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• One of four lynx captured in Scottish Highlands dies

  11-01-2025 13:35
  
  Postmortem will be carried out on wild cat, one of four humanely captured in Cairngorms, to find cause of deathOne of the four illegally released lynx captured in the Scottish Highlands has died overnight.The lynx was humanely captured near Kingussie in the Cairngorms national park on Friday but the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) said it had later died. Continue reading...
  
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• Protection zone set up after bird flu outbreak in Angus area of Scotland

  11-01-2025 13:00
  Scottish government stresses risk to public is low, as chief veterinary officer says it is first outbreak since 2023A protection zone has been set up after an outbreak of bird flu in Angus, Scotland’s chief veterinary officer has said.On Friday night, Sheila Voas said a 10km (6.8 mile) surveillance zone had also been declared around the area as well as the 3km protection zone in Kirriemuir after a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was reported. Continue reading...
  
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• Zebra killed in ‘incident’ with rhino at Colchester zoo

  11-01-2025 12:50
  
  Animals were in mixed-species African habitat when ‘extremely rare’ confrontation took place on FridayA zebra has died during an “extremely rare” incident with a rhino at a zoo in Essex.Colchester zoo said the incident between the rhino and a male zebra occurred at about 2pm on Friday in the mixed-species area. Both animals have near-threatened status, meaning they are likely to become endangered in the wild in the near future. Continue reading...
  
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• Streaming: Pepe and the best animal films for grownups

  11-01-2025 09:00
  
  Hallucinatory hippo drama Pepe, now on Mubi, joins the rabbits of Watership Down, a tragic donkey and elusive snow leopards in a classy menagerieIf you liked Moo Deng, Thailand’s baby pygmy hippo who went viral last year, there’s still no guarantee that you’ll like Pepe – but how much hippopotamus-oriented media does one typically get in a year? A deeply strange, dreamy voyage into the consciousness of an adult hippo held captive in Pablo Escobar’s infamous private
  
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