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Animal shelters are financially struggling across Australia, hit with an influx of homeless pets. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

AnimalsPremium'Crisis': animal shelters struggling to survive

Animal shelters around Australia are struggling financially, battling to keep their doors open or dealing with long wait-lists for surrenders.

Rachael Ward

A live stream of a sea-eagle nest at Sydney Olympic Park captured the first eggs of the season. (HANDOUT/EagleCAM BirdLife NSW Southern Branch)

AnimalsPremiumVulnerable sea-eagle egg joy captured on camera

A longstanding live stream has captured two eggs laid by a vulnerable species of sea eagle, although it's a fair flight from Brookvale Oval.

Tom Wark

Rising water temperatures in NSW have increased the potential for human-shark encounters. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

AnimalsPremiumWarmer seas could bring more sharks to popular beaches

Popular beaches could have some unwelcome predatory guests for increasingly longer periods as warmer sea temperatures lure sharks closer to shore.

Alex Mitchell

South Coast NRM's Emma Sommerville and Sandra Maciejewski.

green thumbUrban greening safe haven for native animals in Albany

The City of Albany partnered with South Coast Natural Resource Management last month to deliver two new urban greening sites in Milpara and Oyster Harbour, to help endangered native animals in the region.

Jacki Elezovich

A remarkable finding from the study was that the thinner-jawed fossils were actually stronger than the more sturdy-looking ones. 

AnimalsCommentsPrehistoric fish found in WA reveals origin of ‘mighty bite’

Brodie Moss has recently witnessed the horror of what a nasty bite from a marine creature can do, but what can an ancient fossil found in WA reveal about the bite of our closest ‘fishy’ relatives?

Amy Cavender

Deer are one of the most commonly hit animals, costing road users millions each year. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

AnimalsPremiumOh deer: feral pest on highway a fatal crash risk

Sitting at a population of about 1.5 million, feral deer could soon move in on a capital city with one galloping across a busy highway a sign of things to come.

Farid Farid

Bees might have become so aggressive in a French down due to Asian hornets threatening beehives. (AP PHOTO)

AnimalsPremiumUnusual bee attack in French town leaves 24 injured

Three people are fighting for life and more than 20 others are hurt after bees attacked passers-by in a town in France.

Staff Writers

A woman in her 50s was airlifted to hospital after being mauled by a lion at a zoo. (LifeFlight/AAP PHOTOS)

AnimalsPremiumLion victim yet to be interviewed after zoo attack

The condition of a woman who lost an arm in a "horrific" lion attack at a zoo has stabilised but she is yet to explain how the mauling occurred.

Sam McKeith

A lion has attacked a woman and her two children in a residential area of Lahore. (AP PHOTO)

AnimalsPremiumPakistani owners of lion held after it attacks a family

Authorities in Pakistan have arrested the owners of a pet lion that escaped and injured a woman and her two children.

Staff Writers

An entangled humpback whale off Cottesloe captured by photographer Matt Kleczkowski.

WildlifeCommentsPremiumMarine scientist ‘hopeless’ after spotting humpback tangled

Matt Kleczkowski was using his drone to capture the mullet migration on Saturday afternoon when he spotted the eight-metre-long gentle giant about 300m off Cottesloe Beach.

Jessica Evensen

A woman has been bitten on the arm by a lion at the Darling Downs Zoo. (Rounak Amini/AAP PHOTOS)

AnimalsPremiumLion bites woman in 'inexplicable' zoo attack

A lion in a zoo has lunged at a woman biting her arm and causing significant damage in a freak attack.

Farid Farid

A wild kultarr (Antechinomys laniger) in South Australia.

AnimalsCommentsWest Aussies discover cute but ‘ferocious’ marsupial species

Researchers from UWA have discovered two new species of a small carnivorous marsupial which despite being cute-looking, are actually ‘ferocious’ predators.

Amy Cavender

Visitors can observe the acrobatics of the animals as they traverse rope pathways connected to a 14m tower overhead. 

