Video report from the UK’s National Seal Sanctuary
Zoogle News reports from the UK’s National Seal Sanctuary in Gweek, Cornwall, and gets to meet some of the residents.
Free birds: Finch orchestra rocks out with electric guitars
London’s Barbican Centre has played host over the years to some of the world’s greatest musicians. Now an orchestra of 40 zebra finches playing electric guitars and cymbals has become the latest musical sensation to take the venue by storm. Read More »
Sonic the Squirrel banned from riding rollercoaster
A grey squirrel has been banned from riding Alton Towers’ Sonic Spinball ride because he poses a health and safety risk. Read More »
Thames eels prove slippery customers
Eels, once a slippery mainstay of Cockney cuisine, appear to be abandoning the River Thames. Scientists from the Zoological Society of London have recorded a 98 percent drop in the number of European eels in the river in the past five years and say that triggers alarm bells for the future health of other Thames-dwelling species too. Read More »
Wildlife warning over ‘Russian roulette in monkey jungle’
Visitors to a wildlife park have been urged not to “play Russian roulette in the monkey jungle” following the release of shocking footage of baboons smashing up a car, ripping its roof box open and running off with bras, dresses and other clothing. Read More »
Masked men snatch 10-week-old puppy
Police in Nottingham have issued a plea for witnesses after masked men broke into a house in broad daylight, threatened a pregnant teenager and her 20-month-old daughter and made off with her 10-week-old Staffordshire Bull terrier puppy. Read More »
Chimpanzees on the loose at Chester Zoo
Chester Zoo in northern England was evacuated Sunday after a number of chimpanzees broke out of their island enclosure. Read More »
Beatle’s back garden now a haven for beetles
Wildlife experts have discovered four rare species of beetle living in the back garden of former Beatle John Lennon’s childhood Liverpool home. Read More »
Prince Charles backs ‘grey squirrel armageddon’
British country landowners and businesses backed by Prince Charles are demanding the right to turn their guns on “out of control” grey squirrels and deer in an effort to protect the trees and dependent species in threatened woodland habitats. 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 »
