Animals
Third consecutive year of new brown bear cubs in central Italy.
There was good news for the critically endangered Marsican brown bear – the rarest sub-species of bear on the planet – with the arrival of 11 new cubs in 2...
Rome police round up bull and two cows in Bravetta.
Video footage has emerged of a bull walking through the streets of Bravetta, a suburb in west Rome, on the evening of 22 January.
In addition to the bull, there wer...
16-year-old Thor adopted following Rome's dog adoption campaign.
Life begins again for Thor, a 16-year-old dog, who was adopted after spending the last 11 years housed in kennels in the Muratella suburb of Rome.
Thor...
Animal rights activists say endangered penguins should return to South Africa.
The arrival of a group of African Penguins at Rome's Bioparco has provoked protests from animal rights activists who are demanding that the...
Rome will not grant any new botticelle licences.Rome's horse-drawn carriages, or botticelle, are to be moved off the streets to four of the capital's parks following legislation approved by the city's environmental commi...
Annual campaign calls on Romans not to dump their pets over summer.Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi has launched a campaign urging residents of the capital not to abandon their pets as they head off on summer holidays.
As pa...
Bioparco battles Rome heatwave with frozen fruit and swimming pools.
Authorities at Rome's Bioparco are ensuring the zoo's residents are coping with the current heatwave by providing the animals with swimming pools and...
Rome mayor hails "historic" decision to move botticelle from city streets.
Rome's horse-drawn carriages, or botticelle, are set to be moved off the streets to four of the capital's parks following legislation approved b...
Reports of large reptile swimming in canals around Maccarese area.
Officers from the carabinieri and forestry police are conducting searches of drainage canals around Rome's coastal district of Maccarese after several a...
Baubeach - a summer haven for Rome’s dogs - celebrates 20 years.
Baubeach, Rome’s beach designated exclusively for dogs and their owners has reopened for the summer season and this year celebrates its 20th anniversary.T...
Wildlife officials suspect wolf cub may have been run-over deliberately.One of the first wild wolf cubs born in Rome in more than a century has been found dead at the Castel di Guido nature reserve where it lived with it...
Wolf family living in outskirts of Rome.
A family of wolves has been photographed by hidden cameras in a nature reserve at Castel di Guido, located between Rome and the capital's coastal district of Fregene, not far fro...
Summer campaign calls on Romans not to dump their pets.
The city of Rome has launched a campaign urging residents of the capital not to abandon their pets as they head off on summer holidays.
As part of the campaig...
Rare tiger was rescued by police in southern Italy.
A rare Bengal Tiger has found a new home at Rome's Bioparco after being rescued by Italian forestry police in southern Italy.
The eight-year-old black and white m...
Baubeach has been a summer haven for Rome’s dogs for almost two decades.
Rome’s beach designated exclusively for dogs and their owners is now open until 30 September and this year celebrates its 19th anniversary.
The 7...
Baubeach has been a summer haven for Rome's dogs for 18 years.
Rome’s beach designated exclusively for dogs and their owners reopens on Saturday 7 May and this year celebrates its 18th anniversary.
The 7,000-sqm st...
Rome holds meeting to discuss rat infestation.
An urgent meeting is being held by Rome environment and health authorities on 4 February to discuss ways of dealing with the growing number of rats roaming the city centr...
Rome uses Harris's hawks to move troublesome starlings.
Five specially-trained hawks are being used to move the roughly four million wintering starlings away from central areas of Rome, in a pilot project opposed by e...
Drugs for cats and dogs cost too much.
A group of vets has written to the ministry of health objecting that the price of some medicines for Italy's 60 million cats and dogs is far too high. Many branded anti-inflamato...
Horses not allowed to work during extreme heat.
As temperatures in Rome reach the high 30s centigrade, animal rights' activists are reminding tourists that the capital's horse-drawn carriages are forbidden from operat...
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