Two heads are better than one: Mutant tortoise comes out of his shell

By OLIVER PICKUP

Double header: Magda (left) and Lenka make up a seven-week-old African Spurred Tortoise discovered in Slovakia


Held up in between two human fingers, this amazing two-headed African Spurred Tortoise is a rare sight to behold - and even evolutionist Charles Darwin would struggle to explain its unique deformity.

Delicate, precious and tiny, this pair, who have been handed two names - Madga (left head) and Lenka - are only seven weeks' old.

The duo, born in Slovenia in mind November, also have five legs (one more than normal) and were displayed in Zilina today.

Although the tortoise looks small now, it should grow much, much bigger. In fact, the species are the third largest in the world, after Darwin's friends, the Galapagos Tortoise, and the Aldabra Giant Turtle.


Unique: The rare tortoise also has five feet and was displayed at Zilina on Monday


The African spurred tortoise, which in Latin is Geochelone sulcata (geo - earth; chelone - tortoise; and sulcus - furrow (in reference to the distinctive scales)), is the biggest mainland tortoise in the world.

Usually they inhabit the southern edge of the Sahara desert, in northern Africa and adults are usually 18 inches (45 cm) in shell length, and weigh 70 to 100 pounds.


Fits in the hand: Adults can grow to have 24 to 36 inch long (60-90 cm) shells weighing 150 pounds (70 kg)


Specimens with 24 to 36 inch long (60-90 cm) shells weighing 150 pounds (70 kg) are not unknown and they grow from hatchling size (2-3 inches) very quickly, reaching 6-10 inches (15-25 cm) within the first few years of their lives.

The lifespan of an African Spurred Tortoise is about 30-50 years, though can live much longer - the oldest in captivity is 54 years, located in the Giza Zoological Gardens, Egypt, 1986.


On the up: Though the tortoise is tiny now, the species will grow to become the third biggest in the world


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Eastern cougar finally declared extinct... at least 80 years after it was last seen

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

A taxidermy of the eastern cougar, said to have been the last cougar killed in Pennsylvania in 1874 by Thomas Anson. U.S. officials yesterday declared the animal to have been extinct since at least the 1930s


The eastern cougar, a large and elusive tawny wild cat that once prowled the wilderness in 21 U.S. states, is now officially extinct.

Experts had for decades questioned whether the cougar still existed.
But researchers at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service yesterday finally conceded that the animal, which has been on the endangered species list since 1973, is likely to have been extinct since the 1930s.

Martin Miller, a spokesman for FWS, said: 'We found no information to support the existence of the eastern cougar.'

The federal agency said individual sightings of cougars in the wild in recent years actually matched other subspecies, including South American cats that had either escaped from captivity or were released to the wilderness as well as wild cougars from Western states that had migrated east.

The eastern cougar also is known as a puma, panther, catamount, painter or mountain lion depending upon its habitat, according to the Cougar Rewilding Foundation, a non-profit organisation devoted to raising public awareness of eastern cougars.

Since the charity's inception in 1998, years of field work to try to verify eastern cougar sightings have failed to produce a single confirmation, the group said on its website.


Declaring the eastern cougar extinct does not affect the endangered status of other wild cat subspecies, including the Florida panther (pictured)


Now, FWS is readying a proposal to remove the eastern cougar from the endangered species list, since extinct animals are not eligible for protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

The move does not affect the endangered status of other wild cat subspecies, including the Florida panther.

That panther now exists in less than 5 per cent of its historic habitat throughout the south-east U.S.

It currently has only one breeding population of 120 to 160 animals in south-western Florida, the FWS said.


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A hump-backed hoax: Was the 'monster' spotted gliding through Lake Windermere no more than an old tyre?

By Abul Taher


Truth surfaces: The split tyre (below) may explain the mystery of the 'Bowness Monster' of Windermere (above)


The mysterious form moving through the water appeared the most tantalising proof yet of the creature dubbed the English Loch Ness Monster.

Displaying four humps, it was described as being the ‘size of three cars’ by two witnesses kayaking on Lake Windermere in Cumbria.

They said it moved at about 15mph before disappearing beneath the water after about 20 seconds.


