11 apr 2023 om 17:51Update: een uur geleden A wombat was born in the BestZoo zoo in Brabant. According to the zoo, this is a first: it is the first wombat birth ever in a Dutch zoo. On Monday, an observant visitor saw the young Australian marsupial sticking its head out of the pouch for … Read more
Rostock (dpa) – A new group of meerkats is on guard duty in Rostock Zoo: zoo director Antje Angeli and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania’s lottery boss Ait Stapelfeld as animal sponsor welcomed the four newcomers. It is a female meerkat from the Leipzig Zoo and three brothers from the Krefeld Zoo. All were born in 2021. As … Read more
08 apr 2023 om 19:21Update: 23 minuten geleden Train traffic between Almere Oostvaarders and Lelystad Center was disrupted for hours on Saturday by a pack of escaped deer. The fifteen animals from the Oostvaardersplassen nature reserve had broken through a fence and run onto the track. Because it involved such a large group, the Dutch … Read more
Bird flu is on the rise among wild birds and volunteers from animal ambulances are increasingly being called upon to clean up sick and dead animals. Many of the extra costs they incur are not reimbursed. Minister Adema of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV) does not think it is a task for the national … Read more
07 apr 2023 om 16:03 A fuzzy orb unearthed in Canada turns out to be a 30,000-year-old squirrel. Researchers believe that the animal died during its hibernation. A veterinarian in Yukon, the Canadian territory where the find was made, scanned the fuzzy orb. Researchers discovered that it was an arctic ground squirrel. This species of … Read more
A 26-year-old man, accompanied by a woman, was spotted Thursday on a commuter train with a wild platypus swaddled in a bath towel. The man will appear in court on Saturday for alleged animal welfare offences. He is accused of removing the animal from its natural habitat, a waterway in northern Queensland, and taking it … Read more
06 apr 2023 om 13:29 In Australia, a man was arrested this week after a manhunt for catching a wild platypus. The man showed off the animal on the train and in shops. He will probably get a huge fine. Platypus are protected in Australia because they are threatened with extinction. Catching and keeping them … Read more
A decision resulting from a “binding agreement” between The Dolphin Company, which operates the Seaquarium, Miami-Dade County and animal rights activists. Activists, including the park owner’s daughter, had for several years denounced the living conditions of the 6-meter-long animal in what is, according to PETA, “the smallest pool of orcas in the world”. The basin … Read more
On the Noordeindseweg in Berkel en Rodenrijs, a motorist behind the wheel became unwell in the mid-afternoon, after which her vehicle collided with another car. Its driver escaped unhurt; the car only has material damage. Emergency services tried to resuscitate the driver, but in vain. The woman passed away.
On the Noordeindseweg in Berkel en Rodenrijs, a motorist behind the wheel became unwell in the mid-afternoon, after which her vehicle collided with another car. Its driver escaped unhurt; the car only has material damage. Emergency services tried to resuscitate the driver, but in vain. The woman passed away.