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Pursuant to the Animal Welfare Act, the ban concerns breeding, keeping, importing and slaughtering of animals for fur and skin production, Tanjug is reporting.

According to the register of the Veterinary Administration, there were 16 fur farms in Serbia before the ban took effect on the first day of this year.

You can now live with five different species of penguin, as a historic Falkland island is up for sale for the first time in nearly 150 years, reported METRO.co.uk

A zoo in the southern Turkish province of Antalya has named a coypu, which is a large, herbivorous, semiaquatic rodent, as “Trump.” Click through for the story in photos...

The pets of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, who was poisoned in the UK, are dead, a spokeswoman for the British Environment Ministry said.

She told the agency that when given access to Skripal's home, a vet discovered his two dead guinea pigs. A cat has been found in a severe condition and a vet surgeon has decided to euthanize her to put an end to her troubles.

A group of veterinary students have truly gone back to nature in a daring shoot that saw them strip off for a charity calendar.
The students who are all studying at The Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies bared all in a recent shoot that saw them pose alongside the animals they care for.

A Holistic therapist uses snakes to massage her clients claiming it cures depression and even helps victims of abuse. Instead of traditional massaging techniques, Sarah Zaad uses up to six pythons and boa constrictors on brave customers who want to relax or be treated for mental disorders.

Chinchillas are, without a doubt, one the cutest animal species ever.

It is argued that their fur is the softest in the animal kingdom!

And if the adult Chinchillas are cute, just imagine what the baby Chinchillas are like!…

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Two Egyptian vultures, Boris and Jennie, can now be monitored live after being equipped with satellite trackers, the Bulgarian Society for Protection of Birds (BSPB) has said.

Boris and Jennie, two adult vultures, are representatives of an animal species whose extinction rate is among the highest in Europe.

A German Zoo has sent three griffon vultures to Bulgaria, in a push to reintroduce the birds to reintroduce them into one of their natural habitats.