Animals news

• Britain’s ‘loneliest sheep’ marooned at foot of Scottish cliff for two years

  27-10-2023 17:33
  
  Jillian Turner said the sheep, which now has a huge fleece, called out to her kayaking group and followed them along the shoreMarooned for two years at the foot of a Scottish Highlands cliff, the sorry-looking, bedraggled animal is now known as Britain’s loneliest sheep.Jillian Turner first spotted the sheep two years ago while she was paddling along the coast of Sutherland with her kayak club. Continue reading...
  
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• How your dog can live as long as Bobi, reported to have died aged 31

  27-10-2023 14:08
  
  Death of Portuguese mastiff generated global interest – despite some vets’ scepticism about his ageFor people in the UK, 31 is the average age at which they get married for the first time, women give birth, and, in some regions, buy their first home – but for dogs it’s equivalent to being about 200 years old.This is why the news that Bobi, a Portuguese mastiff, the oldest known dog in the world, had died aged 31 on 21 October has generated so much global interest –
  
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