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Man charged after dog found tied to cement block underwater

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A man has been <a rel="noopener" href="https://7news.com.au/news/crime/man-charged-after-dog-found-dead-underwater-in-yowie-bay--c-4211983" target="_blank">arrested</a> and charged after a dog was found dead over the weekend.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Police were called to the scene in Yowie Bay, in southern Sydney, at about midday on Saturday after swimmers discovered the two-year-old Belgian Malinois in the water.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Officers found that the dog had been tied to a cement block.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The dog was taken to a local vet to be examined.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After conducting an investigation, police executed a search warrant on Monday evening in Miranda and arrested a 49-year-old man.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Items were seized in relation to the investigation, including more than 117 grams of cannabis.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As the alleged owner of the dog, he was later charged with three offences, including "torture, beat and cause death of an animal", "commit an act of aggravated cruelty upon an animal" and "possession of a prohibited drug".</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The man was refused bail and will appear at Sutherland Local Court on Tuesday.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: Getty Images </span></em></p>

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Chocolate mousse, pomegranate and Turkish delight tarts

<p>This rich and decadent dessert is easy to whip up with ready-made ingredients, but will still make you look like you’re a dessert connoisseur! Chocolate pastry can be bought from speciality delis and supermarkets if you’re after a double choc hit, and if pomegranate is not unavailable, raspberries will work just as well.</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Ingredients:</span></strong></p> <ul> <li>12 pre-baked chocolate or shortcrust pastry cases</li> <li>250g ready-made chocolate mousse</li> <li>⅓ cup fresh pomegranate arils</li> <li>100g Turkish delight, finely chopped</li> </ul> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Method:</span></strong></p> <ol> <li>Arrange pastry cases on a serving platter and fill each with a dollop of chocolate mousse.</li> <li>Sprinkle each tart with pomegranate and Turkish delight and serve immediately.</li> </ol> <p>Do you have any go to desserts that are as quick to make as this? Let us know in the comments below.</p> <p><em>Recipe courtesy of Legendairy. <a href="http://www.legendairy.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Visit their site for more delicious food ideas.</strong></span></a></em></p> <p><em><strong>Have you ordered your copy of the Over60 cookbook, The Way Mum Made It, yet? Featuring 175 delicious tried-and-true recipes from you, the Over60 community, and your favourites that have appeared on the Over60 website, <a href="https://shop.abc.net.au/products/way-mum-made-it-pbk" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">head to the abcshop.com.au to order your copy now</span></a>.</strong></em></p> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><a href="/lifestyle/food-wine/2016/04/three-ingredient-nutella-brownies/"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">3-ingredient Nutella brownies</span></strong></em></a></p> <p><a href="/lifestyle/food-wine/2016/04/chocolate-guinness-cake/"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Chocolate Guinness cake</span></em></strong></a></p> <p><a href="/lifestyle/food-wine/2016/05/mini-banoffee-pies/"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Mini banoffee pies</span></em></strong></a></p>

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Giant panda cub born in Belgian zoo

<p>A baby giant panda has been born in a Belgian zoo, a rare event for an endangered species that numbers fewer than 2000 worldwide.</p> <p>The healthy male cub was born in the early hours of Thursday (Thursday night NZ Time) at the Paira Daiza wildlife park to six-year-old Hao Hao and her mate Xing Hui.</p> <p>The pink, blind, hairless cub weighed just 171 grams. Hao Hao's "probable" pregnancy was announced just two weeks ago, accompanied by caution about detecting the tiny fetus.</p> <p>The cub, to be given a name later, emerged as "a little pink sausage" and gave a loud cry before being scooped up in Hao Hao's mouth, the park's zoological director Tim Bouts said.</p> <p>Mother and baby were now doing well, he said, "but we are still in a risky period".</p> <p>The zoo, which has hosted the pair since 2014 under an arrangement with the Chinese authorities, co-operated with experts from the animals' native China to treat the mother by artificial insemination.</p> <p>World nature organisation WWF says a survey in 2014 found only 1864 giant pandas living in the wild, almost double the numbers in the late 1970s and 17 per cent up in a decade.</p> <p>As part of efforts to save the species, which has been hit hard by human encroachment on the highlands where they survive almost entirely on a diet of bamboo, more than 300 pandas now live in zoos, mostly in China.</p> <p>They notoriously struggle to reproduce in captivity, however though artificial breeding techniques and better knowledge of their needs has seen an increase in births in recent years.</p> <p>Pairi Daiza said Belgium had become the third country in Europe to see the successful reproduction of pandas after Austria and Spain. The last successful birth in Europe was at Madrid three years ago.</p> <p>Watch the video above to see Hao Hao caring for her newborn. Don’t worry, she’s not in that tiny enclosure all the time. Zoologists were on hand to help her in case there were any complications.</p> <p>Did you know that panda cubs looked like that when they are first born? Let us know in the comments below. </p> <p><em>First appeared on <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Stuff.co.nz</strong></span></a></em></p> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/news/news/2016/05/pandas-make-it-impossible-to-get-things-done/%20">Mischievous pandas make it impossible to get anything done</a></strong></em></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/family-pets/2016/02/panda-steals-apple-video/%20">Sneaky panda steals buddy’s apple</a></strong></em></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/travel/international/2016/02/panda-bear-helps-her-cub-climb-down-tree/%20">Bei Bei the baby panda rescued by mum</a><br /></strong></em></span></p>

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