Scottish hedgehogs saved after consciences pricked
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A death sentence hanging over hedgehogs on a remote Scottish island was lifted, after conservationists agreed to end an annual cull that has become a prickly issue among animal welfare groups.
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Two temporary control zones outside Surrey are lifted after animals test negative for foot-and-mouth disease.
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By Rhona Ganguly; Emma Pinch  Britain's most endangered mammal has been discovered thriving in many of Birmingham's urban watercourses.
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Bold reintroduction generates huff and puff A study released today by the Royal Society proposes the reintroduction of wolves into the Scottish Highlands - 240 years after they were hunted to extinction.â¦
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LONDON - Fast food just became hedgehog-friendly. McDonald's Corp. said Friday it had redesigned the cups for its McFlurry dessert so that they no longer posed a danger to the spiky woodland creatures.
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Animal carers in Hong Kong said Wednesday pet lovers who had bought piglets in hopes of some Year of the Pig luck may have been conned by shop owners who actually sold them rodents instead.
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Wildlife experts express surprise after a pod of killer whales is seen in the Firth of Forth.
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Officials in Scotland's Outer Hebrides are considering a mass slaughter of rabbits to protect fragile sand pastures.  The rabbit infestation is bad and getting worse in many places, John MacKay, a local council member in Ness, told The Scotsman.
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ZAGVOZD, Croatia  - The state has made them a  protected species, but shepherds say Croatia's wolves are  living up to their storybook reputation as the bad guys.
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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A mythical and ghostly creature has appeared in the wilds of the Scottish Highlands.
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MELBOURNE, Fla. - All over one suburban subdivision, wild pigs have left their mark.  There was a dead cat. Ruth Strahosky's lawn was shredded when she was on vacation.
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Blog: The species was changed. But it's controversial.
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German police called to investigate unusual noises in the garden of a Bremen house late on Monday were surprised to find that a pair of amorous hedgehogs were to blame.
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A controversial annual cull of hedgehogs in Scotland may be about to end as wildlife groups withdraw support.
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BUTEYONGERA, Uganda  - George Sabadu Hornsleth says he is grateful as he proudly indicates a neatly constructed wooden pen where his new piglet snuffles under the shade of a papaya tree.
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The Soay sheep of St. Kilda, a group of small Scottish islands, have been living free and unfettered for millennia. While these primitive sheep are still unmanaged, detailed records have been kept on them for the past 20 years. That makes St. Kilda a kind of natural evolutionary experiment, an island-scale Petri dish where sheep, not fruit flies, are the subjects.
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Recently, a polar bear cub was rejected by its mother in a German zoo.  Had this happened in the wild, the cub would have been left to fend for itself, and would quite likely have died.  In this case, however, zookeepers decided to care for the cub by hand, a decision which has ironically prompted outrage from at least one animal rights group, who have suggested that it would be more humane to kill the cub, rather than allow it to become dependent on humans for its entire life.    This is an interesting point, and one which has dark but intriguing ramifications when applied to certain other species - namely, homo sapiens.  Artificially prolonging the lifespan of genetically inferior instances of the species runs counter to the purpose of evolution.  It makes us all weaker.