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Eight-year tires for Sheffield owner after inspectors find emaciated XL bully dogs

, 13/07/2023

The owner of two dogs found in an emaciated state in what an RSPCA inspector said was one of the worst cases she has seen has been banned from keeping animals. The American XL bullies, a male called Tyson and a female called Lola, were discovered at Ricki Haywood’s property in New Cross Walk, Sheffieldlast December. While the inspectors were there, Tyson stumbled down his steps and collapsed. He later had to be put to sleep. Lola survived and is recovering. Haywood, 40, pleaded guilty to three animal welfare offenses and appeared to be sentencing at Sheffield Magistrates’ Court. Lola…

Some Animals Have No Choice but to Live at Airports Now

, 12/06/2023

For the past several decades, Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, in New Hampshire, has hosted a frequent flier with no known credentials. It comes and goes as it pleases, always bypassing security; it carries no luggage, not even a government-issued ID. But unlike the other passengers that regularly flock to Pease, the upland sandpiper—a spindly, brown-freckled bird native to North America’s grasslands—has no destination apart from the airport itself. The fields between Pease’s runways and taxiways are now the only place in the entire state where the species is known to reproduce regularly. Each year, about seven sandpiper couples nest…

Second inspection of the year

, 14/05/2023

It’s been a cold week, but today seemed to mark a turning point in the weather here. I took my coat and gloves back off; my gloves had been put away for the summer two weeks ago, only to be hastily retrieved when the cold winds arrived. In some parts of the country snow has fallen and the keepers have not found an opportunity to do a first inspection yet. Cherry tree in my garden – on one of the gray days I lit my smoker and approached Demelza’s hive – I always inspect that hive first as it’s calmer.…