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'Holly' the Rhodesian ridgeback x great dane waits to be adopted. RSPCA Big Adopt Out day, Brisbane Showgrounds. Saturday September 14, 2019. (AAP Image/Renae Droop)

Animal welfare concerns as RSPCA transitions emergency hotline

Queenslanders who look for RSPCA emergency rescue after hours will soon find it hard to reach them as the group planned a transition in its hotline service hours.

Stephanie Robinson with 10-week-old lion cub Caesar at Darling Downs Zoo, 22 October 2024. Photo: David Martinelli.

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Meet Qld’s only lion cub – who very nearly didn’t make it

A Queensland zoo was shocked when its middle-aged lioness fell pregnant with its new arrival delivered by an emergency caesarean to become the state’s only baby lion.

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Inexcusable act that proves you’re a terrible dog owner

Owning a dog can be a tough gig but there’s one act that is inexcusable.

Bush turkey making itself at home in Lazenby Street, McDowall, Thursday, October 17, 2024 - Picture: Richard Walker

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Meet the untouchable bird running rampant in your backyard

This bird is wreaking havoc in gardens across the state and Queenslanders can’t do a thing about it.

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Gold Coast resident Brianna Lee shared a post to a Facebook community page which said an Uber driver witnessed another motorist hit a koala twice near Tallebudgera road in Burleigh Heads on Monday. Photo: Brianna Lee

‘What a w**ker’: Car hits koala twice – then drives off

A woman has recounted the heartbreaking moment she watched a koala reportedly hit by the same car twice.

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Watch: Drone’s eye view in mercy mission for unique koala enclave

Ancient land practices are combining with drone tech to protect a unique population of koalas from raging bushfires. SEE VIDEO

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A Brisbane cafe has informed customers their four legged friends are no longer welcome inside. Photo: supplied

Dogs banned from cafe after single anonymous complaint

A dog-friendly cafe has been forced to close its doors to the four-legged friends after a complaint to Brisbane City Council.

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‘Woke rubbish’: Backlash over ban on Aussie experience celebs love

Aussies say a move to ban koala cuddles, an experience embraced by world leaders, sports stars and A-list celebrities like Taylor Swift, as a “load of woke rubbish”. VOTE IN OUR POLL

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A dingo eats one of two humpback whale calves. They were found dead on K'Gari on Saturday morning. One of the whales washed up at 7:30am, just south of the Cathedrals. The other calf, a newborn, was found at Brown Rocks at approximately 8am, and appears to have been badly bitten by a shark before washing up on the beach. Soon after the whales were found, rangers were alerted by the public and moved the carcassess of the beach and onto the grass over the dunes.,

Humpback highway toll: Whale calves wash up on K’gari

Two humpback whale calves were found dead washed up on K’gari at the weekend, as migration season was in full swing.

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23/6/2024: Ruri Anggaeri with Chilli, at the dog park, riverside, Bullimba. The Brisbane city council is raising dog registration charges. pic: Lyndon Mechielsen/Courier Mail

Dog rego rip-off: Where residents are paying four times more

Dog owners in certain parts of South East Queensland will soon be paying up to four times more than others for dog registration. SEE YOUR PRICE

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Sea World whale rescuers have performed their second dramatic liberation of a stricken humpback off the northern NSW coast in a week. Members of the Sea World Foundation rescue team on Friday completed a gruelling two-day operation to free a humpback heavily entangled in rope and buoys. The snared whale was first sighted on 13 June off Burrewarra Point, near Batemans Bay on the NSW South Coast. A rescue mission was launched on Thursday after the animal was spotted off Sandon Point in northern NSW. With daylight rapidly fading, the Sea World rescuers found the whale off Angourie and deployed a satellite tag to allow them to continue the mission on Friday. After successfully tracking the whale, they spent three hours removing the rope and buoys to allow it and a companion humpback to continue their northern migration Picture ORRCA

Second stricken humpback rescued in a week

Rescuers have successfully completed a gruelling two-day operation to save a stricken humpback whale off the Northern NSW coast. WATCH THE VIDEO

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Whale freed after towing fishing buoy all the way from Victoria

A rescue team has successfully freed a distressed whale from a fishing buoy it towed all the way to the Queensland-NSW border after it became tangled off Mornington Peninsula more than a week ago. WATCH THE VIDEO

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