1. Ten-inch tent pegThe pet that ate the rubber duck was taken to see a doctor - but Animal News reckons taking the confused animal to a quack would have been more appropriate.
2. Christmas decoration (star shaped)
3. Kitchen knife
4. Alphabet fridge magnets
5. Man’s wig
6. Ann Summers underwear
7. Bell
8. Fishing hook
9. Socks
10. Rubber duck
Ernest the cat has had his sight restored by contact lenses in what is believed to be a medical first.
Meanwhile, less fortunate turkies are getting their own back on humans from beyond the grave.No wonder Terence the turkey keeps himself apart from his pals. He’s not going to be a Christmas dinner. The lucky bird managed to dodge being someone’s main course because he has become one of the family down at the farm.
Farmer Roger Barron, 53, and wife Marianne, 49, are so attached to him they’ve invited him for Christmas. At their turkey farm in Essex, Marianne said: "There was something different about him. He was more brazen, jumping on bales of hay, squawking and showing who was leader of the pack."
Before long he was coming into the family home for food. Marianne said: "I couldn’t bear having him slaughtered with all the rest. So Terence is going to be guest of honour at our dinner table. He will have a special place laid. While we’re tucking into one of his old pals, he’ll be feasting on a plateful of grain. He won’t get any bubbly, though. We don’t want a drunken bird. After all, the cure would be cold turkey."
A rhinoceros embroiled in a love triangle has caused chaos after becoming jealous and rampaging after his cheating mate.See this news report for more:
Zoo-keepers have apologised to visitors for the stench coming from a gorilla enclosure after feeding the animals sprouts.
'Sprouts can cause bouts of flatulence in animals and humans. But I don't think any of us were prepared for a smell that strong,' said Michael Riozzi of Chessington Zoo in Surrey.
A Chinese man was shocked to discover the dog he had raised from a pup was actually a rare Arctic fox.
Zhang, of Tunkou, bought what he thought was an all-white Pomeranian dog for £60 a year ago on a business trip. But he found the dog hard to tame, it would often bite him and had several unusual traits, he told the Wuhan Evening Post.
"It can't bark but instead makes little 'em em' noises, and its tail has been growing longer and longer," he said. "The most annoying thing is that starting this summer, the dog became very smelly. Even when we gave it a daily shampoo bath, the smell was still strong."
Zhang took his 'dog' to a local zoo for answers, and it turned out the dog is actually an Arctic fox, a protected rare species. He has now donated the animal to the zoo.
Two South American alpacas have been drafted in to guard a flock of chickens from foxes. The llama-like animals were bought by Angel Thorneycroft for her suburban garden in Dorset because foxes are no longer scared off by her Alsatian. "I spotted something in a magazine about alpacas being good for protecting chickens," she said. "They hiss and spit and give a good kick if they feel threatened. I’ve not seen a fox come into my garden since I’ve had them. In the last year I’ve lost 30 chickens, but Holly and Maurice are doing a wonderful job – and they mow my back garden."
Green campaigners called police after discovering an illegal logging site in a nature reserve – only to find the culprits were a gang of beavers.It sure is a dam shame that natural beaver behaviour involves resorting to crime!
Environmentalists found 20 neatly stacked tree trunks and others marked with notches for felling at a beauty-spot in Subkowy, northern Poland.
But when officers followed a trail left by a tree which had been dragged away, they found a beaver dam right across the river as reported by the Austrian Times.
A police spokesman said: "The campaigners are feeling pretty stupid. There's nothing more natural than a beaver."
When the mechanic popped open the bonnet he was greeted by small, shivering, black and white cat trapped under a pipe.
Mr Dale Tattersall, workshop manager, said: "We couldn't believe it. It was covered in oil and dirt and was boiling hot. We managed to it out and give it a good wash and it seems to be doing well.
In the latest bout of anti-animal discrimation, Animal News has been informed that Mischief, 125 in cat years, has not yet been sent a congratulatory telegram from the Queen. Mischief, of Cornwall, is a British subject - so we say, 25 years overdue ma'am!
Fom The Telegraph:Tsuyoshi the polar bear is seen at Kushiro Municipal Zoo in northern Japan. Puzzled Japanese zookeepers have cleared up a mystery over a lack of chemistry between a couple of polar bears, as both have turned out to be female.
Fox news reports on a doggone miracle story:A newborn baby that was abandoned outdoors by her 14-year-old mother during the Argentina winter was found safe Thursday after being kept alive and warm by a mother dog and her brood of puppies, Reuters reported.For fans of the moving image, the BBC has a video.
Farmer Fabio Anze found the naked baby near the city of La Plata, Argentina, lying amongst his dog China’s puppies. The baby was taken to the hospital after Anze called the authorities.
Hospital officials said the baby was only a few hours old when she was found, and was in good health despite several bruises.
A cat has used up one of its nine lives after getting stuck behind the front grille of a car and surviving for 70 miles on a trip from Surrey to Sussex.Now that we are at 15 incidents, Animal News is starting to wonder whether these events are more than a coincedence... Is all this car tres-puss orcherstrated by a master mog? Are we dealing with feline felony here?
Spending all day at the seaside sounds like a dog's life to us!
You'll have to travel to Turkey to witness this:A walrus has become a star attraction with visitors at a zoo by learning to play the saxophone...Walruses have not been this musical since John Lennon sang I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together. See a clip of Sara below:
Under the direction of her trainer, Sara the Walrus grips the brass instrument between her flippers and blasts out a note. Wetsuit-clad Russian trainer Sergiy has also taught her to strike a nonchalant pose, leaning on a work top with one flipper under her chin and looking bored.
Sara's skills at mimicking humans extend to dressing up as a railway platform conductor and blowing a whistle.
