TOKYO (AP) — A bear injured four people in a Japanese residential area on Tuesday in the latest attack in an area of the country where the animals have increasingly encroached on the human population in recent years. Japan’s Environment Ministry said a record 13 people were killed in more than 230 attacks by bears…
Hong Kong customs has arrested a woman on suspicion of illegally importing seven animals worth around HK$4,300 (HK$549) including a sugar glider and a chinchilla, into the city. A spokesman for the Customs and Excise Department said on Sunday that officers intercepted a 46-year-old passenger at the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line checkpoint the day…
CHINA He’s having a ball. A 22-year-old man from China won the World Snooker Championship in England this week. Wu Yize, who dropped out of school at 16 to pursue the sport professionally, is the second youngest to ever be crowned the winner. In his first public appearance in the country after his victory, he…
BERLIN (AP) — A barge carrying a humpback whale that had been stranded in shallow waters near Germany since March has begun its journey toward the North Sea. It reached Danish waters on Wednesday, German authorities said. Nicknamed Timmy by German media, the whale was spotted swimming near Germany’s Baltic Sea coast on March 3,…
The bridge is the first of its kind in the UK. 10:21, 24 Apr 2026Updated 10:22, 24 Apr 2026 An artists impression of what the bridge will look like(Image: National Highways) The UK’s inaugural heathland bridge is set to open next month, offering wildlife a vital crossing point over a busy motorway. The £3.7million Cockrow…
Listen to the birdsongs of Lantau HONG KONG (AP) — They perch gently on concrete ledges. They nestle into peeling stucco. Occasionally, they soar across a stone house’s rooftop. A flock has landed in Wang Tong Village, a peaceful corner of Lantau Island on Hong Kong’s southwestern edge. But this flock is unlike others: Its…
TOKYO (AP) — Popular twin pandas at a Tokyo zoo are set to return to their homeland in China in late January, officials said Monday, leaving Japan without a panda for the first time in about half a century. Prospects for their replacement are not favorable either as ties between the two countries have deteriorated….
THIS is the shocking moment a police marksman shot an XL Bully dead with a shotgun after the dog attacked a woman during a horror rampage. Sophie Zaherali’s dog, Ghost, sparked chaos on Dunella Street in Sheffield on December 7, 2024. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! Shocking footage shows the moment a…
A DONKEY charity was left more money in wills than the Royal British Legion last year, figures show. There were £37.8million-worth of legacy donations to the Donkey Sanctuary. 2 Royal British Legion will donations lagged behind those made to leading animal charitiesCredit: SWNS:South West News Service The sum exceeds the £27.5million left to Britain’s leading…
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada’s last captive whales will remain at the Marineland park near Niagara Falls for now after the federal government denied the zoo’s request to ship the 30 belugas to China. The Canadian government will not grant an export permit to send the whales to the Chimelong Ocean Kingdom aquarium, Fisheries Minister…