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Cruel dog owner stuffed dead pets in rucksack

A cruel dog owner has been banned from keeping animals for life after starving his two pets to death – and stuffing their bodies into rucksacks. Callous James Cooksley, 31, left rottweiler Tyson and collie.

Escaped vulture spotted 400 miles from home on a surburban rooftop

Residents were left in a flap after a hapless VULTURE which cannot fly properly appeared on a suburban rooftop – after being blown 400 MILES from home. The nine-year-old bird – named Jackson – went.

Animal dealer admits keeping frozen monkey in freezer

A man today admitted trading a menagerie of exotic animals which were found in his freezer – including a penguin and a monkey. Married father Alan Dudley, 52, stored a range of dead animals in.

Final goodbye for you pets – UK first full pet funeral

The UK’s first full funeral service for PETS featuring a humanist minister was launched so animal lovers can say a spiritual goodbye to their faithful friends. Cambridge Pet Crematorium (CPC) is collaborating with the British.

Meet the ugly hairless pussy that’s on sale for £3000

They may look like a cross between ET and a Gremlin, but these bald Sphynx cats are fetching up to £3,000 a time as the latest must-have pet. The odd-looking wrinkly felines are a rare.

Wild wallaby spotted hopping around St Breward, Cornwall

A motorist was stunned when he came face-to-face with this WALLABY – on a country lane in CORNWALL. Peter Glaser, 59, was driving home from work when he spotted the kangaroo-like creature near his house..

Wild squirrel shakes hands with man in stunning picture

This is the incredible moment a squirrel apparently shakes hands with a walker – after he coaxed it to take a hazelnut from his hand. Bushcraft expert Steve England, 35, waited motionless for 15 minutes.

Violent donkey fined £6000 after attacks on pigs and goats

A violent donkey who cost his owner £6,000 after launching violent attacks on pigs and goats is just ”misunderstood and lonely”, his new owner has claimed. Spanish stallion Paco cost his former owner more than.

Wild big cats roaming British countryside are ‘myth’

It’s official – mythical ‘big cats’ which are rumoured to roam the British countryside DO NOT exist, environment officials have ruled. For centuries there have been thousands of reported ‘sightings’ of large felines on moorland.

Meerkat baby rejected by mother raised in an ice cream tub

A tiny meerkat born the size of a human THUMB and rejected by its mother has been nursed back to health – in a margarine tub. The tiny creature weighed just 18 grams and was.