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Video: Meet Pizza the world's 'saddest polar bear'

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No sanctuary, but some solace for anti-whaling nations

Critics believe Japan's "scientific whaling" is pseudo science.

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Puan the orangutan is king of the swingers

Puan the orangutan at Perth Zoo has been named the world’s oldest Sumatran orangutan in captivity by the Guinness Book of World Records.

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Czech zoo celebrates birth of rare black rhino

A critically endangered species of rhino is the newest addition to the Dvur Kralove Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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Brazil opens the first elephant sanctuary in Latin America

Maia and Guida are the first guests at the elephant sanctuary

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World wildlife numbers 'to drop by 67% in 50 years', new report finds

The world is on course for the first mass extinction of animal life since the dinosaurs, according to a new report on wildlife populations

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World wildlife population drops almost two-thirds in 40 years

Global wildlife populations have fallen a staggering 58 percent between 1970 and 2012, according to a report by the WWF and the Zoological Society.

Russia

Russian teenager arrested for animal abuse

A 17-year old girl has been arrested in Russia after posting pictures of animal abuse on social media.

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Video: Not for arachnophobes! Huntsman spider munches on dead mouse

Spain

Catalonia vows to defy Spain court ruling overturning bullfight ban

Pro-independence politicians and animal rights activists have condemned the Madrid court decision saying the region had no right to ban bullfighting.

United Kingdom

Police hunt thugs who hammer a nail into dog's head

An RSPCA official has spoke of his horror of one of the worst cases of animal cruelty he has ever seen.

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Humpback whale calf freed from a shark net in Australia

A mother Humpback whale received the assistance from the Sea World Rescue Team to free her calf who was entangled in Shark Control netting in Australia.

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World's oldest giant panda in captivity dies aged 38

The world’s oldest giant panda in captivity has died in Hong Kong aged 38.

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Canada: Birthday party for two Pandas

It was party time for Chinese giant panda cubs Jia Panpan and Jia Yueyue as they celebrated their first birthday at the Toronto Zoo.

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Okapi birth in Denmark

A young okapi was born two weeks ago in Copenhagen Zoo.

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Berlin Zoo opts for beacon technology app

Visitors to Berlin zoo can now access a whole bunch of extra information on the animals thanks to an app powered by beacon technology.

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Baby humpback nudges mother to safety

A humpback whale stranded on a sandbank in Queensland, Australia was helped to safety by her calf on Friday morning (October 7).

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Condor released back to the wild in Argentina

An Andean condor, who was treated in a Buenos Aires zoo following a gun shot wound, has been released into the wild of North Western Argentina this week.

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Dizzying footage of a cat being rescued from a 12th story ledge

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) in Singapore released footage yesterday, October 4, of a rescue attempt in which a cat had become stuck on a ledge 12 stories…

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Woman shoos away four-metre-long crocodile with her flip-flop

A woman in North Australia stunned onlookers as she averted confrontation with a 4-metre-long saltwater crocodile using only her flip-flop.