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Queen Elizabeth II loves her corgis and they have a looooooong history to go along with them!

In celebration of her Diamond Jubilee, Diana King, chairwoman of the Welsh Corgi League, reveals that the Queen is the only corgi breeder who can trace her breeding back to

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The tigers are starving, the nearly 200 pelicans can't even unfold their wings, they're so tightly packed in their enclosure.

A giraffe even recently died with a beach ball-sized clump of plastic food wrappers in its stomach.

This is all at Indonesia's largest zoo.

The breeding is uncontrolled, there isn't enough money to take proper care of the animals, and

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The Dartmoor Pony is a wild horse that lives in south-western England and there's been a recent population explosion.

It is a semi-feral pony which means that they're basically wild horses but they have contact with humans and have learned to tolerate them whether it is occasional feeding, medical care or just crossed paths.

These ponies have been breeding like crazy recently with many of them ending up in sanctuaries or at the slaughterhouse.

So vets working with World Horse Welfare have partnered with the drug company Pfizer to bring contraceptive injections to the ponies.

A vet said:

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A breeder in Aken, Germany had two Mastiffs that just gave birth within three days of each other.

To 27 puppies!!!

That is quite the litter!

One of the dogs, Elfi, gave birth to 11 of the puppies.

The other dog, Anny, popped out the other 16!

This breeder is going to have a lot of cuteness on their hands!

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The The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is supporting the House Judiciary Committee for passing H.R. 511, a ban that stops the importation and trade of nine nonnative species of large, exotic constrictor snakes.

The snakes on the list are the Indian python, reticulated python, Northern African python, Southern African python, boa constrictor, green anaconda, yellow anaconda, DeSchauensee's anaconda, and Beni anaconda.

You may not have heard of many or any of those because they're EXOTIC!

The ASPCA said:

"The pet trade in these exotic reptiles poses serious threats to public safety, animal welfare, and the environment.

Passing H.R. 511 would mark a significant achievement for the welfare of these snakes, for the protection of our native species, and for the safety of our communities.

The ASPCA urges support for this important legislation on the House and Senate floors."

These breeds of snake pose a threat to the environment, and are dangerous, so it's good that this new ban is in effect.

The senator who put the bill through said:

"While the animals pay the ultimate price, local governments and taxpayers are left to bear the enormous fiscal burden when dangerous wild animals are set loose or escape, or when they are seized due to neglect."

We're so happy that this ban went though, it will save exotic pets from people who can't properly care for them and save other people from released exotic pets.

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The Labrador Retriever!!

The American Kennel Club (AKC) has announced that the Labrador Retriever is the most popular dog in the U.S. and it has been that way for the past 21 years.

So the lab may still be the favorite but some surprising changes have happened.

Beagles overtook Yorkies to claim third place and the Rottweiler beat out the Shih Tzu, pushing it out of the top ten for the first time since 2000!

The top ten are as follows:

1. Labrador Retriever
2. German Shepherd
3. Beagle
4. Golden Retriever
5. Yorkshire Terrier
6. Bulldog
7. Boxer
8. Poodle
9. Dachshund
10. Rottweiler

No Goldendoodle??

This is an outrage.

We'll have to try harder next year we guess.

Congrats to all the top breeds and don't worry other breeds, you're all the most popular to us!

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Over 2,000 dogs were competing for the prestigious Best in Show ribbon at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show.

Out of all the hounds, toys dogs, herding and nonsporting dogs, one of each will win best in breed but only one over all will win Best in Show.

These dogs are so cute and well trained and their owners are just as crazy for them as we are!

Check out the cute doggies strutting their stuff in the above video.

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