The photo, taken by Tom Pickles, 24, on a mobile three weeks ago, appeared in newspapers and became an internet sensation. It seemed to confirm eight other sightings of the ‘Bowness Monster’, named after a town on Windermere’s banks.

But last week a family found something by the lake which casts suspicions on the existence of the beast – a large tyre cut open which when floating on water looks rather like the four-humped creature.

‘We were walking in the area where the picture was taken and suddenly saw this tyre cut open lying on the footpath. I thought, “This looks like the creature,” ’ said John Phillips, 46, who was at Windermere for the half-term break with wife Liz and their three daughters.

Mr Phillips, of Solihull, West Midlands, threw the tyre into the water and said he was stunned by the resemblance to the photo.

‘If you looked at this tyre floating from a distance, it did look a Nessie-like creature,’ he said.

‘But in the original picture there was a wave of water behind the creature, which suggested it was moving at speed. I think it was being pulled with a rope by a person or a boat. I don’t want to ruin anyone’s fun, but maybe this tyre is the Bowness Monster.’

IT worker Mr Pickles, from Shrewsbury, was kayaking with colleague Sarah Harrington, 23, on a company team-building exercise near the lake’s Belle Isle when they saw the monster 200ft from them.

He said at the time: ‘At first I thought it was a dog, then I saw it was much bigger and moving really fast. Its skin was dark black or browny and like a seal’s, but its shape was not like any animal I’ve ever seen.’

The tyre Mr Phillips found is black and he said its tread gives it a ‘leathery’ look from a
distance, resembling the skin of a seal or a snake.

But Mr Phillips’s photo of the tyre has failed to convince everyone.

Thomas Noblett, 48, who runs a hotel in Windermere, said he got up close to Bownessie in 2009. He said he was swimming with a friend in the lake at 6.30am when he felt a sudden force brush past his legs.

‘I felt something really big and powerful go past me and at first I thought it was a boat engine,’ he said. ‘Then as it went past, all my friend and I saw were very big waves, and then it disappeared.’

He has since scoured Windermere with a sonar boat in search of Bownessie, and knows three people who claim to have sighted her.

‘I am not convinced by the tyre explanation and I still believe there is a creature out there,’ he added.

Nigel Wilkinson, of Windermere Lake Cruises, claimed Bownessie in Mr Pickles’ photo is a group of otters.

He added: ‘The problem with the tyre theory is that if it is a hoax, you don’t normally leave the evidence behind, lying around.’

Mr Pickles told The Mail on Sunday yesterday: ‘I don’t want to say anything more about this.’


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Thug who tried to slice off ear of girlfriend's puppy after row is jailed

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

The three-week-old Staffordshire bull-terrier, pictured here at RSPCA's Halifax, Huddersfield and District branch animal centre after the attack, was left screaming in agony as its right ear hung by a thread


A thug who tried to slice a puppy's ear off following a row with his girlfriend has been jailed.

Shamrez Ali Wasim, 27, used a knife or scissors to attack the three-week-old Staffordshire bull-terrier cross in Newsome, Huddersfield.

The animal was left screaming in agony as its right ear hung by a thread.

Wasim was jailed for 20 weeks after he was found guilty by Huddersfield magistrates yesterday after a trial.

He had pleaded not guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.

Sentencing him, chairman of the bench John Scott branded Wasim's actions despicable.
'This was a very serious offence and could easily have resulted in the death of the dog,' Scott said.

'You caused it extreme pain and suffering. It was a deliberate act and we find it despicable. No right-thinking person would have done this.'


The court heard police were called by Wasim's partner, Charlene Marshall, to her home in Newsome on the evening of June 24 last year.

Pc Susan Knowles told the magistrates Miss Marshall, who has a five-year-old child with Wasim, was visibly upset when she arrived, saying Wasim had injured the puppy.
Pc Knowles said: She was very distressed, crying and visibly shaking.

'She was obviously very upset and didn't want to go back in the house because the sight of the puppy was far too upsetting for her.

'I could hear the sound of the dog screaming and yelping inside.'

Officers went in and found a dog basket covered in blood, with the puppy lying inside it.

Pc Knowles added: 'It looked to me as though its ear had been cut off entirely.
At a previous hearing, the court had heard Wasim had given his Staffordshire bitch and her eight puppies to Miss Marshall to look after.

