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• ‘I sort of fell apart’: black summer bushfires’ toll on the vets and carers helping Australian wildlife

  04-01-2025 20:00
  They spent their lives and careers looking after animals and when the 2019-20 fires erupted they responded on the front lines. Veterinarians and carers recall those months – and the impact it has had sinceGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe day before the fire front hit, the forest went deadly silent. Normally, says wildlife carer Susie Pulis, “if you are driving or walking in the bush it’s nothing but chitter chatter. There’s lots and lots of n
  
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• Fire at Dallas pet shop kills more than 500 animals

  04-01-2025 13:47
  
  Animals, mostly birds, die of smoke inhalation in incident at shopping centre in TexasMore than 500 animals have died after a fire broke out in a shopping centre in Dallas.The 579 animals, mostly birds, were in a pet shop at Plaza Latina in the north-west of the Texas city. Continue reading...
  
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• Meet Gem the cocker spaniel – the face of UK pet cloning

  04-01-2025 07:00
  
  Commercial animal cloning is banned in the UK, so Gemini Genetics in Shropshire freezes cells bound for the USAt first glance, Gem is simply a very happy spaniel. With a plush toy in her mouth, she is the embodiment of joy. But her straightforward demeanour belies the complexities of her origins. Because Gem is not your typical dog: she is a clone.Ever since Dolly the sheep – the first mammal to be cloned using an adult cell – was revealed to the world in 1996, debate has raged over
  
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• Country diary: Somewhere around this glorious loch, beavers are at work | Merryn Glover

  04-01-2025 06:30
  
  Rothiemurchus, Cairngorms: Reintroduced here after local extinction for 400 years, 10 pairs are settling in well – at least two even have kitsIt’s a crisp and deeply cold morning, the sun not yet risen above the Cairngorms. The Rothiemurchus forest is captive to a white hoar frost as we crunch along the path to Lochan Mor, commonly called the Lily Loch.We’re on the beaver trail and my guide is Jonathan Willet, beaver project manager for the Cairngorms National Park Authority. A
  
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• As police search for the body of shark victim Lance Appleby, just how fearful should Australians be?

  04-01-2025 06:02
  
  Experts say long-term trend towards more shark attacks is partly because of population growth, and that the risk remains lowGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia has suffered another death from a shark after a surfer was bitten in the country’s south, the fourth fatal incident in the region in 18 months.Authorities were still searching for the body of 28-year-old Lance Appleby, who witnesses saw being taken by a shark on 2 January, according to police. Contin
  
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