Elephant learns to play the harmonica

" The African elephant already loves music, but has found a new passion after a silver harmonica was accidentally left on the side of the enclosure. She eventually got the hang of puffing out at the right time...

Bank’s $280,000 mistake is Pa. man’s misfortune

"Bank’s $280,000 mistake is Pa. man’s misfortune By Peter Mucha Inquirer Staff Writer Let this be a...

Animals Sick from Melamine Tainted Milk

Two baby orangutans and a lion cub have fallen ill after consuming Chinese Sanlu milk contaminated with melamine.  After hearing about the mik scandal which has killed 4 Chinese babies and sickened over...

London needs more green

One day my two friends and I wanted to go have a picnic in Regent's Park. It was a beautiful spring day, we were finished our exams, and we wanted to have a bottle of wine, some store-made sandwiches, and...

London Zoo celebrates its 180th birthday

I remember my first trip to London Zoo.I was about 9 and  my mum promised my brother and I she would take us one day when we were off school. So when that day finally came, I was so excited. I had never seen...

Tiger Hunting in France

"Nice France - Thieves have stolen a three-month-old 12kg tiger from a zoo at Frejus in southern France and keepers worry he could be turned loose into surrounding countryside and run wild, they said on Saturday. Kouma was stolen last Wednesday when intruders broke in...

Teenage drinking dens face clampdown

"The local authorities association VNG and food safety body VWA are to clamp down on illegal teenage drinking dens, a spokesman confirmed on Friday. The VWA is charged with making sure Dutch laws on alcoholic...

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