The years haven't been kind to us lately, with the coronavirus outbreak, the years of lockdowns, and now a crippling economic winter - and it turns out 2023 is going to be a doozy too.
A pet psychic has predicted what we've got in store and says we'll have a whale-hunting revelation and an outbreak of kangaroo pox that will devastate next year.
Samantha Milns, 52, who lives in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, with her partner Greg, 54, and their 17-year-old cat, Tom, described 2023 as "a year of two halves" for animals.