Animals often ingest litter ... it poses serious risks to your health as well. Litter can harbor harmful bacteria and attract pests, which can lead to the spread of disease.

But most of the time, the harm is stealthier ... eat more plastic as a proportion of their body mass than any other marine animal, researchers say: In one large population, 90 percent of the ...

The charity was called to an incident where a fox had got its head caught in a discarded plastic bottle Animals are being injured or killed by litter according to the RSPCA. David Holgate from the ...

The ewe was unharmed. A local Scottish Wildlife Trust officer said other animals might not be so lucky while NFU Scotland said littering and flytipping were a "big concern". The crofters ...

Animals can get trapped in litter – or even try to eat it ... than 500 landfill sites in the UK alone and they often leak harmful gases and liquids into the air and the soil.