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This week's animal stories: A giant rabbit was spotted wandering through the streets of Paris. Police in Maryland spent hours chasing an escaped emu. A mountain lion lounging in a California backyard, an elephant helping a baby gazelle, a kitten rescued from a storm drain and later adopted, dog-friendly shopping carts in Italy, and a black bear enjoying the best seat in Ottawa.

The zoo says he's especially active in the evenings, which probably won't surprise anyone who's been following his adventures.

Read the full story: https://furrend.xyz/blog/story-archive/the-animals-who-were-there-on-d-day

Read the full story: https://furrend.xyz/blog/story-archive/the-animals-who-were-there-on-d-day

A baby elephant trying to look intimidating, a bear rummaging through a car trunk, giant otter pups learning to swim at Chester Zoo, and 27 rescued moon bears arriving safely at a sanctuary in Laos, thanks to the Free the Bears team.

Punch Update 5/28/26 Punch spent part of this week resting after worrying visitors with what looked like an arm injury. Even some of the older monkeys and his friends seemed to notice something was off. The zoo later confirmed that the vets found no abnormalities, though they’ll continue monitoring him closely.

At the Rosemary Branch Theatre in London, there's a cat named Mariah. She found herself outside the place on a freezing night and decided to stay. Now she's a chill theatre cat with a princess box at the bar and a queue of people waiting to meet her. We spoke with Siobhan from the Rosemary Branch about Mariah, theatre life, regulars, and how a cat ended up becoming part of one small corner of London. Full story: https://furrend.xyz/blog/mariah-at-the-rosemary-branch

A cat surviving a 14-story fall, a fox family briefly delaying airport traffic in Japan, a service dog got her own bone diploma at Texas Tech, and Chester Zoo helping raise the UK’s only baby aardvark.

Also, for anyone who saw the news this week, the zoo confirmed no monkeys were hurt after two people entered the enclosure.

Larry the cat refused to comment outside Downing Street, peregrine falcons dive-bombed researchers in San Jose, an endangered monk seal pup was born in Waikīkī, a rescue dog named Boomer found a missing man, a taxi driver in Thailand now works alongside the orange cat she rescued, and people in Paris rescued a dog from the Seine.

Punch spent this week climbing new playground equipment, wrestling his friends, bringing his plushie around, getting groomed without returning the favor, and cleaning up poop (he remembers to wash his hands afterward!) It’s getting hotter at the zoo, but that hasn’t slowed him down much. He’s still doing whatever he wants.

If you’d like to support Frank: https://www.change.org/p/save-frank-exeter-stagecoach-s-beloved-depot-cat

Nuns in Spain are helping save a rare giant rabbit breed, rescued beagles are touching grass for the first time, an orphaned baby hippo is settling into a new home, and a national park introduced its newest sled dog puppies.

Punch continues to spend his days with the group, but this week, his attention has shifted a little. With several newborns on the mountain, he’s been watching, observing, getting closer, and learning how to be around them. And he’s still playing, still getting into trouble, and sometimes still carrying his plushie 🧡

Also this week, a wombat blocked a pipe and walked out on its own, a sheep gave birth to 6 lambs, a wild orangutan used a canopy bridge for the first time, a dog named Ellbie was rescued after being stuck on a ledge, and Timmy the whale is finally going home!!

This week, Punch wasn’t on his own when things got rough. Other monkeys stepped in, stayed close, and let him be part of everything. He’s playing more, keeping up, and even getting curious about the new baby on the mountain.