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The zoo says that their elephant enclosure is too small for an adult male so it wasn't possible for their female herd to breed here.

The charity are warning people who live in high rise flats to keep windows closed during the warm weather.

**A warning that this article shows an image of the dead animals as part of an RSPCA appeal for information**

Cinders was found in a field with appalling injuries and became the first horse in the world to have a skin graft.

They were rescued from a house in Birmingham after an anonymous caller raised concerns about lots of rodents kept there in poor conditions.

Shropshire Fire and Rescue has become one of the first fire brigades in the country to have pet oxygen masks in every single fire engine.

13-year-old Yorkshire Terrier was severely matted and covered in dreadlocks after years of neglect and died just weeks after being re-homed.

RSPCA encouraging holidaymakers to check before returning from abroad after calls from people who’ve brought more than just a suntan home.

Two young people from Worcester have been disqualified from keeping animals for life for starving two pet dogs, one of which later died.