Animals

Take a look at the incredible wildlife images being considered for Wildlife Photgrapher of the Year People's Choice Award.

Images up for top gong in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year award

Animals in Need

Six abandoned but adorable dogs looking for their forever home this week

Damian Aspinall and gorilla Tambabi share a hug at Howletts Wild Animal Park in Canterbury, Kent. Picture: Damian Aspinall/SWNS

Moment gorilla gently hugs man captured on camera

Mina Alali with calf Moo Picture: Mina Alali / SWNS

Meet Moo - a calf adopted from a petting zoo who gets taken for walks

The bear calmly stole a fresh-caught salmon, as the fisherman who caught it could only watch on in disbelief. (Photo: Collab/SWNS)

Cheeky bear steals fisherman's freshly-caught salmon

Animals In Need needs your help to re-home the animals in its care

Desperate plea for help as Animals In Need reaches capacity again

Adorable dogs looking for their forever home this week in Northamptonshire

Six abandoned but adorable dogs looking for their forever home this week

Rescues dogs in need of a forever home this week

Six abandoned but adorable dogs looking for their forever home this week

The 11 dogs campaigners believe the council had euthanised (Lost Souls/Facebook)

Council seizes 82 dogs from sanctuary, sparking controversy as 11 put down

Rescue dogs looking for a home this week in Northamptonshire.

Eight abandoned but adorable dogs looking for their forever home this week

The RSPCA is this year backing Guinea Pig Awareness Week, as it deals with a big spike in the tiny critters coming through its doors (RSPCA/Supplied)

RSPCA centres jam-packed with 'cruelly abandoned' guinea pigs

Watch the ‘udderly’ adorable moment a herd of cows rush down a field to enjoy free jazz performance

Watch the moment a herd of cows flock to enjoy a free jazz performance

CCTV capturing the moment two dogs enter a family home in Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham, and savage two cats to death.

Moment Rottweilers run into family home and maul pet cats to death

Brucella canis can spread from dogs to humans in rare cases (NationalWorld/Adobe Stock)

Explainer Three people in UK test positive for bacterial disease spreading in dogs

Rescue dogs looking for a home this week.

Six abandoned but adorable dogs looking for their forever home this week

Go along and meet the staff, volunteers and some of the animals at the Animals In Need open day on Sunday (September 10)

Northamptonshire's Animals In Need holding open day this weekend
The event is on Sunday (September 10)

Police are investigating a dog attack in Kirkby. Image: Stephen - stock.adobe.com

Woman dies after being rushed to hospital following brutal dog attack

The fun dog show is taking place at Irchester Country Park on Monday, August 28

Animals In Need holding fun dog show at Irchester Country Park

These are some of the dogs at Animals In Need looking for their forever home

Meet the six adorable dogs looking for a forever home this week

Dolphins swim alongside RNLI lifeboat in Whitby, North Yorkshire.

Watch: Dolphins swim alongside lifeboat off UK seaside town

My leg was ballooning’: Warning as venomous snake attacks holidaymaker in UK tourist hotspot

Warning as venomous snake attacks holidaymaker at UK tourist hotspot

Rescue dogs looking for a new home this week in Northants

Six abandoned but adorable dogs looking for their forever home this week

Cows on M6 cause chaos as drivers left in 3-mile long traffic jam

Pictured: Cows cause chaos on Britain’s busiest motorway

Some of this month's newspapers

July's big news stories for Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough and Rushden

Six dogs that are looking for a forever home in Northamptonshire this week.

Six abandoned but adorable dogs looking for their forever home this week

Safe release sites are needed for hedgehogs currently being looked after at Animals In Need in Little Irchester

Charity looking for release sites for hedgehogs they have nursed back to health

Pigcasso has made over £1 million for her painting masterpieces (Credit: Pigcasso - Joanne Lefson)

Pigcasso: Paint-loving pig makes £1 million from masterpieces
A paint-loving pig that was saved from a slaughterhouse in 2016 and has painted famous faces including The Queen and Boris Johnson

Deer broke into a hospital in Devon

Watch the moment wild deer break entry into hospital & shock patients

Watch as group of animals surround woman in a real life Snow White moment

Watch as woman has Snow White moment in a Florida park

Matt Trewin reportedly uploaded the video on his personal Snapchat - Credit: Seven Network

Reality TV star under fire for filming himself running over a deer

Animals In Need is appealing for help in rehoming its animals

Desperate plea for homes as Northamptonshire's Animals In Need reaches capacity

Rescue dogs looking for a forever home this week in Northants

Eight abandoned but adorable dogs looking for their forever home this week

Chester Zoo is hiring a zookeeper to look after penguins & parrots - how to apply

Chester Zoo is hiring a zookeeper to look after penguins

The fun dog show at Earls Barton

Earls Barton dog show raises money for Northamptonshire's Animals In Need

Some of the dogs looking for their forever home

Six adorable dogs looking for a forever home this week

Harrowing image of a donkey desperately scavenging for food

Heartbreaking footage shows impact of plastic pollution on animals

A rare humpback whale has been spotted off the Cornish coast

Watch the moment rare humpback whale is spotted in British waters

The exact time you should walk your dog in the heatwave according to an expert

UK heatwave: When is it too hot to walk your dog?

Dogs stuck in hot cars can quickly become unwell

Animal laws you should be aware of as RSPCA issue hot weather warning

What is Taurine? The ‘elixir’ which could extend life and boost health

There are some interesting classes to be judged

Animals in Need to host dog fun day in Earls Barton

Two of the rabbits up for adoption.

In pictures: 10 adorable rabbits looking for a forever home this week

Katie Price is ‘numb and shocked’ after the death of dog Blade

Katie Price ‘numb and shocked’ over death of dog Blade

Paul O’Grady with his husband Andre Portasio at the National Television Awards in 2019 (Photo: Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images)

Paul O’Grady’s husband shares latest heartbreak

The activists, named as Rosa, Sarah and Rose and all in their 20s and 30s, then travelled to Berkshire and posed for photographs in front of Windsor Castle.

Activists who stole lambs from Sandringham estate hand themselves in

Lulu was found at a popular park earlier this month

Five foot snake found slithering through busy park rescued by RSPCA

Do elephants like human visitors at the zoo?

Which animals like zoo visitors and which ones don’t

Six abandoned but adorable dogs looking for a home

Six abandoned but adorable dogs looking for their forever home this week

Aldi has launched a new affordable pet range to help keep pets warm during the warmer months

Aldi launches new affordable pet range to keep dogs cool this summer

Pest controllers issue warning as Britain’s wasp population set to soar this summer

Britain’s wasp population set to soar this summer, says experts

The RSPCA has issued a warning after a number of suspected cat poisonings

RSPCA issues warning to pet owners after suspected cat poisonings

Phil Gregory is raising money for Animals In Need

Phil's 200-mile coast to coast challenge for Little Irchester's Animals In Need

New DNA evidence has confirmed the existence of black panthers and other big cats living in Britain.

Big cats UK: Expert fears trophy hunters will ‘flock to kill them’

Missy was neglected by her owners to the point she suffered fur loss and bleeding skin

Neglected dog suffered fur loss and bleeding skin

These four puppies are looking for their forever home, as well as five other dogs...

Four Lab-cross puppies and five other dogs looking for their forever home