Animals

A pair who left seven puppies dead and dying in a wheelbarrow in "heartbreaking" scenes have been banned from keeping dogs for life.

The dogs were left without food or water by unscrupulous puppy farmers trying to smuggle them into the UK to be sold illegally.

A five-year-old boy has suffered burns after getting trapped in a tumble-dryer – but he was saved when the family dog raised the alarm.

The 'world's saddest polar bear' is to temporarily leave the Chinese shopping centre where he lives and go to an ocean park.

Scientists studied DNA samples from 110 red squirrels from Scotland, England and Ireland, and found leprosy bacteria in many of the animals.

Buster the bouncing boxer is joined by two foxes, a badger, and a hedgehog, to tell the story of a girl called Bridget who loves to bounce.

Officers who stopped a woman were stunned to find the six-month-old animal concealed in her handbag.

Kent fire and rescue is the first to roll out the miniature masks across all its frontline services and says they are regularly in use.

The creature ended up in the street after torrential rain flooded the area.

A 26g earthworm found in a vegetable patch in Cheshire delighted scientists - who then killed him to preserve his snake-like body.