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Our image of ourselves as a nation of animal-lovers is as entrenched in the British psyche as our love of tea or Sunday roasts. “Animals are such agreeable friends,” wrote George Elliot in 1857, and millions still clearly concur.

Police and an animal charity are investigating after seven dead giant tortoises were found dead in woods in...

Nestled in the heart of the Devonshire countryside, just a short drive from Exeter, Ashclyst Forest is an English idyll. Spanning 270 hectares of oak, hazel and ash, it forms part of the National Trust’s 18th-century Killerton Estate, and is popular with nature lovers and dog walkers alike.

As discovery baffles community, police examine potential link to 2021 find in same forest

Thinking about getting a reptile with a shell? Heres all you need to know about what tortoises eat, how much they cost and how they differ from turtles.