Animals
Monkey business at Perth Zoo as gibbon escapes enclosure
The gibbon was “over exuberant while swinging and found himself in a tree outside of his habitat,” said a spokeswoman for the zoo.
- by Holly Thompson
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‘We can’t ignore this problem any more’: Aerial shooting of feral horses reconsidered
The NSW government is reassessing a proposal to kill feral horses from the air after their populations in the Kosciuszko National Park boomed.
- by Laura Chung
‘We’re losing the war’: Fire ants on the march amid shortfall in eradication funding
The venomous pests are spreading from Queensland towards NSW and other states, as government documents reveal a shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to wipe them out.
- by Mike Foley
Foxes and rabbits and deer, oh my! Invasive pests on the march in Melbourne
They are causing environmental destruction and scaring some residents into staying inside, as the pests use the Yarra River as a highway to push further into suburbia.
- by Benjamin Preiss
Perth Zoo’s Asian elephants to move interstate after Tricia’s death
Perth Zoo’s two Asian elephants could up-size to a new home in the rural outskirts of Adelaide by the end of next year.
- by Holly Thompson
Calf no longer a stick in the mud thanks to team of firefighters
Fire crews spent two hours rescuing the cow trapped neck-deep in mud in Sydney’s west.
- by Olivia Ireland
Two cows rescued in a little over a day in Sydney
A calf was rescued from a dam in Kemps Creek after Fire Rescue and SES pulled a cow out of South Creek in Windsor.
Why one of these dog breeds is the victim of unfair stereotyping
These are the “Big Three” guide dog breeds – but a charity says German shepherds have an unfair reputation and are the misunderstood victims of stereotyping.
- by Joe Pinkstone
‘It did not happen in Indonesia’: Jakarta at odds with Australia over cattle disease
Indonesian officials say Australian cattle with lumpy-skin disease showed symptoms before being unloaded from ships, heightening their suspicion over its origin.
- by Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies
Would you swim at a Sydney beach without a shark net?
The high number of non-target species caught in shark nets this year has renewed calls from experts to ditch the nets.
- by Laura Chung
‘Human in disguise’: Chinese zoo forced to deny bear is a person
Sun bears, originally from Malaysia, are smaller than other species, the Hangzhou Zoo insisted and assured visitors that their animals are the real thing.
- by David Child