Man spends 5 weeks rescuing hated bird
A DEDICATED Gold Coast man has stalked one of Australia’s most hated birds — for five weeks — to rescue it for just a quick, but lifesaving, 10 minute job.
Pets And Wildlife
How Coast polar bear celebrates her birthday
SEA World’s bouncing baby polar bear Mishka today celebrates her first birthday with the Gold Coast’s ‘coolest’ party. The cheerful 100kg creature has already received some very special gifts, including a cake only a polar bear could enjoy.
Can you spot how this stick insect photo is risque?
A GOLD COAST photographer has cracked the finals in a prestigious photography competition with a raunchy photo — of a stick insect. But how?
Cat found with rubber band wrapped around its neck
Claims of animal cruelty in a Gold Coast suburb are being investigated by the RSPCA, after a cat was taken to a vet with a rubber band wrapped around its neck.
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Sharks don’t faze lifesaving champs
THEY’RE the state’s best surf lifesavers and it takes more than a 3.4m great white to faze them.
Bunny border battles
THEY’RE cute and fluffy, but bring one over the border and you will be fined tens of thousands for your troubles.
Fur flies in Labrador cat-fight
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Balloon fun for tiger cubs
DREAMWORLD’S tiger cubs celebrated their birthday with balloons, cake and cardboard boxes.
Big Dry drives dolphins to canals
DOLPHINS have migrated inland as far as Nerang in search of food following one of the driest Coast summers on record.
Giving pets fresh hope
WHEN Roxy was abandoned by her owner, she waited for him by his broken-down car on the side of the highway.
Henry celebrates Polar Bear Day
GIANT ice blocks, biscuits, and fancy fruit were on the menu this morning when SeaWorld’s polar bear cub ‘Henry’ invited guests to his Polar Pool Party.
Mauled maltese pup on the mend
APRIL is the maltese puppy vets said would not survive horrendous injuries inflicted by two german shepherds, but she is defying the odds.
Cats and dogs not the only orphans
THEIR pens are heaving with cats and dogs but no creature great or small is discriminated against by the Gold Coast’s biggest animal shelter.
New marsupial discovered
A NEW species of marsupial has been found at Springbrook and scientists think it could be the first of many.
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