Dozens of pets were blessed on Sunday during a religious ceremony celebrated outside the Saint Francis of Assisi church in downtown Lima.

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A spokesperson said "the Commission is a strong defender of free movement rights — including of cats."

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The Florida Legislature is entering the third week of its 60-day legislative session and one of the bills sure to get the most attention is a measure that would require girls under the age of 18 get a parent's permission before having an...

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PETS ARE GETTING MORE ATTENTION NOW THAT THEIR OWNERS ARE HOME DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

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At a cat sanctuary set in picturesque hills near Paphos, on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, volunteers are grappling with a surge in abandonments they blame on the coronavirus pandemic (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Former Royal Marine Paul “Pen” Farthing has spoken of his relief after dozens of his staff from his animal shelter in Afghanistan have successfully been flown to the UK.



Mr Farthing, 52, said workers from the Nowzad...

For hundreds of years, the inhabitants of the northernmost part of Scotland and the United Kingdom have bred small horses -- the Shetland pony (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)