Two days later, the couple argued over his alleged drinking and Wasim threatened to cut off a puppy's ear.

Miss Marshall was out when Wasim attacked the dog.

The vet's bill for treating the injured animal came to more than £400. It has now been given to new owners, along with the other eight dogs.

Miss Marshall had been due to give evidence as a witness in Wasim's trial, but failed to turn up at an initial hearing.

She was brought into court under a warrant at a later date, but claimed she did not remember the incident and could have been drunk at the time.

Wasim, whose family owns two dogs, did not answer police questions in interview and offered no explanation for what had happened in court.

His solicitor, Marnat Ali, told magistrates there was not enough evidence to convict him. But the bench took less than half-an-hour to deliver their verdict and found Wasim guilty.

As well as the prison sentence, they banned him from keeping a dog for five years.
There was no separate penalty for a separate offence of being drunk and disorderly.
Wasim is due to lodge an appeal against his conviction and sentence at Bradford Crown Court.

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I have a table booked: The moment a clever squirrel uses a giant fungus as a platter

By Daily Mail Reporter



Clever: The red squirrel takes its lunch of nuts to the ready-made platform - a Razor Strip Fungus - and feasts in these shots captured by Mark Hancox

This is the moment a clever squirrel balances a hoard of nuts on a giant fungus growing out of a tree and uses it - as a PLATTER.

The red squirrel scampered down the birch tree and perched on top of the Razor Strop Fungus which also served as a handy watch tower.

Wildlife photographer Mark Hancox, 48, captured the incredible moment while he was on an expedition to the Cairngorms in Scotland two weeks ago

He waited for seven hours in a hide he built 20 metres away from the tree to get the remarkable set of shots.

Mark, from Hartlebury, Worcs., said: 'I love going to the Cairngorms because you never know what wildlife you might see.

'I was actually looking for a rare bird when I came across this large fungus sticking out of a tree about four feet off the ground.

'It must have been about half-a-foot in diameter and about an inch thick.

'I took some close-up snaps of it just for my own records because I thought its shape and size were interesting when I spotted some chewed nuts on it.

'I put two and two together and realised it must be some kind of natural shelf which is being used by a squirrel.

'I set up a hide far enough away from the tree to stay unheard and waited.

'After seven hours I spotted this little red squirrel poke his head out from the top of the tree and scamper down to the fungus.

'He jumped on top of it and started eating his nuts which he’d left on it. It was quite amazing and just shows how ingenious these animals are.'


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Best Rare-Bird Pictures of 2010 Named

Marvellous Spatuletail
Photograph courtesy Daniel Rosengren via The World's Rarest Birds

The third place winner in the "endangered or data deficient" category is a picture of Peru's marvellous spatuletail. (Watch video of the rare bird's courtship display.)

A "stunning" hummingbird restricted to just two sites, the bird's population is estimated to be less than a thousand, and it's decreasing due to deforestation for cash crops such as marijuana and coffee, according to a World's Rarest Birds contest statement.

Great Indian Bustard
Photograph courtesy Csaba Barkoczi via The World's Rarest Birds

A shot of the Great Indian bustard in mid-flight snagged fourth place in the "endangered or data deficient" category.

Widespread hunting for sport and food in India is driving the bird to extinction, according to BirdLife International.

Brazilian Merganser
Photograph courtesy Savio Freire Bruno via The World's Rarest Birds

A "captivating" photo of a Brazilian merganser and her ducklings won second prize in the "critically endangered or extinct in the wild" category, according to a World's Rarest Birds contest statement.

In a sign of hope for the species, recent data from Brazil suggest that the merganser's status is better than previously thought, according to BirdLife International.

Christmas Island Frigatebird

Photograph courtesy David Boyle via The World's Rarest Birds

A picture of a Christmas Island frigatebird flying over the Indian Ocean snagged third place in the "critically endangered or extinct in the wild" category.

The bird, found only on the Australian territory of Christmas Island (map), is disappearing due to habitat loss, phosphate mining, marine pollution, and overfishing, among other causes.

Palila
Photograph courtesy Eric A. VanderWerf via The World's Rarest Birds

A "superb study" of a palila in Hawaii received sixth place in the "critically endangered or extinct in the wild" category, according to a World's Rarest Birds contest statement.

