In what might appear to be a return to the Middle Ages, Diko MP Chrysanthos Savvides suggested this week that the mediaeval practice of falconry should be legalised to stop ‘harmful’ birds, such as ...

Belgium’s once-pastoral pastime of pigeon racing has come to this: Drones swoop over lofts where valuable birds are housed to look for security weaknesses, laser sensors set off alarm ...

Crackdown on cash-in-hand offenders sluggish as official data reveals just 5 per cent of civil penalties collected ...

Keeping the house mouse-free feels like a full-time job in winter. We asked a rodent expert about the best ways to keep them ...