At that point we’d been married five years, and I’d never heard anything about a tortoise.“I thought he was giving me some kind of memento,” my wife says.“He was,” I say.

A local farmer in Cheshire left this sad note after having to put down one of their sheep just days before the attack (Picture: Cheshire Police Rural Crime Team).An officer at the scene in Disley, said all involved, including the farmer and dog owner, are co-operating with the police.

Kim was sold a few days before her first birthday at an online auction (Picture: Wessex News Agency)A trained sheepdog has become the most expensive border collie in the world after selling for £27,100.

The pet dog was shot dead by a farmer who said it attacked one of his sheep (Picture: Kerri Malley / SWNS)A dog owner has claimed a sheep farmer ‘smiled at her’ after shooting her pet in the face.

Carrie Symonds with her new pup (Picture: Twitter/@carriesymonds)For all the different news stories coming out of Downing Street this week, Boris Johnson adopting a new puppy for the famous residences is certainly the most light-hearted one, even if it isn’t welcome news for Larry the cat .

HSI rescuers welcome dogs from South Korea (Image: HSI UK) The dog meat farmer who handed over the nine dogs that arrived in the UK explained why he called time on the business he launched 14 years ago.

He immediately handed her over to Wildcat Haven conservationists who are looking after her at a bespoke sanctuary over the winter before she is released in the spring.The female kitten is the third young wildcat rescued this year, with an orphaned brother and sister found wandering near a Highlands road during the summer with no sign of their mother.

(Picture: Dan Rowlands/SWNS.com)The events are being held to raise money for – you guessed it – cats and dogs. (Picture: Dan Rowlands/SWNS.com)Because what better way to show your support for your pooch than to dive into mud together.