- Eleven-year-old Nehemiah from Florida became the first child to complete 100 hours of reading to pets at the Jacksonville Humane Society.
- He spent two years working toward the goal, reading especially to dogs to help calm them and boost their chances of adoption.
- His story was featured on TODAY’s Morning Boost, sparking feel-good attention for shelter programs.
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- RSPCA rescued 95 animals — 73 guinea pigs, 17 cats and 5 chinchillas — found living in severely overcrowded, squalid conditions.
- Inspectors described it as one of the worst environments they'd seen; several animals needed emergency treatment and some were euthanised.
- Owner Michelle Ashford was banned from keeping all animals except dogs for 10 years, handed a suspended jail sentence, fines and a rehabilitation order.
- Exotic Savannah cat "Blaze" recaptured near a Bramerton garden after two months on the loose — famously found hiding in a plant pot about 5 miles from home.
- Blaze had a chest wound and a badly broken paw (with metal fragments) that was later amputated at a vet.
- Local sightings and a lucky tip helped rescuers track the "cage shy" cat — community calls were key to finding him before injuries worsened.
- Local Louth junior and infants' school briefly closed after a "localised flea issue"; pest controllers treated the site and two staff sought A&E care.
- Parents say they’ve taken extreme precautions — boiling kids' clothes and checking them daily for fleas to avoid bringing them home.
- Reactions are mixed: some praise the extra closure and treatment, while others feel the school should have stayed shut longer.
- A Powys rescue says one of a litter of eight kittens was born with the extremely rare diprosopus (two noses/two mouths) condition and has been named Gemini.
- Rejected by her mother, Gemini is being bottle-fed every hour and monitored around the clock — a surprise survival, since most Janus kittens are stillborn or only live briefly.
- The rescue calls her a "little miracle," is caring for her with public donations, and the unusual story has drawn wide interest and sympathy.
- A British man, Malcolm Timbrell, became separated from his wife Annette and a group of neighbours when a fast-moving wildfire ripped through the village of Bédar; they are feared to have been killed.
- He went back to rescue their pet cats, which delayed him from the group; he survived by sheltering in a badly scorched car while the flames passed.
- The blaze — one of Spain’s deadliest, fuelled by strong winds and high temperatures — has left multiple nationalities dead and a shocked expat community awaiting DNA confirmations.
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