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Rescued bobcat given new home thanks to donations

A zoo has raised more than £3,500 to give a new home to a rescued North American bobcat.

Four-year-old Bode was temporarily taken in by Tropiquaria Zoo, near Watchet, after his former owner was convicted of animal welfare offences.

Bode had been due to go to an international rehoming centre before a fundraiser was launched to keep him in Somerset permanently.

Video journalist Will Richards

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Three lion cubs feeding from their mother

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Beds, Herts & Bucks

BBC reporter, Megan Davies, is central looking at the camera. She in presenting the social video. On her left is are images of a dog and a traditonal fox hunting helmet. On her right is a fox. All three images have been photo edited into the shot rather than placed there. On the table is a coffee insulation cup

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Rare pygmy hippo calf at Edinburgh Zoo standing on some hay

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Edinburgh, Fife & East

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Two dairy cow calves, with black and white patterns, standing in on hay and in a pen.

Cow has four calves in 'one-in-11 million' birth

Two rhinos stand close together in their enclosure, one is an adult and the other is a calf

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Beds, Herts & Bucks

Maddie with the two binmen

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Northern Ireland

Gentoo penguin chick standing sideways and looking at the camera with ice and a wall behind it

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Hull & East Yorkshire

Thousands of dead fish are seen on the salt marsh beach in Volos, Thessaly, Greece

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A gold and green leopard frog peers out of some leaves

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Beds, Herts & Bucks

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Tortoise on a railway track.

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A woman in a black KFC uniform and cap stands in front of a KFC counter. She is smiling and has her arms outstretched

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A large fish lies on grass. A person is stood next to it in wellington boots which look to be about two thirds of the size of the fish itself.

'Flood washed huge fish into our garden'

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Planets are seen over the Mendips in Somerset. The sky is deep purple and orange, one tree is black against the sky.

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The new gold plaque which reads "Remembering Liam Payne - One Direction 29.08.1993 - 16.10.2024 and a quote from his favourite song

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An otter

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Georgian shop front with arches and yellow closing down signs

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Veteran cutting cake with other army members standing close by

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Wool sculpture reaching into the church's ceiling.

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A digger lifting a bridge into place over a river

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A willow swan made by craftspeople. It is placed on a green lawn

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A doctor carrying out a procedure in a hospital

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Women holding lollipop stood in high-viz jacket

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Barber Leon Tooze looking at the camera with a comb and scissors

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An aerial shot of Ladye Bay near Clevedon showing the landslide area on the beach

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