Raise the alarm! Llamas go on the run in Kentucky

llamaThree furry fugitives from a llama farm in Kentucky are safely back home after going on an “all-nighter.” Read More »

Dog-walking woman trampled to death by cows

cattleA woman in Yorkshire, northern England, has been trampled to death by a herd of cows while out walking her two dogs. Read More »

Cows loose on moo-torway

Police were forced to close a section of the busy M25 motorway in Kent, southern England, on Monday after two bulls and a heifer escaped onto the carriageway after being involved in an accident in a horsebox. Read More »

No kidding: Google hires 200 goats in carbon cutdown

goatsInternet giant Google has come up with a novel approach to cutting the grass outside its California headquarters this spring by hiring several hundred goats. Read More »

Supermarket matador takes on bull with shopping trolley

bullThe beef at the meat counter was a little fresher than usual for shoppers at an Irish supermarket last week as a bull escaped from a nearby cattle market and rampaged through the store. Read More »

Nazi ‘super cows’ roam English countryside

aurochA once-extinct breed of cattle brought back from the dead by Nazi scientists is roaming the English countryside for the first time in 4,000 years. Read More »

Britain launches £10m bid to save bumble bee

beesThe British government has assembled a £10 million fighting fund to bankroll efforts to halt the decline of the country’s bee population which beekeepers claim could pose a greater threat to humanity than the current financial crisis. Read More »

US Army blows up live pigs in bomb experiments

pigsUS military scientists blew up live pigs to test the effectiveness of body armour in bomb blasts in a study that has enraged animal rights campaigners. Read More »