Kid's best friend
Lovely kid playing with cat.
There are few handball players after whom a racehorse was named during their lifetime. Paul Drux was honored with this. "Drux the King" is the name of the fast horse owned jointly by the namesake and his promoter Bob Hanning. Since October 2024, the 127-time national player, one of the defining faces of Füchse Berlin, (unfortunately) has more time for the racetrack. Drux had to end his sports career at the age of 29 after several serious injuries. Impressive
This week brings the start of ZSL London Zoo's annual stocktake. Dedicated zookeepers have?dug out their clipboards and calculators as they?began counting?the animals at the Zoo. Tallying up every mammal, bird, reptile and invertebrate zookeepers are continuing their essential work, despite the national lockdown forcing the Zoo to close once again. Counting everything from a colony of inquisitive Humboldt penguins to Critically Endangered Sumatran tigers the stocktake is a legal requirement as part of the Zoo License. For some zookeepers the task is relatively easy, but imaginative tactics are used by others to ensure every resident at the Zoo is accounted for. The annual audit takes keepers almost a week to complete and the information is shared with other Zoos around the world where the data is used to help manage worldwide conservation breeding?programmes?for?endangered?species.
According to the American Pet Products Association, the number of American households with pets rose 6.5% between 2015 and 2020
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