Our home zoo has expanded once again with the arrival last week of our new Labrador puppy, Fitzgerald. For the past 10 years we have been truly blessed with the existence of Huxley, a black Labrador and close personal friend of quite exceptional intelligence. Now, as Huxley approaches retirement age, we decided as a family that he should have the opportunity of passing on his considerable wisdom to the next generation – hence Fitzgerald.
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Essex lion hunt called off as police search finds no evidence of big cat
Monday 27 August 2012
Police have called off a search for a lion reportedly on the loose in Essex.
Still no sign of 'Essex lion' as police helicopter joins the hunt
Monday 27 August 2012
Police searching for a lion in Essex said today they were taking the hunt seriously.
Report of lion on loose sparks armed police hunt
Monday 27 August 2012
Police last night warned residents to stay indoors and deployed armed officers and a helicopter after a report that a large cat was running loose in Essex.
Donald MacInnes: Betting on spider fights? This could be a money-spinner
Saturday 25 August 2012
In The Red
ASA clears RSPCA re-homing advert
Wednesday 22 August 2012
An ad for the RSPCA's Home for Life service has been cleared following complaints that the charity omitted to mention that it euthanises some animals in its care.
Sex party model jailed for beating girlfriend
Monday 20 August 2012
A male model was jailed for five years today for beating up his girlfriend after they attended an upmarket Killing Kittens sex party.
Eight-year-old boy 'put cat in microwave'
Wednesday 15 August 2012
The RSPCA is investigating a report that an eight-year-old boy put his neighbour's cat into a microwave oven.
Battle to save wildlife with help of zoos highlighted
Wednesday 15 August 2012
One of the world's largest frogs, Britain's only native crayfish and Amur leopards are among the creatures staving off extinction with the help of zoos, it was suggested today.
Scientists prove carnivore extinction theory
Wednesday 15 August 2012
The extinction of a carnivore could lead to other predatory species dying out, according to new research.
Rebecca Armstrong: One small cat snuffing it has affected me deeply
Monday 13 August 2012
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L'heure espagnole/ L'enfant et les sortilèges, Glyndebourne, East Sussex
Tête à Tête Opera Festival, Riverside Studios, London
The Francis Bacon Opera, Camden Arts Centre, London
Sunday 12 August 2012
Glyndeborne's double bill of Ravel operas captures the composer's delicate touch and ability to combine laughter and pain
Second cat poisoned with anti-freeze in Poole street
Thursday 02 August 2012
A seven-year-old cat has died after being poisoned with anti-freeze in the same road where another cat suffered the same fate just a few months ago.
Michelangelo to embellish glorious vista
Tuesday 31 July 2012
For those who sighed over Danny Boyle's version of long-lost, bucolic Britain, perhaps a visit to Goodwood is the answer. This isle's most glorious setting for a race meeting is now into its third century as a venue. And just as in 1802, when Pantagruel galloped six miles in three heats to win the first race on the third Duke of Richmond's estate atop the Sussex Downs and when peasants still wore smocks, the English Channel still shimmers silver to the south and rolling ripe cornfields glitter gold to the north.
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Breaking the Silence: In the reality of occupation, there are no Palestinian civilians – only potential terrorists
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Uri Geller psychic spy? The spoon-bender's secret life as a Mossad and CIA agent revealed
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Vice pulls 'breathtakingly tasteless' fashion shoot glorifying the suicides of famous female authors from Sylvia Plath to Virginia Woolf
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