Pooh art continues to defy credit crunch

Following our earlier report of an original Pooh drawing fetching a cool £31 200 at auction, new records have been set as "He Went On Tracking, And Piglet ... Ran After Him" went under the hammer at £115,250.

Outrage at the Mu

The Musicians union (MU) have condemned the increase in training of animals to play musical instruments.



"This is just the thin edge of the wedge" said a source "with the credit crunch taking it's toil on the job market we are sure orchestras will start cutting cost and replace our member with these cheap animal amateurs"

Member are said to be in a near catatonic state of anger with the training of animals, in particular cats, to play the panio.



Where will this trend end? Is this animal discrimination or understandable protectionism in a tricky economic climate? We are sure this is not the end of this chapter in the relationship between animals and humankind

Fat Cats

From Yahoo News:

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.

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.

At the hour of the Credit Crunch, it's apparently not only corporate fat cats that are shedding a few pounds!

UPDATE: Link is now broken, see a copy of the story here.

Update: Sell shares and buy Pooh!

"It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like 'What about lunch?' " Winnie The Pooh

Amazing Pooh News! The Pooh sketch we reported as being up for auction with an expected selling price of £20 000 has sold for a whopping, credit crunch busting £31 200!

Tiggers don't like hunny - but £20 k sure is sweet

The BBC reports:

An original sketch of favourite AA Milne character Winnie the Pooh, featuring Tigger and Piglet, is expected to fetch £20,000 at auction.

It's no surprise that punters are set to swarm over this item - EH Shepard's 'Tiggers don't like honey' will bee a fine addition to any collection.

Let's hope the auctioneers don't get stung by the Credit Crunch, Animal News couldn't bear to see Tigger being undervalued.

It's a dogs life being an actor!

Halloween sees not not humans dressing up as fool but also our animal friends. Mondex the chihuahua passed off an impressive impersonation of Hollywood pirate Johnny Depp to win a halloween dog contest. With the credit crunch hitting Hollywood hard rumours are abound that Mondex may well in contest to win the leading role in the next pirates in the caribbean film.

For those readers still pondering the picture above, Johnny Depp is on the right, Mondex on the left. The give away is Johnny's impressive thigh muscles.

Have YOU got a bat in your bra?

Watch out bats about! Signs the housing market crisis is beginning to hit even the animal kingdom have been felt in Norwich. A big bosomed Norwich resident, Miss Stephanie Hawkin was shocked to find that a bat moved into her bra.

‘It looked very snug in there and I thought how mean I was for disturbing it." she said to reporters.

Amazing animal news advises all readers to look out for unusual movement inside your underwear.

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