Animals

People, pets and livestock rescued as floods hit Queensland after ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji – video

More than 500 structures destroyed in Victoria’s bushfires as 12 major blazes continue to burn

Queensland braces for heavy rain and floods after ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji batters north

‘It was calm … and then just hectic’: David Rigby couldn’t escape the Longwood bushfire so faced the inferno

‘An utterly miserable day’: Kempton Park meeting marred by death of three horses

Are crabs animals and should we experiment on monkeys? Major review of Australia’s research code to mull tough questions

A ban on trail hunting makes little sense | Letters

‘It’s a matter of time before a farmer is seriously injured’: on the trail of hare coursers in Wiltshire

‘Heartbreaking’: Florida wildlife groups decry state-sanctioned bear hunt

If you really care about animals, stop eating them | Letters

Brigitte Bardot’s image complicated by her controversial politics

Brigitte Bardot, French screen legend, dies aged 91

Brigitte Bardot: the zeitgeist-force who was France’s most sensational export | Peter Bradshaw

Labour’s animal welfare strategy does not go far enough | Letters

With numbers of abandoned cats soaring, we somehow found ourselves with 11