The Latest Breaking News on Pets

So, tough one: which gives you greater life satisfaction, your spouse or your cat/dog? More to the point, is your dog/cat worth as much to your happiness as an extra £70,000? Ooh, even tougher. It was interesting, incidentally, that in the new film with Ralph Fiennes, The Return, about Odysseus…

Bhim Kohli, who was walking his dog, was racially abused, kicked and punched in ‘gratuitous’ attack

‘I suspect that many people don’t actually realise how important their pets are for them’

Dogs in court, alpacas on trains … the debate shows how much we lean on animals, and how little we regard their wellbeing, says journalist Elle Hunt

Fatally beating a sleeping farmer over the head with a rubber mallet was the same as euthanising a dog, a farmhand allegedly said days after the man's death.

‘Her whole head was inside its mouth,’ said Kona’s brave owner Kim Spencer

The cub was wedged between a fence and a garden wall in London.

Craig Ainsworth, a former bodyguard to the Beckhams, has been found dead in Spain after posting a chilling farewell message online, with his death being treated as a suspected suicide.

FOOD FOCUS: Pubs serving fine food without the faff of fine dining have come to define British hospitality – but with £30 roasts and Michelin stars now par for the course, have we lost sight of the boozer altogether? Hannah Twiggs pulls up a barstool

Many pet-owning renters are asked to pay surcharges – but the upcoming renters reform bill will require landlords to reconsider their stance

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