Picture shows Dr Gladys Boo, Veterinary Ophthalmologist, at The Eye Specialist for Animals checks the eye of a King Penguin, in Singapore undated. Successful cataract surgery on geriatric penguins, three King Penguins and three Humboldt Penguins, has helped them enhance their sight and improve their quality of life. (Mandai Wildlife Group/CEN)

Six Penguins Have Cataract Surgery In World First

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:March 17, 2023

These remarkable images show how six penguins were given cataract surgery in what is believed to be a world first. It was first noticed that the elderly penguins - from…

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Image shows Antje T., 39, during the trial in undated photo. She was sentenced to probation for jabbing people with saline solution in the Schortens vaccination centre in the district of Friesland, in Lower Saxony, Germany in April 2021. (Newsflash)

Anti-Vaxxer Nurse Who Jabbed Thousands With Saline Solution Walks Free

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:December 8, 2022

An anti-vaxxer nurse who jabbed nearly 9,000 people with saline solution instead of a COVID-19 vaccine has been spared jail in Germany. Red Cross nurse Antje T., 39, was given…

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One of the pets that were rescued from an apartment where they survived for two weeks by eating their owners' dead bodies in Yekaterinburg, Russia. (ZooDozor/Newsflash)

Cats And Dogs Ate Dead Owners

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:July 29, 2022

An elderly couple were eaten by their pet cats and dogs after they lay dead in their home for two weeks. Gruesome images of the apartment - taken when rescuers…

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Maria Gomes dos Reis (121) is discovered after medical care in Bahia, Brazil, and may be the oldest in the world. (Newsflash)

Worlds Oldest Living Person Discovered In Brazil

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:May 16, 2022

An allegedly 121-year-old woman has been 'discovered' after medics were called in to treat her - and it is now believed she may be the world's oldest living person. Elderly…

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The second-hand kitchen where Thomas Heller, aged 50, from the German town of Kothen found EUR 150,000 (GBP 126,952). (Newsflash)

Punter Finds EURO 150K In Second Hand Kitchen From Ebay

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:May 12, 2022

An astonished DIY fan discovered a secret hoard of EUR 150,000 in cash when he reassembled a kitchen he had bought on eBay. The lucky buyer identified as Thomas Heller,…

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Ivermectin package pictured, an 87-year-old died of COVID on 27th November, after having been prescribed Ivermectin from his family doctor for treatment, in Tennengau, Austria. (Newsflash)

Doctor Faces Ban For Prescribing Ivermectin Horse Dewormer To OAP, 87, Who Died After Taking It To Treat COVID

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:December 28, 2021

An Austrian doctor is facing a professional ban after prescribing the horse dewormer ivermectin to an 87-year-old OAP to treat COVID-19 and the elderly patient later died after taking it.…

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The damaged money that a 74-year-old Jerusalem woman put in her microwave, in plastic bowl with bleach to disinfect them, fearing Coronavirus. (Bank of Israel/Newsflash)

OAP Burns Rent Money Collected From Tenants After Bleaching Notes And Putting Them In Microwave To Kill Off COVID

• Post author:Lee Bullen
• Post published:November 24, 2021

An elderly Israeli building manager has burned the rent money she collected from her tenants to a crisp after bleaching the banknotes and putting them in the microwave to kill…

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Bettina Lerman, a COVID-19 patient, wakes up day before having life support turned off, after 60 days on ventilator in the hospital at Maine Medical Center in Portland Maine. (GoFundMe, Jennifer Miele/Newsflash)

Coma Woman With COVID-19 Wakes Up Just As Her Life Support Machine Was Due To Be Switched Off

• Post author:Peter Barker
• Post published:November 22, 2021

An elderly woman who had not been vaccinated spent over a month on a ventilator and in a coma due to COVID-19 complications and despite being given zero chance of…

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The jaguar that attacked the farmer Pedro Vaz Ferreira in Jabotinema, Para in Brazil. (Newsflash)

Jaguar Attack Leaves Elderly Man Disfigured And Blind In One Eye

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:November 12, 2021

A man has been left disfigured and blind in one eye after his face was savaged by a jaguar. Farmhand Pedro Vaz Ferreira, aged 67, was attacked by the jaguar…

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The elephant Andra, that died at the age of 63 after she spent her life performing in circuses and suffering abuse Azzano San Paolo in Bergamo, Italy. (LAV/Newsflash)

Terminally Ill Elephant Aged 63 Forced To Perform In Circus In Italy Until She Died

• Post author:Lee Bullen
• Post published:November 2, 2021

An elderly elephant in Italy who spent her life being forced to perform in circuses even when terminally ill has died aged 63. The female Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus),…

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