May 2008
137 posts
Molly, The Horse that Could
She is Molly. The young pony was abandoned by her owners when Katrina hit Southern Louisiana. After spending several weeks wondering, she was found and taken to an animal shelter. While there, she was attacked by a pit bull, her front leg becoming infected and needing amputation. Doctors were impressed how cooperative the pony was during surgery: she allowed people to handle her and shifted her...
Three Comcast Contract Workers Arrested For...
Three Comcast contract workers were arrested when a witness discovered that a kitten had been spray-painted and nearly kicked to death, ABC 4 in West Valley, Utah reports. Jesus Villalovos was arrested for animal cruelty and obstruction of justice and 2 other men were cited with class B misdemeanors. The men were working in the area as contractors for Comcast around the time of the incident....
Airport's Disgusting Kitten Slaughter Proceeds
The demented incompetents a the Port Authority are proceeding with plans to exterminate hundreds of cats at JFK, according to the Humane Society and Mayor’s Alliance for NYC Animals. Various cat organizations have been trying, since 2004, to humanely control the feral animals, which live in a rusty truck near Delta’s cargo area, but the Port Authority never gave them permission to...
Monkey-Piloted Robots Will Kill Us All
This is just like the other night when we flipped past ABC and Charlie Gibson said “up next, the robot revolution,” which is a story we thought he probably should’ve led with. Anyway, monkeys finally control robots with their thoughts and mankind is basically defunct, now. VIDEO HERE Source: Gawker
Adorable Dog Adopts Orphaned Baby Bunnies
The best genre of “cute” has to be “animal friends,” especially when the animals are of different species. Meet Ellie, a King Charles Spaniel living in the English countryside who was featured on the National Geographic Channel’s Dogs With Jobs. Ellie’s job is that she’s a stay-at-home mom — to bunnies! One day she discovered a litter of baby rabbits...
Is Dog-Walking While Vespa-Riding Bad? Probably.
Ruh roh! There’s an quandary on Brooklyn Heights Blog about a dog-walker captured walking dogs… while simultaneously riding a Vespa. OK behavior? Egregious? What if they’re also heading towards oncoming traffic? Source: Gawker
Watchloggedminutes: This is my friend’s new kitten. I don’t even really like cats and I thought that he was the cutest little furball I’ve seen in a long time. Happy Wednesday!
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Pornstars with Pets!
Belladonna with her dog Oz…
Dog Shocked to Death in Queens
Another sad story of pet electrocution comes out of Queens; ABC reports that Cecelia Sing’s Siberian husky named Sebastian died on his Sunday night walk in Long Island City. A lamppost is believed to have shocked him with stray voltage (not an unfamiliar story).“As soon as he got to the lamppost, he jumped and he dropped,” she said. “And he starting shaking wildly, and...
Crocodile and shark clash in battle Down Under
It is being heralded as the clash of the titans – the moment when a crocodile and a shark went head to head in the wilds of Australia, and the shark came off second best. The nine foot long saltwater croc attacked the shark in a river and then hauled it onto the bank in order make a meal of it. An amateur fisherman captured the extraordinary clash between Australia’s two most feared...
Hercules: The World's Biggest Dog Ever According...
Hercules was recently awarded the honorable distinction of Worlds Biggest Dog by Guinness World Records. Hercules is an English Mastiff and has a 38 inch neck and weighs 282 pounds. With “paws the size of softballs” (reports the Boston Herald), the three-year-old monster is far larger and heavier than his breed’s standard 200lb. limit. Hercules owner Mr. Flynn says that...
Looking like Winston Churchill is no setback for...
This litter of miserable looking wrinklies are the most beautiful bulldog pups ever - according to their owner. They may not look it, but the five boys and one girl are so handsome that two of them are have been sold to new owners in Hong Kong. Owner Clive Okill said: “This is probably one of the most beautiful litters we have had. Source: Daily Mail
The amazing intelligence of crows!
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Paw Readings! Learn What Your Pet Thinks About...
