P&A News @ November 20, 2008 # No Comment Yet
What is an African cat doing with a litter of puppies? Making itself at home.
The five-month-old Serval cat, a species naturally found in African savannas, had lived in a Munich, Germany zoo.
At 14 days old, the cat named Shakira, was in danger of not surviving. That is when Roland Adam, an animal caretaker, became involved.
“A [...]
P&A News @ November 8, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Our next example of odd pairings in the animal world comes from the Western Plains Zoo in New South Wales, Australia.
Umquali is two-ton white rhinoceros that recently gave birth to Nadira in April. Nadira currently weighs around 450 pounds. She is the sixth calf born in the zoo since a breeding program began [...]
P&A News @ November 8, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Reports of zoos seeing bonds between odd couples seem to be increasing.
The Nanhai Zoo in Zhumadian City, China is the latest to witness such a pairing.
One of the zookeepers is of the habit of bringing her 6-month-old puppy to work with her.
Over time she noticed that the dog would approach a monkey’s cage on a [...]
P&A News @ November 2, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Zero’s long adventure in the moat surrounding his living area is over.
The polar bear tumbled into the dry moat for the second time in 15 years back on October 13. After a net caught his fall, he was allowed to roam on the bottom with the expectation that the allure of food on the steps [...]
P&A News @ November 1, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Strained backs, sore muscles and disputes with co-workers are all expected risks of the job for baggage handlers. Corralling wild African cats is not.
An October 30th flight from Portland, Oregon to Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport experienced a passenger that disregarded safety belt warnings while roaming about. Unfortunately, the passenger was a cheetah, but fortunately she [...]
P&A News @ October 30, 2008 # No Comment Yet
A gang of thugs have targeted a retirement village in Townsville, Australia.
Early in the morning and late in the afternoon the gang of 100 converges on the village - knocking into walls, houses, cars and other vehicles. They fight, use patios as bathrooms and even knock over the elderly residents, according to the Townsville Bulletin.
Leigh [...]
P&A News @ October 24, 2008 # No Comment Yet
A masked intruder is still on the loose after vandalizing the Dallas home of Bill Hyde and his wife on Tuesday, October 22. Even after being tasered, the felon managed to elude police and escape.
As Mr. Hyde and his wife watched a movie Tuesday evening, they started hearing noises that implied a break-in.
Mr. Hyde, 85, [...]
P&A News @ October 22, 2008 # No Comment Yet
A visit to The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species, or TIGERS, in Myrtle Beach, SC provides an unusual sight.
The facility maintains a 100,000 gallon pool with one side made of glass. The glass allows guests to witness young tigers and their human handlers swimming and interacting together.
The tigers are about one-year-old and weigh [...]
P&A News @ October 18, 2008 # No Comment Yet
What do you do when a little guy is being bullied? Get him a bodyguard.
The Jiaozuo City Zoo in China found such a solution for an orphaned monkey being bullied by other, larger monkeys.
Previously, zoo employees had intervened several times in order to save the primate from the severe harassment, the China News Network reported.
Enter [...]
P&A News @ October 8, 2008 # No Comment Yet
When you are given a hot towel at The Kayabukiya tavern, north of Tokyo, just remember to reach down. The hand giving the towel is likely that of a monkey.
Yat-chan and Fuku-chan are two Japanese macaques owned by Kaoru Otsuka, who also owns the tavern.
Remarkably, the two pets have been certified by local authorities to [...]
P&A News @ August 10, 2008 # Comments Off
Eurasian Badger
German police in the town of Linz were called into action Monday night, August 4.
Screams of a distressed woman were heard in the nearby woods and reported to the police.
Helicopters with night vision were scrambled to locate and assist the woman needing assistance.
By night’s end, all that had been found in the woods were [...]
P&A News @ August 2, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Isabella nursing white tiger cub triplets. Rob Morgan/AP
The Safari Zoological Park in Caney, KS specializes in endangered species. The zoo has resorted to exceptional measures to save three white tiger cubs.
On Sunday, July 27, Sassy, a 10-year old tiger, gave birth to the triplets. However, Sassy’s maternal instincts were not strong enough to ensure the survival of her cubs.
Tom [...]
P&A News @ July 22, 2008 # No Comment Yet
When you get sleepy and you are driving, you pull off the road and rest. If you are a koala and you are marking your territory out in the middle of nowhere and get drowsy, you climb a tree right? Unless there are no trees and you improvise.
This Koala was 20 kilometers from the nearest [...]
P&A News @ July 18, 2008 # No Comment Yet
A traffic jam formed in Doebriach, Austria as a herd of circus camels meandered into a busy thoroughfare. The camels had recently escaped from a circus that had been performing nearby.
Drivers had no choice but to wait in their cars for hours as the uncooperative animals were rounded-up and taken back to the circus.
Driver Gerhard Petzold said: [...]
P&A News @ July 13, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Pictured above: Snoopy
Earlier an article was posted regarding cellphone-sniffing dogs. Now from the Limpopo Valley in Botswana, we have a pair of dogs who help keep tabs on cheetah by sniffing their scats.
Snoopy and Barclay have been trained by Rox Brummer as a part of a carnivore counting project in the Valley. The Endangered Wildlife Trust’s [...]
P&A News @ July 12, 2008 # No Comment Yet
How does someone work for 5 hours with a living animal in their underwear and not know it? Abbie Hawkins, 19, of Norwich, England has some answers.
The receptionist for the Holiday Inn Norwich North dressed in a hurry for work and did not notice anything unusual. Hints that Ms. Hawkins was about to experience her [...]