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The number of urban foxes being trapped and killed has seen a four-fold increase in a year. By Louise Gray, Environmental correspondent Foxes were first noticed in towns and cities in the 1940s and have been on the increase since. According to Peter Crowden, Director of the National Pest Control Technicians Association, controllers in town… read more

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The RSPCA has criticised the return of elephants to big tops as three prepared to make their debut at the Great British Circus. The animal charity said the planned return was a "body blow for animal welfare in this country". It called for the Government to ban wild animals from circuses and urged members of the public to consider the "ethica… read more

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A 'murmuration' is a spectacular sight but, as Daniel Butler reports, it's all about survival for starlings. By Daniel Butler As the Shropshire sky gradually deepens from yellow to orange and finally angry red, so the noise levels build above the reed beds. A swirling, chattering,flock of starlings swirls above the wetlands of Whixall Moss … read more

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These x-ray images caught a man trying to smuggle 44 snakes and lizards on a flight out of Australia in his suitcase. The haul included 24 shingleback lizards, 16 bluetongue lizards, three black-headed pythons and an endangered albino carpet python Photo: NATIONAL PICTURES The 24-year-old smuggler checked in for a flight to Bangkok from Sydne… read more

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Two police officers were given the run-around for 20 minutes in a low-speed pursuit of a giant white rabbit on the loose in a town centre. Pcs Matt Jackson and Yasmin Mossadegh, of Kent Police, came across the two-foot long, 20lbs animal - the size of a small dog - hopping along a road in Canterbury at 2.20am on Sunday. They admitted that a… read more