Habitat loss, cat predation, and drought have contributed to the species' ongoing decline in its native Hawaii. The bird's numbers are expected to plummet by 97 percent over the next 14 years, according to BirdLife International.

Honduran Emerald

Photograph courtesy Robert E. Hyman via The World's Rarest Birds

A photograph of a Honduran emerald perched on a branch earned fifth place in the "critically endangered or extinct in the wild" category.

Found only in Honduras, the hummingbird exists in an "extremely small and severely fragmented range," which is declining due to habitat loss, according to BirdLife International.

Kakapo
Photograph courtesy Shane McInnes via The World's Rarest Birds

One of the rarest birds of all is New Zealand's kakapo. The above picture of the large, flightless bird approaching the camera snagged first place in the "critically endangered or extinct in the wild" category.

Only 124 animals remain in the wild—the species has been largely wiped out by introduced predatory mammals such as feral cats.

Orange-Bellied Parrot
Photograph courtesy David Boyle via The World's Rarest Birds

This "touching image" of two orange-bellied parrots won the category for critically endangered migrating birds, according to a World's Rarest Birds contest statement.

The small parrot breeds only in southwestern Tasmania (see map) and migrates to southeastern Australia in the winter, where agriculture and development are crowding out its habitat. Probably fewer than 150 animals remain in the wild, according to BirdLife International.

Red-Crowned Crane
Photograph courtesy Huajin Sun via The World's Rarest Birds

Named a second place winner in the "endangered or data-deficient" category, the above picture shows a red-crowned crane making a courtship display.

Though the bird's population is stable in Japan, the mainland Asian population is declining due to habitat loss and degradation of wetlands for agriculture and development, according to BirdLife International.

Forest Owlet
Photograph courtesy Jayesh K. Joshi via The World's Rarest Birds

A picture of central India's forest owlet earned fourth place in the "critically endangered or extinct in the wild" category.

The species lives in a severely fragmented forest habitat that continues to be destroyed, according to the nonprofit BirdLife International.

Scaly-Sided Merganser
Photograph courtesy Martin Hale via The World's Rarest Birds

Two endangered scaly-sided mergansers glide across the water in a picture that won fifth place in the "endangered or data deficient" category.

Habitat loss and illegal hunting have reduced the bird's population to about 2,500 individuals in Russia and China, according to the nonprofit BirdLife International.

Overall, the competition received photos that represent 90 percent of the 566 rarest bird species.


Asian Crested Ibis
Photograph courtesy Quan Min Li via The World's Rarest Birds
A picture of an endangered Asian crested ibis soaring over China is a first-prize winner in the first annual World's Rarest Birds international photo competition, organizers announced in January.

Launched in 2010, the competition ranked pictures of birds that fall into three categories determined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature: endangered or data deficient, critically endangered or extinct in the wild, and critically endangered migratory species.

The above shot took top honors in the "endangered or data deficient" category. The Asian crested ibis once thrived in Russia, Japan, and China, but its population has shrunk to about 250 in China's Shaanxi Province. Agricultural activities have probably affected the bird by reducing available feeding grounds, according to the World's Rarest Birds website.

(Related: "Birds in 'Big Trouble' Due to Drugs, Fishing, More.")

A panel of five independent judges—including two wildlife photographers, a wildlife artist, a citizen interested in birds, and a book editor—rated the entries on image quality, subject rarity, and aesthetics. Winning images will be featured in the book The World’s Rarest Birds, to be published in 2012 by WILDGuides.

The book's "key message is poignant—a large proportion of the world's birds, including every one depicted, is threatened with extinction," Andy Swash, managing director of WILDGuides, said in a statement.


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Lion named Carbora (L) and his partners

Lion named Carbora cuddles with a lioness in their enclosure at the Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg March 4, 2011.



Lion named Carbora (L) and his partners enjoy the sun in their enclosure at the Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg March 4, 2011.




Lion named Carbora cuddles with a lioness in their enclosure at the Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg March 4, 2011.


