Damp Donk!

Emulating the stupid chinese water buffalo that AAN reported on recently, stupid donkey Eeyore (real name), fell down a well recently, prompting yet another deployment of our emergency services to rescue a helpless and hapless creature.

Click here for a chance to see recently rescued and thoroughly depressed Eeyore moping around his paddock.

It's a dog save cat world!

For all those negative types who say that it's each animal for it's self in a crisis, Leo is here to prove you wrong. Dogs do have a more humane side. During a fire in Melborne, Australia. Leo bravely risked his life to save every dogs biggest enemy, the pesky kitten. Whilst the useless humans fled the building leaving behind the cardboard box of defenceless kitty cats, Leo stayed behind until the fire-brigade arrived to save the pussies.

Video available at BBC news

Get Shorty

Firefighters in Hampshire were baffled earlier this year when they were called out to rescue a horse stuck knee-deep in mud. Eleven firefighters, two fire engines, a multi-role vehicle, a rural officer and a fire officer turned up to help with the rescue in Redbridge, Southampton, only to discover that it was a pony with short legs.

Read more from the UK's leaders in Rural Reportage, Horse and Hound.

How many firemen does it take to catch a hamster?

Quick call the fire brigade there's a missing hamster!
How many times has that been the rallying call across the country?
It certainly was when Fudgie went missing. Two fire engines quickly turned up along with mini-camera coated with chocolate to hunt down the rogue hamster. After five hours strenuous work the eight firemen had to admit defeat to the feisty rodent and call in the Scottish SPCA.

More at BBC news