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Scientists to explore the legend of the Loch Ness Monster

DNA study will look at what lives in the UK�s largest freshwater body

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Vets have saved a tiny Humboldt penguin chick after her egg was accidentally broken by her parents. Keepers at ZSL London Zoo were shocked to find the chick, named Rainbow, still alive and rushed her straight to the Zoo�s on-site veterinary clinic.

It was a little way to go until the chick should have hatched, so the process was touch and go. Vets removed bits of shell from around the chick with tweezers until she could be lifted out and placed in a makeshift nest.

Rainbow is now in a custom-built incubation room where she spends her days cuddled up to a toy penguin. Keepers will hand-fed Rainbow for the next 10 weeks until she is healthy enough to move to the penguin nursery.

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Chernobyl wolves starting to move beyond exclusion zone

Study shows how zone might have a vital role to play in conservation

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Animals to be banned from Welsh circuses

Move brings UK-wide ban one step closer

Eight rhinos die in Kenya relocation exercise

Cause of death currently thought to be salt poisoning

Last Serbian dancing bear moves to Switzerland

Napa getting used to life in his new sanctuary

Blue whale butchered in Iceland

Conservationists call for action to protect endangered marine animal

FOUR PAWS prepares for new elephant sanctuary

Elephant�s Lake will house captive and wild animals

Report exposes Europe�s 'thriving' domestic ivory trade

Legal loophole 'allowing illegal ivory to slip through the net'

Abused lion cub gets forever home at sanctuary

King was kept as a �pet� in a Paris apartment

Cattle pesticides killing off dung beetles - study

Damage could result in economic loss for farmers

UK risk of Newcastle disease increased to medium
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New Zealand bans tight nosebands during dressage
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Mosquito study could help fight Rift Valley fever
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Scientific experiments with animals at lowest for eight years
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Vets save premature penguin chick
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BVA infographic to help shoppers understand farm assurance schemes

An infographic to help members of the public understand farm assurance schemes has been produced by the BVA. The infographic outlines BVA�s priorities for animal welfare and shows whether or not the schemes address these priorities in their standards.

BVA president John Fishwick said: �The infographic is not intended to be a league table but to allow people to understand what aspects of animal health and welfare are addressed by assurance schemes so that they can decide which scheme best aligns with their own individual preferences and priorities."