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It's official: London's animals want in on our fun. Whether it's killer slugs threatening to take over the city or horses trying to ride the bus, they're all after a slice of the action
Snakes get a bad rep, bless ‘em. A bunch of the reptiles popped across the channel to do some sightseeing along Regent’s Canal in May 2014. National newspapers accused them of killing pets and babies. Turns out they were harmlessssssss.
The internet went barking mad during the 2015 election when voters shared their pooch pics live from polling stations and #DogsAtPollingStations started trending. The British public paid close attention to guides outlining what they can and can’t do at the polls: wearing party t-shirts is out, bringing your own pen is A-OK, and there’s no clear rule when it comes to selfie-snapping. Also on the ‘allowed’ list was bringing your dog, and voters did it in force (at least, they tweeted about it like there’s no tomorrow).
A busy Richmond road was forced to close for the fourth year in a row to allow local toads to get jiggy in safety in 2014. Church Road has been partly shut off for the past few years to allow travelling toads to make the journey to a popular breeding pond, a veritable hot bed of amphibian love-making just 330ft from the highway.
In 2014 London got experimental with pets on public transport. Hey you, sitting at home, moaning: ‘Bunnies can hop, that rabbit’s just bloody lazy! Bet it didn’t even pay full fare!’ The life of a bunny can be very hard work and sometimes they need to be able to get from A to B without ruining their hare in the rain. Plus, look how cute it is.
While bunnies can happily hop on the bus, this horse was turned away when it tried to board on Boris Johnson's say-so. After the London Mayor was asked during a radio interview with LBC whether pets (and more specifically horses) could ride buses. He replied: ‘I don’t see why not. Horses used to pull buses after all, you should see what happens if you try and take your horse on a bus.’ A radio journalist filmed himself trying to board a bus with two equine companions but was sadly turned away.
In what looked like a sketch the Chuckle Brothers would be proud of, a cheeky swan got Heathrow workers in a flap on November 3 2014. The badass bird wandered onto the runway and gave security the slip.
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