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2013 Top 10: our favourite animal stories

December 30, 2013

Mysterious wolves, otters on the move and Asian mosquitos: here’s a list of the year’s best animal stories on DutchNews.nl

Dutch police poised to use sniffer rats to find out who fired a gun

Dutch wolf may have been shot in Poland after all

Fish bypasses for pumping stations are a success

Three arrested after Shetland pony abuse video goes viral

Stranded humpback whale recycled into oil and electricity

Supreme Court upholds councils’ right to tax dogs

New official rules: you can keep a cat as a pet but not a camel

Dutch cow expert wins Ig Nobel prize for bovine behaviour study

Otter arrives in Flevoland

Asian tiger mosquito found in seven Dutch locations, clean-up underway

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