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Town mayor says he thought it was a joke when he first learned of an escaped tiger in Sicily.
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| UpdatedThe mayor of a town on the outskirts of Palermo in Sicily says at first he thought it was a joke when he was told a tiger had escaped from a circus and was roaming the streets.
Topics: animals, human-interest, italy
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A man who tried to defend his tame deer from two stags is in hospital with a collapsed lung and internal injuries after being gored by one of the stag's antlers on his New South Wales property.
Topics: animals, accidents, otford-2508
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A six-week old sea lion pup is the second of its species to be born into captivity in an Australian zoo in the past five years.
Topics: animals, animals-and-nature, government-and-politics, activism-and-lobbying, education, conservation, travel-and-tourism, coffs-harbour-2450
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| UpdatedA 2-metre-long crocodile is spotted swimming in the waves at one of Darwin's most popular beaches, where people often surf and walk dogs.
Topics: animals, casuarina-0810
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What began as an announcement of a new grey seal pup escalates into a otterly cute competition between zoos and aquariums across the US.
Topics: animals, human-interest, united-states
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| UpdatedA northern New South Wales woman is sentenced to a month in jail after 31 dogs and 43 cats were found living among rubbish and faeces in a small three-bedroom house.
Topics: animals, animal-welfare, animal-behaviour, courts-and-trials, glen-innes-2370
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| UpdatedA tiny lizard unique to Central Australia has been successfully bred at the Alice Springs Desert Park, with each hatchling weighing in at just 2 grams.
Topics: animal-science, science-and-technology, human-interest, animals, alice-springs-0870
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| UpdatedOne of the oldest elephants being cared for by an Australian zoo is celebrating its 60th birthday and is "doing well", with a daily massage keeping the stalwart fighting fit.
Topics: animals, zoos, animal-science, perth-6000
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Eighty fish wash up dead in south-west Queensland and hundreds of crabs also perish on a south-east island after extreme conditions.
Topics: human-interest, animals, environmental-management, environment, charleville-4470, qld, bribie-island-4507, toowoomba-4350, brisbane-4000
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Pippin, the West Highland terrier, was a stray, living in a drain in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta. He was rescued by an animal charity and sent to the United States for a better life.
Topics: animal-welfare, animals, indonesia
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| UpdatedEmergency crews digging into an avalanche-slammed hotel are cheered by the discovery of three puppies who survived for days under tonnes of snow, giving them new hope for the 22 people still missing in the disaster.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, animals, italy
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WA's Cat Haven re-homed more than 5,500 cats last year — more than ever before — but carers say there are hundreds more still looking for homes.
Topics: animals, adoption, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA team of researchers is learning more about the behaviours of reef, or coastal, manta rays (Manta alfredi) at Ningaloo Reef on Western Australia's north-west coast.
Topics: conservation, environment, animal-science, science-and-technology, university-and-further-education, research-organisations, research, animals, human-interest, photography, coral-bay-6701, ningaloo-6701, wa, murdoch-university-6150, university-of-queensland-4072, cocos-keeling-islands
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| UpdatedTwo of Australia's national galleries welcome hundreds of dogs to their grounds, allowing art-lovers the chance to involve their furry friends in two major exhibitions.
Topics: animals, human-interest, library-museum-and-gallery, arts-and-entertainment, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedA bird is strangled and used to threaten groups of people walking through Brisbane's CBD this morning, police say.
Topics: animals, animal-welfare, law-crime-and-justice, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedWith echoes of the movie Happy Feet, a tiny chinstrap penguin makes an epic 1,500-kilometre journey to remote Macquarie Island, delighting researchers.
Topics: marine-biology, conservation, animals, human-interest, macquarie-island-7151
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| UpdatedThe Queensland Museum celebrates its 155th anniversary by highlighting the most interesting objects that make up its vast collection.
Topics: library-museum-and-gallery, animals, mammals---whales, art-history, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, brisbane-4000
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Topics: rural, animals, environmental-management, broken-hill-2880, olary-5440
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With Tasmania's proximity to Antarctica, it is no surprise that it's a popular posting for penguins. Here are some tips on where you can see them in the wild.
Topics: animals, environmental-management, travel-and-tourism, human-interest, tas, hobart-7000
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Little penguins next to a burrow on Bruny Island
Topics: animals, alonnah-7150
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Topics: animals, rockhampton-4700
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Nearly one hundred years since hunting reduced koalas' local range to isolated pockets, groups are teaming up to re-introduce them to central Queensland.
Topics: animals, research, rockhampton-4700