Animals

Berlin has 114,968 registered dogs (effective September 2020). There are many four-legged friends the owners do not pay taxes for as well, meaning the city state is losing money here. But tracking them down is too expensive.

Even in Corona times, there is a place for Berliners who feel like walking a lot, looking at giraffes and getting lost in a huge labyrinth of paths. It is the…

This little fellow, Fifty, is fluffy, very white and has a personality. He lives at Animal Shelter Berlin. And he is not alone.

Berlin has two zoos, Tierpark Berlin and Zoo Berlin. For years, the latter zoo has not had any lions. They just returned.

In Brandenburg province, a wild boar died of African Swine Fever. Now the authorities are alarmed, both in Germany and abroad.

Animal languages may be difficult to learn. The fact that the entire world, except for the three German-speaking countries, is messing them up speaks for…

There is a lot to be learned from those beautiful swans on the 'Binnenalster' lake in Hamburg, for instance about the justification of bribery in a case like…

Storks have always fascinated humans, for several reasons. The Number of storks in Germany has been increasing for a while. In Brandenburg province, it seems to…

Animal Rescue Sofia runs a large dog kennel in Bulgaria. The organization accepts responsibility for stray dogs, abused, abandoned and ill ones, puppies and other animals. Here, a small team and some volunteers are on a mission impossible. As it turns out, love alone does not feed hungry dogs. Eva from Paris is part of the team at the Animal…