Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! All rights reserved. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/animals-pets.html en-en Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:00:00 +0000 5 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/animals-pets.html http://l.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/uk/any/u/news.gif 30 140 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080906/ten-uk-venice-winner-5fdf947.html /rtrs/20080906/r_t_rtrs_en_other/ten-uk-venice-winner-5fdf947_2 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:00:00 +0000 U.S. movie "The Wrestler" won the Golden Lion for best picture at the Venice film festival on Saturday, winding up the 11-day competition on the Lido waterfront. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20080905/tuk-deadly-spider-in-co-op-bananas-6323e80.html /pressass/20080905/r_t_pressass_uk/tuk-deadly-spider-in-co-op-bananas-6323e80_1 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:09:11 +0000 A cashier felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end after discovering a deadly South American banana spider nestling in a bunch of bananas. Press Assoc. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080904/tts-health-skorea-cloning-animal-c1b2fc3.html /afp/20080904/r_t_afp_ts_other/tts-health-skorea-cloning-animal-c1b2fc3_1 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:01:00 +0000 Snuppy, the first cloned dog, has become a father after the world's first successful breeding involving only cloned canines, South Korean researchers said Thursday. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080904/tod-uk-china-elephant-1a5e080.html /rtrs/20080904/r_t_rtrs_od_media/tod-uk-china-elephant-1a5e080_1 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:18:42 +0000 A once drug-addled elephant fed heroin-laced bananas by illegal traders will return home after emerging clean from a three-year detox programme on China's tropical island province of Hainan. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080903/tuk-britain-animal-demo-offbeat-a7ad41d.html /afp/20080903/r_t_afp_uk_britain/tuk-britain-animal-demo-offbeat-a7ad41d_1 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:05:00 +0000 A woman was suspended from the ceiling of a London shop by hooks put through her skin, in protest Wednesday against the practice of slicing fins from sharks and throwing them back into the ocean alive. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080903/tsc-eu-parliament-health-food-clone-4de741d.html /afp/20080903/r_t_afp_sc_europe/tsc-eu-parliament-health-food-clone-4de741d_1 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:24:00 +0000 The European parliament on Wednesday urged the EU's executive branch to ban the cloning of animals for the food trade, citing reduced genetic diversity among other concerns. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20080903/ten-irwin-wildlife-reserve-to-be-mined-5a7c575.html /pressass/20080903/r_t_pressass_en_tv/ten-irwin-wildlife-reserve-to-be-mined-5a7c575_1 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:54:15 +0000 A bauxite mining company has won the right to continue mine studies on a wildlife reserve owned by the family of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin. Press Assoc. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080902/tod-uk-peru-dogs-b7e5c6f.html /rtrs/20080902/r_t_rtrs_od_human/tod-uk-peru-dogs-b7e5c6f_1 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:13:39 +0000 Dog lovers beware. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080902/tsc-canada-animal-fish-food-c2ff8aa.html /afp/20080902/r_t_afp_sc_other/tsc-canada-animal-fish-food-c2ff8aa_1 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:16:00 +0000 Wolves in westernmost Canada prefer the taste of salmon, when it is in season, over deer or other wild game, a study of its dietary habits said Tuesday. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080901/tod-switzerland-animals-law-offbeat-7f81b96.html /afp/20080901/r_t_afp_od_other/tod-switzerland-animals-law-offbeat-7f81b96_1 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:54:00 +0000 Want to get rid of your goldfish? Swiss owners who have been flushing them down the toilet -- still alive -- must now find other methods since strict, new animal protection laws went into effect Monday. AFP