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Pets & Animals

All the steps to get your pup ready for the great outdoors

Advice

When your puppy is ready for leash walks, begin with short sessions at a walking pace. Photo Shutterstock

Rspca

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'Invasion' of spider crabs shocks locals as they smother ocean floor

Grace Dudley

Spider crabs on ocean floor. Picture by Mark Thomas

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No snakes on the plane as tarmac gets slippery

Grace Dudley

Screenshot of the viral video, showing dozens of eels on the tarmac.

'Part of our DNA': the volunteers risking their lives for livestock

Dakota Tait

SES volunteers relocating a horse at Forbes during the 2022 floods. Picture supplied.

Advice

Serious disease risk for dogs from feral pig hunting, eating

Dr Anne Quain

Pig hunting dogs, like this bull arab cross, can contract brucellosis. Photo Shutterstock

Vets welcome scrutiny as industry grapples with shortages

As a regional veterinarian, Dr Gundi Rhoades, Gowrie Veterinary Clinic, Inverell, has experience across a broad spectrum of health complaints in all animals. Getting people who want to do this work is difficult and staff shortages are leading to many other problems. A new parliamentary report has highlighted the issue and has made recommendations.

Jamie Brown

How to create a safe and harmonious group of pet mice

Advice

Mice thrive in the company of their own kind. Photo Shutterstock

Rspca

'Glugly' pooch wins World's Ugliest Dog

Meet the world's ugliest dog eight-year-old Pekingese Wild Thang. Picture by Sonoma Marin Fair

Ayden Dawkins

Veterinarians, staff at risk of harm from frightened pets

Advice

Veterinary team members increasingly undertake training in animal handling methods designed to minimise fear, anxiety and stress. Photo Shutterstock

Dr Anne Quain

Gunnedah council lodges plans for 'less grand' animal impound facility

Council

Gunnedah council lodges plans for 'less grand' animal impound facility

Rachel Clark

Everyday is hump day when you're helping camels all over the world

Our People

Camel trainer Peter Towle with Jiddan at his Loomberah property. Picture by Gareth Gardner

Tess Kelly

Why is our region a 'priority' according to the RSPCA?

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Tamworth Regional Council director of liveable communities Gina Vereker with RSPCA NSW community outreach supervisor Claudia Jones and a little puppy called Hustle. Picture by Peter Hardin

Jonathan Hawes

'What sort of person does that?': Man jailed for running down koala

The magistrate called the act 'a serious example of cruelty to an animal'. Picture by Shutterstock

Andrew Thomson

Koala takes on ironmen in triathlon

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A koala makes last-minute entry into this year's Ironman Australia Triathlon. Picture: Jason Hannah/Facebook

Georgina Sebar

No wet dogs here: Great Nundle Dog Race has paw-sitive outcome for all

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Honi Newman with her fluffy buddies Chevy and Arlie. Picture by Peter Hardin

Jonathan Hawes

More than 100 whales saved, 28 dead in mass stranding

Updated

Between 50 and 100 pilot whales are stranded at Toby's Inlet near Dunsborough in Western Australia on April 25. Picture via Facebook/Parks and Wildlife Service, Western Australia

Anna McGuinness

Farmers caught off guard by snarly snake caught on tractor

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Snakes alive ... this brown snake was very affronted when he was unearthed from under a water trough on John and Genevieve Guest's Snowy Mountains property on April 18.

Jodie O'Sullivan

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