Animal Archives

Cammie the camel was given a prosthetic leg at a Pakistan animal shelter after a landlord chopped it off last year

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Pakistani camel relearns to walk with prosthetic leg

Cammie, a young camel whose front leg was chopped off by a landlord in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh, left her caregivers emotional as...

AFPJuly 20, 2025

Vet assistants carrying "Yong", a pigtailed macaque rescued from a life harvesting coconuts

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Sunbears to elephants: life at a Thai wildlife hospital

The patient lay prone on the operating table. An IV line snaking from his left leg, near the wound from the tranquilliser dart that...

AFPJuly 19, 2025

The tarantulas had been packed into plastic tubes and many did not survive the flight from Vietnam

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Creepy find: German customs net tarantulas in cookie shipment

German customs officers have discovered a massive haul of about 1,500 tarantulas hidden inside a shipment disguised as cookies, authorities said Monday. The seven-kilogramme...

AFPJuly 14, 2025

Around 200 pigeons live in Mont Valerien

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France’s military pigeons race in memory of brave predecessors

These days, French military pigeon number 193-529 is no longer needed to carry tiny messages during war-time communication blackouts. But the racing bird serves...

AFPJuly 14, 2025

Shark attacks are rare in ocean-loving Australia, and most serious bites are from three species: bull sharks, great whites, and tiger sharks, according to a national data base

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Bull sharks linger in warming Sydney waters

Bull sharks are lingering off Sydney’s beaches for longer periods each year as oceans warm, researchers said Friday, predicting they may one day stay...

AFPJuly 10, 2025

Moo Deng (right), who became an internet sensation shortly after her birth at a Thai zoo, marked her first birthday Thursday

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Hippo birthday: Thai internet sensation Moo Deng is a year old

Thailand’s pygmy hippo Moo Deng marked her first birthday on Thursday, drawing crowds of diehard fans even as she left behind the cute animal...

AFPJuly 10, 2025

Fishermen are helping researchers to try to save an endangered salamander from extinction in Mexico's Lake Patzcuaro

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Mexican fishermen join fight to save extraordinary amphibian

After decades working as a fisherman on a high-altitude Mexican lake, Froylan Correa is now helping to save an endangered amphibian with gills resembling...

AFPJuly 9, 2025

Mexico is banning entertainment shows involving captive dolphins and other marine mammals

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Mexican lawmakers vote to ban dolphin shows

Mexico’s Congress on Thursday approved a ban on entertainment shows involving dolphins and other marine mammals, the lower house announced, delighting animal rights campaigners....

AFPJune 26, 2025