Ape-solutely amazingCommentsNew Perth Zoo gibbon enclosure opens days after tragic death

The unveiling of the exhibit comes after the zoo’s gibbon population was hit by tragedy over the weekend.

Over 22 years, Jermei has had successful pregnancies, with her six-year-old youngest daughter Lulani still living with her. 

AnimalsCommentsPerth Zoo shares heartbreaking update about beloved gibbon

The devastating news was announced on Monday, with Perth Zoo saying staff ‘gave absolutely everything they could across a number of sleepless nights’.

Dylan Caporn

The RSPCA rescues and rehomes thousands of animals across NSW each year. (HANDOUT/KARL ATTENBOROUGH)

AnimalsPremiumAnimal cruelty action dogged by tight leash on funds

Advocates say animals will suffer after a cruelty investigator had to cut its operations, but a state government says there's no "endless supply" of funds.

Jack Gramenz and Tom Wark

Barking Butler Grooming Studio.

PetsCommentsPerth dog owners spending thousands pampering their pooches

Perth dog groomers reveal clients are spending thousands each year to have their pups puffed weekly with some treating their furbaby to regular facials, manicures and jacuzzi sessions at elite puppy parlours.

Caitlin Vinci

Perth Zoo is celebrating International Giraffe Day on Saturday. PIctured are mother and daughter Giraffes Kitoto and Zahara (3) at the zoo Justin Benson-Cooper

AnimalsCommentsA day of celebration for Perth Zoo’s tallest ladies

It will be a girls-only party at Perth Zoo on Saturday as the long-legged ladies strut their stuff at the ninth annual World Giraffe Day.

Caitlin Vinci

Yvonne Ford dances with her granddaughter and, right, with her daughter Robyn Thomson.

‘Couldn’t walk, talk’CommentsHow sinister disease killed fun-loving grandma

The photos show a fun-loving gran cheerfully dancing with her granddaughter while on holiday — 19 days later she would be dead.

Troy de Ruyter

Say g'day to Perth Zoo's newest and cutest arrival - a seven-month old koala joey!

AnimalsVideoCommentsUnbearably cute! Perth Zoo’s newest and cutest arrival

Visitors might just be lucky enough to spot the cuddly creature on their next trip to the zoo.

Kellie Balaam

Albany rangers are looking for a nuisance dog described as a golden retriever.

Serial poo-erPremiumRangers ask for help with Little Grove nuisance dog

City of Albany rangers are asking for help identifying a nuisance dog after reports from Little Grove residents that it was wandering into properties and causing issues.

Melissa Sheil

Monitoring the condition of a Mitchell's hopping mouse trapped on a fauna survey at Mount Gibson Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Australian wheatbelt, as part of the historic species recovery project under construction by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy, in which 9 endangered species of native mammal will be protected from feral predators by a specially designed fence. Gina Barnett & Wayne Lawler/AWC

AnimalsPremiumDrought conditions pushes marsupial to new heights

Drought conditions have likely pushed a usually ground-dwelling marsupial into uncharted territory, a team of ecologists have accidentally found.

The attack occurred on the beach east of Wilson Inlet at Ocean Beach.

WA newsHunt for owner of dog that bit woman on beach in Denmark

City of Albany rangers are urging the owner of a dog that attacked a woman while she walked on Ocean Beach on the WA Day public holiday to come forward.

Melissa Sheil

Great Southern dog breeder Robert Leslie Lewis has been jailed and fined for neglecting six kelpies in a cage for about 30 hours and driving while under suspension.

CourtPremiumMan jailed for neglecting dogs and serious driving offences

A Great Southern dog breeder who neglected six caged kelpies and drove unlicensed across WA multiple times has been jailed, fined thousands and disqualified from driving for the next decade. 

Hannah Whitehead

K9 Trackers are a volunteer group that work with police to track missing people.

K9 TrackersPremiumHow these dedicated dogs are trained to find missing people

Long after the official searches are over, these dedicated volunteers work with their trained dogs to reunite loved ones or provide closure to the families of missing people.

Alison Wakeham