USA: Authorities at Newark International Airport in New Jersey tranquilised a wolverine who was en route from Norway to an Alaskan wildlife centre after discovering the wild animal had chewed through his metal carrier.

ARISTOTLE, who was born in 384BC, considered elephants superior to all other animals in ‘wit and mind’. Many wildlife rangers, zookeepers, and mahouts living with working elephants, would agree.

A fully grown tiger and an alligator found in a Manhattan apartment have been sedated by police marksmen and taken to wildlife sanctuaries after the flat occupier was savaged by the 28 stone cat.