• Why the whippet will always be top dog | Letters

    Readers respond to an article by Zoe Williams on Crufts and the winning whippetRe Zoe Williams’s article (I loved the Crufts dog show – apart from Clare Balding and the winner who was 50% cat, 11 March), as a mediocre dog show veteran with a wirehaired vizsla who specialised in becoming a slumped sack of potatoes every time the judge even looked at her, I can live and relive every agonising moment of Crufts for which my dog miraculously once qualified.Hours of TV coverage, many
  • Animal poo can be used to save endangered species from extinction, research finds

    Animal poo can be used to save endangered species from extinction, research finds
    Some cells are still alive within the dung, and could be used to boost genetic diversity in certain speciesTurning animal poo into offspring sounds like a zoo keeper’s conjuring trick, but it might become a reality if researchers succeed in a new project to help save endangered animals from extinction.From snow leopards to sea turtles, animals the world over are under threat, with some scientists calling the massive loss of wildlife in recent decades a “biological annihilation”

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