Oh no, I think we've got a spot of bother here! Pebbles the Dalmatian gives birth to a litter of FIFTEEN puppies

There may not quite be 101 of them but these playful dalmatian pups are already proving quite a handful.

In fact the surprise litter of 15 – double the average number – left mother Pebbles so exhausted that her human family had to be called in as puppysitters.

Owner Kay Sullivan said: 'We had to care for them for two days because Pebbles was not very well. She was very weak because they had taken all the energy out of her.'

Puppy love: Three-year-old Cerys Sullivan gets to grips with the pups, whose mother Pebbles is in the background

Super-mum: Two year old Dalmation Pebbles with her sizeable brood

Bouncy: Four of the litter of 15 Dalmatian puppies having a bit of a play

The 45-year-old mother-of-four, of Carmarthenshire, Wales, said her daughter Cerys had already started naming the pups, but coming up with ideas for all the five males and ten females was a struggle.  

'Cerys has chosen the name Patch for her favourite one and we have also called one Phantom of the Opera because one half of his face is black,' she said.

She also admitted the new arrivals were stretching the family finances – so would have to be sold. 
Mrs Sullivan said: 'We're not breeders. They're already costing us an arm and a leg to be honest.'

The 1961 Disney animation, One Hundred And One Dalmatians, also features a litter of 15 pups. The Sullivans hope the parallels end there, however. 

In the story, of course, the litter has to be rescued after it is abducted by villain Cruella De Vil to make a fur coat.

Proud: Kay Sullivan, from Garnant, west Wales, with Pebbles and pups

Young 'uns: Three year old Cerys Sullivan playing with some of the puppies

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Will you be primate? Rare monkey is raised by zookeepers after suffering the heartbreak of being rejected by its mother

This super-cute baby monkey is being hand-reared in a zoo after she suffered the heartache of being abandoned by her mother.

The little brown tree-climber is of the mona breed and was born premature before being presented to the public today at Magdeburg Zoo in eastern Germany.

She came into the world on December 10 weighing just 296 grams and got rejected shortly afterwards.

Keeper Susann Paelecke feeds the mona monkey baby in the zoo in Magdeburg, eastern Germany

The nine-day-old monkey, which is being hand-reared, weighs just 296 grams and hasn't been named yet

But she is currently being cared for round-the-clock with help from zookeeper Paelecke Susann.

On Monday the little scamp was even given a little nappy made specially for premature monkeys. 

The monkey's mother is aged 17 - a ripe old age for mona monkeys - and can't produce milk anymore, which is why keepers think she rejected the child.

The endangered primates are usually found in the forests of Africa from Ghana to Cameroon and live until they are around 22-years-old.

In the wild, the monkeys live mainly in western African forests in groups of eight to 35, typically with just one male and numerous females

Super-cute: The infant was born prematurely on December 10, and is all alone in the world except for her keeper

However, there is also an introduced population on Grenada in the Caribbean that came to the island during the 18th Century.

The monkeys live in groups of eight to 35, typically with just one male and numerous females. Little is known about their reproductive biology.

In her nappy: The wide-eyed primate feeds from a bottle while holding onto the hands of her keeper

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'These are the actions of a sadistic human being': Hunt for twisted thug who fed kitten to python in sick video

A hunt has been launched for a sadistic pet owner who filmed himself feeding a kitten to a python.

The vile video, entitled Python Christmas, shows a man in his 20s carrying  the kitten called Jasmine into a bedroom in a Santa hat and then placed on a bed.

Lurking half-hidden under a pillow lay a yellow Burmese python, which can grow up to 19ft long and is one of the largest snakes in the world.

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Killer: A yellow Burmese python which can grow as long as 19ft and squeezes its prey to death

Evil: The callous thug carries the kitten in a Santa hat to the bed where he appears to play with it

The bait: The kitten is distracted and moments later the python pounces and wraps its coils around its prey

Jasmine is seen slowly walking across the bed until the thug distracts her and she fatally turns her back on the danger.

The snake pounces, wrapping the kitten in its coils as it squeezes the life out of the playful animal.

Once the kitten's tail stops flapping the snake swallows her whole — head first. Its cries of agony are drowned out by the Christmas song Little Drummer Boy playing in the background.

A footnote to the seven-minute footage chillingly threatens more 'feeding videos'. It was posted on a site called Flix from an account registered in Islington, north London.

Horror: Last moments  for the kitten as the snake squeezes the animal then swallows it head first

The video shows the kitten disappearing in the python's mouth

The sicko faces six months' jail and a £20,000 fine for causing unnecessary suffering under the Animal Welfare Act 2006.

Among the few clues to his identity are that he is a fan of the Disney film Aladdin. Images and songs from the movie have been posted on his YouTube site.

An RSPCA spokeswoman said: 'There is no excuse for feeding a live cat to a python.'

Vet Pete Wedderburn told the Sun: 'The kitten is probably no older than four months. It has no hiding place and can't get away. These are the actions of a sadistic human being.'

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