This healthy Beagle dog has reportedly died of a broken heart days after her 80-year-old owner passed away. The loyal female beagle named Birba died of ‘sadness’ shortly after her elderly owner named Giovanni Cerruti passed away at the end of September in the Italian city of Asti, according to…
This bizarre deep-sea denizen with the body of a shark and the face of a pig has been pulled out of the water by Italian naval officers. It was spotted by sailors on the naval vessel floating in the waters at the Darsena Medicea marina in the town of Portoferraio…
The body of a 15-year-old girl has been buried by her family after she became an organ donor when she was killed in a car crash together with her mum, who was driving her to re-sit her Latin exam. Schoolgirl Giorgia Racca died in hospital hours after her mum after…
This Italian female student who went for an afternoon stroll in the woods with her boyfriend after a romantic picnic died when she was attacked and literally torn apart by a pack of stray dogs. Simona Cavallaro, a 20-year-old student, died after she was attacked by the dogs in the…
Nearly a thousand coffins still awaiting burial at an Italian cemetery are starting to burst at the seams as the searing heat caused them to warp and even burst open, threatening a serious health hazard. At Rotoli Cemetery in Palermo, the capital of the Italian island of Sicily, 733 coffins…
A miracle baby shark born despite the fact that they had not been a male shark in the tank for more than a decade could possibly be the first confirmed case of parthenogenesis reproduction ever recorded in this marine species. The unique baby which belongs to the common smooth-hound (Mustelus…
An experienced hot-air balloon pilot from Italy died after losing balance and falling from a 10-metre (32 ft) height as a wind gust sent her balloon spiralling out of control. Elisa Agnoleti, 39, tragically lost her life in the unpredicted accident in the Buonconvento community in the city of Sienna…
An animal-loving University professor in Italy was brutally beaten apparently by a family of neighbours who accused her of encouraging strays after she gave food and water to a mother pup struggling to feed three malnourished puppies. Beatrice Lucrezia Orlando, 42, a professor at the University of Ferrara was left…
The safari park Parco Natura Viva has announced that their resident Judy, who was the oldest chimpanzee in Europe, has passed away causing great sadness not only among staff but also among Judy's chimpanzee family. Judy was born in 1972, and died at the age of 49 in the Parco…
A baby fawn that survived the wildfires in Sardinia has become a symbol of local determination to overcome the devastation caused by the blaze. Given the name Lussurzesa, the young deer is currently undergoing recovery in the Duemari veterinary clinic in Oristano, in Sardinia in Italy after being recovered from…