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8 times Londoners were obsessed with animals in 2017

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Contributing writerThursday 21 December 2017

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The year is almost over, and while it’s largely been 12 months of gloom, amidst the darkness there has been light. And by light we mean animals. Animals being fluffy. Animals having fun. Animals doing what animals do best. Here are numerous occasions when Londoners obsessed over them in 2017.

1. When we discovered the huge sausage dog meet-ups happening in the city.

2. When a werewolf cat showed up at the LondonCats International Cat Show

Shalnavazz Mehari, the nine-month-old Lyoki, appeared at the LondonCats International Cat Show in January aka Crufts for cats. Look at its creepy little face!

<h4>When we found out there were <a href="https://www.timeout.com/london/blog/forget-blue-planet-ii-there-are-seahorses-living-in-the-thames-111317">two types of seahorses</a> living in the Thames</h4> <p><span>The tiny animals were spotted by ZSL researchers six times between Greenwich and Southwark. They’re not known for travelling long distances, so it seems these little guys are Londoners.</span></p> <div> <div> <div> <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><figure class="op-interactive"> <div class="video"> <div class="video" data-component="lazy-youtube" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J7h1oKA64MA?rel=0&showinfo=0&autoplay=1&enablejsapi=1" > <img class="video_splash lazyload" data-src="https://img.youtube.com/vi/J7h1oKA64MA/sddefault.jpg" /> <span class="play_button"></span> </div> </div></figure></div>

8 times Londoners were obsessed with animals in 2017

1. When we discovered the huge sausage dog meet-ups happening in the city.

2. When a werewolf cat showed up at the LondonCats International Cat Show

3. When a dolphin was spotted in the river

4. When the Fluffytorium came to London

5. When there was a potentially record-breaking meet-up of dogs in Christmas jumpers

6. Then there were the numerous pug cafés

7. The cancelled micro pig pop-up

8. And finally... When the animals at ZSL London played in the snow