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Paul O'Grady For the Love of Dogs viewers were left in tears as the late star met with a frightened dog who had been abused and abandoned

Former glamour model Jodie Marsh said her £1 million farm was visited by animal agencies after she admitted to taking her pet meerkat to the pub

Dozens of Chicago Public Schools juniors and seniors performed a full round of check-ups on more than 200 stuffed animals brought in by youngsters at Eli Whitney Elementary.

Alanis Shakespeare, who lives in a flat at Fletton Quays, Cambridge, said there have been rats in the car park since it opened in 2019 due to its close proximity to a river

Washington (AFP) - New York's Central Park has a statue dedicated to him, and there's even been a movie about him: a sled dog named Balto.Now he is the focus of a DNA study, 90 years after he died, to see what made the pooch so famously tough.

One of Tasmania's only dedicated equine veterinary hospitals may be forced to close after an unsuccessful search for a new vet, leading to concerns that horses will go untreated in emergencies.

An organisation opposed to greyhound racing urges better regulation of doping in the industry, describing current controls as "antiquated".

There are also plans underway to fund an increase in the number of dog wardens nationwide

In 1925, a handsome male sled dog named Balto led a 13-dog team that braved blizzard conditions during the grueling final 53-mile (85-km) leg of a 674-mile (1,088-km) dogsled relay, bringing lifesaving medicine to the Alaskan city of Nome during a diphtheria outbreak.

Balto, the heroic sled dog from 1925, had his genome sequenced, revealing that he was intermediate between wolves and modern domesticated dogs.

Its founder said the charity 'urgently needs help to weather the storm'