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Scientists are hoping to use a range of engineering ideas to help protect amphibians' from climate change. One of the potential ideas is to create a number of 'micro-habitat shelters' - offering habitats and protection for endangered species. Read more on the BBC here.
A new TV documentary, due to be aired in the Summer, will focus on the growing popularity of exotic pets. The programme, entitled Essex Jungle, will be filmed at pet shops across Essex and broadcast on channel 5.
A recent report commissioned by an insurance provider suggests that destructive pets could cost their owners an average of 690 per year on household damage. This equates to a massive 3.3 billion in the UK. Confused.com has launched a petition to ensure that accidental pet damage is covered by most home insurers. Click here to view the petition.
According to a recent article in the Telegraph, "An inquisitive fox has been found living at the top of the Shard in London, Europe's tallest skyscraper." Read more here.
In his latest online blogfor the Telegraph Pete Wedderburn has spoken out against cloned animals. Entitles, 'Read our lips: consumers don't want to eat cloned animals' he writes that "Animals are sentient beings, not just clusters of cells without consciousness or sensation... The only motive for producing cloned animals is to create more profit; animal welfare should not be compromised in this way for pure commercial gain."
An article in the Daily Mail entitled ''It's time to get your paws on the treadmill': Half of American cats and dogs overweight or obese' looks at how pet obesity in affecting the USA.
A recent article on the Telegraph, entitled 'The end of BSE', looks into the demise of BSE. Last year, only 17 cases were recorded in cattle across the world - a stark contract to in 1992 when it peaked at 37,280 cases.
According to a recent article on the BBC, "Monkeys 'display self-doubt' like humans". A recent study has found that monkeys have some awareness of their own thinking and seem to know when they don't know something. Read more here.
Perhaps in response to the growing fear of wild foxes, an article in the sun looks at one animal lover who keeps a fox as a pet. The article is keen to assure readers that this fox has been reared by hand and therefore is used to people, unlike wild foxes.
An article on the Telegraph states that "Vets have successfully completed a four-hour operation to help a 38-stone (241kg) bear with an infected tooth." The bear, from the Highland Wildlife Park in Kingussie, required dental surgery to help cure an infection.
According to the recent article in the Telegraph, "Farmers are demanding to be allowed to shoot huge flocks of starlings that are eating valuable animal feed in alarming quantities after unusually high numbers arrived in this country."
A recent article on the BBC's website shows how many experts are worried about the rising number of exotic pets. Quoting Matt Brash, a government zoo inspector, the piece suggests that laws over which wild animals can be kept as pets need to be changed. Species being kept in worrying conditions include Meerkats, Poison Dart Frogs, large tortoises and Marmoset Monkeys. Read more here.
