Chas Newkey-Burden The Grand National won’t remove their most dangerous jump

This Becher’s Brook jump is the deadliest obstacle on the course and generally considered the most dangerous in the world

'It was just sheer jubilation when we got it on board. It is one thing hooking it, but another to land it,' says one of the fishermen

'Britain's oldest dog', 25, mauled to death by terrier in park

Jack the Yorkshire Terrier, who was 117 in dog years, was killed when a black Lakeland terrier began biting him

Zoo animals 'starve to death in Venezuela' due to food shortages

Union leader says the story of the animals 'is a metaphor for Venezuelan suffering'

'Antibiotic free meat' could mislead consmers, campaigners warn

Campaigners expressed mixed feelings about the prospect of the marketing

Baby elephant rescued from open drain

Animal behaviour experts suggests zoo did not have to shoot gorilla

Gorilla tries to attack visitor through glass at zoo

Animal welfare guidance to be scrapped by Conservative ministers

Labour says move would 'endanger Britain’s proud tradition as a country that stands up for animal welfare'

Mimi Bekhechi Why do we keep on killing animals for the sake of a good selfie?

From baby gorillas in Bristol to abused tigers in Thailand, our narcissistic attitude towards animals has created a market for exploitation and cruelty all over the world

Dolphin was 'dead before it was pulled from the water' in Argentina

Hernan Coria claims the animal was one of several which washed up dead on the beach

Mimi Bekhechi Five things would happen if everyone stopped eating meat

We've come to the end of World Week for the Abolition of Meat, but people in the west still won't make a simple change that could change the fortunes of the whole world