A kind-hearted fisherman has halted trips for tourists after finding a dove's nest on his boat. Eray Dursun, 40 - who runs a tour company in Mudanya, in the north-western Turkish province of Bursa - says he has not taken his boat out to sea once since discovering the nest…
These images show a poor pooch pining for its owner next to his coffin after he was killed in a landslide this week. Eduardo Porras was killed while waiting for the bus to go to work in the city of Dosquebradas in the Colombian department of Risaralda on Tuesday, 8th…
These poignant pictures show a German Shepherd named Fero, which has faithfully been waiting by its owner's grave since his death a week ago. According to the news site Olay53, after losing his wife some 12 years ago, Omer Guven moved to the district of Kaymakli in the northern Turkish…
A hermit cat that has been living on a building roof for over four years and refuses to come down for anyone including firefighters has become a local attraction. The cat lives in the district of Sungurlu in the northern Turkish province of Corum where local residents keep it well…
This is the sad image of a macaque holding the limp body of her dead baby in a Singapore nature spot. The images were taken by photographer Dennis Nathaniel Chan who runs eco-programmes and makes wildlife films to raise awareness of Singapore’s biodiversity. Dennis told Newsflash that he spotted the…
A stork that lost his partner 19 years ago when she was electrocuted in a high-voltage power line has been adopted as the symbol of the city where he made his home. Storks pair for life so when the partner of this stork was killed 19 years ago after they…
This cat spends all day sitting on the graves of its former owners who rescued it last year and churchgoers even built it a little kennel in the cemetery for shelter. The grieving cat visits its deceased owners every day at a cemetery in the town of Astros in the…
The South African Human Rights Commission is launching a court case against the owners of a wedding venue accused of refusing a lesbian couple’s ceremony on religious grounds. Megan Watling and Sasha-Lee Heekes were told that the Beloftebos wedding venue in the village of Stanford in the South African province…
This is the moment a brave magpie defends its nest and refuses to back down against a murderous fox which has just killed a chicken. The footage was shot in Wondelgem near Ghent, Belgium, where Klaas Vandromme and his family woke up to find a real-life nature documentary happening before…
This adorable baby girl parents claim a local priest has refused to baptise the cute tot because of her birthmark. Maria Khvostantseva, 22, says her local priest in the city of Kurgan in west-central Russia’s Kurgan Oblast refused to baptise her one-month-old daughter because of the tot’s large birthmark. The…