HOW MUCH IS THAT DONKEY IN THE WINDOW?: Hazel Powell, 4, sizes up the Wagga zoo’s resident miniature donkey which will go ‘under the hammer’ to make way for a new animal. BY NICOLE BARLOW 23 Nov, 2011 01:00 AM ARE you searching for your next family pet?   Then look no further than the Botanic Gardens zoo. Expressions of interest are being [...]

Sonepur Mela 2011: The Largest Livestock Fair in Asia Wonderful & atmospheric pictures of the fair:  click on the link below. http://www.globalpost.com/photo-galleries/planet-pic/5681506/sonepur-mela-2011-the-largest-livestock-fair-asia Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 November heralds the begining of India’s livestock fairs, some of the largest in the world. At the Sonepur Mela, in the Indian state of Bihar, farm animals like dogs, birds, [...]