Now playing Next United Kingdom UK: 'Horrendous cruelty' of woman who 'microwaved' kitten for eating goldfish A woman who put her kitten in a microwave oven for eating her goldfish has today been jailed. Laura Cunliffe, 23, put her four-month-old pet inside 13/03/2014
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Now playing Next Mexico Mexican water monster nowhere to be found It is feared that Mexico’s Walking Fish may be on death row, if the species axolotl hasn’t already been killed off by pollution and 29/01/2014
Now playing Next Argentina Seventy Argentinian bathers injured in "exceptional" biting fish attack A swarm of biting fish injured more than 70 people who were bathing at a popular beach in Argentina on Christmas, a medical official said on 26/12/2013
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Now playing Next Norway Not amoosed - man shot sitting on the toilet by deerhunter in Norway A hunter in Norway had a moose in his cross hairs – but missed and hit a man sitting on the toilet in a neaby cabin. Norwegian police said the 24/10/2013
Now playing Next United Kingdom Half a million watch footage of dog and cat conspiring to escape kitchen This is the unlikely moment when two animals – more usually at each other’s throats – conspire to escape from their owner’s kitchen. More than 23/10/2013
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Now playing Next China The lion that barked: China zoo under fire for disguising dog as lion A Chinese zoo’s supposed “African lion” was exposed as a fraud when the dog used as a substitute started barking. The zoo in the People’s Park of 15/08/2013
Now playing Next United Kingdom Fresh research discovers that dolphins can call each other by “name” Dolphins can identify with and respond to each other using a unique whistle, according to research published in the Proceedings of the National 24/07/2013
Now playing Next world news Butterflies could disappear from Europe Europe’s grassland butterfly population has dropped dramatically over the past 20 years, according to the European Environment Agency. The report 24/07/2013
Now playing Next Next Series A new wave in marine biology Off the northern coast of Crete, marine biologists from the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research are diving for new specimens. Scraping algae off 22/07/2013
Now playing Next Vietnam 4,000 cats stolen by gang in Vietnam Six men have been arrested in Vietnam suspected of stealing as many as 4,000 cats over a two-year period to sell on for their meat, according to 05/07/2013
Now playing Next My Europe Series Travelling with pets within the EU In this edition of U-talk Simona from Bucharest posed the following question: “I wish to travel with my cat from Romania to Italy. What do I need 24/08/2012