Pet eats wig in bald move

In an unorthodox twist on a high-protein diet, 2008 saw a wig amongst the ten weirdest things eaten by pets.

The list in full:

1. Ten-inch tent peg
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

The 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.

Woolly-brained sheep thinks it's a dog!

Tinkerbell brings new meaning to the word 'sheepdog'. Although Tinkerbell is a sheep, she believes she's a dog after being raised alongside Hamish the Labrador, Thomas the Terrier and two other dogs.

Unsheeplike behaviour engaged in by this woolly confusion include:

• going for walks
  
• bonding with a child
  
• stalking a family
  
• attending tea parties
  
• going to pre-school
  
• having christmas dinner - at the table!
  

'Tinks' sadly was born with impaired eyesight and brain damage. Maybe these disablities explain her strange activities!

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.

Silly filly

Is there foal play at work in the animal world? Poor old filly Gracie was found making odd noises and her head stuck in a tree.

Owner Jason Harschbarger siad:

'I looked up and all I could see was her belly. I ran up to see her and she looked in a lot of trouble. She was hanging there by the back of her jaws. I ran back down to my vehicle and got a chainsaw and ratchet strap.

'I don't know what possessed me to get the camera as well.'

Is this filly really that silly or is this a sick new trend??