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In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries artists were fascinated by how the animal kingdom was classified. They were in some instances ahead of natural historians, a new article suggests. In the ...

A tortoise touted in exchange for a watch and a “fighting dog with teeth” are two examples of online pet adverts an animal watchdog is seeking to stamp out. Thousands of adverts for pets are listed ...