2+ hour, 13+ min ago  (622+ words) MANY of us will have been feeling the heat to some degree or another over the last few days, so it should surprise no-one that this is the time of year when heatstroke in dogs starts rearing its ugly head....

7+ hour, 13+ min ago  (745+ words) Inverclyde's nature enthusiasts were treated to big news this week. Very big news indeed! In a rare occurrence for our coastal waters, a whale was seen offshore between Wemyss Bay and Inverkip. News of its appearance was reported on the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (505+ words) There are lots of reasons that dog and cat owners like feeding raw food, and plenty of reasons that they should not. Others glow with the feeling that comes from watching their pet getting enthusiastically "stuck in" to their dinner,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (450+ words) AN environmental campaigner has raised concerns after ornamental fish were released into a public dam last month. Councillor John Crowther contacted council officers after he spotted Koi Carp species in the Town Dam at Thom Street. The Greenock elected member…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (303+ words) Eight crested ibises have been released into the wild in a north-central Japanese town, decades after the birds went extinct in the country. The endangered birds took off from each of their wooden cages at a ceremony Sunday in Hakui…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (521+ words) It is "cut pad" season again. All around the country, bleeding dogs are limping into veterinary surgeries to be sutured, stapled and bandaged. I have never worked out exactly why there is an explosion of such cases at this time…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (652+ words) IF you want to experience one of Scotland's most dramatic seabird spectacles, there's no need to travel further than Inverclyde's shores. In spring and summer, gannets arrive off our coast in search of food to sustain them during their busy…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (579+ words) This is the story of dead squirrels, a football fan, a Malinois cross breed dog, called Max, and the vision of Frank Holmes, ex Chief Training Officer of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps. It's okay. You can read on. It…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (209+ words) A Greenock woman is looking forward to treating her granddaughter to a day out in Glasgow after winning Scoop in the Weekend Tele. Diane Docherty collected the "50 prize after spotting the pesky pup on page 22 of last week's newspaper. The…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (765+ words) The public will be able to watch penguin health checks and frog X-rays in a new "20 million wildlife health centre, the Zoological Society of London has said as it marks its 200th anniversary. The new facility at ZSL's UK headquarters in…...