HARIPURA - The Uttarakhand Government has initiated a mass awareness programme about conservation of migratory birds that flock to Haripura wetland in the State among people, including children.
WASHINGTON - Iran successfully launched a research rocket into outer space carrying a mouse, two turtles and worms Wednesday, but failed to put anything into orbit, two U.S.
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's defense minister says his country has successfully launched a new rocket carrying a mouse, turtle and worms into space for research purposes.
JAMNAGAR - Migratory birds flocking to wetlands in Gujarat are at a serious risk of consuming contaminated food provided by locals.
LONDON - Britain's Shaun Foggett loves reptiles and keeps 24 of them as his pets in his back garden that he shares with his fiance and three kids.
CHENNAI - Thousands of exotic migratory have arrived at the Kodiyakkarai Bird Sanctuary, which is located 400 kilometres from Chennai.
LONDON - Britain will soon have a burial ground where humans can be laid to rest right next to their loved pets.
MEXICO CITY - Police in Mexico City have rescued 150 ferrets from armed robbers after a high speed chase.
LONDON - Coldplay, the Arctic Monkeys and Blur's Damon Albarn are donating items to be sold at a charity auction beginning Friday to raise funds for Haiti earthquake victims, auction organizers said.
APPOMATTOX, Va. - Jonathan Quarles was the kind of guy who took in flying squirrels and turtles, then released them back to the wild.
HAJO - The Hayagriva Madhav temple at Hajo in Kamrup district of Assam has kept alive the centuries old tradition of fight between Bulbuls, the birds also known as songbirds.
SRINAGAR - Wild-life authorities have initiated a drive to break the ice in Hokersar Wetlands in Kashmir to help the migratory birds find food as they are facing lot of hardship due to frozen wetland.
SOUTHWOLD, Ontario - A Canadian man has been mauled to death by his pet tiger.
LOS ANGELES - Cats. Dogs. Those can be fighting words in some circles.
JAIPUR - Dog lovers in Jaipur turned Samaritans on Sunday when they took out a rally with their pets to create mass awareness about swine flu.
MELBOURNE - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has penned a children's book which follows the adventure of his pet dog and cat.
OMAHA, Neb. - The Nebraska Court of Appeals says a woman who left her dog with two friends for almost a year doesn't owe them any money for boarding the Chihuahua - much less the $2,700 they asked for.
LONDON - A woman called up the emergency number 999 because her cat was playing with a ball of string and irritating her.he women can be heard telling the operator that her cat was playing with the ball of string and "doing her head in".
GWALIOR - With the onset of winter season, exotic migratory birds from Pacific and South-East Asian countries come to India in large numbers in search of food and shelter.
MORENA - The natural breeding of alligators in the Chambal river in Madhya Pradesh has delighted both residents and authorities, as it indicates a positive turnaround in the survival of reptiles.
LONDON - A pet puppy had a miraculous brush with death when it swallowed a toy fairy wand almost the length of her body.
WINSLOW, N.J. - Authorities say a pair of bulldogs attacked five New Jersey children until the oldest fought off the dogs with a shovel.
MELBOURNE - A dog in Australia who sniffed its owner's cancer and ultimately saved her life has lent further support to the belief that our pets have an inherent ability to detect cancers.
VARANASI - Migratory birds from Siberia visiting the banks of the holy river Ganges in Varanasi are luring many foreign and domestic tourists.
ALLAHABAD - Rise in temperature coupled with pollution has led to a sharp decrease in the number of migratory birds visiting the wetlands of Sangam, Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad city.