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999 plea after woman's escaped hamster call

Police released a recording of a woman who dialled 999 to say her hamster had escaped as they pleaded with the public today to use the service only for genuine emergencies.

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Escaped pet python strangles child

Thursday, 2 July 2009

A 12ft pet Burmese python broke out of an aquarium and strangled a two-year-old girl in her bedroom, police in Florida said.

Woman’s horror as she finds snake in the cutlery drawer

Friday, 19 June 2009

A young Northern Irish woman has told how she screamed in horror at finding an 18-inch long snake in her cutlery drawer.

Families only allowed one dog

Thursday, 18 June 2009

A southern Chinese city is introducing a one-dog policy for households.

Pup survives being flushed down toilet

Monday, 15 June 2009

A week-old pup was recovering today after being accidentally flushed down the toilet.

Police hunt for five foot python

Thursday, 11 June 2009

Police were today on the lookout for a five foot python which escaped in a city.

Chanel, the world's oldest dog, at the New York Dog Hotel and Spa in Manhattan

Chanel, world's oldest dog, celebrates birthday

Thursday, 7 May 2009

Chanel, the world's oldest dog, celebrated her 21st birthday yesterday with a certificate from the Guinness Book of Records and a visit to a dog hotel and spa.

Mark Amey has 27 venomous snakes and a 5ft-long African crocodile

Law on keeping dangerous pets to be eased

Wednesday, 6 May 2009

Michael McCarthy: The RSPCA is alarmed at a plan to reduce the 'burden' of red tape for private keepers.

Britons dump their pets as credit crunch bites

Monday, 27 April 2009

Britons may have a reputation as animal-lovers but they are increasingly dumping their pets as they struggle to cope with the impact of economic downturn.

The Obama family's new six-month old Portuguese water dog Bo

Obama puppy gets run of the White House

Wednesday, 15 April 2009

'First dog' Bo got star treatment at the White House yesterday — and even presidential clearance to visit the Oval Office. He had better not, however, get any inflated ideas about doggy sleeping arrangements.

President Barack Obama pets Bo, a Portuguese Water Dog, as daughters Sasha and Malia, and first lady Michelle Obama look on.
The dog came recommended by Senator Ted Kennedy

Bo brings a dogged optimism to White House

Sunday, 12 April 2009

It was the most hotly anticipated appointment of Barack Obama's arrival at the White House. And when it leaked yesterday, the big news beat Iraq, North Korea, Somalian pirates, and even the economy off the nation's front pages: America's new "first pooch" is to be a six-month-old Portugese Water Dog, named Bo.

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