Mexico 02/05/2019 Watch: Mexico festival honours donkeys above workers on Labour Day The festival was created 60 years ago when the town decided the animals on which it relies deserved a day of their own.
Germany 30/04/2019 Watch: Mare who trots around town on her own is not horsing around Her owner says locals know her and tram drivers even slow down for her as she completes her 15km-a-day constitutional.
Crimea 27/04/2019 Unconventional family: cat raises four baby squirrels alongside new kittens In Crimea, a cat named Pusha has "adopted" four orphaned baby squirrels and is raising them as her own alongside her new kittens.
Japan 26/04/2019 Watch: Teacup pigs take centre stage at Tokyo café There are 1,000 pet cafés in Japan. Visitors say the animals help relieve stress, and the cafés have become a €12 billion industry.
USA 16/04/2019 Watch: The eagle chicks with one mum and two dads A modern family of two male and one female bald eagles are co-parenting their chicks. The males stayed together and courted a new female after their first mate died.
Thailand 11/04/2019 Watch: Water fight with colourful elephants marks Thai New Year The Songkran festival sees elephants and humans splashing and spraying each other with water.
Spain 09/04/2019 Watch: Abused chimps live out retirement in peace at Catalonia sanctuary Many were mistreated in their earlier lives as circus performers, television actors and domestic pets.
Germany 04/04/2019 Watch: Hertha football club's new four-legged signing makes zoo debut Hertha seemed happy with the choice, enthusiastically chasing her own personalised football.
Australia 29/03/2019 Watch: Rare Sumatran tiger cubs make debut at Sydney zoo The cubs are named Mawar, Tengah Malam and Pemanah – Rose, Midnight and Archer in Indonesian.
Belgium 01/03/2019 Watch: Asian elephant gives birth at Belgian zoo There are only 38,000 Asian Elephants left in the world, so the birth of a female calf at a Belgian zoo is an important event for the conservation of the species.
Russia 12/02/2019 Watch: Polar bear in Russian archipelago peeks inside a house A Russian Arctic archipelago has been on high alert since Saturday over an "invasion" of polar bears in the main settlement.
Australia 11/01/2019 Watch: Python riddled with over 500 ticks found in Australian swimming pool A snake covered with hundreds of ticks was saved by snake catchers in Australia
Austria 09/01/2019 Watch: Austrian train workers rescue chamois buried in snow The two men leapt off the train and carefully shovelled snow from around the chamois until it could pull itself out and make its way to a forest.
no comment 03/01/2019 Dog rescued from frozen lake in Hungary The dog, named Marci, ventured onto the frozen lake but became trapped on a patch of very thin ice.
no comment 01/11/2018 Watch : Rare 'Dumbo' octopus seen in California deep-sea dive A rare 'Dumbo' octopus was spotted by scientists during a deep-sea research dive done by their unmanned robotic submersible off the coast of California.
