther leopardess went viral, revealed he had to wait for six days and night in the same spot to get the shot. ” It is a fruitful though. Sayya the Black Panther and Cleopatra the Leopardess, have been courting for four years”. The Bengaluru-based wildlife photographer during…