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Wild dog attacks kill therapy horses

A Queensland disability charity is reeling after a string of violent wild dog attacks left their therapy horses dead.

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For these riders, the horses at RDA Hervey Bay are more than animals — they’re trusted partners in therapy.

Valerie settles into domesticated life waiting for owners

New video footage has been shared of Valerie the dachshund adorably wriggling around in her bed and playing with her old toys after surviving solo in the Kangaroo Island wilderness for 500 days. 

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Valerie

Sir David Attenborough’s powerful plea as he nears ‘the end of his life’

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Sir David Attenborough’s new documentary, Ocean.

Drivers stunned as kangaroo causes collision on US highway

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A kangaroo hopping along an Alabama highway caused a two-vehicle crash and a roadway closure.

Pooches and pollsters point to popular prime minister

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Canines took centre stage on the campaign trail with the prime minister asked to pose with a pooch. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Desperate fight to ‘keep vets alive’ with suicide rate still four times the national average

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Dr Sophie Putney was 33 when she passed away.