Have you ever wondered what your dog thinks of you? Well, there’s a paw reader that can tell you if Fido is stressed, happy, sad or, well, if he likes hot dogs or even that silly sweater you insisted he wear. Of course, if Fido is a girl, maybe whether or not she likes the name of Fido handpicked for her. Unlike the human palm, which has lines that are read, your dog releases energy from his...
Cougars!
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Prospect Park West Goes to the Chickens
We’re used to seeing photos of chickens in, say, Greenpoint and Red Hook, but less accustomed to them on Prospect Park West in Park Slope. Yet, here we are. It’s not immediately clear whether this chicken was near Jennifer Connelly’s place or on the other end of PPW. In other Slope chicken news, one of the more recent emails on the Park Slope Parents email list asks: “Do...
The discovery of a “frogamander,” a 290 million-year-old fossil that links modern frogs and salamanders, may resolve a longstanding debate about amphibian ancestry, Canadian scientists said on Wednesday. Modern amphibians — frogs, salamanders and earthworm-like caecilians — have been a bit slippery about divulging their evolutionary ancestry. Gaps in the fossil record...
CIA Animal Tech: Bats, Cats and Rats As Covert...
In Spycraft, the authors describe many clever animal-assisted devices, from the dead-rat dead-drop pouch to the “acoustic kitty.” The acoustic kitty was a bionic feline with a 3/4-inch radio transmitter embedded at the base of its skull. The transmitter’s antenna was woven in to the cat’s fur, while the microphone was placed in the cat’s ear canal. Yes, PeTA members,...
Attachmate CEO turns self in for Bison murder!
Jeffrey Hawn, the founder and CEO of Seattle-based business software company Attachmate, turned himslef into authorities, charged with animal cruelty, theft and criminal mischief. Seems Hawn and hired hands shot and killed 31 or 32 of the majestic symbol of Americana which had wandered onto his property from a neighboring ranch in Park County, Colorado — including cows carrying calfs, and...
Owners who look like their dogs...
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ACTING: A job so easy a Monkey can do it!
This orangutan knows exactly what the acting game is all about: Just chillin’ out, taking each audition as it comes, and stripping when required. Source: Defamer
Dog Leaps over Fire!
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Dog for Sale !
* Free to good home. * Excellent guard dog. * Owner cannot afford to feed him anymore, as there are no more thieves, murderers, or molesters left in the neighborhood for him to eat…. Most of them knew him as ‘Holy Shit.’ Source: Image Rocket
Puppy Screams ELMO!
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Obama Parrot!
This YouTube clip of a pet parrot saying “Obama! Yes we can!” over and over looks sort of like any other viral video from a supporter of the Democratic presidential candidate. “The closer we come to the final nomination the more excited he’s become,” the bird’s owner writes in a caption. But to Republicans, it must look like the perfect illustration of what...
Lost parrot tells veterinarian his address!
When Yosuke the parrot flew out of his cage and got lost, he did exactly what he had been taught — recite his name and address to a stranger willing to help. Police rescued the African grey parrot two weeks ago from a neighbor’s roof in the city of Nagareyama, near Tokyo. After spending a night at the station, he was transferred to a nearby veterinary hospital while police searched for...
Panda Finds Way Home to Reserve After China Quake
A captive adult giant panda that had disappeared during the May 12 earthquake has returned home, but two of the rare animals are still unaccounted for, China’s state media agency reported today. Officials are optimistic about the survival of the two missing pandas, which live at the Wolong National Nature Reserve in central China. The reserve is located 18 miles (29 kilometers) from the...
Cat And Mouse Cause Blackout in Albanian Capital!
The Albanian capital of Triana was the center of a 72-hour power outage Friday, the latest in a series that have been plaguing the residents of the small former Soviet satellite. While most the blackouts have been related to a failing infrastructure that’s suffering age-related collapses, these most recent events have been traced back to a far more unlikely and comedic source: a cat chasing a...