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Snap result: Speckles the psychic crocodile predicts who will win Australian election

On the eve of the federal poll, the famed 36-year-old Darwin saltwater croc tips a Peter Dutton victory

On the eve of Australia’s national poll to determine its next leader, two hunks of meat were dangled above a murky pool.

Attached to one line, the picture of prime minister, Anthony Albanese. Upon the other, the man who would dethrone him, the opposition leader, Peter Dutton.

‘My heart’s pounding’: Australians wade into ocean to save great white shark stranded in shallow water

Three-metre shark was found on sand bank near the coastal town of Ardrossan in South Australia

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Tourist Nash Core admits he felt some fear when he and his 11-year-old son waded into the ocean off the Australian coast to help rescue a three-metre great white shark stranded in shallow water.

Three local men managed to return the distressed animal from a sand bank into deeper water after an almost hour-long rescue effort on Tuesday near the coastal town of Ardrossan in South Australia.

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Bystanders apprehend bulldog after it attempts to assault Met police horses

Police horses Yvonne and Snaffles on the mend after dog escapes owner’s control and nips at their legs

Members of the public captured a bulldog which was trying to bite the legs of two police horses while they were out on patrol in London.

Metropolitan police horses Yvonne and Snaffles were being ridden by officers when the out-of-control canine began nipping at their legs.

Collapsing bird numbers in North America prompt fears of ecological crisis – research

Study using citizen data finds three-quarters of nearly 500 species in decline, with steepest trend in areas where they once thrived

Bird populations across North America are falling most quickly in areas where they are most abundant, according to new research, prompting fears of ecological collapse in previously protected areas.

Analysis of nearly 500 bird species across North America has found that three-quarters are declining across their ranges, with two-thirds of the total shrinking significantly.

Man’s £4,000 fine for noisy rooster leaves neighbours cock-a-hoop

New Forest council says Harold Brown’s bird created ‘unacceptable levels of noise’ that disturbed people’s sleep

Subjecting your neighbours to early starts is nothing to crow about, the owner of a cockerel has discovered to his cost.

Harold Brown has been fined nearly £4,000 after his neighbours cried fowl over his rooster shaking its tail feathers from 5am every morning for years.

UK regulator could ban vet chains from linking incentives to certain treatments

Policies that limit clinical freedom come under scrutiny and surgeries may be told to put their prices online

British vets could face price caps on prescribing medicines to pets and a ban on financial incentives linked to offering certain treatments.

The Competition and Markets Authority has been investigating the £2bn veterinary sector after a review in 2023 sparked an unprecedented response from 56,000 people worried about rising costs.