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Litter-pickers across the land were yesterday urged to mobilise this Friday to tackle the huge surge in Covid rubbish since lockdown measures were eased. It came as the Environment Secretary urged the public to pull together to defeat the menace. George Eustice said the increase in socialising outside had left the nation’s parks and beaches … Read more
Cat’s best friend! Abandoned German Shepherd-mix cares for orphaned litter of kittens like they are her own after being left ‘frantic’ when her puppies died German Shepherd-mix Georgia was found in July by volunteers in Arizona She was pregnant when she was taken in by Sunshine Dog Rescue of Phoenix But on August 13 her puppies … Read more
A wonderful tail: Office workers take in pregnant cat before she gives birth to a litter of eight kittens – and now they’ve taken over a whole meeting room! Employees of design consultancy Holmes & Marchant took in the cat One of the workers, Angela Sy, documented the wonderful story on Bored Panda The kittens … Read more
Litter pickers battle scourge of plastic toys dumped on beaches as they plead with Britons to ‘leave only footprints’ Volunteers say the cheap toys are being seen as one-use items to be left behind Team collect the items with other litter to prevent them from entering the ocean Buckets, spades and other toys made of … Read more
Councils send just ONE litter fine per week: Clean-up campaigners call for more ‘effective’ deterrent to stop people dropping rubbish on the streets as it emerges one in six local authorities issued no penalties in a YEAR Campaigners have called for the £150 on-the-spot fine to be raised to £1,000 Councils gave 116,000 fines for … Read more
Rowdy ‘Magaluf-style’ revellers are causing ‘total bedlam’ at one the country’s top beauty spots by drinking, illegally camping and dumping litter – as a mass clean-up begins across the UK following a weekend of illegal parties. Residents in the Lake District say groups of young people sit around drinking, smash up fences for fire wood … Read more
Callous thieves steal litter of a seven cocker spaniel puppies worth £2,000 EACH and their mother from caravan amid spate of dog thefts The owners of seven cocker spaniel puppies have been left ‘utterly heartbroken’ Dogs stolen by callous thieves during a burglary in Cottenham, Cambridgeshire Their mother was also taken from the caravan on … Read more
Callous thieves steal litter of a seven cocker spaniel puppies worth £2,000 EACH and their mother from caravan amid spate of dog thefts The owners of seven cocker spaniel puppies have been left ‘utterly heartbroken’ Dogs stolen by callous thieves during a burglary in Cottenham, Cambridgeshire Their mother was also taken from the caravan on … Read more
National Park boss hits out at illegal ‘wild campers’ leaving rubbish behind to despoil Britain’s great beauty spots Trevor Beattie shared images of South Downs beauty spots covered in rubbish He explained ‘wild camping is damaging our National Park’ in a series of posts Images from Southwick Hill and Midhurst Common ‘examples of a greater issue’ … Read more
Volunteer on a lockdown litter pick finds 2000-year-old Roman coin that he initially thought was a euro Chris Lyon, 27, made the discovery when he was out helping clean up the Carr Mill Dam in St Helens, Merseyside, with his girlfriend Chelsea Marsden Chris first asked his grandparents about the coin before taking to social … Read more