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Fiona the mongrel and a spot of bother at Crufts: 'Impure' Dalmatian angers traditionalists at the elite pedigree dog show

By Valerie Elliott


Cross-breed: Fiona, pictured on the left, is descended from a Dalmatian and a Pointer


For 120 years Crufts has been the premier show for the world’s pedigree dogs. Now for the first time a mongrel is to compete – and not everyone is delighted at the prospect.

Fiona, a three-year-old dalmatian, is in training to take the title as best in her breed this week. But there is resentment because she is a crossbreed, descended from a Dalmatian and a Pointer.

As far as some traditionalists are concerned Fiona, who has brown spots instead of black, is ‘impure’ and should not be allowed in the show ring.


Paul Heaton, a dalmatian breeder from Liversedge, West Yorkshire, said: ‘It is pretty unethical to allow this dog in a pedigree show. As far as I’m concerned it is an illegal entrant and makes a mockery of the Dalmatian breed.

‘This is a dog that is not pure-bred. This is a mongrel. You can’t cross a Dalmatian with a Pointer and say it’s a Dalmatian. This is unethical and I’d be disgusted if the dog won.’ Anne Harcraft, a breeder from Sheffield, agreed.

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'The dog is unpure and I do not think it should be shown with pedigrees,’ she said. ‘I would be really miffed if it won.’

Unlike the other 18,600 pedigree Dalmatians in Britain, Fiona carries a gene from the Pointer which protects her from a life-threatening condition.

After many months of wrangling, and to the dismay of many Dalmatian breeders in the country, The Kennel Club declared that Fiona could be registered as a pedigree because she can bring health benefits to future generations of Dalmatians
in Britain.

Dotty determination: Fiona, second dog from the right, with owner Julie Evans, right, her daughter and their other dogs Dynamite, Disco and Molly


Fiona, who competes under the show name Grand Champion Fiacre’s First and Foremost, has won a number of regional competitions.

She has also shown such movement and agility in the preliminary heats that her owner, Julie Evans, from Barmouth, North-West Wales, believes she is in with a strong chance to win the coveted breed title at Crufts.

Mrs Evans, who has bred Dalmatians for 30 years, imported the dog from Nevada, in the US, last summer. She has been concerned for many years about the health problems which afflict British Dalmatians as they carry a mutant gene which makes them prone to a potentially fatal chemical imbalance that affects the urinary system.

By getting permission from The Kennel Club to import and breed she hopes that Fiona will be able to mother puppies with a wider gene pool that can rid the breed of this problem.

Mrs Evans said: ‘My efforts have been unpopular. Breeders and clubs don’t want impure dogs and they see this genetic modification as interfering with the breed. It is interfering, but it is to introduce a healthy gene. I hope one day I can persuade them it is the right thing to do.’

The Kennel Club said it was committed ‘to consider applications to register dogs from out-crossings and inter-variety matings if it is felt that to do so may present potential health and welfare benefits’.

The Club has taken tough action to promote healthy dog breeding since the furore over the 2008 BBC documentary Pedigree Dogs Exposed, which highlighted the breeding of dogs with deformities and disease.

Jemima Harrison, producer of the programme, said last night: ‘It is astonishing but true that the majority of breeders would rather have sick dogs than allow a single drop of foreign blood to taint their breeds.’



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A baboon mother holds her baby

Baboons enjoy the sun in their enclosure at the Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg March 4, 2011.




Baboons enjoy the sun in their enclosure at the Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg March 4, 2011.


A baboon mother holds her baby in their enclosure at the Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg March 4, 2011.



A baboon mother feeds her baby in their enclosure at the Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg March 4, 2011.


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South American Humboldt Penguins

South American Humboldt Penguins stand in the snow in their enclosure at the Sofia city zoo March 3, 2011. The penguins were delivered this week from a zoo in Germany.



South American Humboldt Penguins stand in the snow in their enclosure at the Sofia city zoo March 3, 2011. The penguins were delivered this week from a zoo in Germany.



South American Humboldt Penguins stand in the snow in their enclosure at the Sofia city zoo March 3, 2011. The penguins were delivered this week from a zoo in Germany.


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Giant River Otter pups

In this photo provided by Zoo Miami, a litter of two Giant River Otter pups are held during their neonatal exam on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at Zoo Miami in Miami, Fla.


