EUR 50K Fine For Watering Garden With Hosepipe
Gardners caught using hosepipes to water their lawns in Germany are facing massive EUR 50,000 fines under strict new drought laws. As summer heatwave temperatures top 30 degrees Celsius, city…
Footage shows the Amur leopard in the Land of the Leopard National Park, Primorsky Krai in the Russian Far East, undated. The Amur leopard is also known as the Far East leopard. (@leopard_land/Newsflash)
Rare Snap Of Snow Leopard Caught Out By Summer Melt
Magnificent Amur leopard does not seem to know whether it is summer-ing or going as its coat is apparently caught out by a rapid spring thaw. Rare footage from a…
Image shows the seahorses, undated photo. The smuggler was caught at Berling Brandenburg Airport, Germany, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Main Customs Office Potsdam/Newsflash)
Animal Traffcker Caught With 20 Pregnant Seahoses Dead In Suitcase
An animal trafficker caught with 20 pregnant dead seahorses hidden in his suitcase has been seized by customs officers in Germany. Horrified inspectors discovered the creatures packed into a styrofoam…
Image shows some of the rescued puppies, undated photo. A total 30 puppies were saved from the trunk of a smuggler near Arnoldstein, Austria, in April 2024. (BMF, Zoll/Newsflash)
Animal Trafficker Caught With Faked Pet Passports For Weeks-Old Dogs
A man caught with weeks-old puppies and faked pet passports has been seized by customs police in Austria while he was on a 3,000-kilometre trafficking drive to Algeria. Police searched…
Customs seize a total of 439 beetles that passengers illegally brought into the country through the Guangzhou Baiyun Airport in China, undated. The beetles seized this time include a total of 11 species. (Customs/AsiaWire)
Moment Woman Is Caught Trying To Smuggle 439 ‘Alien’ Beetles Into China Airport
A female traveller was caught trying to smuggle more than 400 beetles hidden among food packages in her suitcase. The woman, whose identity was not revealed, was arriving at the…
Photo shows one of the snakes, undated. Passenger was arrested with 90 snakes, 236 spiders and a centipede hidden in suitcases on a bus traveling to San Justo, Buenos Aires. (Ministerio de Seguridad/Newsflash)
Bus Passenger Caught With Hundreds Of Snakes, Spiders, And One Centipede In Suitcases
A man who was caught travelling on a bus with 90 snakes, 236 spiders, and a centipede stuffed in two suitcases has been arrested. The animals were discovered in the…
Picture shows one of the reptiles, undated. A passenger illegally carried 11 live reptiles that were seized by customs in Huanggang, China. (China Customs/AsiaWire)
Female Traveller Caught Smuggling 11 Chameleons Concealed In Plastic Bags In Coat Pockets
Customs officials have caught a female traveller after she tried to smuggle 11 chameleons concealed in the pockets of her coat. CCTV footage from Huanggang Customs in China's eastern province…
The one-armed monkey named Xingxing grooms a cat's fur searching for fleas in Zhejiang, China, undated. It stole a mouthful of cat food while the cat was not paying attention and put it back after finding it unpalatable. (feng19951008/AsiaWire)
One-Armed Monkey Uses Its Single Limb To Groom Cat’s Fur And Remove Its Fleas
Monkey was caught on a hilarious video as it tried to carefully pick out any fleas from a cat's fur while it was eating. Phone footage shows the one-armed macaque,…
A man shows his phone to a chimpanzee through the glass of the enclosure in Liaoning, China, undated. The chimpanzee kept staring at the phone. (122966911/AsiaWire
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Chimpanzee Amazed By Zoo Goer’s Smartphone Demonstration
A curious chimpanzee was caught on video 'going bananas' over the sight of a smartphone while a male zoo goer demonstrated how the device worked. The hilarious interaction was filmed…
Police capture the snow leopard that attacked many herdsmens sheep pens at night in Xinjiang, China, undated. It killed 27 sheep. (AsiaWire)
Endangered Snow Leopard Caught After Slaughtering Dozens Of Sheep In Village
Police capture an endangered snow leopard after it devoured dozens of sheep on several farms. Farmers in the Tashsayi village, in the town of Waxxari, located in China's north-western Xinjiang…