From the BBC:Flowers and tributes were left in an alleyway where the body of a mystery dead baby was found - before police realised it was only a chicken foetus...This is very similar to the time a friend of mine saw a toy alien lying on the street and mistook it for a dead human foetus with much alarm!
Police cordoned off the scene but soon realised that it was not a human but a chicken foetus.
Well-wishers had laid more than a dozen bunches of flowers at the scene, along with cards and teddy bears. One of the cards read: "RIP Little Baby. Safe in the arms of Jesus. From someone who is a loving mother xxxx."
Merseyside Police told the community on Monday to "stop grieving, it's only a chicken".
A spokeswoman for Merseyside Police said: "It seems a member of the public saw the remains of a foetus, which possibly resembled a human foetus, and called us.
"We cordoned off the area to investigate, as we would with any possible suspicious death, but it became apparent it was not a human foetus.
To many of our readers I'm sure it will come of no surprise that our beloved house of commons has turned into something of a rank animal house. The people of the country have been saying for years that parliament is full of inbred animals but a report now show how true that is.
The giant black bear had initially sparked fear among zoo visitors driving past him when he began tearing at one car's hubcaps.Not since the days of fellow forest-dweller Robin Hood have we seen such heartfelt banditry!
They didn't realise his efforts, although misguided, were actually aimed at helping others.
Gift in mouth, the animal lumbered over to a woman in a car behind, whose hubcaps had been stolen weeks earlier (at the hands of nasty humans, we presume).
'It put the hubcap down and then banged on the window, as if it was trying to get my attention,' said motorist Azra Noonari.
'It was almost like it wanted to give me the wheel cap.'
Eight of Britain's most overweight pets are to embark on a 100-day diet and fitness regime in a bid to be crowned this year's pet fit club champion.At the hour of the Credit Crunch, it's apparently not only corporate fat cats that are shedding a few pounds!
The seven dogs and one cat, who are all more than 30 percent overweight and weigh a combined total of 191 kg (421 lb), were picked by veterinary charity PDSA who are running the slimming contest.
The animals, who need to lose a total of 74 kg to reach their ideal weight, will be put on specially tailored diet and exercise programs.
The pet who achieves the biggest percentage weight loss and best follows their new regime will be crowned champion, winning their owner a pet-friendly holiday.
lost much of the skin from the side of his stomach and needed to have a leg amputated after it became trapped in the fan belt.Halloumi and Mele suffered similar ordeals, as did Maisy - who was discovered when her legs were seen dangling beneath the car. It is said that Maisy
was still deeply traumatised, but was improving."Maisy survived a four-mile journey from Abermule to Newtown after becoming trapped in a car engine," she said.
"After the journey her back legs didn't seem to work, but they're back to normal now. She is still deeply traumatised and it's going to be a slow, long journey with lots of tender loving care.
The popularity of engine-dwelling is not limited to cars. Cats have also survived journies trapped inside the engines of a van (in Hampshire), a coach and even a fire service lorry.
In a rare show of intra-peninsular friendship, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea (more popularly known as North and South Korea, respectively) are joining forces in their quest to clone the rare Mount Paektu Tiger.
From the Mail:Spare a thought for Fred the parrot, who was so heartbroken by the death of his owner that he's been prescribed an animal-friendly version of the anti-depressant.Other recent cases of animals being given mental health treatment include
The African Grey got the blues after owner George Dance's passing - and ended up biting all his neck feathers off before animal experts offered the radical solution.
The bird has now been prescribed a twice-daily liquid dose of a bird-friendly version of Prozac, called Clomicalm.
collie-Labrador Winnie, who last year was given Clomicalm after being diagnosed with canine separation anxiety.Sad.
Themba the abandoned baby elephant has someone to give him that warm, fuzzy feeling at long last – Albert the sheep.
The six-month-old was introduced to Albert, two, after he was orphaned with little hope of survival.
Despite a few teething problems, the two are now best friends, and spend hours playing and cuddling.
It was love at first sight for a puppy and a monkey at a zoo in China.That really is bananas!
A worker at the Nanhai Zoo who takes her 6-month-old pooch with her to work noticed the pup and the monkey had an instant attraction.
Now the tiny simian feeds the canine bananas and brushes his hair, and the dog lets his pal ride on his back.
A female dog is nursing a litter of kittens which were orphaned when their mother died in China.
Their owner, Cai, of Jiangmen, said he has been raising cats and dogs together for more than 10 years, and they all got along together well. But this was the first time he had ever seen kittens being nursed by a dog, he told the local Guangzhou Daily.
The four kittens seemed happy and content with their new mother's milk, while the dog was tending to its adopted family with love and care, Cai added.
"Several days ago, the kittens' mother died after eating a poisoned rat, leaving behind a litter of kittens without a source of milk," he said. "The kittens' cries may have stirred the dog's maternal nature, since it too had recently given birth. It volunteered to take over and feed the kittens of its old friend."
The dog's own puppies had been taken away by one of its grown-up offspring. Cai said: "That's perhaps another reason why the dog adopted the kittens. She lost all of her own children."
Sad news.
The winner of the 2008 World's Ugliest Dog Contest has passed away.
Gus was a pedigree Chinese crested dog from St. Petersburg, Florida.
He was missing an eye, one leg, and was almost hairless.
Unfortunately, the 9 year-old pooch was suffering from cancer.
Gus was originally rescued from a home where he was being kept inside a crate in someone's garage.
His adoptive family says Gus lost his leg after it had to be amputated due to a skin tumor and he lost his eye in a cat fight.
Evil pussy!
As for Gus' owner, she had said the prize money from the contest was going to be used for his radiation treatment.
Poor pooch.
Rest in peace, Gus!!!!
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