Bye Bye Baiji

The Baiji (also known as the Yantze River Dolphin) has been declared extinct. There could be a few left though. They were last spotted in 2002, and when groups such as W.W.T. went out for six weeks to search for it last year, they couldn't find a single one.

Doctor Sam Turvey from the Zoological Society of London had this to say:

"Even if there are a few left, we can't find them and we can't do anything to stop their extinction."

He described this news as shocking and tragic.

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Foot and Mouth hits again

Foot and Mouth disease has hit Britain again. It last hit in 2001. Many animals in the south have been culled. I hope the best for everyone at this time.

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Fact File poll 1 results

The first fact file poll results are in. Here they are-

In joint 3rd place with 0 votes (0%) are Rabbits, Grey Squirrels & Peacock Butterflies.
In 2nd place with 1 vote (25%) is Red Squirrels
And in 1st place with 3 votes (75%) is Penguins

Here is the proof-


Thank you to everyone who voted. Your feedback is greatly appreciated.

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Animals and the Floods

As you may know, there has been severe flooding in the U.K. They hit the north in June, and the south in July. I'm going to talk to you about how the animals are effected.

Pets
Many pets have been trapped. Many pets, like people, have no clean tap water to drink. The tap water currently coming through can only be drunk, or used to wash dishes, or clean your teeth, if boiled. Trust me, it is incredibly annoying brushing your teeth with bottled water. Some people think you can give it to pets un-boiled. I strongly disagree with that. They're living things after all.

Wildlife
The wildlife hate the rain. It ruins feathers, it destroys homes. But some of the after-math is good. Wildfowl get more place to swim and hunt. So it's not all bad.

Sacred Shambo

As you may know, Shambo, a bull from Skanda Vale, Llanpumsaint (ll is a Welsh letter not pronouned like an l), has been put down. He had T.B. I knew about Shambo last year, whilst I was watching him (he's sacred to Hindus) on Wales Today where they suggested something was wrong. He was diagnosed 3 months ago.

R.I.P.

P.S. He wasn't sacred to me, but it's still sad. It was for the best I suppose. Please comment your views.

Banner!

This is Animalz's new banner. A bid thank you to Cloak who told me how to make it.

Please comment on it.

Croeso...

...back to Animalz! I havn't taken any animal pictures unfortunately, but I still have a few posts to do!