The male, left, and female pups were born at the zoo on Jan. 31, 2011, and are expected to open their eyes within the next week and begin to learn how to swim.


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A baby pygmy hippopotamus named Oliver

A baby pygmy hippopotamus named Oliver stands next to his mother Krakunia after being born at Parken Zoo in Eskilstuna in this handout photo taken February 15, 2011 and released March 3, 2011.



A baby pygmy hippopotamus named Oliver sits next to his mother Krakunia after being born at Parken Zoo in Eskilstuna in this handout photo taken February 15, 2011 and released March 3, 2011.



A baby pygmy hippopotamus named Oliver stands next to his mother Krakunia after being born at Parken Zoo in Eskilstuna in this handout photo taken February 15, 2011 and released March 3, 2011.

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A male Babirusa pig

Staff apply moisturising cream to the skin of Sauso, a male Babirusa pig native to Indonesia, in its enclosure at Chester Zoo, northern England March 3, 2011.


The pigs are moisturised twice a week during the winter as the cold weather can cause their skin to crack.

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One day son, all this will be yours: Meerkats survey their realm in scene straight out of The Lion King

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

A meerkat puts his arm around his son's shoulder as they scan the horizon at the Makgadikgadi Salt Pan in Botswana


It was a heartwarming moment as cub Simba was shown his future kingdom by dad Mufasa in Disney's The Lion King - and here is a replay of the famous scene except this time the stars of the show are wild meerkats.

Just like the hit animated movie, an adult meerkat surveys the plains of Africa and seems to be saying 'One day all this will be yours', placing an arm around his son's shoulders as the pair scan the horizon together.

The copy-kat moment was caught on camera by caterer Thomas Retterath, 48, from, Nurburg, Germany.

The hobby photographer spotted the duo while on safari at Makgadikgadi Salt Pan in Botswana, where he watched a mob of seven meerkats patrolling their territory.


Dad keeps a watchful eye open for enemies and the possibility of something to eat
Thomas was inspired to take the trip after watching the popular Meerkat Manor TV series.


He said: 'It reminded me of drunk men trying to stabilise each other on their way home, but others in my group said it was juts like The Lion King.

'The mob only let alpha animals have pups. It improves the survival possibilities for all as there will be no overpopulation but enough food for all.


The adult meerkat seems to be telling his son 'One day all this will be yours' as they survey their kingdom


'It was great to watch them from just a few metres away and they were very funny. They stand on their back feet to look out for food and enemies.'

Meerkats are found in the Kalahari Desert across South Africa and Botswana and can live for up to 14 years.



Mufasa and his cub Simba in The Lion King and, right, a scene from the 2008 TV documentary Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins, which inspired photographer Thomas Retterath to visit Botswana


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The dog that wouldn't die: How Wall-e the puppy survived despite being put down, declared dead and thrown in a dumpster

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Wall-e looks bright-eyed today as he prepares for life in a new home having survived being put to sleep


Meet Wall-e, the three-month-old puppy who miraculously survived being put to sleep and now has a new leash on life.

He was one of a litter of pups found abandoned outside the animal shelter in Sulphur, Oklahoma. A veterinary surgeon decided they were too sick to survive and put them down.

But although Wall-e was declared dead by the vet, the puppy had other ideas and the following morning Animal Control Officer Scott Prall heard whimpering coming from the dumpster where his body had been placed.


The puppy is happy to see another sunny day after his brush with death


When he looked inside, he found the puppy wandering around.

'He was just as healthy as could be,' Prall told News9.com. explaining that Wall-e was named after the earth's only survivor, a waste-collecting robot, in the 2008 animated film of the same name.

Local vet Amanda Kloski, from the Arbuckle Veterinary Clinic, took him in, and when his great escape story found its way onto Facebook, the clinic was inundated with calls from people wanting to adopt him.

'He needs a really special home because he's really special,' said Kloski who was today deciding on which home would best suit Wall-e.

Campaigners claim there would have been no need to put to sleep any of the the puppies if Murray County had a better animal shelter, and are trying to raise enough money to build a bigger facility.


Animal Control Officer Scott Prall investigated a whimpering sound and found Wall-e alive and well


Wall-e's body was left in this dumpster but he was found wandering around 'as healthy as could be' the following morning

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