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Crocodiles given tummy aches to stop cane toad feasts

Crocodiles given tummy aches to stop cane toad feasts

Rangers and scientists have been training crocodiles in Western Australia not to eat cane toads, by giving them a bout of food poisoning.

250 dogs given up amid push to curb 'puppy farms'

250 dogs given up amid push to curb 'puppy farms'

250 dogs given up amid push to curb 'puppy farms'

250 dogs given up amid push to curb 'puppy farms'

The surrender of more than 250 labradoodles from one of Tasmania's largest breeders has sparked calls to follow other states and crack down on puppy farms.

Man knocked out by a whale's tail while in a tinny

Man knocked out by a whale's tail while in a tinny

Man knocked out by a whale's tail while in a tinny

Man knocked out by a whale's tail while in a tinny

Police are urging all boaties to wear life jackets after a man was found unconscious with serious injuries after a whale hit him with its tail.

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Dingo bites four-year-old girl at popular holiday spot

Dingo bites four-year-old girl at popular holiday spot

A young girl has been airlifted to hospital with a puncture wound after being bitten by a dingo at a popular Queensland holiday spot.

Restrictions ease as bird flu outbreak is quashed

Restrictions ease as bird flu outbreak is quashed

Bird flu restrictions for parts of Victoria where the deadly avian virus spread will be scrapped, almost two months after the most recent case was detected.

Homes of endangered greater gliders face logging threat

Homes of endangered greater gliders face logging threat

A conservation group is urging the Queensland government to protect land with greater glider habitat after logging near a site where the species has been seen.

'Grotesque' depravity to dogs lands croc expert in jail

'Grotesque' depravity to dogs lands croc expert in jail

A judge who jailed crocodile expert and academic Adam Britton for the torture and killing of dozens of dogs said he had inflicted "unimaginable" suffering.

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Dingo management has gone to the dogs, advocates say

Dingo management has gone to the dogs, advocates say

Dingo management has gone to the dogs, advocates say

Dingo management has gone to the dogs, advocates say

Dingo rangers, rescuers and advocates are calling on politicians to reconsider protection measures for the wild dogs which are often considered pests.

Laws 'powerless' as Aussie animals deemed endangered

Laws 'powerless' as Aussie animals deemed endangered

Laws 'powerless' as Aussie animals deemed endangered

Laws 'powerless' as Aussie animals deemed endangered

Eight Australian animals and five plants have been added to the threatened species list due to threat from habitat destruction or degradation.

Doctor saved wife before fatal crocodile attack

Doctor saved wife before fatal crocodile attack

Doctor saved wife before fatal crocodile attack

Doctor saved wife before fatal crocodile attack

A doctor and father of three's final heroic act was to save his wife from being attacked by the crocodile that took his life.

Man remains missing after suspected crocodile attack

Man remains missing after suspected crocodile attack

Man remains missing after suspected crocodile attack

Man remains missing after suspected crocodile attack

The search for a man reportedly taken in a crocodile attack in far north Queensland has entered a second day.

Shark-netting season sliced with calls to end scheme

Shark-netting season sliced with calls to end scheme

Shark-netting season sliced with calls to end scheme

Shark-netting season sliced with calls to end scheme

Shark nets in NSW will be brought down earlier than usual, but conservationist groups say modern prevention methods make them unnecessary.

Land clearing taking a deadly toll on wildlife: report

Land clearing taking a deadly toll on wildlife: report

Land clearing taking a deadly toll on wildlife: report

Land clearing taking a deadly toll on wildlife: report

A report by Greenpeace and the RSPCA has found 100 million native animals are displaced, hurt or killed in Queensland and NSW each year due to land clearing.

'Spot something missing': shark victim's lost leg joke

'Spot something missing': shark victim's lost leg joke

'Spot something missing': shark victim's lost leg joke

'Spot something missing': shark victim's lost leg joke

A young surfer who was attacked by a shark has shared a hospital update revealing that his severed leg could not be reattached.

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Shark victim's severed leg found before hospital flight

A young surfer remains in hospital after a shark attack, but there's no update on whether surgeons have been able to reattach his leg.

Surfer fights off shark before saved by off-duty cop

Bystanders and an off-duty police officer treated a shark-attack victim with makeshift tourniquets after he was bitten at a NSW beach.

'The bond is very real': meet the King of animal rescue

Volunteer David King has spent years rescuing all creatures great and small, including horses stuck in septic tanks, cows bogged in creeks and cats in trees.

Threatened fish species thrown a restoration raft

Considered a threatened species in NSW, the olive perchlet will return to the Murray-Darling Basin in small rafts designed to act as habitat for the tiny fish.

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Dozens of kangaroos shot, run down in callous attack

Conservation officers are investigating the deaths of dozens of kangaroos found in regional Victoria with gunshot and car crash wounds.

Greyhound welfare claims dog embattled racing industry

The greyhound industry is in fresh turmoil with an investigation looming into claims deaths were hidden and dogs pushed to race at levels causing injuries.

Killer croc shot after girl taken while swimming

A crocodile responsible for the disappearance of a 12-year-old girl southwest of Darwin more than a week ago has been destroyed, police say.

Dingoes share pure genes with 3000-year-old ancestors

New research has revealed dingoes have kept their paws to themselves by not breeding with domestic dogs for thousands of years.

Tech and tradition helping island's koalas survive fire

Cultural knowledge and new technology combine to help protect a Queensland island's unique marsupial residents from the threat of fire.

More bestiality, child abuse charges for 'Beast Boy'

A man using online pseudonym 'Beast Boy' faces more charges after police said they had found thousands of videos and images of bestiality and child abuse.

Backyard chickens in latest Canberra bird flu detection

Chickens in the backyard of a Canberra home are the latest to test positive to a strain of bird flu that has sparked mass culls and egg shortages.

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