Category Archives: Odd news
Snake Smuggler Caught with 95 Boas
Travelers and employees at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport got a heck of a surprise last week. One of the bags on the luggage conveyor belt burst open, revealing 95 live boa constrictors – and one turtle.
The owner of the bag, Keng Liang Wong, a 52 year-old Malaysian man, confessed on the spot to wildlife [...]
The News is Full of It
And what is IT? It is poop – dog poop (as if we’d speak of any other kind?). I’ve been told that you can tell a *real* dog lover by how unfazed they are about their dogs’ poop – going so far as to be able to have whole dinner conversations about it (just between [...]
Link Love – Animal News Round Up
Are you a “dogler”? New York is full of ’em. (New York Daily News)
The education is working – most people say they will NOT buy a pup from a pet store YAY! (LA Times)
Sad ending for a couple who broke their pit bull out of shelter to avoid euthanasia. (SF Gate)
Bo Obama valued at $1600 [...]
Dog Eats Police Car, Arrested
I’ve heard of plenty of dogs that have eaten the inside of cars (hello Miska!), but this is the first time I’ve ever heard of a dog eating the OUTSIDE of a car. Making it all that much more bizarre, the car was a Chattanooga police car — with an officer sitting inside it.
The story [...]
Woman Feeds Bear, Loses Fingers
It’s been a long time since we had a story like this . . .
A day at the zoo turned gruesome for one family when they decided to ignore the safety barriers so they could feed the bears by hand.
The 47 year old grandmother who stuck her hand through the bear enclosure fence at the [...]
Taking Laziness to New Heights
A UK man, Paul Railton, 23, has lost his driving licence when he was cited for “not being in proper control of his vehicle,” although he was only going 5 mph at the time of his offense.
No, he wasn’t texting or chatting on his cell phone. He wasn’t eating his lunch, shaving or getting dressed [...]
Covering the Upbeat
I have to be honest with you all . . . I have the best job on the planet. I get to write about animals, talk to people about animals, learn about animal issues and read all the animal related news for stories that I think you will want to read. Doesn’t that sound like [...]
Black Lab Brings Home Scary Surprise
Imagine what your reaction would be if you turn around to find a large poisonous snake wrapped around your dog’s snout. After I revived from fainting, followed by another round of fainting, I would probably need a new pair of undies, a straight jacket, and a fistful of sedatives.
Lucky for Bronson his owners are a [...]
Cat Called to Civic Service
Sal Esposito needed to get out of serving jury duty.
Actually Sal didn’t know anything about his summons nor did he care.
Sal Esposito is a cat. This fact did not bother the court. Sal was not excused from serving.
Sal’s family, Guy and Anna Esposito of Boston, isn’t sure how he wound up being called to jury [...]
One Tough Coyote
If you grew up in the Southwest, you probably had an occasional run-in with a coyote or two. Mostly reclusive animals, afraid of humans and not known for the larger pack structures of other canidae, coyotes are resilient and creative creatures. They are opportunistic hunters – in the wild, they will go after rabbits, mice [...]